Washington D.C.

  It's cold up in here!!

In front of the Supreme Court of Justice.

  Especially on our first day here, Tuesday the 2nd. Election day. When we did another life siege, for 18 hours straight. We took shifts in pairs as we prayed outside the Supreme Court for the election of pro-life senators that would ultimately have the power to end abortion. The shifts were an hour and a half each and started at 6am going till 12am. I took the 6-7:30 shift and the 10:30-12 one. I'm glad we got to stand in the gap for something big like this, the murder of babies. I had to layer up like crazy, and even that didn't prevent my toes from going numb after 10 minutes of standing there.

  On two days we got to attend and help at this conference. They didn't have anyone to play worship for them so our crew did it. Also, the church that held the conference was going on like a local outreach to the lower class area of D.C., "the other side of the river". So they held like a festival for anyone to come. They had balloons, face painting, music, some people rapped, inflatable castles, food, a drama (I got to be Jesus... mainly because of the hair), and a lot of other things. The church did a really good job setting this whole thing up, and it was a good opportunity to go love people that probably don't get much of it. There were a lot of kids.

   Something very significant we did was that we went to Embassy Row, where the embassies of most of the countries of the world are. We went to the Haitian embassy to pray for revival in that nation and for God to raise people full of the knowledge of Him and of His word, for the voodoo priests that God would encounter them and they would come to Christ, for the Fire & Fragrance team in Haiti that God would give them strength to finish strong. We prayed for these things and many more; there's a lot of things to pray for that nation. After that, we took a trip to the embassy of COSTA RICA! We prayed there for my country. It was so good to hear some good ole' Costa Rican spanish, but kind of embarrassing at the same time since I've lost quite a bit of my Costa Rican accent from having to speak english at all times. And it made me miss my country so much. With all honesty, I am homesick. Costa Rica, you are missed. We also went to pray to the Chinese embassy and the Israeli one! After that we drove over to DuPont Circle, an area where a large amount of homosexuals live and hang

out. We just worshipped God for a little bit in a park right in the middle of DuPont Circle. We didn't get to talk to anyone, but we hold on to God's promise that since He lives in us, just our presence, intercession and praises were breaking strongholds and mindsets.

  Then, on our last day, we went to the Holocaust Museum. It was rough. They take you from the rise of Hitler and the Nazis to the liberation of the Jews from concentration camps, and everything in between. The things the Jews went through, things that no one should ever have to endure. I don't understand how  humans can do that to other humans. It broke my heart for the Jews. I honor them so much more now. In this museum, they had this room where you could hear quotes from the survivors about what it was like to be in the concentration camp. After all they were going through, they still wanted to survive. No matter how hungry they were, how cold, hot, or in how much pain, they still did their best standing up straight in front of the person who held their life in their hands and tried to look strong enough to work so that they wouldn’t get sent to the gas chambers. How much did they value the gift of life? What would their thoughts be on the matter of abortion?...

  I’m really glad we got to do that right before going to Israel. It was really significant and important. And pretty much the whole city is beautiful, I loved it there. Now we're in Tennessee, enjoying the woods. This is our last week in the US and we're going to be learning and preparing for Israel. We're gonna be taking classes with this ministry called Caleb Company. Their whole mandate concerns Israel, so we'll be sitting in on their classes.

  I want to thank you all for reading and keeping up with me! Now, about my financial situation, we really need the money right away before we leave for Israel, so my parents are going to have to cover the bit that I have left to pay. But I want to thank all of you who have supported me financially or with prayers. I really am grateful, and it means so much to me. You made this possible.

Love you all

Pura vida

-Julio-

P.S.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the orca:

Enough proof that God exists, we're still alive... all 10 of us.