From: Linda Winters
To: Barbara Steely
Subject: Re: West Coast Shaking and Prayer
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005

Concerning a tsunami/earthquake on the west coast....I thought the following might be of interest to you. Dec. 8, 2000, I was at a conference waiting for a session to begin when I heard the Holy Spirit say," Highway 101". I understood at that time this to be a call to a "higher" way in Him. I then read Ps. 101 which confirmed this call. Once home I re-read Bob Jones Shepherd's Rod and in the last paragraph he spoke of the importance of this psalm. I was then stirred to look at hwy. 101 on a map; nothing stood out to me. That night I tossed and turned in my sleep as if wrestling with something. I had a dream or vision of a shepherds rod imprinted on a map. I got up to look at the map again and as I stood up I clearly heard the Holy Spirit say, "The Lord has raised a standard, His rod is in the land". This time when I looked at the map it was obvious--Highway 101 is in the shape of a shepherds rod. Highway 101 begins around Olympia then heads north along Puget Sound and west along the straight of Juan de Fuca, then south along the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California. The history of 101 begins hundreds of years ago as it closely follows the route of Spanish explorer Juan Gaspa de Portola (1769). Eventually this hwy. linked the 21 missions of southern California and was called El Camino Real, the Kings Highway. I thought it was interesting that King David was the author of ps. 101. Many roads joined together and were commissioned in 1926 as one of the original U.S. highways. U.S. 101 parallels U.S. 1 of the east coast. The location of 101 has greatly contributed to national, regional and local historic events... On the morning of Feb 28, 2001, I was standing in my kitchen, I had been thinking of ps. 101 when I felt what i thought was a passing train. I soon knew we were having a earthquake. When I learned that the epicenter was near Olympia, I "knew" in my spirit that hwy. 101 had been affected. On March 1 I read the headline "Quake: U.S. Highway 101 buckles". The depth of the quake was 33 miles--the age of Jesus as He displayed the depth of His love for us on a cross. I knew this quake was a wake-up call. I can't shake the thought that hwy. 101 is a gateway of some kind to our nation and the world. I also believe that ps. 101 is the standard or banner the Lord has raised for our nation. ( Read the amplified version of 101 if you can, read also Is.59:19). I've given you a lot to chew on for now, but also have some other thoughts, impressions to share on this.

Blessings to you,

Linda Winters