Friday Faves {06 November 2015}

Hello, friend!

How are you on this fine Friday!? November has come in with so much beauty! I love Virginia and all her colours.  

Here are a couple of my favourite shots lately . . . 

Check out a few of my favourite deals going on today . . .

I think this would be so cute in a family Christmas photo!

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Wow! 64% off - Colorful Fashion Rainboots! 

Need a teacher gift idea? Teacher Lanyard + Pendant Charm!

Do your iPhone/iPad cords tear or wear out easily? They do around here, so I'm thinking a "strong" cable is next on our list!

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This is a fun one! Pick Your State Home Tees - 54% off!

And in case you missed my post earlier this week, don't miss these Thanksgiving Deals going on now!

This is not a favourite yet, but I am thinking of putting this on our Thanksgiving menu! It looks delicious. I mean . . . pumpkin, espresso, AND coffee rum glaze?! Yes, please!

Pumpkin Espresso Bundt Cake

I haven't tried this yet either, but it looks like something my whole crew would enjoy. And I like the ease of a crockpot meal.

Crockpot Chicken Gnocchi Soup

And my favourite inspiration for this week is a Facebook post by Bethel Music. Please don't miss it, especially if you have any illness or pain in your own body or have someone in your life who is ill. Be encouraged! God is GOOD.

We Speak Life

Have a great weekend!

Blessings and love. xo

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A Dream Come True

Hello,

I haven't been around much this past week. I had a phenomenal weekend, last week, and haven't quite recovered (nor am I really trying to recover!). I had the opportunity to drive to New Jersey for an amazing conference hosted by The Alabaster Group. I'm not really a conference go-er, although I see one or two advertised once in awhile that grab my interest. Normally, though, I don't have money in the budget to go or they just haven't been a priority. 

Then why did I choose this one, you may wonder? Simple. Two of my spiritual heroes were going to be speaking, and it was only a five hour drive. It was a dream come true for me to go and hear them speak, meet them in person, and worship with them and hundreds of others who are seeking and living for Jesus and His Kingdom. 

Not only were two of my heroes at this conference, I learned more about three other phenomenal believers who are impacting their corners of the world in beautiful, powerful, crazy ways. The theme of the conference was "Until the world is filled with love for Jesus"! Yes!!!

Here is a list of the speakers:

Heidi Baker
Bill Johnson
David Hogan
Joseph Garlington
Claudio Freidzon

If you were to ask me who are the people who have had the greatest impact on my spiritual life in the past decade, Bill Johnson would be at the top of the list, followed closely by Heidi (and Rolland) Baker. In fact, it was through Bill's ministry and Bethel Church that I learned of Heidi. They are dear friends and support and honour each other's lives and ministries. Bill's book, When Heaven Invades Earth and then Heidi's book, Compelled By Love have both been life-changing for me. Life-changing. They both carry the Presence of God and have incredible authority and power, with countless miracles on a weekly, if not daily, basis. 

Here is an amazing example of Heidi's ministry in Mozambique. This witchdoctor was coming to kill her with his poisonous snakes. Watch what happens instead . . . 




And then there's this man named David Hogan. I am so completely thrilled to know about him and his wife and family and their ministry in Mexico. He is a big, intimidating guy, and at the same time, completely loving. He walks in some crazy, Kingdom authority and has seen some miracles that I have never even heard of before. My faith was stretched and strengthened and reinforced by hearing his stories. And the fire tunnel David and Heidi led on the last night was powerful!

Father also blessed me with this precious group of friends to share and fellowship with all weekend. We met the first evening at dinner and will carry this time with us forever. I love Kingdom connections!

I hope to share more this week about where God is leading us these days. We would appreciate your prayers.  

I'll also share more this week about two special baptisms we had last week!
Blessings and love. xo

Prayer Vigil Tonight

This is an urgent request from my beautiful friend Anne, on behalf of her husband, Tim, who has kidney cancer.

Would you all please join us in lifting Tim and his health to the Lord tonight, Thursday, January 16th between 8-8:30pm. I don't know if corporate, nation-wide prayers being offered at the same time is anymore powerful than individual prayers, but I know it's not any LESS powerful. We are asking family and friends to pray in that time frame, even if you can only pray for 5 minutes of it. If you live in a different time zone, please adjust that so that you are praying during east coast time. Pray for the Lord's healing. If God wants to do a miracle, now would be good timing (from my earthly viewpoint), but if He chooses to heal Tim in heaven, at least we've gone before the throne and done what we are called to do as believers - and that is to bring our requests before the Lord, and trust Him to do what's best for His eternal purpose in glory.

Here is the entire family: (L to R) Anne, Ashley, Nathan and Tim

Thank you for joining us in praying for our friends. xo

This, on repeat all day

This song has ministered to me so many times. 

Today is one of those days. 

I am playing it over and over. The kids and I are singing it over and over. 

God, we look to You.

Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 42:11 

O our God, will You not exercise judgment upon them? For we have no might to stand against this great company that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You. 2 Chronicles 20:12

Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror andbe dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. Isaiah 41:10 

For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you! Isaiah 41:13 

How I Lead My Children In Worship

One of my favourite things about home education is having the time in our school day to include worship and prayer to our God. This is a significant part of our morning and one that I try not to let slip. If we do go a day or two without it, we cannot wait to get back to it!

I remember reading a devotional by Jeannie Fulbright several years ago that said this:

If I could tell moms only one thing that would help their homeschooling, 

having regular morning devotions would be it. 

Truly, nothing else has blessed our homeschool experience more.

(You can read the entire post here: First Things First)

I could not agree more. Having time in the mornings for time in the Word, prayer, worship and being in the Father's Presence is crucial to everything else we do and really, to who we are. We have learned and are learning to wait before Him (not always patiently), to press in to what He wants to say to us. And we have learned and are learning to hear His voice.

I thought I'd share what we do because I have had a couple of moms ask, out of curiosity or out of wanting some encouragement to do something meaningful with their own children.

We start out reading a chapter from the Bible. We do not always go in order, from Genesis to Revelation, but we happen to be doing so at this time. I pray and ask what book God wants us to read and hear from Him. Right now we are in Leviticus and I am reading it from The Message version. 

Then there are two email messages that I receive on a daily basis and I usually read both of those aloud to the children. The first one is The Spirit Of Prophecy by Bill and/or Marsha Burns. The second one is The Elijah List by numerous prophetic ministers from several different countries. Both of these emails are FREE. SOP comes Monday through Friday. The Elijah List is every day.

If there are any reports from our friends in Kenya, we read those, as well. If not, we continue on with our journal. I record items under the titles "Prayer" and "Thanksgiving", as well as any dreams anyone had the night before. (It's a great idea to document dreams, especially if you think they have a prophetic significance.) Our journals have served as a tremendous tool in reminding us what God has done in our lives and the lives of those we have prayed for, how He has spoken to us in specific situations and in showing us the themes that were present in the past. It is a great practice to look over our journals at all the "Ebenezers" (from 1 Samuel 7, meaning "the stone of help" which signifies a symbol of remembrance for how God provided, intervened, came to our rescue) and give Him thanks and praise for who He is and what He has accomplished.

After we record items under our "Prayer" and "Thanksgiving" categories, I turn on my Pandora app on my phone and we listen to several different worship songs, anywhere from 3-10.  I just click through until I find something that is fitting. It's just personal preference. We take time to focus on Jesus and worship Him. This can involve dancing, raising our hands, bowing before Him, sitting, lying on the floor, etc. 

There is no formula. 

Our goal is to worship Jesus and focus everything on Him and to be led by the Spirit in doing so. I truly believe this is the most important thing I can teach and lead my children in (and yes, academics are important to me, but I believe that being in God's Presence, praising Him and hearing from Him are crucial to daily living).

And then after we have spent a little time (or a great deal of time on some days) in worship and praise, we pray. Sometimes we are just voicing what we have written in our journal, other times we are just listening. Sometimes I just encourage the children to speak out whatever the Spirit puts on their hearts, which may be something we have discussed and written down, or not. 

One of the biggest things the Father has taught me, and the children, in turn, in the past 10 years or so is about spiritual warfare. I'll leave that subject for a whole other post, but we are very aware that speaking our prayers, our decrees and our declarations are a form of standing with the Father and against the enemy. We also speak directly to the enemy in our offensive strategy against him. We give praise to God and we stand firm against the devil. This is something we are given the opportunity to practice over and over. I consider these practices to be basic life skills and again, crucial to daily life.

I just want to close by saying that even though I am writing this from a homeschool mom's perspective does not mean that I think moms whose children are not homeschooled cannot or do not lead their children in worship. 

In fact, I'd love to hear from you. What does your worship and prayer time with your child/children look like? 

Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,

for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord.

Psalm 85:15

Our latest prayer letter

Over the past year in our country, we have experienced some very unusual and even tragic events:

·         August 23, 2011 - 5.8 earthquake hits D.C. cracking both the National Cathedral and Washington Monument.  “As goes the church, so goes a nation.”

·         June 30, 2012 – Derecho storm knocks out power to over 1 million in DC, Maryland, and Virginia the day after the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Health Care Act.

·         July 20, 2012 – Mass shooting and killing at Colorado movie theater

·         August 5, 2012 – Mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin

·         September 11, 2012 - U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and others killed and wounded in Benghazi, Libya

·         October 22-31 – Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, pummels the northeast

·         November 6, 2012 – Election

·         November 9, 2012 - General David Petraeus, CIA director resigns due to an alleged extramarital affair with his biographer

·         November 12, 2012 - For only the third time on record, the total number of acres burned due to wildfires across the country so far this year has topped 9 million, according to data from    the National Interagency Fire Center.  The area scorched, as of Friday – 9,101,461 acres – is roughly the size of the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined [USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2012/11/11/wildfire-season-destruction/1695465/].

From a diagnostic perspective,  the alarm bells are going off in our country at many levels, and we cannot hit the snooze button any longer.  We need supernatural, wisdom, power, mercy and intervention.  At Intercessors for America, we believe that what is needed is  a decentralized, grass-roots, community by community awakening and visitation.  We are praying for a Third Great Awakening which transforms and realigns us to the original intentions and purposes on which our nation was founded.  Thanks for helping us spread this message.  If your community is eager to learn more, we can help.

My recent trip to Asheville, NC, was enlightening.  I spent 13 hours listening, praying, repenting with about 250 people from around the region who are interested in revival.  One man asked for prayer for healing for a hearing problem he suffered with for years.  I gently and authoritatively placed my hand on his ears, quietly and briefly spoke healing and love in Jesus’ name over him.  After the meeting, he and his wife came up to me in tears saying that he was already hearing better.  The joy and freedom on their faces was radiant.  What a privilege to see the Lord do this first-hand!

As we continue to move forward informing, connecting and mobilizing prayer around the country, I want to say thank you for investing with us.  In the past three months 18 new friends have joined our financial team through either one time or regular monthly giving.  Thank you so much for praying and helping us in this initiative.  The need is ongoing, so please continue to pray with us and give when you are able. And if you know of anyone who might be interested in supporting us, please let me know.

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As our nation, and world, navigates through uncertain and perplexing times, let’s encourage one another with these words from Jesus, “In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world” [John 16:33].

Deeply concerned, yet hopeful.

Bob

Bob Royce

Mobilization Coordinator

Intercessors for America

PO Box 915

Purcellville, VA 20134

800-USA-PRAY

540-317-2097 Direct

GetAmericaPraying.com

Rejoicing Over Kenya News

I hope you'll rejoice with me over this latest news from Onesmus in Kenya and the lives that are being changed there by the transforming power of Jesus!!!


Last week on Friday 2nd to Saturday 4th November, 2012, we had an Open Air Crusade at Gate (A) Market within Machakos Town. Before Crusade, Esther and I and the Intercessory Team had been praying and fasting and after arriving at the Crusade on Friday 2nd at 4pm, we went round the Market place praying and destroying every spirit of witchcraft, immorality, unbelief and possessing the area the way God directed Joshua to do in Jericho and Ai. After doing this, we went back to the venue ground and started the Crusade at 5:30pm whereby, many people attended the meeting. 

At 6:15pm, I started ministering to the many people who attended the meeting whereby, the Spirit of God moved to the place in a Mighty way at that time, 215 lost souls surrendered their lives to Christ Jesus and later filled by the Power of the Holy Spirit. We also had time for Healing and Deliverance whereby, all the people in the Crusade moved forward for healing and deliverance while lifting their hands up and before I started praying for them for healing and deliverance, a heavy rain poured down with thunders and lights and we couldn't manage to pray for these people. However, we took time to thank the Lord for the blessings of rain.   

On Saturday 3rd, we started the Crusade very late at 4:30pm whereby, many people attended the meeting. However, before went to the Crusade, all our praise and worship team and most of Church members were very sick and face attacks from the enemy. Esther and I managed to pray and anointed them with oil and after some few minutes they all received total healing and restoration through the Blood of Christ Jesus. When I started ministering to the large number of people, there was a heavy force and confusion from the witchcrafts who also attended the meeting whereby, they tried to kill me and stop the meeting not to continue. I sensed about this and I communicated with Esther through Spirit and she begun praying together with Intercessors for 40 minutes whereby, the 2 witchcrafts left the meeting and there was restoration and breakthrough of which 175 people given their lives to Christ Jesus.  

On Sunday 4th, we started the Crusade at 4:15 whereby, many people from different Churches attended the Crusade ready to receive from God. I started Ministering from 5:45pm  and the Spirit of God led me to call first those who wanted to get saved and thereby, 190 lost souls came forward ready to get saved whereby, we prayed for them and they all surrendered their lives to Christ Jesus and were filled by the Power of the Holy Spirit. We later started Healing and Deliverance whereby, everyone who was there came forward and before I started praying for this people, there came 2 witchcrafts old Women who before reaching where I was, were slain down by the Fire of the Holy Spirit and they wake up and run a way whereby, I told them you better get saved and confess your sin to Jesus Christ or die and they refused to do so. Then the same night at 11:30pm East Africa time they all died and now there is peace and restoration in the market. I believe that, my call is to reach out to the people, preaching and teachings about the Kingdom of God, Healing every sickness and casting out the evil spirits among the people. However, we now that, the devil comes to steal, destroy and to kill, but Christ Jesus came to seek and to safe that which was lost. These 2 witchcraft Women were killed by the devil himself not me, if they could surrender their lives to Christ they could be able to save their lives and get saved through His Blood.

--Onesmus and Esther

The warfare is more intense and 'in their faces' than what we experience here (although we DO have spiritual warfare here). It is terribly heartbreaking when the enemy has such a hold on some of these individuals that they will not turn to Jesus. I pray for our friends in Kenya and that lives will continue to be changed and transformed by God's incredible love. May the Light of Jesus burn more and more brightly!

MInistry Update and Support Needed

Friends,

Several good things to report since our last update 3 weeks ago:

·         Growth - 700+ people praying together on IFA’s First Friday Prayer Call on October 5

·         Consulting  - I enjoyed being in Amarillo, Texas, speaking and praying with leaders from across the city including the mayor and assistant chief of police.  The Lord’s presence was there, and it was a refreshing time of repentance and encouragement.

·         Casting Vision - Some ground work was done with some friends in Greenville, Texas, casting vision and praying for unity, repentance and awakening for the city.

·         Healing -  I started a second job at Napa Auto Parts back in August.  A few weeks ago while I was making a delivery,  one of the mechanics was coughing horrendously, uncontrollably, had difficulty breathing, etc.  With his permission, I placed my hand on his chest, spoke peace and healing in Jesus' name and cursed the infection.  Within 1 minute he had calmed and was standing up working again.  I stopped back by 30 minutes later, and he was working like nothing had ever happened.  Powerful.

·         Praying - Upcoming prayer requests

o   Traveling - Saturday, November 3, Awaken Western North Carolina Sacred Assembly, 9 am to 9 pm, Asheville.  www.AwakenWNC.com.  I will be speaking and participating.

o   Expanding Donor Base - Thankful for several new monthly supporters during this three month fundraising initiative.    We have two weeks left and need to continue to build this team.   The vision and calling is broader than we have known before and need to significantly expand our donor base.

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It is a privilege to connect with folks around the country who are fasting, repenting and praying for our nation during these historically pivotal days.  I have heard many say that nothing less than a Third Great Awakening from the Lord is what we need.

Thanks for helpings us.

Bob and Scarlett

Bob Royce

Mobilization Coordinator

Intercessors for America

PO Box 915

Purcellville, VA 20134

800-USA-PRAY

540-317-2097 Direct

GetAmericaPraying.comM

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Thanks for praying for our meeting on Wednesday. Enjoyed some great prayer time and also looking at Micah 7:14 and following. We talked about the privileged responsibility of “shepherding” not only the friends already connected with IFA but also the ones that are coming in. For example, more than 1100 people have jumped on board with us this week to commit to praying for our country. We are planning and discerning as a team how to gather some of our leaders together this year through conference calling and some other initiatives as the year moves on.

Anyway, just wanted to share a brief update from Wed.

I also will be joining pastors tomorrow morning from different denominations to pray together for all of Loudoun County here in VA.

Some good things are happening and we say thanks for helping us be here!

Have a great weekend.

Bob

PS…

Here also is a link to a minute video clip about the lady whose leg was healed that I mentioned last time: http://catholicsforchrist.org/media-home/media-library/media-player/?video=257

The rest from Kenya

Here are all the remaining reports from our friend, Peb, and the work God has been doing this past week in Kenya. It's long, as I got a little behind in posting, but it is worth every moment of your time...

Yesterday we visited some of the homes of the grandmothers in the hills surrounding Machakos. There was a grandmother whose roof as full of holes when visited in September. With contributions from one of the ladies on the team of September we bought new roofing material. However when it was attempted to place it on the building one of the walls collapsed. So, bricks and mortar were bought and the house is near completion. This lady was so grateful that she wanted to bless me and the way in which she does this is to spit in your hand. I got it twice. Interesting that what can be a curse in one culture can actually be a blessing in another. I still was quite eager to get my hand washed and cleansed from the spitting. There were 25 people saved in the open air preaching yesterday and 10-12 were delivered of demons of witchcraft.

Esther told us of how strict that the Lord has been on her concerning the affairs of the ministry. She had a few sacks of flour left over from food distribution last year and was going to use it in her home. The Lord awoke her 2 nights in a row and told her the flour was not for her and to remove it from her house. She had no peace until she did so. The Lord is requiring strict transparency in this work. We are all learning this.

Onesmus told us the other day that in the last 2 years that the pattern of the ministry has been this in terms of people coming and receiving help. In 2010, 126,000 people came through and in 2011 146,000 came through. Most of these came and got what they needed and moved on to their places proclaiming what the Lord had done. There has been no attempt to "hold onto" the people. Rather freely you received and freely you give. There is a core group of disciples who have grown in the Lord and in the power of His Spirit. These continue on in the work of the fellowship. The Lord Himself has been the director of the lives of these people. Many have come through and spread the word of their healing and deliverance throughout the region. Thus the Gospel is spread here and many get the help they need. Very different from Western thinking and procedure. We leave tomorrow for the bush to check on the fellowships there.

Thanks for your prayers.

Peb

It is Monday afternoon on Jan 30, 2012 in East Africa. Yesterday we went to Kibunga where James ministered. Was again challenged by his story. Told by the Lord in 2002 that he loved his family more than lost people and that if he did not go to minister for Him in Kibunga that He would destroy both him and his family. So at great sacrifice he went. It has not been easy but God has enabled him to do the work. At Kibunga, there was some restlessness noted in the service. I knew that I was speaking to a small select group that would have ears to hear. Many others could not hear.

I spoke on the power of the Holy Spirit through speaking in tongues. During the ministry of the Holy Spirit I scraped my leg causing some pain. I thought at the time that that was strange but just but some antiseptic on it and went on. Then during the night, it continued to cause some discomfort and I awoke around midnight and realized that the enemy was involved in this thing. I got up and prayed and anointed my leg with oil and clean water then went to bed. In a couple of hours, I heard a mosquito around my head which had gotten into the net with me. I got up and turned on the lights. I found him and when I caught him with my hand, he splattered in my hand and my whole palm was bloody. Now I have killed many mosquitoes in Africa and have never seen this happen. I realized again that the enemy was involved and began praying in the Spirit. I also looked for bites and found none.

This morning, Onesmus told me that he and Esther had both had either dreams or visions concerning me in the night. She had seen me bound with ropes and a noose around my neck. He had seen me chased by someone with a knife. In both instances, the enemy was trying to cause me harm and possibly death. I got little sleep and was not inclined to want to speak this morning in the new fellowship that we visited. However, I prayed in the Spirit all to way and by the time we arrived was revived and strengthened to speak. There was indeed victory although the enemy wanted to cause trouble and fear. It did not work.

We visited a place called Mariene. There was no road in. We went in on a literal trail of some sort and due to Wilson's superb skills made it. Could not drive up to the mud church but had to walk the last 100 yards in. We met a congregation that is full of peace and in an absolute gorgeous location....mountains in the distance and lush vegetation around it. The lady who began this fellowship is named Juliet. She had a dream and was told by the Lord to begin this. She has had much opposition from area churches. However she is seeing people healed and delivered. She was told by the Lord to go to the Kibunga area and find a short, very black man. It took her some time but she eventually found James and the Lord confirmed to her that he would be the one to connect with the fellowship and would help her. The Lord showed her where to build the mud church building and she must walk 4 hours to get to it. I again spoke on the Lord bringing things out of hidden places and the need to establish our lives and welcome the power of God into our lives by praying in the Spirit. Many were filled with the Holy Spirit and some were saved...including our driver named Wilson. Onesmus brought the salvation message after I spoke and it is always electrifying to watch him under his evangelistic anointing. There was a good harvest there.

Yesterday, David had prayed for James' oldest son who had had abdominal pain for a year. He saw a snake in his spirit when he prayed for him and when he commanded the demon out, he was completely healed of the pain. 24hrs later he is still healed. So what the enemy had planned for evil on Sunday and last night, the Lord turned around for good. Praise the name of the Lord! Tomorrow we go to another new fellowship that I don't yet know. This work is certainly being opposed...but we were promised that this would be the case. Through prayer and perseverance, victory is at hand. Thanks for praying! By the way, some of these things that happened cannot be proved in the natural realm, but in the realm of the Spirit you know that they are happening at the instigation of the enemy. However he is not prevailing.

Thanks

Peb

It is hard to describe the day. It is Tues, Jan 31st in the afternoon. We went to a new fellowship in the bush today. Kamothoro is the name of the place... I thought I knew remote. However this takes the cake for me. We came upon a narrow trail that was to be our road. Somewhere along the trail we came to a very steep drop-off full of rocks. It was so steep that our driver asked us to get out and he navigated the vehicle down the hill and we got back in. However soon we came upon a place in the road that he did not think he could pass and we hiked the rest of the way in.

On the way, I got a word that perhaps we were the first white men to visit this place. After arriving and beginning the service, the pastor there made the statement that many had not come today as they did not believe that white people would really come as no white man had ever visited this place since it was created. So indeed the word was validated. The Lord indeed is doing something in these bush churches. This pastor had seen James in a vision in 2010 and then went to a meeting of other pastors last year. At that meeting he saw James and knew from his vision that he was to be connected. James has become overseer of 5 or 6 of these bush fellowships and all have been connected by a dream or vision.

Only the pastor and one other had been baptized in the Holy Spirit, but we prayed for many today to be filled with the Holy Spirit and many began speaking in tongues. We then prayed for the sick. 4 women were crippled in the right knee or leg and Onesmus discerned that it was the spirit of witchcraft over this area. Even the pastor had been crippled in his right leg when Onesmus visited in Dec. Today all of the ladies were healed and could then walk freely. The pastor had been healed in Dec.

There was a blind man there who was completely blind. Onesmus prayed for him and he regained partial sight. He could see no light and after prayer could see light and make out some of the people. He was admonished to remain in faith so that the healing could be completed. It is clear that the Lord is connecting these bush churches together and to us. All are connected directly by the Holy Spirit by dreams and visions. God is doing a work in hidden away places because of His great concern, love and compassion for these people. To the natural mind, it makes little sense; but look at your calling that not been noble or wise were called. He calls the weak and foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Truly an interesting journey today and the Lord enabled us to get there and back with no problems with the vehicle.

Thanks for your prayers.

Peb

A quick update from Feb 1st. We heard back from Kamathoro where we ministered yesterday. The blind man is now seeing well. The people there who had been bootlegging alcohol were all arrested last night after we left the area. We went to Kanoa today and had a great time with the people there. The people are very excited to see the Lord remove the witchcraft and the curses that come from it from the area. We leave tomorrow for Nairobi and home.

Peb

Blessings over Peb and his family, Onesumus and Esther and their family and the beautiful Kenyan people. May God continue doing His marvelous work in Machakos and the entire country, in Jesus' Name!

Update from Kenya, too

I thought you might enjoy reading the latest news coming from our dear friends in Kenya.

Last weekend, we had an Open Air Crusade at Tumba Market within Machakos area starting from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July, 2011. This time, we had a very successful Crusade because, Esther and I together with 5 Intercessory Team Members had been in Prayer and Fasting and gave us Favor, Grace and Breakthrough to touch many lives of people and bring them back to the Kingdom of God through Salvation, Healing and Deliverance.

On Friday 15th September, which was our day one of the Crusade, 65 people surrendered their lives to Christ Jesus and among them, 2 were thieves who have been a threat to the villagers by stealing and killing for a long time in the area. They have also been scaring people thus making them fear all the time. At that time, we prayed for a man who has been deaf for 4 years whereby, he received instant healing and started speaking and hearing as before.

On Saturday 16th which was our day 2 of the Crusade, 112 people gave their lives to Christ Jesus and among them, 2 women who had blood pressure and diabetes for a long time also received instant healing through the Blood of Christ Jesus. Out of those who got saved, there a young boy of 14 years who had a problem of both kidneys and has been visiting to different hospitals without success and after praying for him, he received instant healing through the Blood of Jesus Christ and he is now doing well.

On Sunday 17th, we had a successful Service which started at 10:00am and before 12:30pm as we were worshiping, there came a Woman who before she got in the Fellowship, was slain by the move of the Holy Spirit which was controlling the service. Thereby, she started vomiting blood while speaking to herself. When Esther went to pray for her, the evil spirits started speaking from her with a loud voice saying that, "I was send from the hell to come and kill Onesmus and bring confusion to the Leaders and in the Fellowship", and when Esther asked why? The evil spirit said that, Onesmus and this Fellowship has been a threat and have no peace in the hell. At that time, Esther prayed for her and she was delivered from the powers of darkness and later, I prayed for her to be saved.

At 4pm, we went to the Crusade which was our 3rd and last day of the Crusade. we met many people waiting for us and we immediately started praying, worshiping and praising. I started ministering and later 124 people surrendered their lives to Christ Jesus and were filled by the Power of the Holy Spirit. Among those who got saved, a young girl of 13 years who has been short sighted for 5 years she received instant healing after praying for her and she is now seen clearly through the Power of the Holy Spirit. PRAISE BE TO GOD!

I am rejoicing over this beautiful news!!! Praise to His Name!!!
Blessings!

More from Kenya

Our friend Peb has a team in Kenya right now. There have been amazing reports and I wanted to share the latest (from yesterday)....

What is most interesting about the last 24 hours is the rain. It has been very dry all over Kenya since November. The crops are withered. There is little food in the field for the people who must grow crops to eat. Yesterday, we spoke on faith and began to believe with the people for rain. It began to lightly rain exactly as the service ended. We all felt that this was a confirmation of the Word just spoken. It then rained all night here in Meru and really over almost over all Kenya. That made for a very difficult trip into the bush this morning. We went to Kanoa. Many of those people had been with us yesterday to hear the message on faith and speaking to the mountain to move...in this case it was drought. So they saw the result of this immediately with the rain that fell all night. Today in Kanoa, we met a people who really want to walk with the Lord. We spoke today about the Kingdom. We spoke on the need for unity in the Body to establish God's Kingdom in this area. This brings up the need for humility, community, forgiveness etc. The people responded very positively. It was such a blessing to be with these people. It was also such a blessing to see God confirm His Word so quickly with the rain. We go tomorrow to Ithitwe. It also seems that finally sickness has been done away with in our group. So, thanks for praying.

East Africa Zarephath Ministry

Thank You, Father, for moving the mountain!

Blessings.

Prayer Letter

Dear Friends,

I want to ask for prayer for an outreach tonight on the McMaster campus from my good friend, Chris Kovac, with the Navigators ministry. Here are the details from Chris:

On Tuesday night we are hosting an event entitled "Do All/Any Religions Lead to God?" The conclusion of the presentation will be that religion is not
sufficient to get you to God. A gospel presentation will follow. We posted
75 posters on campus, handed out 4000 personal invitations, and launched a Facebook invitation. Could you take a few moments before 7 p.m. on Tuesday to pray for this event? We would appreciate prayer for the speaker (Ragnar Oborn). Prayer that the Spirit of God would be present in a powerful way moving in the hearts and minds of those in attendance. Pray for me [Chris] as I am presenting the Gospel at the end of the presentation. Ask that I would speak with boldness and power. Most importantly, pray that Jesus Christ would be glorified in all that is said and done.


Also, I wanted to give an update from a recent outreach in Machakos, Kenya, where our friends, Onesmus and Esther, serve. This came in today from
Onesmus via Peb Smith, who directs East Africa Zarephath Ministry.


Dear Brother Perry Smith,

We thank you so much together with the people for the prayers you prayed for us because of the Open Air Crusade that we had at Katebe Market within
Machakos area which started on Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd October, 2010. The Crusade was successful and the Holy Spirit of God Manifested and took charge of the meeting and many people got saved, healed and delivered from the Powers of darkness, witchcraft and unbelief.

On Friday 1st, the first day of the Open Air Crusade, the Lord brought a lot
of people to the meeting and 86 lost souls surrendered their lives to Christ
and among them was a witch who had be-witched many people in the area.

On the second day, Saturday 2nd, the Holy Spirit of God moved in a Mighty
way in the meeting whereby, 62 people got saved and filled by the Power of
the Holy Spirit. Before the meeting ended at 8pm East African Time, I made
an altar call for those who needed to be saved. 36 people came forward to be
prayed for Salvation, Healing and Deliverance and among them, there was a
woman who had a spirit of both witchdoctor and witchcraft and she has made people to fear her for 9 years. When she came forward, the Holy Spirit
revealed to me that, she has a spirit of witchcraft and that I should not
pray for her before she repents. When I asked her to get saved, she refused
and threw to me things which the Lord confirmed to me that it was
witchcraft. Then I told her to repent or she dies. When she refused, the
evil spirits which she had threw to me and to bring confusion in the
meeting, we returned them back to her and the same day at 11:30pm, she died. When we went back to the Open Air Crusade on Sunday at 4pm, her relatives and the villagers informed us that, the witch woman had died the previous night. This is a Miracle which God revealed to us without any respect of man.

On that Sunday of 3rd which was the last day of our Crusade, people attended in large numbers whereby, 145 people gave their lives to Christ Jesus. Many of them were testifying that, that they were afraid of the witch woman who has been scaring them for a long time.

As you know Brother Perry, in the City of Samaria, when Simon the Wizard
refused to repent and get Saved, he brought Money to Peter so that he may be prayed for and be laid hands on so he may receive the Power of the Holy
Spirit, thinking that the Spirit of God is received by exchange of Money.
But Peter looked at him and told him (Simon the wizard) that, you and your
Money perish.

The Witch Woman had come to me to lay my hands on her so that she may
receive the power of the Holy Spirit without repentance and Salvation. When I rebuked her, the evil spirit which was in her reacted and killed her. So on that Sunday 3rd, we got a breakthrough and many people who had been fearing her got saved.

We know this kind of miracle is not possible without prayer and fasting and
making an agreement with God so that, whatever we do for His Glory may
happen.

All those who got saved at that Open Air Crusade, we will meet with them on
Wednesday 6th and 8th this week so that, we may pray for them for Healing,
Deliverance and Restoration and later, they be put in Discipleship and the
Teachings. We shall make proper arrangements so that, when you come in
January next year you may baptize them and also meet with them for
discipleship.

Please, pray for us again because we shall be having another Open Air
Crusade at Kathemboni Market within Machakos Town on Friday 15th to 17th October, 2010. We believe on that day, God will touch many lives of people and gave their lives to Christ Jesus.



Thank you for interceding for the outreach tonight here in Hamilton and for
celebrating with us how Jesus is building His kingdom in Kenya. I say this
a lot, but it is a real privilege to be involved in Kingdom work here in
Hamilton, in Machakos, and wherever else around the world the Lord invites us to be involved. Thanks again for your partnership with us!

Joyfully,

Bob and Scarlett Royce