Have I not Sent You?

Looking Left from the stage

Anticipation and excitement linger in the air....The Assemblies of God Church warms up the audience with worship music. Then Danny Barrios is welcomed to the platform to sing gloriously to the King. The people continued to come and we welcomed 7,000 Hondurans to participate in Worship,and hear Bruce VanNatta's  testimony. But they didn't just worship and listen they actively saw a miracle unfold before their eyes.They  participated in that miracle.The enemy reared it ugly head and as soon as the salvation message was coming rain started falling and the people were moving about and not listening. Then Bruce VanNatta asked the people if they believe God can do a miracle right now?

Looking right from the stage

Mary discovers its on live TV across the nation of Honduras!

Paula blows the Shofar and the people pray for God to stop the rain and it stops.7,000 people witness a miracle that they participated in. They were ecstatic  Now he gives another alter call and now more receive Christ. Then Bruce sends us out to pray for the sick. Tonight, I saw God give feeling back into a woman's arm. Tonight, I saw bells palsy and the woman felt her face tighten back up. It looked normal again. I prayed for a boy who couldn't hear and both ears open up. I prayed for his speech to be clear and it was.Many were led to Christ, some battling depression, some wanting to walk away from drugs and all of them wanted Jesus that cam to me, more of Him. There were so many testimonies so many lives changed and a city being re-birthed in Jesus. Another good day for Jesus! Can't wait to see what Papa has in store for us tomorrow. Stay tuned, there is more to come.

Shalom my Friends,

Faithful

Paula blows the Shofar
The people rise up to the call.
I can only tell you it was extremely powerful!

Before the rains Hits and the Miracle Happens
See how many more people came?

Trees of Righteousness

Final Day of Teaching

Shofar

On a final note and finishing strong were Tom and Paula Graves......These Pastors brought together the weeks teaching with a discipleship push called "Be a Matthew House". Teaching our Pastors and leaders how to disciple the new child of God that lives near them. They brought in Billy Graham materials that will allow them to take new believers to the next step in their walk. Paula, drew out of the Word the powerful testimony of Shofar as God chose to use it. Biblically based and powerful were her words but more impactful was the response to blowing the Shofar. The presence of God was so powerful from her Shofar that just prior to ministering to the sick the presence of God manifested all over us. You knew that a powerful time lay ahead.

Paula Blowing the Shofar

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God To comfort  all who mourn, To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning,The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be Called Tress of Righteousness the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."

 Isaiah 61:1-3

Today, these very verses became our manifest prayers and God fulfilled His words to this people. My Honduran family was healed of unforgiveness, anger, demons, depression, brokenness and despair. These people were of many ailments.They have tools to war against the enemy and a God on their side. We are the victors! These people will be called Tress of Righteousness and they are the planting of the Lord. To God be the Glory!

Amy during the Shofar Blowing

Faithful.....

Shalom

Amazing Heat!

Carribbean Baptism

Co-buried with Christ & Co-raised with Christ

All of heaven was rejoicing with us as Johnathan was baptized in the Caribbean on Pentecost Sunday. Johnathan was the designer behind our Aquaponics building. His heart was radically touch by the men who visited this nation to give away a little of themselves to others. What they didn't realize was they were a living testimony of Jesus and Johnathan saw it. He not only saw it but discovered the realness of Jesus in them. They lived lives like Jesus, loved liked  Jesus, served like Jesus and he was watching. He was changing from the inside out.

Jonathan

Our Team

Shalom, Faithful

Open Hands

What do you see.....

Open Hands

. What are they asking for? What do they need? Who is asking?

 I think of a child asking for something from his mother with hands wide open. I think of God's children with hands wide open wanting more of Him. This artist rendering of open hands so symbolizes the nation of Honduras. God has heard the cry of a nation in turmoil.God has seen the injustice in this nation. God sees the people without food. God sees, yes God sees.. God has sent and is continuing to send His children to help. Do you see them? What are they doing? You have not been forgotten.

Today, we embarked upon Day one of the Pastors and leaders conference. 70 Pastors and Leaders came to receive what has been prepared for them. Bruce VanNatta spoke on the 5 giants we face each day and how God has provided tools to battle these foes. These giants have been left in our lives to teach us to obey the Lords commands, to  test us, to prepare us for warfare. These 5 giants are: Relational Giants, Spiritual Giants, Physical Giants, Emotional Giants, and Financial Giants. This afternoon he gave us one of the tools to defeat these giants and that is our "authority" in Christ.

The women's section of the conference was lead by Reverend Joan Grunwald. Herself having been healed from multiple sclerosis now travels to various countries teaching on healing. Inspiring truths from God's Word and testimonies of her many travels are making believers out of all of the women. She is committed to this mandate of understanding healing as well as teaching it both individually and corporately in various settings. Her wisdom and insight has been refreshing and confirming to all.

What are the hands asking for? They need help; who? Honduras. What do they need? Jesus. Who is asking? The people of Honduras; they are tired of the unrest and injustice in their country and of the unnecessary death toll that keeps rising. What can you do?  Many things. But if you need ideas you can contact www.h2hcv.org for information.

Shalom, Faithful

The Dump and More

Souls Saved…Hope Returns

The Dump

In light of today’s adventures into the mountains of Honduras and the dump of Puerto Cortes we find the content, hungry and disfigured. It amazes me that those living out of the abundance of the dump can be content. We were shocked at this response this morning. A lady obviously in need of clean clothes and a shower saying, “I don’t need anything”. These were people of “Hope”. Many had already set their minds on Christ and the fulfillment of His promise to meet their needs.

Puerto Cortes Sanitoria

Handing out the Food

 Today we embarked on another journey ……To give away food, invite people to our Crusade and more importantly invite people to meet our Jesus, the giver of life, our sustainer, our light and our brother. As we arrived at the city dump I wondered where all the people were. I heard that they swarmed the dump to find food and items to sell. We were informed that due to an outbreak of fights they only allow groups in at certain times. So, we invited a woman to call her community to come and hear our message and receive some food. As we waited they trickled down the hillside to us.  Packed around our little truck of food were about 75 people.  Pastor Alfonso preached and Kim gave testimony of modern day healings standing on the back end of the green truck. Seven people accepted Jesus as savior, many were already believers and many received prayer for healing. We left with an empty truck but a full heart of thanksgiving. We were so filled with joy at the gentle spirits we witnessed today.

Flood Plains

Our next direction were the people that live in the flood plains; yearly their homes are ravaged by flood waters. We found a warm accepting people in this humble community. I was genuinely blessed when I was invited into their humble homes to pray with them. Each house I stopped at someone accepted Jesus. The Father doesn't miss a thing; over the past two days we had 12 interpreters from the Mary Frenter Bilingual School translating for us. It was a beautiful thing for me to watch these students learn to share the gospel and lead their countrymen to a saving knowledge of Christ. Of all the years I've traveled here, I have touched hearts like none before because of the students wiliness to translate.

Hearts breaking….

One heart that is broken is mine as I see victims of gunshot wounds and accidents with little to no care provided for them. But our hope is in Christ and He has sent us with His authority to heal the sick, raise the dead and cast out demons. Today our team was invited to pray for a 30 year old male victim of a gunshot wound. He could not move or feel from just below his chest. As we prayed and sang for this man his stomach started moving, then he felt his legs on fire and his foot began to move. He has been unable to move for 3 months when this accident happened. Although we did not see him get out of bed he is being healed as we speak.

One of God's New Children 

There are so many more who need us…there are so many more who are hungry. Each time I go out and I am in His presence I feel such Joy that I never want to leave that place. That place is His presence. Psalm 16:11. Want to feel that Joy? Come with me I will show you how to walk in that Joy. See the Joy in a face that has felt the hand of God, a smile, a tear or a hug from a perfect stranger. His presence will fall as you testify of His love for these people. 

Faithful

Mountains High

Trails leading......

Taking the Food Up the Mountain as Far as we could

Deep in the forests of Honduras huts housing many poor families who live on very little are  hid. Today, we drove to Los Flores just outside Puerto Cortes. We drove our vehicles as far as we could  then we picked up our food and started hiking into the deep woods. If you did not know where you were going you could get lost. There were over 20 of us carrying food bags weighing in at 12 pounds.  We were able to bless these families and tell them about the love of Jesus. The morning outing brought 15 salvation's and many received healing prayers.

We came back from lunch to reload and head to a local spot of the city’s poorest in Puerto Cortes. We slowly made our way down the road and as far as we looked people were coming out of their houses and waiting on the street. It was like someone made a phone chain and called everyone. As we turned the corner people started running toward our loaded truck. This particular area is very dangerous and the leadership choose to rethink our distribution of food in this venue.

Steep Trails 

So we aired up our tires and back to the church to reload with food. We headed back up to the mountains of ChaChaWalla. We split our teams up into three cars and received our directions. The flow was indeed much better. Once again we drove as far as we could then this time we each took at two bags to carry and hiked back into the woods. We carried between 20-25 pounds each. The path for these huts was extremely narrow and treacherous but we found a warm reception as we arrived. These people were gracious and hungry for the Word of God. Our team led 5 more people to the Lord and prayed for healing in many people. Many were healed from pains in the back , in the heart and emotionally. Indeed miracles were needed in many, many people. My heart was crushed as I saw person after person in a wheel chair, had fingers missing, or had no feeling in their legs because of a broken back. The sadness of their need was heavy upon my heart. I want to see the miraculous hand of God touch their lives so badly. Lord please hear my cry! Use me, use the body of Christ in greater measures please.

Holy Spirit is touching this boy and his face lights up.

It was a day filled with joy as talking about Jesus to others brings me delight. So, my countenance was lifted because after today we have more brothers and sister going to heaven than we had when the day started. All because a few of us said, “Yes Lord.” He said,”Go” and we said “Yes”.  

A new brother in Christ!

Tomorrow brings a new mountain but the same God; I am eager to go and eager to pray for those in need because I know my God will show up. Will You? What mountain does He want you to climb?

Faithful

Honduras- A Nation in Transition into Revival

Honduras

Teams from all over the world are preparing to arrive in Honduras throughout this year. What are these teams bringing; the Love of the Father and the gift of eternal life.  What does that look like? Well, today we prepared 312 food bags for some of the poorest people in this country. Tomorrow, we will begin to share these groceries and talk to them about Jesus. I can’t wait for the experience the Father has in store for us. Read tomorrow’s blog to find out what we experienced; but for now here are some pictures that show the fellowship of the international church.

Corn Flour

Up three flights of stairs so we could pack in the air conditioning

312 bags of Food.

Whitley-Jodi-Linda

Gabriella- Kathy- Elenie- Jory

Tomorrow we deliver to our neighboring friends the benefits of our labor and of those who gave to make this possible.

We concluded our 6 hours of packing with prayer and blessings on the food and our week before us. Such a powerful time of prayer in English and Spanish with a translator. Thank you Father for love that crosses international lines.

Faithfully Yours.....Forever Father

Stirrings

Stirrings

Flooding months earlier...

Humm…what has been stirring? Tornado's hit Puerto Cortes and ripped the School sign off the building and an earth quake hit just days before our team arrived. “The Spirit is speaking, "Cleansing, cleansing, cleansing to the land.  Shaking, shaking, shaking in the land." I see the land shaking, but God will protect His people. The wise man that builds his house on the revelation of Jesus Christ will not be shaken even when the storms come…”Catherine Brown 2005. None of our children and church families was injured. Thank You Jesus…..

“God says that he is sending you anointed apostles and prophets who will enable you to strategize for the days that lie ahead.”  This past weekend, May 11-12 Randy Clark, Evangelist is in San Pedro Sula having brought a Crusade Team into this violent and oppressed city. Bruce Van Natta, Healing and Teaching Evangelist brings in a Pastor and Leadership Conference/Crusade team to Puerto Cortes May 20-25.

“He is going to send a wave of worship to release purity on His bride in Honduras.” Women’s Conference team speaks on intimacy and worship in January 2013 in Puerto Cortes. May 24 and 25 two anointed worship leaders well known in Latin America come to Puerto Cortes Crusade. Danny Barrios and Milton Valle share worship and praise to an expected 7,000 people crowd that will overfill the stadium. Holy Spirit release your fire!

“God grants you grace to receive his ambassadors and great will be the joy in the body of believers in Honduras at the Lord's miracle provision.”   I have been coming to spread the fire since 2009 and have received so much love from the body; you should come too and spread the love!  July 20, 2013 the nation of Honduras will see in great magnitude the coming wave of Holy Spirit as all 18 states receive His Ambassadors of Revival into this nation. If you have the fire, God will use you, so come and proclaim Jesus as the Christ and in Him we have salvation!

So, What's Stirring?

Faithful

1.      All bold lettering and italicized words in parentheses are from Catherine Brown’s Prophecy given in 2005 over Honduras.

Aquaponics

What is Aquaponics?                           

                                       

Aquaponic Facility

Aquaponics -A systematic flow of one food system feeding another producing choice fruits and vegetables for our Village children.  Its abundance has the potential ability to feed even some of the farm animals, should we have them. Through the innovational leadership of Scott Closner and Design Specialist, Jonathan Schjei the system is installed and beginning to grow. The blessed result will be enough garden vegetables and fruit to build healthy young children into adulthood. Thank you Jesus!!

Inside Facility

This Project was completed by a group of guys know as the Fellows. They labored for three days in 130 degree heat to install this fruit/vegetable production system literally sweating blood. You think I am joking; I am indeed NOT! We had fans put in but lacked the converter needed to run them so until it was installed they sweated. They never experienced anything like this in their lifetime. You know Jesus sweated tears of blood just prior to his crucifixion. The Fellows did not realize what was happening to them. Three of them experienced this each day for three days as the blood sweat increased.  Sweating blood occurs because of high stress or hyperhidrosis (condition of abnormally high perspiration) and sometimes it can occur in pregnancy or in people suffering with high blood pressure. These young men were fit and focused. Thank You!

We are extremely grateful for the dedicated work these young men under took for these 9 days. Their hearts were directed to one thing to bring glory to our creator by helping those in need with a deed they could complete. Gentlemen, you did indeed honor and glorify your heavenly Father with you labor of love. As we watch this project evolve into maturity and production we will also remember your labor of love.  Faith Hope and Love, the greatest of these is Love. Love is universal even when we can’t speak the language. A-Men and A-Men

Faithfully His….