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in the Philippines!!! |
The
two young men in the picture above
are the same two cross-dressed young men in the picture below!
About two
months ago, one of our missionaries took some of the discipleship
training center students out on the streets to preach and demonstrate
the gospel in love. There were several transvestite prostitutes
on the streets waiting for customers. Most of these young men
grew up from childhood being told they were really supposed
to be women, and became homosexual prostitutes as they grew
older. That night none of the men got right with God, but they
all agreed to come to our church. We met with these men every
week for about a month. Some of the guys started coming to another
outreach that was being done at a university, and would come
in wearing their prostitute clothing.
Among them was a young man whose name is Jolmar (the one in
the New York shirt). After about four weeks of constantly hearing
the truth, Jolmar just broke before God. He was so changed.
The first thing he wanted to do was cut his hair and change
his clothes. Jolmar was baptized and said goodbye to his old
life. He is already enrolled in our discipleship training school.
Within days, one of Jolmar's friends, Jermel, began to come
around. He also wanted to cut his hair and throw out all of
his female paraphernalia.
Both of these young men are on fire and serving God. Jesus has
restored them to the wonderful image He created them to be,
and they are really growing while being discipled by two of
our students!
If anyone is in Christ he is a NEW creation! |
| - The
Philippines Team |
| from
one of our missionaries serving in Northern Africa / Middle
East... |
This
month a young man, named Rachid, came to the Lord! It was
one of the biggest highlights of our living here! A friend
of mine (another missionary here) met him a couple of weeks
ago. Rachid had a problem with his shoulder that required
surgery and was planning on going to go to Europe to have
the surgery done. My friend called me and asked if I would
be willing to pray with him for God to heal his shoulder.
God did not immediately heal his shoulder, and after we prayed,
we shared some passages with him from the Gospels. He had
been reading the New Testament but did not understand it.
He said that even though he was reading Arabic, it was as
though it was in another language that he did not understand!
After
we prayed for him, as Rachid was reading the New Testament
and asking questions, suddenly, it was as if light came in
his eyes and he understood the gospel. He immediately said
that he accepted this new faith and that he no longer trusted
in Islam to get him to heaven but now he trusts in the shed
blood of Jesus!
More recently,
we set up a meeting between Rachid and “Pastor A.”
The meeting lasted for over 2 hours with Rachid asking many
questions and Pastor A answering them. Pastor A gave his testimony,
many parts of which I had never heard. We ended the meeting
with laying hands on Rachid and praying for him. After our
prayer, Rachid asked us, “Does HE come every time?”
We were unsure what he meant, so after questioning him, we
discovered that he had a vision of the Lord. As we were praying
for him, he saw Jesus walk through our wall and stand in front
of him --- IN MY LIVING ROOM!!
I feel
very fortunate; it is very rare to see someone come to the
Lord in such a dramatic way. Please pray for Rachid, for his
protection and continued growth as a new believer. He also
has a desire to meet some other Christians in his area.
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| - Annonymous,
Middle East |
| An
amazing healing in little Johny’s body! |
| Recently
a young man named Johny from the dump fell from a tree and broke
bones in his right leg and had to have a major surgery to correct
the damage from the fall. The doctors said that Johny would
be walking normally in several months if the healing took place
properly. During one of our breaks from working on building
houses we went into Johny’s house to see how he was. He
was laid out on a chair with his leg wrapped and propped up
over a stool. We began to pray for his leg and command life
and healing into his bones. This we did several times throughout
the day. We spent the night and prayed over Johny late into
the evening till we felt released and continued the next day.
Each day Johny has gained more and more strength and the swelling
has gone down completely. Now Johny is walking slowly around
the compound all by himself. This is quite a wonder being that
the doctors said he would not be able to walk on this leg for
months. Praise Jesus for healing Johny’s body. Remember
that doctors do not have the final say so, Jesus does. |
| - Peter
Naska, Philippines |
| Ten
days after we arrived, Derrick went on a 2-week ministry trip
with Andy. |
They
had the privilege of working with a group in Mexico called
Buenas Nuevas. They are the Latin American division of the
Gospel Recordings Network. They take the gospel message and
record it on to cassette tapes, in different native dialects.
Some of the dialects do not have a written language, so hearing
it is all that they can do. There are 292 different dialects
in Mexico!
Derrick
and Andy traveled to Culiacan, Mexico to minister to these
Indians. The Indians are bussed in from different
parts of Mexico to harvest tomatoes, chile, jalapenos, etc.
They are placed in a camp, where they stay for 2 months at
a time. The oppression over these people is written on their
faces. They bring their whole family to the camp. If your
child can work, then you can bring them and they will be put
to work in the fields. It is very sad, but this is their life!
Derrick
and Andy, along with their teams, would go into the camps
and find the dialect they spoke. Then they would
give them a cassette with the gospel in their dialect on it.
The teams would then show the Jesus film in Spanish. In 2
weeks there were over 1,200 people saved. They handed out
over 2,300 cassettes. They found 171 different dialects! Thank
You, Jesus!!!
One
specific testimony of prayer is about a little boy that could
not walk or talk. Derrick and some others went to
pray for this boy and he was totally healed!!!! It is like
the Bible says, “If you lay hands on the sick, they
will recover!” |
| - Derrick
Blasczyk, Mexico |
| This
past month at Skate Church there were many new faces ... |
| On
one of the nights, Jason really brought some reality to their
lives concerning sin, and ten kids came down, repented and got
saved! Praise the Lord! We are so excited about what God is
doing in their lives and how He is making Himself known to them. |
| - Jason
Burson, Pennsylvania |
| Do
you remember the young woman who grew 2 centimeters ... |
Do you remember
the young woman who grew 2 centimeters as God straightened
out her back that we shared with you while we were in the
states? Well she ( Steffi) came to the conference and was
prayed for again. When she got home and soon realized she
had grown again. This time after being measured by her mother
she found she grew 3 more centimeters. That’s a total
of 5 centimeters! That’s a miracle. Who knows how much
more she will grow as the Lord heals her from severe Scoliosis.
Praise our wonderful God!
Shortly after we
got home from the women’s retreat we received a letter
from one of the ladies that attended. She said that she was
healed of stomach problems, but beyond that she said that
this weekend was the first time in years she had been able
to feel feelings. She had been emotionally numb for years.
God melted her heart with the message of His great love, and
now she is able to feel again! |
| - Kathy
Schmeuszer, Germany |
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