Last week I gave an update on some changes in our village following (hopefully!) my praying into a sense that a blanket of poverty was holding people down here. We’ve seen the post office re-fitted and the pub is in a similar process at the moment and I also noticed this week that the snooker hall has also had some work done on it (new windows, door etc) and though not a business it does give a feeling that the village is getting a bit of a facelift.

The German prophet, Michael Schiffmann, during his visit here some months ago, said that a spirit of poverty lay over the island as a whole, and so, armed with a breakthrough in the village, Helen and I went up a high place and prayed a blessing over Anglesey. I had started the process of praying from the high points last summer but had not completed the work. The next place to be covered on the list was to be Mynydd y Garn, which at 170 meters is the fourth highest point on the island. It is a spot right in the north-east corner and from there one can see about half the island. And it was from here we prayed on Wednesday afternoon.

The sense I had as we prayed was that rather than call for new large businesses to come onto the island from the outside we should be calling for the growth in already established businesses. I sensed that it would not take a massive breakthrough for the island to see an increase in prosperity. If every employer would see just a small increase in their business then that could lead to a significant increase in employment levels and such growth would be far more sustainable in cultural and environmental terms. I also felt that what was needed was some kind of economic biodiversity – where there are many small businesses dependant on each other criss-crossing the island. (I don’t have a handle on this biodiversity stuff so if you can give me some pointers it may help my praying in the future.) The one area I felt right to call for big inward investment was in the concept of 'Anglesey - Energy Island' - where there are many ideas in the field of wind and tidal power schemes. This has been an idea pushed by the local council for some time.

If such prayers are answered then we do not expect an explosion of economic growth on Anglesey - certainly outseid the energy industry. Rather we should see a quite, slow, sustainable increase which would nonetheless transform the economy.

UPDATE: I just came across this report about the energy island concept! It talks about an announcement made yesterday for a big investment potential in this scheme!

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