Shortly after Hannu Hatanpää got involved in Logos Ministries (Agape in Finland), God gave him a desire to see prayer cells and a network of intercessors spring up around the University of Turku. "We will pray until everybody knows somebody who is truly a Christian," says Hannu, who studies management and leadership. "I'm really convinced that if something big is going to happen, like many people getting a personal relationship with God, the Holy Spirit will have to come. We need a spiritual breakthrough."
So Hannu and others organised a week of prayer and fasting in February 2005, a week of 24-7 prayer in May and five weeks of non-stop, 24-7-praying last Autumn. As the prayer movement snowballs, the Holy Spirit is indeed showing up, and students are getting excited about Jesus. For example, when Anssi, a student in Turku, explained the gospel at a meeting last month, 14 of 20 people present said they wanted to receive Christ as their Saviour. Christian students in Turku hope to see more of these kinds of breakthroughs in the coming months. 
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