Amazing Day

I had an amazing day today. It started off with a text that one of my little friends in Purok Sais was still sick. So I went and got Pastor Tony and we went to where he was staying. When we got there Kenzu got up on my lap and I could feal that he had a fever. As we prayed for him the Holy Spirit put an urgency in me to pray for somthing deeper than just a fever. When we were finished I knew we had prayed him through somthing a lot more serious. Kenzu is one of the kids in our school that is close to my heart. His father died just before he was born so I try to pay special attention to him when I am there.
As we were leaving a lady across the way that had heard us praying asked if we would come pray for her. So we went into her little one room house to find out what was wrong. She had just been sent home from working overseas because they found out she has cervical cancer. I spent some time talking to her about the goodness of God and and about the people we had prayed for that were healed from cancer and other diseases. Then I made sure she knew that God was not only able, but willing to heal her. We laid hands on her, prayed and spoke life into her body.When we were done Pastor Tony explained the Gospel to her and led her in a prayer to accept Jesus as her Savior. I still felt like she was missing something so I spent some time talking to her about how much God loves her. How she is His daughter and He wants to hold her in His arms and take care of her. Well by the time we got done both her and her sister who had come in were both in tears. I believe she is completely healed. She is very excited to come to church on Sunday. I have been praying for divine appointments and I believe this was one of them. God is so good!

Pagadian Healing Festival

Our last 3 days in Mindanao we spent in Pagadian City doing large Healing Festivals every night. They got bigger every night as word of the miracles got out.

We estimate that over 1500 people came forward to receive Jesus during the 3 nights.

Hundreds of people received healing for there bodies.

Several people came up on the stage to testify of healing. There were tumors that disappeared, paralysis gone, people that didn't need glasses anymore and lots of aches and pains gone. It was also fun to here some of the testimonies from people that were healed last year but didn't know until it was confirmed by a doctor.

We were able to visit with the mayor who was amazed that it had not rained since the team arrived. He looked at his calender and said, "It has rained every day for the last month. Then you come here, and it stops for 3 days." Leslie said, "that's because we prayed that it would not rain and disrupt the festival. But, tomorrow you're on your own." We could see the clouds and lightening storms all around us during the 3 days, but it never rained on us. The festivals were held in an open field, so not having rain was important. At 2am the next morning the rain, thunder and lightning cane back with a vengeance. That was quite a testimony to the mayor.

Davao Pastors Conference

A group of us spent a week in Mindinao. We started off with a 3 day pastor's conference in Davao for the pastors and leaders who came from the areas where we did healing festivals last year. The organizers decided it wouldn't be a good idea to go back into those places because of the war going on there and the recent kidnappings. So we brought the pastors to us. There were over 300 in attendance. We had a great time teaching and training. Pastor Paul taught on the love of the Father, Pastor Jun taught on God's grace, Howard taught them how to preach the Gospel with signs and miracles following and I finished up with a teaching on the infilling of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.

On the second night, Howard and Leslie demonstrated how to preach the Gospel just like they do in their large healing festivals. The main point of this conference was to train these pastors and leaders to do this so they can go into their communites and reach the lost and see the amazing power of God heal the sick.

After the preaching of the Gospel, God always confirms his Word with signs and wonders. Several people received instant healing and more were healed later that night and testified about it the next day.

The last night, I spoke on the in-filling of the Holy Spirit to a pretty conservative crowd. About 60 of them came down to the front to receive. As we layed our hands on them, some of them hit the floor and some of them started speaking in tongues. It was an amazing time watching the Holy Spirit move and set people free. There was a lot of dancing after that. What a fun time.

Howard and Leslie

Howard and Leslie came to visit for a couple of weeks. We love it when they visit. They are such a blessing to everyone here. They arrived on a Thursday night. We let them have a day to acclimatize and then started the schedule on Saturday. Howard spoke to our men's group and Leslie spoke to our women leaders. Sunday morning Howard preached at our church then prayed for the sick. It was an amazing service. That evening Leslie spoke at our 1st annual Ladies Tea. She had a perfect word for the ladies. All-in-all a great way to start their visit here.