The Day After The Call

Lou Engle had a reception for all the main people who worked full time for The Call. The reception was held on Nov. 2 in an amazing mansion owned by a church member of Skyline Church.

When Brooke and I first arrived there we felt a little out of place because we didn't know anyone and we were just aimlessly walking around eating the appetizers. The people though were extremely friendly and would introduce themselves as soon as you were anywhere near them. This is how we met Tomas. Tomas is the head coordinator for The Call California and I was really looking forward to meeting him because I had talked to him several times over the phone in order to mobilize Ventura County. When we met I told him about Global Gospel Movement and he was very interested. Immediately, he asked us, "Do you need any help?"
I said, "Of Course!"
"Do you need help with fundraising," he asked.
"Of course," I exclaimed, "That would be awesome!"
"Alright then," he answered, "I'll help you fund raise."
He told me that he has lots of experience in helping non-profits fund raise and recently he has been working a lot with fundraising for campaigns.
Praise the Lord!!! I was amazed. I mean, who ever wants to help someone fund raise. That's the job that no one likes to do.

Then I bumped into Pastor Davis of Gateway Church in Brea. Our family had gone to his church for a few months in 1999. Immediately, we recognized each other and began talking. He laid down the church in February of this year and is starting Fire House of Prayer. He did a forty day and night water fast for The Call. Amazing!

So finally we all sat down in the living room to have a meeting. It was only about 40 to 45 people there, only the main people of The Call. We all got situated and the room got silent waiting to hear what Lou Engle was going to say and the first thing he says is, "Joshua, I am so glad to see you! Were they able to contact to pray at The Call?"
"They did," I replied, "They contacted me the day before and told me to just come up to the stage on the day of The Call. So I went up to the stage several times throughout the day, but the security wouldn't let me through because I didn't have a badge."
"Ahhh," Lou and everyone sighed, "that's the part I don't like about those things."
"Joshua," he went on, "God put you on my heart for 10 days before The Call. I was constantly asking people 'Does anyone know how to get in contact with Joshua Carvalho?' I wanted you to be praying on the stage with me throughout the whole day. It was an all day thing I wanted you for.
"Joshua is a young man on fire for God," he began telling everyone, "He went on a forty day fast when he was young. How old were you Joshua?"
"I was twelve," I responded.
"Wow," everyone exclaimed.
"Just like Jesse," he proclaimed, "are you and Jesse around the same age?"
"Yeah," I said,"he's only a few months older than me. In fact, I was there on his thirteenth birthday when you took him to a prayer meeting in Bakersfield for his birthday. I was the only other kid there."
Lou began explaining, "God has been speaking to us that He is going to begin raising up an army of warriors at 12 instead of 21. The Spartans would get young boys at the ages of 11 and 12 and take them through the most strenuous training so that by the time they were 18 years old they would be the most fearsome warriors. God is saying that He wants to raise up a radical breed of warriors for Him at 12 instead of 21 and I believe you and Jesse are going to lead that army."
Brooke and I were shocked, humbled, and impacted by everything Lou said. We were so humbled by the fact that out of everyone there God chose to exalt us. Everyone there had been working full time with The Call anywhere from 3 months to a year or more and we had only worked with The Call for one month. Why did this happen to us? We humbly accepted that God's favor was upon us and He is now choosing to exalt us as leaders.
Afterwards, Lou walked up to Brooke and I while Tomas was talking to us. He said, "I was so saddened that you weren't able to pray with us on the stage. Joshua, God has been burning in my heart for me to run with you."
In my mind I was thinking, "What!? I want to run with you Lou!", but for some reason my mouth said, "Lou, I know your leaving tomorrow to Kansas City, but I would love to sit down with you one of these days and share with you the vision God has put on my heart to raise up itinerant preachers."
"You got to get them praying and fasting Joshua," he replied, "It won't work unless you get them praying and fasting. Bill Bright said that evangelism does not work without praying and fasting."
We talked a little more, but then Lou had to leave. But what he said stayed burning in my heart. We have to get this army of itinerant preachers praying and fasting or else it won't work.
Tomas was blown away by what he had just witnessed and he exclaimed, "I am definitely going to help you guys!"
As a result of what Lou Engle said about me, many people wanted to meet us. I briefly talked with Jesse Engle about Global Gospel Movement and he gave me his email and told me to email him more information about it.
We talked more with Pastor Davis and he really wanted to get connected with us more whenever we moved to La Mirada.
We talked to the new head adminstrator for future calls and he promised me that what happened at this Call would happen again. He promised that next time I will be on the stage praying with Lou.
We talked with Daniella Lopez who lives 5 minutes from Biola University. She really wanted to connect with us and told us about a radical group of young people who are part of a group called JRev and that also live right next to Biola. She told us she wants to connect us with them.
We met Doug Davis who mobilized Long Beach and was one of the main mobilizers for L.A. County for The Call. He wants to hold quarterly solemn assemblies throughout the year for Southern California and then have one statewide assembly each year. We told him we would help him in any way he can and got all his contact info.
We met Yale Kim who is a young businessman and a worship leader in the Southern Baptist Convention. God also opened the doors through him for us to have a house next to Biola in January.
We met and talked to several other people and got the contact information of all of them. They all wanted to help us and we always wanted to help them. There was such a spirit of excitement and anticipation in the air because we knew that God had brought us all there in the same place for a purpose...to build and establish His Kingdom in America.

We left that night in absolute awe. We were in utter amazement of God's sovereignty and plan over our lives. Were blown away.