My wife, Dawn, and I moved to Colorado Springs from Korea at the end of 1999.  Right away, we began attending conferences convened by Dr. Peter and Doris Wagner of Global Harvest Ministries.  It was at these conferences that we first became aware of Mike Bickle and his brand-new prayer ministry in Kansas City called the International House of Prayer (IHOP).  This was also our first introduction to the “Bridal Paradigm.” Right away, we fell in love with Mike’s spirit.  His passion and commitment to this message were apparent, but our minds could not fully grasp what he was talking so energetically about! Every time we would hear Mike speak, it would begin to sink in just a little bit more and before we knew it, we were fully bought into this new way of relating to God as a glad-hearted Lover who is passionately and jealously pursuing His Bride and loves Her even in her weakness.  In the process of relating to our Heavenly Bridegroom in this way, we become fascinated by His Beauty and subsequently re-direct our affections toward Him and discover, to our delight, that we can know and experience pleasures that are far superior to what this world has to offer as our soul finds rest in Him.      In the Spring of 2001, I attended an Army school at Fort Leavenworth, KS.  Since it was such a short drive to Kansas City from there, I visited IHOP, Metro Christian Fellowship and the Bookstore as often as I could.  The spiritual atmosphere was so charged that the prayer room became like a magnet to my spirit.  I couldn’t get enough of it.  I bought many resources to acquaint myself further with the Bridal Paradigm.      My wife and I attended the ‘One Thing’ Young Adult Conference at the close of 2002.  The powerful worship and prayer conference was joined this particular year with The Call-KC, led by Lou Engle.  We bought more resources, visited the 24/7 prayer room and our hearts began to burn even hotter with love for our Tender, Passionate, Glad-hearted Bridegroom King.        Dawn and I felt the Lord asking us to make a commitment to bring the New Year in each year in Kansas City at the One Thing Conference.  So at the end of 2003, we found ourselves right back in front of the fiery furnace of God’s love there in Bartle Hall in Kansas City.  This time, we felt our hearts stirring even deeper.  We had been drinking deeply from the wellspring of the Bridal Paradigm, but now the Lord seemed to be calling us to action—to do something with this knowledge he had given us about who He is and who we are as a Bride in relationship to Him.        So we attended the IHOP Informational Meeting where Mike Bickle and Allen Hood, the Director of the Forerunner School of Ministry, talked about how to join IHOP or start a House of Prayer in your own community.  The Lord continued speaking to me about how we might get involved in this prayer ministry.  After they had finished talking, they opened it up for questions.  I stood up at one point and asked Mike if he knew of any Houses of Prayer in the Military.  If not, I was feeling a strong burden from the Lord to start one.  He responded, “No, I don’t know of any, but we would love for you to be the Prototype!” The words resounded in my spirit with such great force it was almost as if I was receiving a Mandate from Heaven.        Dawn and I both sensed a burning desire to spend more time in this Community of ‘lovesick worshippers’ who couldn’t seem to get enough of God.  We were captivated by the hundreds of “Annas” (men and women committed to the ministry of prayer and fasting in such an intense way that it radically transforms the way they live their lives.  They will often answer the call to become an “intercessory missionary” forsaking all else to raise support solely to minister to the Lord in prayer and fasting) who had laid it all down to join the Friends of the Bridegroom (FOTB) Missions Base, raising support for the sole purpose of being able to commit themselves fully to the ministry of prayer and fasting.        I knew I had to find a way to come to IHOP and just sit before the Lord to hear HIS heart for how we were to respond.  The Lord spoke to me about going on an extended fast.  We were getting ready to leave Fort Carson and Colorado Springs for Fort Hood, Texas   It became clear to us that I should spend my 30 days of transition leave in Kansas City at the Missions Base to seek the Lord for strategy on how to start a House of Prayer in the Military; to connect with people there who share a burden for the military; and to discover resources to help us get started.        The Lord did some amazing things in my heart during the fast.  I received the strategy I was looking for and made some awesome new friends who encouraged me in my clarion call from the Lord to mobilize an army of intercessors and establish houses of prayer in military communities around the world.