Holiday Feast
Today, Rick and I are doing food prep and clean-up for the Holiday Feast at Bethel Church, where 1200 homeless people and people in need will enjoy a wonderful meal. Church families sponsor tables and bring their own china, silver and Christmas decorations to adorn the tables and guests are treated like royalty. The children get photos with Santa, there is entertainment, and afterwards, they are invited to take home clothing, blankets and sleeping bags, collected for them through the year.
Pastor On Call Team
This week, our Pastor on Call outreach team manned the office phones and called those who had asked for prayer during the last weekend at Bethel. Cards they filled out were distributed among 7 of us and they were from across the U.S. and Canada and beyond. People travel from all over to visit Bethel for a weekend, attending services and coming to the Healing Rooms. It was so fun to call them. They were thrilled to get a call letting them know their request had been prayed for and asking them if there was anything else we could pray about.
Blood count goes to normal
I prayed with a woman whose five-year-old son with Down's Syndrome received some healing for a leukemia blood count concern. He had leukemia when he was younger, but it has been in remission. Lately his blood count concerned doctors, and he was due to have a medical test to see if the leukemia was back. His mother brought him to the healing rooms, and when they returned to Washington and he had another blood test, his levels were normal - a change of 1200 points! We praised God together for this healing, and then prayed for him to be healed of Down's Syndrome, a hernia, and just prayed for her and the rest of the family.
A changed life
Another 56-year-old man had been to Bethel and had an encounter with the Holy Spirit that has changed him. He was so happy to hear from us, and said he was coming back for some inner healing.
Cancer in remission
A man Rick prayed with was from Colorado. He came all the way to Bethel to receive healing and was excited to get a followup call. He had Stage 3 cancer - lymphoma - and after returning to Colorado, everything that had been visible signs of cancer on his legs was healed. His doctor was astounded, and told him it looked like he was in remission. Rick shared Colorado stories with him and prayed for further healing.
Home blessed
Another woman I called has cancer through her body. I prayed with her caregiver - her sister - for healing, and for peace over both of them and the Lord's presence in their home.
In recent weeks we have prayed in people's homes and a local hospital for those who have called Bethel to ask for us to come to them. They've had such conditions as injury, H1N1,cerebral palsy, extreme birth defects, epilepsy, and depression. We have prayed not only for the patients, but their families and caregivers. Our team brings God's joy, peace and love into their atmosphere. It is quite an experience.
We feel so privileged to be able to do this kind of ministry. Prayer is so powerful!
We appreciate your prayers!
Although I have been working for the local newspaper, it is not enough to cover our expenses. Rick has been unable to find a job here. The unemployment rate is high and jobs are scarce. We are learning to trust in God's promises of provision. We know many of you are struggling as well, and we want to let you know we are praying for you and for our home county - Grand County - for new jobs, prosperity, and blessing!
"And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19.
More Praises!
(The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rev. 19:10)
Jobs
Rusty, our son, who was laid off in November, will be starting a new job in January!
Healing
Chris, who has suffered from migraines for many years, has been healed of migraines, and back pain too. One day, Bill Johnson, senior pastor, called out a word of knowledge that God wanted to heal migraines - the kind that are weekly and tend to have something to do with allergies. I stood up, and when I did, I felt electricity moving up my spine. That day I had a migraine headache. It was gone in three hours without medication, and I have not had a migraine in 8 weeks now. I have also had much healing in my back. It's a process, but I'm believing for more!
Help
Rick and I have been able to keep up with homework. Yes!
They're growing!
God is a God of joy and fun. Two of our young students were out with their outreach teams, and witnessed legs being healed. One leg was shorter than the other and causing back pain. So the team prayed, and the leg grew out even with the other leg. The person was quite delighted and instantly felt better. This is so common in the healing rooms for people with back pain. These two young women - Steph from Kansas and Naomi from England - are beautiful and absolutely love Jesus. They are both rather short, and decided they would ask God to make them taller. They declared that over themselves and both have grown 2 to 3 inches. Steph laughed and said she can't wait to see her sister at Christmas because now she'll be taller than her.
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