It’s good to be home and hug the grandkids. Thank you for your prayers. I believe they really made a difference. It was great to see all of my friends at CPCH; Pastor Abe & Mom Stella always makes me feel I am coming home and really I am. They are doing a great work there and the Lord is blessing it. I wish I knew how to include pictures in the newsletter (but right now I don’t) and I would enclose some for you but soon we will update our website with some new pictures of my trip. I have a PowerPoint presentation that I could send on CD if you special request it.

 

We had about 100 or more youth come. Some came from far away. Many of the youth are from denominational backgrounds and heard about the intense time we had last year and wanted to come. When their parents wouldn’t pay their way they found ways to earn their own money (they just needed to pay expenses there and back). They came hungry for the Lord. Many were saved and rededicated their lives. Many were filled with the Holy Spirit and healed and delivered. They asked us to please teach them about the in filling of the Holy Spirit and they were ready to receive.

 

Their only complaint was that they please want it to be longer than three and half days next year. It was great to see these youth not only have fun but also go deep and be touched by the heart of God. Many of them were feeling the Lord’s presence for the first time and it meant so much to them. As one of the Youth put it, now I know for myself the Lord is real because of His presence. This is so important because there are so many things pushing youth today. They need His presence to be very real to them so when the enemy pushes them they have a real experience to fall back on that says God is real and yes, He loves me.

 

Can you imagine the youth saying please make the meetings earlier in the morning (8:00 a.m. instead of 9:00 a.m.) so we can have more time for teaching. Wow! We did have some fun as well. We had raw egg fights, water balloons (some with water and some with shaving cream) a word treasure hunt, and much more. But more than the fun and the prizes, they wanted the word and the anointing. That was a blessing to see. True hunger is met by God.

 

The women’s retreat was a very important way to revitalize these women. Many of the women said they came so beat up and discouraged and left ready to continue in the ministry. That is exactly why we are there. The Lord touched them at a very deep level. Many testified that it changed their lives. We addressed very real issues and as always had a time each day for them to ask any questions they desired. I try to do that in all of my conferences. Many needed to know things like, how to deal with Jehovah Witnesses and why is it wrong; why eating blood is wrong if the Lord sanctifies all food; many catholic doctrines had filtered in because of their backgrounds and needed to be addressed.

 

Many were healed in their bodies and also in their soul. They were healed of deep hurts and disappointments and given new ideas and encouragement to continue. They learned to smile and laugh again. But the thing they seemed to appreciate the most was the teachings. Of the physical healings the ones that stand out the most are the tumors that disappeared. One had a tumor in the throat, one in the chest above the breast, and several others. It is wonderful to feel the tumor going down under your hand, actually dissolving. One lady had a softball size tumor that was very hard on the back of her leg. It melted to about one fifth of the size and in the next couple days she said it was gone. Praise God. Several were healed of various things. We almost always ask them to check their healing and make sure it is completely done. All the glory be to God.

 

Many of these women came from far away and were pastor’s wives or pastor along side of their husbands. They came with deep hurts and deep needs. I remember one saying; “But Philippine women have to work so hard there is no time for the Bible and prayer.” She said this with tears because it was her great hunger to grow in the Lord. She is the wife of a pastor. They take care of three churches spread out in the mountains. He walks many hours in the hot sun to look after two of the churches and she pastors the church at home. But in order to even have rice to eat for their 6 children, she also works in the rice fields sun up to sun down. Then comes home to take care of the children and still manages to pastor the church. But she is exhausted and in desperate need of more time for the Lord or even time to sleep. They have “NO” support. There are several that I know personally that are in this situation.

 

It breaks my heart for them. It is almost unbearable. So I have a desire to start trying to raise support for 6 of these pastors and their families for $50 a month. That would at least insure they have food. I have known most of these pastors for years and I am amazed that they continue to work for the Lord under such hardship but they really do love the Lord. Several have quit but these are a few of the ones who are faithful even under hard circumstances. If you are interested in adopting one of these pastors for $50 a month, let me know and I will send you their picture and all the information I have on them. Adopt a pastor. There are others pastors who need adopted as well but these are the most desperate.

 

It seems the anointing built through the other conferences for this conference because it was intense. Many of the pastors and leaders testified on the last night of how the conference teachings seemed to be exactly for them and addressed their needs and questions. They were very encouraged and many received deep inner healing. One said, “Electricity seemed to seize my throat and all I could do was speak in tongues. I tried to stop but I couldn’t.” Another said, “I heard the audible voice of God remind me of something I had heard as a child and forgotten; ‘Be still and wait on God.’ One leader weeping said he wished he never had to leave such deep anointing and that he had never had such a deep experience with the Lord.

 

One had an intense experience where God let him know the importance of loving the people. Many wept until they could weep no more as the intense presence of the Lord manifested. At times the anointing would be so strong the pianist couldn’t play but just wept. I would be on the floor with the microphone singing in the anointing and prophesying in song but unable to get up as wave after wave of deep anointing would sweep over us. 

 

The last morning before everyone had to begin the long journey home we had a presbytery meeting (a meeting where we pray and prophecy over the leaders). It was the most intense. The Lord reached deep inside to address the needs of the pastors. It is a very special time. The anointing can flow differently in these meetings because there are only pastors present and they sit (no catchers or falling). It is more relaxed and unhurried and more personal.  God would reveal the deep inner cry of their heart and then answer it. The pastors went home revitalized and ready to begin again.

 

Saturday was out reach day. We would go into places that were a good distance away to ministry where no church has been started yet, sort of a home fellowship with a hope to start a church there in the future. In these places you experience the real Philippines in the raw so to speak. The people are often very poor. No fans here for the heat. Many times you are battling for speaking time with chickens and dogs, which seem to always like to cause a ruckus close to the gathering.

 

In one such setting a ‘big’ black pig came right in the middle of the meeting. I leaned to ask the host if this was their pig (not wild). Though even a tame pig can take a chunk out of you and this pig was big. Yes it is their pig. No one tried to shoo it away. It stayed for a while and then rooted in under a table a couple of feet away where we were going to eat later. Interesting. Another time I went to the outhouse to use the bathroom. They had a floor level toilet like many do. But stacked on it were the freshly washed dishes because the outhouse was also the only place where they had water, so the dishes were there half covering the toilet hole. I knew many people had been going in and out to use the toilet, many of them children and it would have been impossible for them to miss hitting the dishes while using the toilet. Since we had just eaten this was a very interesting discovery. lol

 

Much of the outreach is miracle evangelism and many were saved. Many were also healed. One man was healed of brain damage and was able to move about without being dizzy for the first time in a long time. His lungs were healed as well and he could breath. People were healed of stroke paralysis, TB, asthma, and many other things. It was wonderful to see the miracles of God at work.

 

Every Sunday morning it was up at 3:00 a.m. and out the door by 5:00 a.m. to go to the radio station to broadcast for 30 minutes. This is a long drive but a total joy to do. I am often amused at all the goats at the radio staion. Then back in time for Sunday service at 10:00 a.m. We had several good reports from these broadcast that are very far reaching and go into the mountains all around. We always pray the prayer of salvation and pray for healing for the people with good results. On Sunday mornings the Lord moved mightily. Many were saved, or rededicated their lives, several filled with the Holy Spirit and many healed. One Pastor was sick and the Lord healed him. He went to the doctor and the doctor verified it. I love that. We always ask them to check and be sure they are healed; we never want to just assume. We had a great time with these services.

 

You know how I love these kids. They are so dear to my heart and they pray for me. We were able to have one special meeting just for the kids. They loved that. I taught them some new songs and they also sing to me out on the playground. I get and give lots of hugs when I am there. It is very hard to leave them. They slip me notes when I leave and say things like I am so happy when you come but so sad when you leave. And thank you for the God teachings. They love the anointing. Many of the kids were touched in a very real and deep way and would often sit in on the grown up teachings instead of going out to play. Not something many kids would do of their own accord.

 

I am adjusting to the 16-hour times difference and getting settled in. I thank you for your prayers, your love and your support. Without your prayers I would not be able to do this. You team up with me by your prayers. And without financial support I simply can’t go. So I thank you. You are with me when I go and all that God accomplishes you are a part of.

 

I have some more teaching to add to the Soul series that seems very important and several new teachings to share that I think will help. The one the pastors seemed to like the most wherever I went was called “The Place In Between” and I will be sharing that one sometime soon. As well as one that explains our authority and our access. Please email me. I love to hear from you. I will be going July 17- 22 to Ohio to minister in a convention there. If you would like me to come minister in your church – please let me know.