Divine Timing for Our Visit to a Small Art College

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Malibu, California. This picture was taken before the van door was opened.

Ashly Estrada - LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, November 21, 2025

I am a part of a group of 24 people who packed into vans to get from coast to coast, with 30+ campus tour stops in between. Why? Because as America is on the brink of collapse, God is turning our nation back to him through public prayer meetings on our campuses. Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD), with fewer than 800 students, was the smallest college we visited. Yet, we stopped there so that God would raise a house of prayer that would intercede until every student becomes the artist God created them to be.

Usually, we wear our Make America Pray Again hats and pray in loud cries as Jesus did in Hebrews 5:7, but our stop at LCAD was discreet. We worshiped and prayed at a lower volume, in the farthest corner of the campus. That's because this college is ranked 19th in California for LGBTQ- Friendly campuses, and its main campus is only 4 acres. So not having discretion could have kicked us off campus. Debauchery was also strong on this campus, as there were two statues of naked girls.

And the Holy Spirit helped me pray for LCAD from a place of identification. That is identifying with the needs of the college students on this campus. I am a creative, and have been since art classes in elementary school, to now creating social media content for Make America Pray Again. Yet, this prayer meeting made me realize how different my life would look if Jesus were not at the center of my creativity. Right around middle school, lesbianism started to infiltrate my middle school friend group of girls passionate about art. I'd probably have the devil twisting my creativity to exalt myself, and my fleshly desires too! Yet God gave us faith to pray for the Holy Spirit to come and visit these students so that they would be like Bezalel, an artist set apart for God's purposes.

"And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." (Exodus 31:4-5).

I saw Priscilla again at the young adult church she attends!

Our next prayer topic was for God to raise a group of intercessors on this campus that would contend for the salvation of their peers. Right around that time, a student showed up. Priscilla Lee, a junior at LCAD and a friend of someone on our team, explained that it wasn't until this school year that a Christian club was officially formed. God had finally provided a Christian professor who agreed to sponsor the club composed of 10 members. I asked her if she knew my friend Keyla Lemus, an LCAD alumna, and she said yes! I was excited for her response, because Keyla faithfully headed prayer at LCAD during her time there. But Priscilla told us that the house of prayer there stopped after Keyla graduated. We told Priscilla that we were asking God to stir the hearts of the Christians on her campus to pray until the percentage of Christians would increase drastically and quickly!

Priscilla prayed that it would be so, and we agreed with her prayer. It was truly a divine appointment for us to go to LCAD during the same semester that a Christian club was established. We believe that the Holy Spirit is stirring the hearts of the 10 Christian students, including Priscilla, so that they would be a remnant with faith that God will save their whole campus!

Thank you to those who supported me financially and/or prayed for me. As Paul said, "many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many" (2 Corinthians 1:11). Without prayers or finances, being a part of the first Make America Pray Again couldn't have been possible.

Exciting News: I'm becoming an intern!

I'm currently on my way to Colorado Springs to complete the last two weeks of Phase 2! After that, I will complete an internship with Contend. God is sovereign because in September, around the time our team visited Boston, God raised a student I met on tour, Davi, to lead prayer meetings at Boston University. Towards the end of September, I had a meeting with the directors of this discipleship school (Set Apart For Awakening) and got invited to Contend's media internship. In this meeting, I shared a dream the Lord gave me this past summer, and my leaders gave their interpretation. We came to the conclusion that the Lord is inviting me to serve from place to place, in missions. Specifically, through media and communications, because the creative director of Microsoft, whom I've met in person, was in my dream. So I'm going to be like Joseph, who believed God's dream for him! And if God wills it, I'll finish my college degree online!

Lastly, I'm heading to Boston for a couple of days!

As I mentioned above, the Lord is so merciful that he has actually raised my sister in Christ to lead prayer meetings at Boston University. I met her in person for the first time during our Boston Tour stop. And now I will be visiting her for 2-3 days after the completion of Phase 2 on December 12th to pray with her, support her, and pass on the baton of intercessory prayer for Boston University. Find out more about how you can support me here.