Carter Wood's Promotion

I know that this is my Blog. I get to write about myself. But I am compelled to write this one about someone else because it is a cool story.
I was asked by the Global Awakening Ministry to fill out a report form at the end of our trip to Brazil. They asked practical questions like 'What could we do to make the trip better?' and such.
The more important questions were by way of statistics. Healings and the like. One of these questions was 'What was the highlight of your experience?'
I had to answer honestly. Regardless of all the wonders and healings God did through my hands the single highlight of the trip for me was (I wrote); 'Watching my friend Carter Wood being favored, honored and blessed, walking in his anointing, wearing his mantle'.
It is an honest report. I hope I can explain it here.
First a little background; Carter Wood is the pastor of Vertical Call Church in Santa Rosa, Ca. he is also (along with his wife Diana) the director of the school of the supernatural of the same name.
Cater is an old friend in that I have known him for 15+ years, but he is a new friend too. I felt the Lord leading me to reconnect with a lot of old friends when I got back into this renewal...but the connection with Carter was more than a 'reconnection'...it was a divine set-up! I could give details about prophetic dreams and 'words' re: Carter and my invitation from God to connect with him but for lack of time I will let that be enough.
Before we left for Brazil, Carter and Diana invited me to teach at their 'School of the Supernatural', it was and is an awesome privilege. (and a fulfillment of vision too). Hannah (my Hannah) became a student there. (this was her leading, quite separate from my invitation)
It was Carter who invited me to go with him to Brazil. His desire was for me to have this experience of 'more'. He knew it would be the blessing it was.
I was in class with Carter as he told his students of his reason for going to Brazil; he wanted 'more' too. He was not going to minister, he had no expectations of what was to come.
Carter knows Randy Clark, he has been on trips with him before, Randy has asked Carter to preach for him on some of these trips. But I know for a fact that Carter had no expectations. In fact he signed up as a 'team member' just as I did. His application was almost bumped, as was mine, due to the many number of applications.
So when we got to Brazil, Carter, and the rest of the Global team, sat back and buckled-up for impartation and a wonderful opportunity to pray and observe and be blessed.

More Background; it is not my place to record the challenges that Carter and Diana and the Vertical Call Church have experienced in recent years, but I will say they have been significant. I know the promises of God come in different timing than ours. I also know that the call of God on Carter Wood's life is huge.

So with that background I give this report of what happened in Brazil.
The day after we arrived Carter was asked to fill in for Tom Jones, Randy Clark's senior associate. Carter did a wonderful job. He was familiar with the Global Awakening ministry template and he performed well. The next day Tom Jones lost his voice and Carter was called to fill in again at the main meetings.
This did not stop. Carter filled in for Randy when Randy joined the team in Brazil four days into the trip. He taught the classes to the team and for the churches Global was ministering in. He preached at the main meetings, he was sent with a team to some other churches to minister...(one in particular, recounted in the Blog entry for Oct 2nd, 'What Revival Looks Like'). He preached or taught every day except one, sometimes 2-3 times a day.
This could be an account of how Randy Clark used an available and experienced minister to help him. Except for that 'supernatural' thing...this was no coincidence.... It was a promotion.
We have been taught in this stream of Revival Culture to recognize certain things that occur, which can appear to have a natural explanation, but are not in any way natural....when God moves in a sovereign way...this is what happened for Carter. This revival stream understands what I mean by 'promotion'.
The Spirit of the Lord was upon him...he moved within his gifting and his calling with a grace and ease that was apparently remarkable. Everyone on the team observed this. Many were asking to go wherever Carter was going, wherever he went it looked like revival. And it was a lot of fun.
This is not to compare the times with Carter with those of Randy or Tom..(everywhere the Global team went the atmosphere ripe with the full blessing and power of the Holy Spirit). But I am not going to succumb to 'Christian understatement' any more than I would to hyperbole. The fact is Carter Wood was off-the-charts awesomely used of God to steward some of the most remarkable manifestations of revival I have ever seen. And the team knew it.
I was there as an observer. I was the guy that accompanied Carter Wood to Brazil. In fact I got a little tired of people on the team coming up to introduce themselves to me and saying something like; "Wow, what a privilege it must be for you to hang around with a man of God like Carter"(I say this with a smile, It was and is a privilege).
In all this Carter remained at ease. What I mean is; he saw what was happening and did not change. There was no change. He was the man I have grown to understand and love. A man without guile, simple and uncomplicated, deeply humble, and absolutely without the need for self promotion.
So why do I need to write about this?
For a few reasons; first, there is the 'news reporter' in me...I want to tell the world about something I think should be known and no one else might record.
Second; (I am no fool) I have learned that in this culture when you see a prophet and honor a prophet you share in his reward. (Global Awakening should reap 'big-time' for this alone)
Third; it is a significant encouragement to me to see someone who has waited a long time, paid a huge price, and has such an amazing call of God on his life get the level of recognition Carter got in Brazil.
Fourth and perhaps most importantly; I write this as an invitation to Santa Rosa and the church here. Revival is here. The Holy Spirit is moving in a powerful way. We must set aside some of our need to be important in ourselves and recognize the hand of God wherever and upon whomever it rest..OK...This is my Blog...no one is paying me to write this: I observe a 'general' in our midst.

Of course it may appear out of character for me to be so enthusiastic about some 'one' person...if you know me, you know I do not follow 'men'...but those in the culture of honor will recognize that this Blog is written towards one end alone: honor. I want to honor my friend Carter. I want you to know that watching his 'promotion' was a significant part of 'my' trip to Brazil.