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Treasure Hunts 7-16-11

Led Treasure Hunts at Bethel. During the training/activation.. one of the Treasure Hunters that showed up (Florence) had a "clogged" ear, and volunteered to be used in my demonstration of how we would minister to the sick in the community. Her ear completely opened up instantly... Yay Jesus!!

When we went out, I had two guys with me, Simon from Germany, and Jeffrey who had just moved to Redding. We had a half dozen or so encounters and here are the testimonies.. Exact words of knowledge from our treasure map are in quotes and bold:

“Umbrellas” “red and white umbrellas” –we went to In-n-Out. We were standing outside my car reviewing each other's clues and the girl in the "parking space" 2 away from ours asked us if we were doing a Scavenger Hunt or something. She also had a "purple shirt." We explained the Treasure Hunt to her and her boyfriend and prayed a quick general blessing over them.

Then we walked right up to a group under one of the "red and white umbrellas." Met Pam with “red shirt” and a “metal watch” with “leg pain” (sciatica). It wasn’t hurting right then; but we prayed it wouldn’t come back. Also, her friend “Lori” was at the table, and prayed quick blessing over her.

At “WalMart,” saw a lady with a “purple shirt” and “black jeans” and she was VERY receptive (she was also a Believer) and let us blast her prophetically about this next phase of her life and God’s good plans for her, etc..

Saw a woman named Percy walk buy with her arm in a cast and sling. Asked her about it and she had just had surgery for tendonitis. She got it from being a deputy sheriff and working with the coroner so much moving bodies, etc.. Prayed for a quick recovery.

Went to the “laundry powder (soap)” aisle. Met a woman with a “red shirt” named Annie, and her grandson Zechariah with a “purple shirt” with “anime” on the back. She told us she had “fibromyalgia,” with current pain at level 5. She was crying at the number of clues, and how obvious it was that God had sent us to her. Took her hand and didn’t pray a word. Waited about a minute and all the pain was gone! She was really happy, also a Believer, and really thankful to God. Encouraged her briefly about how to take authority over any future attacks, etc. Then prophesied briefly to Zechariah about the call of God on his life. Annie (grandmother) confirmed that he has unusual dreams, etc. We asked him to tell us the most memorable recent one. He told us, and we interpreted it in simple terms. It was about an evangelistic call on his life, etc.. really great dream. They were both so happy and had a great encounter.

One guy on the team had “peaches” so we went to the produce section and there was an older lady picking out peaches. The other guy on our team had “watermelon” on his list and she had one in her cart already. Prayed for her and encouraged her briefly.

Met a lady with a “purple shirt” with a boy who had on a “green T-shirt with cartoon character on it.” Also his two sisters and mom were there. His mom, Lisa, was very excited and asking for prayer for patience with her kids and peace in the home, etc. She was crying she was so happy and getting good and whacked. Prayed for Angie, the friend with the “Purple shirt.” She said it was so weird meeting us because she had just had a conversation about God using people, mysterious divine appointments and that kind of stuff while she had been driving to Redding today! Prophesied over her about God using her in divine appointments and as a person God would use and flow through powerfully. Then we found out that the boy with the “green T-shirt with cartoon character on it” (Lisa’s son) has frequent severe headaches. He currently had one at level 7.5 out of 10. Prayed and he said it instantly went to a 5 as soon as we took his hand. Prayed for like 10 seconds and every last bit of the pain left. He was smiling from ear to ear, his mom was crying, everybody was so happy—It was awesome!

Thank You, Jesus for all You did today to love people and set them free!!

Treasure Hunt 6-24-11

OK so it’s been awhile since I recorded anything about treasure hunts, etc. I’m thinking I need to re-start writing down testimonies and sharing them again...

So today I just decided to do a quick Treasure Hunt after lunch. Took my list to “WalMart,” the location I had written on my treasure map. Walked in the door, got to about the third checkout aisle, and found the first treasure on my list.

First Clue: “couple with stroller—25-30y.o., man has a black shirt, girl has a white shirt.”

I also had the clue “Giants” in my unusual category, and the guy’s black shirt happened to be—yep, the SF Giants and said “Giants” really big on the front. I asked his name and he said it was Richard—I had “Rick” as the name on my list. This guy was tripping out! Anyway, neither of them had any need for healing, or anything else they could think of, so I just told them how much God loved them and how He wants to bless them, and really has His eyes on them and cares about every detail of their lives.

Next, I walked down about 5 checkout aisles and found my second treasure.

Clue: “girl with straight, shoulder length brown hair, black shirt, blue jeans, and black, low-top Vans.” Her name was Tara, and she said that she had been found as a treasure once before! Nice! So she was stoked and open. She was only in her early twenties, but has Diabetes, with an insulin administering thing attached to her body as we spoke. So she asked for prayer for that, and of course I ministered to her. Couldn’t check anything about diabetes on the spot, so just blessed her and continued on…

Then I walked to the back of the food section and found my next treasure.

Clue: “Guy with dark blue T-shirt with large white block letters on the front.”

His dark blue T-shirt said “AIR FORCE” across the front in white block letters. I talked to him a minute and when it came time to see what he needed prayer for, he said he had lower back pain—a 7 out of 10 on the pain scale—from a pinched nerve. I prayed and commanded healing to come. Saw no immediate breakthrough when he tested it out; and he was kind of in a hurry, so I didn’t want to keep pressing at the moment. Believing for God’s power to continue working in his body.

Praise God. 30 minutes and God showered His love on 3 people while I bought my Ziploc sandwich bags! Thank you Jesus.

Philippines Trip -- March 2010

Greetings in the precious and wonderful name of our Lord Jesus!! Jasmine and I have returned from our trip to the Philippines. We’re sorry for the delay in getting this report to you, but we wanted to put together a photo slideshow to put online for you to watch!!

Slideshow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvcqLIbojNcyoutube.com/watch?v=hvcqLIbojNc

Video of Josh: http://churchsoblessed.com/multimedia-2/lessed.com/multimedia-2/

(Scroll down to the 6^th video to see me teaching).

We were on a team of 24 revivalists from Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California, where we are currently 2^nd Year students. Our whole team was together for the first couple of days, then we split up into 4 or 5 teams and spread around the country from Manila, to Davao, to Butuan. SO MUCH happened on the four teams that we can’t begin to recount to you all that God did—So we’ll focus mostly on some of the things we did with our small team.

The team checked into our hotel and went to the shopping mall to “relax.” While at the mall, several were saved, we had a blind eye open, and saw severe (wheelchair-level) arthritis of the knees totally healed—a nice day of shopping!

While in Manila, Jasmine and I were involved with a Prophetic Arts Conference (Church So Blessed in Quezon City), where we trained the churches in prophetic painting, music, dance, writing, basic prophetic words, children’s ministry, Treasure Hunts, etc—and how God uses all these things to bring Salvation, Healing and Deliverance to people in creative ways. We saw many saved and healed in these services as the church “practiced” on each other. Then we actually took them out to Quezon Memorial Park and activated them in the public! We saw SO MANY healed and saved in the park it was outrageous! A huge blessing was that today we also got to see Jasmine’s Grandparents and family! Yay! Jasmine and I also preached and ministered at Global City Harvest Church in Manila for their Sunday service.

The team did a large healing meeting at WisdomChurch in Laguna, Santa Rosa. Several hundred attended that night, and at least a couple hundred were saved. Here Jasmine and I saw TWO people being healed of the effects of stroke—both of them had lost the movement on one half of their body. After prayer, the lady received about 80% movement restored before we had to leave. Earlier the gentleman, Pablito, came in a wheelchair and couldn’t move his leg or arm. After some extended prayer, he was climbing stairs, jumping, and socking my hand like it was the devil’s face!

We also did a Pastors and Leaders’ meeting at Pasig Assemblies of God Church. They were from multiple churches connected to the Philippine A.G. denomination. After worshipping, preaching, teaching, etc., we saw God touch these pastors and leaders deeply. We saw so many people healed, blessed and encouraged there. We also saw a young lady in a wheelchair. While sitting in the chair, her feet were so crippled that her toes pointed behind her, with the soles pointing to the sky! After some long prayer ministry, we gradually saw God working a creative miracle so that her feet came all the way back down and around so they were just pointed downward a bit, as if she had some high-heeled shoes on… We

hope to hear that the power of God continued working in her, completing the miracle in her body after we had to leave to our next meeting!! I also remember one man there had metal rods in his back that limited his movement and caused great pain. After prayer he could bend and move freely without pain. I don’t know if God made the metal disappear, or if He made if flexible, or what—but He did a miracle—we know that much!

Metro Ministries (based in New York) does children’s ministry all over the planet. We had the pleasure of training the Metro Manila team in healing and the prophetic. Then we accompanied them to minister in the infamous Smokey Mountain garbage dump. There we went shack-to shack, ministering healing to people and inviting their

kids to come worship with us. We did healing, music, praying , teaching, face painting, balloon swords and crowns, and just had a blast loving on the kids for a couple of hours! I saw Jesus begin to color in a bleached out white spot in the iris of a little girl's eye. So amazing!!!

Our team did an outdoor healing crusade at Christ’s Household Church, near Manila. We went out into the surrounding neighborhoods with teenage former-gangsters-turned-Believers to invite pe

ople to the event. We went house-to-house and taught the kids hands-

on how to heal the sick, and then invited the families to bring people to the evening event. At the crusade, we did art, preached, and ministered God’s healing touch to a LOT of people. I had a group of about 5 teenagers with me and we got 2 people healed immediately, then the third was a woman who was completely blind in her right eye. We prayed for her for almost an hour and she gradually went from seeing black, to seeing light, to seeing fuzzy forms, to seeing faces clearly and identifying colors. At this meeting we also saw a woman that came with a back brace and walker leave without either one. A boy with cerebral palsy began to walk straight for the first time in his life! Praise God!!

One day, we had a half-day scheduled off to “rest.” We quickly toured the

Basilica Cathedral at Quiapo—a place where many people come to touch icons of Jesus on the cross in hopes of answering prayers or

getting healed. I spoke to a fortuneteller in the square in front of the

church, got her healed of shoulder pain; and suddenly we had a spontaneous healing explosion for over an hour. Every one of our team members instantly had

a never-ending line of people seeking healing. We saw a hunched over crippled man with crutches straightened out and walking, holding his crutches in the air, and a man blind in his right eye receive his sight among many other conditions healed. The only reason it ended when it did was because we had

to leave and get to the next meeting we were supposed to do.

Our smaller team of 7 then split off to connect with Destiny Ministries in Los Baños (the baths) and Destiny Calamba. We grew especially close to the

Destiny team while we were there— We were so blessed to be able to stay in the

home of one of the Pastors and get to know and love them like extended family! We ministered multiple times there. We ran numerous regular services and Youth services, where we preached to them, worshipped crazily, ministered in prayer and prophecy over every one of the people—most ended up in tears and/or on the floor under the power of God, as they were touched by God’s goodness and love for them.

We also did a Prophetic Arts conference there—So fun! Perhaps the most fun was our day with the College-aged kids. We taught and led them on Treasure Hunts on the campus of University of the Philippines – Los Banos, and we got some kids healed and saved. Then we had a special ministry time with the drama professor/director and the cast of the play, having a fun time.

During the course of this trip, our team met with the mayors of three cities, and with Bro. Eddie—a major presidential candida

te (perhaps the next president—we’ll find out in May!!!). We were able to minister to each of them

with a small team, give them prophetic art, pray and prophesy over them

, and

bless them in the Name of the Lord. They were extremely open, appreciative, blessed and encouraged. God gave us great favor with leaders to proclaim the will of God to be done in the governments.

We also went to a local prison in Los Baños, which housed about 330 prisoners or so. We got to preach, do drama and music, and minister healing and salvation to many there—all from the hallway between the 10 crowded cells that faced each other. We also ministered to the women

prisoners in their facility. Everyone that we prayed for there was healed! Jasmine ministered under the anointing, releasing the supernatural joy of the Lord. The women were released into joy unspeakable and

laughed in the spirit so hard they cried! We saw relationships restored and hearts mended in just the short time we visited with them. God is so good!

One afternoon, Jasmine and I went out with one of the Pastors and visited a couple of small house churches. We prayed for healing for quite a few peop

le. A couple of highlights: Jasmine prayed for a woman whose left ear was over 95% deaf. After she prayed for her a couple of times, her hearing was completely restored and she was able to hear even a whisper from a distance—she was SHOCKED!! I got to pray for a 15 year old girl named Anna who had a stroke when she was 12, and had lost most feeling and movement in the left half of her body. She couldn’t move her thumb or fingers, her arm just kind of hung there in a bent position, and her leg dragged when she walked. After some prayer, her hand and arm were restored—you should have seen the surprise on her face when she first moved her thumb!! Then her leg received the strength and life of God and she could walk normally, and after overcoming the fear of trying it—she was able to jump again!! Yay, God!!

We haven’t yet totaled the estimated numbers of healings and salvations that our team saw; but I would have to say a couple of thousan

d were healed; and at least a few hundred received Jesus and were born again into eternal life! This was o

n

e of the most amazing trips we’ve been on, and we are forever changed. We both got pushed out of our comfort z

ones, and into new realms of faith and destiny. We

hope to grow and mature in the Lord some more while here in Redding and move into a lifelong adventure of this type of ministry. Both Jasmine and I can see ourselves eventually returning to the Philippines, and doing ministry there either long-term or repeatedly short-term for the rest of our lives.

Without YOUR help and generous gifts and prayers—none of this would have happened. We bless you for your sacrifice and kind

ness in sending us on this trip, and for covering us in prayer!! Words can scarcely express how gratefu

l we are for God’s goodness expressed through YOU. May God’s blessing rest on you, and may you grow in intimacy and favor with Him, and with man. May He bless your health, families, finances, destinies, and every area of your lives in Jesus’ Name!!! Thank you for

your faithfulness!

Blessings and Favor on You and Yours!!

Josh & Jasmine Greeson

Some Fun Recent Treasure Hunt Testimonies 3-1-10

We just wanted to encourage you with some recent Treasure Hunt testimonies… We don’t get to write down all the testimonies of what God is doing, but we like to share some occasional stories of things we see God doing as we live “supernaturally natural” lives… Enjoy these three little stories and receive the anointing for yourself!! Leak the Kingdom wherever you go!!

Treasure Hunt

We went on a Treasure Hunt with a first year student named Carmen..

On our Treasure Map: “Mall” “man with cowboy hat and mustache.. tall & thin, 60s, long coat” “hip problem with a limp” and “left knee pain”.

We met Brett walking with a cane thru the food court. After explaining the treasure hunt, he told us he is a Bible teacher.. He had injured his back in a fall from a truck 6 years ago, had a botched surgery that ruined nerve function down his left leg causing a “hip problem with a limp” and “left knee pain”, in addition to little if any feeling in the leg, and very little motor function (i.e. he couldn’t even lift his knee while standing still).

We asked him if we could pray for him, and he asked "What if this is like my 'thorn in the flesh'?" Wetalked thru the thorn in the flesh thing his pastor tells him. He received what we said about every instance of the "thorn in the side" or "thorn in the flesh" that we find in the Bible having NOTHING to do with sickness or the body. He also agreed that if Paul's thorn in the flesh was a "messenger of Satan", that he probably didn't want one, so he was open to prayer.

He jumped at least twice during the prayer like power was hitting him, saying “Wow.. I’ve never felt this before” , “I feel tingling in my leg and foot”, etc.. He said the pain all left his back. He still couldn’t move his leg even one inch, so we prayed for new nerve cells to be created and he began moving his leg and he was shocked! Very cool guy.. good love encounter!


Another Treasure Hunt

Went on a Treasure Hunt with another first year student..

On our Treasure Map: “Wal-Mart” “bird chirping” “right foot” “Robert” “asking God to reveal Himself”

We were in WalMart and heard a “bird chirping” (of all things)… looked around and there was a bird that had gotten inside the store and was flying around, perching in the rafters above the health & beauty area. That caught our attention so we stayed there for a few minutes. After a few encounters there and other places, we came back again to where the bird was chirping.

A guy was walking by with a shopping cart and his kids with one of those medical boot things on his right foot.. we figured “bird chirping” and “right foot”.. works for us. Talked to him, found out his name was “Robert”. Explained the Treasure Hunt, showed him our list, and he was shocked. Prayed for healing and got some breakthrough in the pain (He had already had surgery and just needed to get rid of some pain).

But the coolest part was that he said that he and his wife had just been talking for the last week or so about needing to give their lives to God and break the cycle that both of their families had been stuck in. They had already bought a Bible, but couldn’t make much sense of it. They wanted to go to church, but didn’t know where to go.. They had been asking God to show them what to do. He asked me what church I was from and how they could get there. Praise the Lord for Divine Setups!!


A Treasure Hunt Follow-up Testimony!!
We often minister to people on Treasure Hunts or in other situations and then don’t get to find out the full effect of our prayers and ministry to them. Thankfully, on occasion the Lord ensures that we get another contact with them and we find out later.

At the beginning of January, we did a Treasure Hunt and had these clues on our Treasure Map: “Wal-Mart” “girl w/ puffy white vest w/ long sleeves under, short straight blonde hair” “right foot” and “Costco.” Met Kim who exactly matched the description, and who works at “Costco.” She had plantar fascitis in her right foot, which daily caused her extreme pain. We prayed but didn’t see any immediate healing breakthrough.

BUT she said that she had been a Jehovah’s Witness for 5 years, but it had been so heavy, controlling, guilt-ridden, and wrong that she left it a year ago. She said she believed in Jesus and what His sacrifice accomplished, etc.. but didn’t want religion, etc.. We agreed with her basically and prophesied intimacy with God and a fresh vibrant relationship with Jesus and that He would draw Him close to Himself step by step in good time. She was very open, receiving, and blessed.

About a month later, we ran into her, while she was working at Costco. I asked Kim how had her foot been, and she told us that ever since that day we met her and prayed, it hadn’t hurt even once.. She was amazed and very encouraged at God’s love for her!!

WE were very encouraged to see that even though we hadn’t seen any immediate breakthrough when we prayed for her, that the power still got delivered to her, and it took effect after we parted ways. Sometimes we see immediate/instant or creative things happen on the spot (working of miracles), and sometimes we see it happen later, or gradually/progressively over an hour or two, day or two, or whatever (gifts of healings). But any way He likes to do it—we’re glad to see that God always answers prayer. Bless Him for His faithfulness!!


See you when we return from the Philippines!!!
Love & Blessings--
Josh & Jasmine Greeson

Missions Trip: Philippines!!!


Hey Friends & Family!!

It’s Josh & Jasmine Greeson, and we’ve just been accepted onto the Philippines Mission Trip Team! The trip will be from March 4-15, 2010. This is one of over 60 missions trips going on during March from Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, CA, where we are currently 2nd Year students. This trip is especially meaningful to us, given Jasmine’s Filipino heritage. We believe this key will unlock a special realm of authority—and therefore breakthrough—as we go to minister the love of God in power there.

As you may know, the Philippines were recently devastated by flooding that left thousands dead, sick or homeless. We believe God has orchestrated this trip at this particular time—to breathe fresh life into the nation through key Divine appointments.

The trip will split up into three teams and go to different areas and participate in a variety of ministry opportunities. We could be doing a lots of things—from visiting those living in the infamous Smoky Mountain trash dump, to big cities, islands, and rural areas--from Christian areas to regions of heavy Muslim influence.

We’ll reach the unsaved, and train the saved. We’ll activate local churches in living a supernatural lifestyle through prophetic and power evangelism. We will be partnering with Jesus to heal the sick everywhere we go, seeing God consistently confirm the Word with signs and miracles following! We even have an invitation to possibly come into government offices and release the Kingdom’s influence there.


We’ll minister in orphanages, hospitals, prisons, churches, villages, on the street…God is going to do some amazing things—Souls will be saved, bodies will be healed, captives will be set free by the power of God, and Christians will be activated and equipped to advance the Kingdom of God. Would you please be a part of making this all happen?
The trip will cost us $5400 minimum (total for both of us). About half of the money is due in December! We are currently “starving students” and could really use your help!. This trip will be a HUGE practical part of our ministry education, so we are writing to ask for your financial support in getting us on to this amazing trip.

* All of your giving is
tax-deductible!

You can send checks made out to us at:
Josh & Jasmine Greeson
3919 Golf Dr., Redding, CA, 96002

Or visit www.ibssm.org, click on “Give to BSSM” then “Click here make donation to a student’s mission trip” and search for one or both of our names, click on us, then you can give by credit card. Or you can visit www.paypal.com and pay via your PayPal account to ours, which is under the email address: joshg73@hotmail.com


THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for believing in us, and for sacrificing so others can be blessed in the Philippines!! We SO appreciate your love & generosity!!! Blessings!!! Josh & Jasmine

Treasure Hunts 10-31-09

Everything blue and in quotation marks were the exact words of knowledge we received and wrote down on our maps before going to downtown Chico.

Got out of our car, and had three encounters with our Treasures before we got past the first building, a bar named “The Brick Works”… which had brick walls.

* “brick wall” “bar”– “yellow shoes” “Mickey” (Dressed as Mickey Mouse) Prayed quickly for a job for him.

* “brick wall” “bar” “multi-colored hair” “Justin” “stomach” (colitis)– Healing prayer..? Pain left and he attributed it to the “placebo effect”.. had an interesting brief conversation with him. His friend said to take our “church stuff somewhere else” because it was “bull” then I asked him was he a musician and did he play the guitar and he said “Yes, so what? How did you know that?” and took off with Justin in tow.

* “brick wall” “bar” “geisha” “white face” “right ankle” (Kyle) – 100% healed. He was already a believer and said he wasn’t out partying, but wanted to dress up with his friend Spencer who was dressed as a Mormon bike missionary kid, just to wander around and have some fun. He was very surprised and happy about his ankle.

Got down the street and saw these two leaning against another “brick wall”…

* “brick wall” “Captain Morgan” “anxiety” “Nurse” “Purple Glitter” “back pain from shorter leg” “Scoliosis” (Shay & Nikki)... Nikki’s right leg was recently measured by X-ray and was about an inch shorter than the left one. As a result she had a lot of back pain and also had scoliosis. We had her sit on the bus bench and we had Shay (also a Christian like Nikki) command it to grow in Jesus’ Name and before we could say “Happy Halloween” it grew out in front of his face. Then we had her stand up, she bent over and touched her toes and the ground and said that 100% of the pain in her back had disappeared. Gave her a card in hopes that she has a new set of X-rays done to show the miracle in its glorious detail.

Looked inside of a bar and there was this guy…

* “bar” “all red” (red long johns neck to toe) “brown cowboy hat” “Kevin” … prophesied over him and his girlfriend Chelsea. She had bad shin splints in her right leg. We prayed and all the pain went away… “I’m totally freaking out!” Team member got a word that she has a gift for counseling… Chelsea said that her friends all come to her with their problems… AND that she was studying to be a lawyer a.k.a. a “counselor”… Nice.

Got to the town square which is located at 5th and Main…

* “5th and Main” “square/park area” “all red” (Teletubby) “Mike” “seated on outdoor bench” He said that his “right knee” wasn’t sore at the moment but normally would hurt a lot if he did anything on his knees for longer than a couple of minutes. Prayed for healing, then prophesied over him and his friend Maricruz and they were blessed.

* “black and white stripes” “white face” “Jared” (in a group of four guys dressed as mimes) had a busted collar bone and we prayed for it but it wasn’t hurting right then, so don’t know the level of breakthrough. His friend had a hurt “right ankle” that he rolled while playing sports the previous day… but again, not hurting right then. The third one had a “right thigh pain” but just as we started to pray, the group took off down the street and he left to catch up…


Got to a particular corner with a “fire hydrant” on it. There was a girl dressed in all red there and as we approached her, we saw the “Fish Drain” sign embedded in the sidewalk next to the gutter drain… the ones that tell you not to put junk in the drain because it will go out to sea and hurt the fish, which is exactly what the team member described when we were going over our clues before going out.

* “fire hydrant” “fish drain” “all red” “geisha” “Michelle”… She started tripping out at the specificity of the clues and that God loved her so much, and then her friend ran up to us from across the street, grabbed her by the arm and literally dragged her away running, so even though we had favor with her, we didn’t get to finish.. Boo.

But before we could walk away from this anointed corner, up walked these three girls…

* “fire hydrant” “fish drain” “all red” (Chelsea, Megan & Alicia—Elmo & 2 Belly Dancers, all friends and all 3 dressed in all red without planning it that way)… Prophesied over each of them and showered them with God’s love, and they were so happy and blessed. One of our team members got a word that one girl had really enjoyed doing some particular thing when she was younger, but someone had told her that she wasn’t any good at it, but that God thought she was, so He was restoring it to her… These 3 had met each other in dance class, and their teacher had told them they weren’t any good at it, so they stopped, but still loved to dance… One girl was particularly blessed because she mentioned that she was a lesbian and we didn’t judge her… “I wish ALL Christians were like you guys… You’re NICE and you show LOVE to me!”

Kept walking…

* “girl with yellow & white ruffly dress, old fashioned & lacy”… prayed for her friend in the military who was injured, and prophesied over her and her friend Cari, both Christians who had formerly lived in Redding and attended Calvary Chapel.

* “girl, 20-ish, w/ long brown hair in a devil costume w/ a red shiny miniskirt, medium skin tone, Asian” (Cindy & her 2 friends)… Prophesied over all of them, prayed for healing for Cindy’s cold and her nose cleared up immediately.

* “John Deere” –found this guy with a John Deere shirt on. He was a believer passing out flyers from his church that started with “Sin is Deadly”. Felt like asking “How’s that working out for you?” Anyway, loved on him as our passionate brother, prophesied over him and blessed him.. Cool guy!

Got in front of the “pizza place” and looked around us, saw two guys together that were dressed in “all red”, both said they had wonderful lives, no pain, etc.. But one had just opened a costume shop, and asked if we’d pray for his business, so we did and he was thankful.

* “guy dressed in overalls like a farmer” (Jeff), prayed for his upcoming wedding and marriage and for him to be blessed in his new job. He was so happy and thankful, “NO ONE has prayed for my wedding or marriage before.. Thank you so much for coming to find me.”

Stopped in the Pita shop for a bathroom break… In the line for the bathroom, we met Zach, his girlfriend, Amber and Abby…

* “right wrist in brace/cast” (Zach)… had metal screws in his broken wrist.. didn’t see any immediate breakthrough… Then prayed for his friend Amber’s knee—which improved immediately (she said that her sister lives in Oregon and does the same thing we were doing and was so happy to meet us)—then their friend Abby got prophesied over about how God says she is a great mother, etc. and she was on the verge of tears…

* “Chase” (the bank—on the sidewalk right in front of it), “brick wall” “Mike” (prayed for him to get a job real quick before he ran off to catch his girlfriend), his friend Doug was still standing there with his “Yellow shirt” on (Charlie Brown). He had an injured shoulder that he has to get cortisone shots in every 6 weeks. He said it had been about 3 weeks since his last one. Not currently experiencing pain, but prayed and gave him an email contact so in 3 weeks when he doesn’t need his next shot he can email us…

Went home thanking God for an amazing night!!!

Treasure Hunt 7-23-09

I had the privilege of leading a Treasure Hunt team last night at the Hem of His Garment conference. One guy was from South Africa, and the other 3-4 were from Arkansas. It was awesome. We had several encounters with people where they matched the descriptions on our treasure maps and we were able to bless and encourage them, pray for their needs, etc.. but I just wanted to share one of the cooler ones.

Keep in mind, none of these people on the team know anything about Redding. Their location clues were “coffee shop” (2 people had this clue), “Starbucks” (2 people had this clue), “ice cream shop” (2 people had this clue too!), “outdoor eating area”, “fountain”, “parking lot” and “Sears”. All of these clues are literally within a fifty foot stretch at ONE place in Redding (except Sears, which is directly across the street). Thankfully, I am familiar enough with Redding to have put their clues together to find the spot…

So, we got there and the physical appearance clues were “Green shirt” and “pink shirt”. As soon as we got out of the vehicle, this group of maybe 7 teenagers was in front of us in the “parking lot”… one had the green shirt, and one had the pink shirt. Three of us approached them, explained the Treasure Hunt, and showed them the clues that led us to them. We asked if any of them had any pain in their bodies or needed prayer for anything, and one guy said his wrist had gotten injured in a fight, so we showed him "wrist pain" on our map.

Just then these bells (like a bell tower) started ringing out a song, the “Hallelujah” Chorus. The girl in our group had written the word “Hallelujah” in her Unusual category, and didn’t know what it meant—but now we all did. As the bells rang the song, we shared this additional clue with the kids. That was kind of like TOO MUCH, Lord!!! So we asked the other kids if they had ever seen Jesus do a miracle… They said “No”, we said “Watch”, and Jesus healed his wrist right then and there.

They were obviously shocked, then the guy was kind of like freaked out… With all the other guys trying to be all cool and whatnot, they kind of shut down from going much further with them, but we did get to share God’s love for them and bless them, and they had an encounter with the Lord that God will use it to bump them one notch closer to their eternal salvation! Bless the Lord!!

Treasure Hunt and Healing 7-4-09

Went to the fireworks in Redding tonight with my kids. Before we left, I asked the Lord who He wanted to bless tonight. He showed me a picture of a “guy, 18-23, black and white ballcap, black and white T-shirt, gray shorts, Dickies (brand)” so I wrote that down on my treasure map.

We found the guy about 15 minutes after we got there.. He came walking up to us with his friends--WAY out of the way of the fireworks crowd—in a quiet corner where I was making some phone calls. It was dark already and I wanted to be sure first, so I asked him, "Hey bro, what color are your shorts?" He said they were gray, and I asked, "Is that a Dickies label?", and he said yes. I asked how old he was and he said he was 18.

I had him read the map and once he was going, “What the heck is going on?” I explained that God loved him very much and wanted to encourage and bless him. I asked if he needed prayer for anything, and he said he was looking for a job. I prayed for him briefly and encouraged him that God really does love him in a special way and has a destiny for his life, and was leading him there step by step. He was blessed and encouraged and said that this was all pretty crazy and he wasn’t sure about it, but thanks a lot!

My kids and I walked away and within 5 minutes, we ran into a Christian guy named John that I know from my last job. He was riding a skateboard, and had a brace on his wrist. I found out that he had hurt it a day or two before skateboarding. I asked him what he couldn’t do with it, and he showed me that he could barely even move it. I asked if I could pray, he said yes, and I prayed maybe a 15-second prayer while laying my hand on his wrist. I told him to test it out and he tried. Then he was like, “Wait, I have to take the brace off.” He moved it around completely and looked shocked. I said, “Does it still hurt?” He said, “NOT A BIT!!” I was like “Yeah Jesus!!” He was like, “That’s AMAZING!” He put the brace in his pocket and walked away free! Happy Fourth of July… Thank you JESUS!!

Oh yeah, the fireworks were cool too.

Healed Knee 7-3-09

The family and I went to see some fireworks in Anderson, CA… yes, on the 3rd. Anyway, while we were sitting there in the car waiting for the fireworks to start, I felt like the Lord told me that someone in the family next to us (I thought I knew who it was, but wasn’t sure) had an injured knee. I waited until the fireworks were OVER, so if I was wrong, I could leave right away!

So anyway, the fireworks ended and I said to them, “I have kind of an unusual question to ask you: Does one of you have pain in your knee?” A lady named Becky sheepishly said, “Yeah, my left knee hurts. Why?” I explained that I was a Christian and I felt like the Lord had told me that. I asked if they were also Christians and they said they were. She said her knee hurt a lot because of a deteriorated meniscus (cartilage cushion) in the joint.

I asked if it was allright if I prayed and she was game. I prayed briefly and had her test it out, and she said that before we prayed it was hurting; but now there was “zero pain.” She was a bit hesitant and came up with the only answer that her mind could figure out: “Well, it comes and goes sometimes…” I just gave her my email address and said, “Well, let me know what God does, OK?” and she agreed. I look forward to a good report!

Thank you Lord!!

Leg Grows Out 7-1-2009

Yeah, so I was at work today and did a massage (I'm a massage therapist for those of you that didn't know that) for a guy named Wayne. He came in and told me that his left leg is shorter than his right one, due to being broken several times when he was a off-road motorcycle racer. Due to the short leg throwing off his alignment, his low back hurts all the time, so he gets frequent massage.

So I did his massage and afterward, I said "Hey can I check out how short that leg is?" "Sure." I had him sit in the chair with his hips all the way to the back and sure enough, the left leg was about 1/2 inch shorter than the right one. I asked, "Would you mind if I prayed for you real quick? I've seen several legs grow out before, it's pretty amazing." He said, "Sure, go for it." So I just prayed a quick prayer and commanded the leg to grow out even with the other one, and it did! I asked him if he felt it, and he said he did, very matter-of-factly.

I saw it grow even with the other one with my own two eyes and I'm like "Looks even to me. What do you think?" "Yep, looks like it. Wow." Hahaha.. He said it even felt a bit different when he was walking out to the lobby..

Go Jesus!!! That was awesome!

Treasure Hunt 6-27-09

Jasmine had to work tonight, so I figured I’d go on a Treasure Hunt—MUCH more fun than going home and watching TV!!
















The Lord gave me two locations: “Sundial” and “Wal-Mart.” I went to Sundial Bridge first. On my map I had written down, “Guy, stocky, around 30ish, short black hair, black T-shirt, Islander, long shorts…tatts.” I was waiting a while and didn’t see him and almost gave up, but finally as I took one last lap, I saw him! Yay! I explained the Treasure Hunt to him, found out his name was Sonny, he was 33 and from Samoa, and that he had “knee pain” (also on the map). It wasn’t hurting at the moment, but we prayed for it anyway. I also got to share God’s love for them; and he and his girlfriend (Friend? Wife?) Chrissy were really stoked and blessed!


Then I went to “Wal-Mart” and before I got in the door I saw a girl on the pay phone that matched the description on my map: “woman w/ pink shirt and white capris, blondish, 30 +/- 3 (yrs).” I approached her just as the payphone refused to cooperate with her. I explained what I was doing and she told me her name was Vanessa and that she’d talk to me but she locked her keys in her car. I told her I have a slim jim in my car and could help her out. As we walked into the parking lot I let her read the description (found out she was 27) and she’s like “I’m freaked out right now... Oh my gosh!” I just told her there was nothing to be afraid of, it just meant that Jesus loved her a lot and wanted to tell her that. So we got to my car in the middle of the big parking lot to get the slim jim—and she was parked in the spot right next to me! Nice touch, Jesus!! I got her car unlocked in a couple of minutes during which I got to assure her of the Lord’s love and plan for her. She said she was a believer but that her husband and his family were much stronger in her faith than she was. She said she tried to read the Bible but couldn’t understand some of the language. I told her about The Message version, and she said she’d definitely give it a try. God was encouraging her so much she said she was about to cry! She started explaining to her little girl (around 4), Emily that Jesus loved them so much that He sent someone especially to find them at Wal-Mart to help them… Isn’t Jesus awesome?” “I LOVE Jesus!” Emily squealed. They went on their way, as I headed into the store, very happy that I didn’t give up earlier when I wanted to.

I got into the store in the main aisle by the checkout counters and saw a girl that matched my map: “girl, 16(ish), long dirty dishwater blonde straight hair, turquoise-ish tank top with shorts”, with her mom and a friend. I talked to the mom first to introduce myself and explain the Treasure Hunt… The mom said her name was “Michelle” (which was on my map), and the girl said they had seen one happen to a friend before and thought it was cool. I showed her the description of her, found out she was 15, and they were stoked. After we couldn’t determine any pressing prayer needs, and that they were already believers, I simply proclaimed God’s love and approval of them, how much He treasures them and has great things in store for them, that they were His princesses and just wanted to emphasize His amazing love for them individually today… They were very blessed and thankful…

God is so good... what a privilege to be an ambassador for Jesus!! Thank you Lord… Continue to encounter each of these precious people and take them to the next level of your will for their lives!!

Treasure Hunt 6-5-2009

Did a Treasure Hunt tonight with two other students from Bethel, Joy and Micha. We each took a few minutes with the Lord and wrote out our Treasure Maps separately. All three of us had “Target” and “Winco” (a local grocery store) as our locations, so we decided to go to both of them… Target first. Joy had “black baseball cap” on her list, and a man outside the front door had on a black baseball cap, so we approached him, explained what we were doing, and noticed he had a “dog” (also on Joy’s list) on the front of his shirt. It said “Big Dog” and Micha had “Big (something)” on her map. We prayed for him for diabetes and finances then he talked with us for about half an hour about his life and was moved to tears more than once that God had sent us to him. Afterward, he mentioned that his wife Tami also had high blood pressure. He was a Christian, so I reminded him of the Scripture in Mark 16 that says, “These signs will follow them that believe… they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.” I placed my hands on his hands and they got instantly hot. I asked him if he felt the heat and he said yes. I told him to go to his wife, put his hands on her and command her body to be healed in the Name of Jesus—He looked at his hands and said OK. We parted ways and went inside the store as he left to pray for his wife.

Did a loop halfway around the store and on my treasure map was, “girl, 20s, black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, long brown hair” We found her with her fiancé, registering for wedding gifts next to the “dog” food. I was a bit slow to approach, but also on my map I wrote “S.F.” (San Francisco); and on second look I noticed that it said “San Francisco” on the front of her sweatshirt. Their names were Ross and Heather. We told her what we were doing, and as I told her how God had sent us to her, showed her the list, and how much God loved her, she got all teary-eyed and very touched. We were able to pray for their marriage and future family, and they were very blessed and encouraged.

We left and went to Winco grocery store. We walked through the store and found a man with a “black baseball cap” and… a “Big Dog” T-shirt!!! Amazing! He and his wife were already saved, and had been to Bethel and knew about Treasure Hunts, so it was easy. They said everything was well, but of course enjoyed God pouring out His love on them afresh, and the prayers and blessing on their marriage and son.

Joy had the odd word “deodorant” on her map, so we decided to go to the deodorant aisle and see what happened. We got there and there, AGAIN, was a “girl, 20s, black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, long brown hair”!!! This was crazy!! We told her what we were doing and asked what she needed prayer for and she said she was on a “spiritual search” and wanted to know the right path, or something along those lines. She said that she was a Christian, but had been approached by some Mormons a couple of days ago, they gave her a book of Mormon. She said she’d read it and they said they’d be back in a few days to check up. I told her a few unbiblical beliefs that the Mormons had and we prayed for her to have wisdom and strength, etc. She thought is was pretty amazing that God had met her like this just when she was asking for His direction. What a “coincidence”, eh?

This Treasure Hunt was really interesting, in that that God gave all three of us the same two locations to go, and then we essentially found TWO PAIRS of basically identical people that matched our clues exactly… I’ve never seen that happen before, it was pretty amazing… I mean really, what are the odds?!"! God you are AWESOME! Seal the work that you are doing in each of their lives, and let the seeds that were planted or watered grow into much fruit in their lives, to Your glory!

Treasure Hunt 5-22-2009

Tonight Jaz and I went out on a Treasure Hunt with two other people from school. We had a half-dozen good encounters, and wanted to share a couple of them…

Episode 1

Our team had “Sundial”, “Bridge”, “pink shirt” and “lab” as four of our clues on our Treasure Map. We met a lady named Chelsea wearing a “pink shirt”, walking across the “Sundial Bridge” with a guy and they were walking their “lab(rador)”. So we explained the Treasure Hunt and ended up praying for her about her relationship with her son, and we prayed for the guy about his back pain. Before we prayed, if he bent over, when he stood back up, his back would have pain. After praying twice, the pain was gone and he could touch his toes! Nice!

Episode 2

I had on my list “Two shirts on—one green and one white”. We saw this lady on a “bench” (also on our map) with the two shirts on, sitting with another lady. We explained what we were doing and she told us her name is “Carol”, which Jasmine had on her map. She asked us to pray for her son and we did. We had fun with her friend Heather and their husbands who had joined us while praying.

Episode 3

Then we were leaving the Bridge, and I saw the “guy, 22-ish, with red T-shirt and blue jeans” from my list… He was another student also out doing a Treasure Hunt, and his name was “Mike”, which Jasmine had on her map! We prayed for his popping shoulder and didn’t get any breakthrough. We also prayed for his “financial need for college” which we also had on our list, and he was getting rocked by God’s presence… Get him, God!

Episode 4

Three of us had written down “Starbucks” on our maps, so we headed there. We were walking down the sidewalk, and there was a couple sitting in chairs there and as we passed I overheard the woman say “…treasure hunt…” and that’s all I heard. I thought, “What are the odds of that?” So I said, “Sorry to interrupt you, but did you just say ‘treasure hunt’?” They said that they were talking about doing a treasure hunt for their upcoming VBS (Vacation Bible School) at their church. I explained that WE were on a Treasure Hunt too, what that means, and asked if they wanted prayer for anything. They were the Children’s Pastors of a local Foursquare Church, and asked for prayer for the VBS. We prayed some things prophetically that bore witness with them and they were blessed. We also found out that the husband has MS (Multiple Schlerosis). I relayed a testimony I heard last night from one of the pastors at Bethel that “Within the last WEEK, we have had THREE reports of people totally healed of MS—God is up to something!!” They were encouraged by that so we prayed for him too and he was very touched, although there was nothing we could test out on the spot. But they were very blessed that God had arranged this divine appointment! God I thank you for touching and healing Blake’s body, in Jesus’ Name!!

All in all, a good night!

Episode 5

While we’re talking Treasure Hunts, I’ll tell you another quick one from earlier this week… I went to Wal-Mart to get an oil change. They said it would be about 25 minutes, so I figured I’d do a quick Treasure Hunt while I waited. I asked the Lord to show me who he wanted to bless today in the store. He showed me an image of a “woman, 20ish, with pale yellow horizontal stripes on a white, sleeveless, button-up shirt”, so I wrote it down on my paper and went to find her. After wandering around the store for a few minutes, I saw a girl with that shirt on, walking towards me with a guy. She said “Hi” to me, and I asked if I knew her and she said she recognized me from church. I said “Cool, you go to Bethel too, so I don’t have to explain what a Treasure Hunt is to you right?” She said no. So I said, “Cool, well, YOU are my treasure. I showed her the clues on the map and she was stoked. She said she had a problem with her joints being easily dislocated, specifically her “hip and knee”, which was on my map next to her description. I prayed for her, but she hadn’t been having problems right at the moment, so there was no way to test it out. Then we prayed together for her guy friend who was in need of some direction and he was very blessed! They both were!
Just a reminder that we’ve got to try to make the most of every moment! Let God use you wherever you may find yourself… Your oil changes—or DMV visits, or grocery shopping—will never be the same!

Treasure Hunt Testimony 2-21-09

ENCOUNTER 1

Jasmine and I went on a Treasure Hunt today to look for God’s treasures in the community of Redding, California. We had “Sundial (Bridge)” as our location, so we went there. Two of our physical description clues that the Lord gave us were “red T-shirt with large white screen-printed design on front”, and “rainbow printed”.

We saw a lady with a woven red hat (a girl on our team had “red hat” on her map) standing next to a lady with rainbow hat. When we started talking to them and told them we were on a Treasure Hunt, they were excited. The lady with the rainbow hat said she had thought we were probably a Treasure Hunt team and that they had been waiting and hoping we would come talk to them!! She then unzipped her hooded sweatshirt and revealed a red T-shirt with a big white face on the front!

So we asked what it was we could pray for and the lady with the red hat (Jean) said that she had ovarian cancer. We prayed with her and she was very touched and appreciative. Then we asked the lady with the rainbow hat what her name was and she said “Jennifer”, I showed her the name “Jennifer” on my Treasure Map, and she got excited. We prayed for her arthritis in her knee and she said it felt better!

She then mentioned her that Jean’s son Jeff had a daughter that needed prayer. I showed her the name “Jeff” on my Treasure map. Woo-hoo!! Jennifer called over Jeff and his wife, who were just now coming across the bridge, and she was getting more excited. They told us about their daughter Catherine, who had a condition that the doctors couldn’t identify. They had misdiagnosed it as “Irritable Bowel Syndrome” (IBS). Jasmine showed her “IBS” on her treasure Map. I showed her “digestive problem” on mine.

Then Jasmine got a word of knowledge that Catherine had also previously been into dancing, but that her body had begun to feel too much pain (unrelated to the unnamed condition we were dealing with) to dance much anymore, which her parents confirmed. We prayed for Catherine with the group. She was not there on the scene to test anything regarding pain, etc.

Then Jasmine got a word about Jennifer having a seer gift, which she confirmed. Then I got a word about her ministering to kids, and she confirmed that she had worked with the youth ministry for many years. We blessed her, and the rest of them, thanked them for taking the time with us, and continued on our Treasure Hunt.

ENCOUNTER 2

We were walking and talking with a new friend, Sylvia, and she was talking about the unusual way that God was confirming that she was supposed to move to Virginia. A man on a bench nearby said loudly to us, “What was that you were just saying about God and Virginia?” We met him and he explained that he had driven back and forth across the country between Redding and Virginia six times in six months trying to connect there, but it wasn’t working out. He thought it beyond unusual that he happened to overhear our conversation that echoed his own thoughts at that very moment.

His name was “Kem”… Jasmine showed “Ken” on her Treasure Map, and he told us that most everyone he knew just called him Ken! When she showed him here Treasure Map, he happened to see her clue “777”, and he was kind of shocked. He was like “Why do you have THAT on there? … That’s the combination to the RV I live in.. it’s right here in the parking lot!” Nice! We got into a long conversation with him, and he was suffering with some serious confusion, lack of peace, needing wisdom, direction and provision.

He also said that as of yesterday his eyes had been feeling dim and blurry. I showed him “Eyes dim/blurry” on my Treasure Map. He said that right then they felt fine, but we prayed for his eyes anyway. He was mentioning some strange spiritual things that he had been into. Jasmine spoke powerfully—right into him—about the fact that even in these “deep” experiences, he never experienced peace; but that the “light” and “energy” coming from us that he had told us he sensed and enjoyed very much, was coming from Jesus, and that the real Jesus would give him this same joy, peace and light that we enjoyed. I told him something like “If you’re CONFUSED about this Virginia thing, it’s NOT GOD.. He’s not the author of confusion, He’s the God of Peace! He’s a good Dad, and he wants to lead you in peace and clarity.”

We ministered to him for about an hour with three of our friends from the Treasure Hunts and it was cool.. He would tear up and wipe away the tears every so often and was visibly touched by the love of God. He said he would be at church tomorrow… We pray for a mighty deliverance and salvation for Kem!

Well, we just wanted to keep you up on some of the exciting goings-on here in Redding and give God glory!! Your giving and prayers got us here and keep us here, growing in the things of God... Please continue to pray for us during this crucial time in our preparation for destiny! We love you!!!

Treasure Hunt 1-17-09

First of all, for those of you that don’t know what a treasure hunt is, it is where we ask God who He wants us to bless or minister to today; and He tells us various clues to help us find them, such as: location, name, physical description, what they need prayer for (specific injury or illness, finances, lost job, marriage problem, etc). We write this all down on a sheet of paper (the Treasure Map), then go find the person (God’s treasure). We then meet them, explain what we’re doing, and offer to pray for them… We’ve seen multiple people blessed and healed as a result of this evangelism that relies on the direction of the Holy Spirit.

Last Saturday, Jasmine and I went on a Treasure Hunt. We walked into Costco, and around 20 feet inside the door, we saw a kid with his right arm in a cast and a sling. Jasmine had on her treasure map “boy with brown hair w/ arm in sling” and I had on mine “right arm in cast”. We decided to go for it based on those clues. He was standing there with his mom. We talked for a minute, then his dad came up to join us. He was on a “motorized cart” with a “cane” in the basket… both of which I had on my treasure map. Awesome. We shared the map with this family and they were curious and said we could pray for the boy (Matthew)’s arms. They were already believers that attend a Charismatic-type church in the area, so we could speak plainly with them.

We prayed for his arms and he said that 100% of the pain left his arms immediately. We then asked the dad (Curtis) why he was on the motorized cart, and he said he had bad arthritis in his knees and it hurt to walk. Jasmine had “knee problems” on her map. We prayed for his knees and the right one was immediately 100% pain free, but the left one still had about 20-30% of the pain left. I got a word of knowledge that he had serious “low back pain” (turned out to be on Jasmine’s map). I asked him to stand up so we could pray. We prayed for his back and 100% of the pain left. I then asked him to check out the left knee, and he reported 100% pain was now gone. “Pain? What pain?” he said, amazed. Then Jasmine got a word of knowledge about the mom (Carrie) working with kids and teaching, which she confirmed that yes, she teaches kids every week.

I said, “Hey, we’re on a roll… Is there anything YOU need prayer for? She said that she also had low back pain. I asked what it was from, and she said she had a car accident. I pulled out my treasure map again and showed her where it said “low back pain from a car accident” on it… “No WAY!” she said. We prayed and 100% pain left immediately. I got a word of knowledge that she had problems in her right leg coming from the hip area down the leg and she confirmed that she had sciatica that shot pain down her right leg. I quickly repeated all the clues God had pegged them with so far, “boy with brown hair w/ arm in sling”, “right arm in cast”, “motorized cart”, “cane”, “knee problems”, “low back pain”, “low back pain from car accident”… I said, I don’t even think we need to pray, just check yourself out and I think God already did it. She did and God had already healed it. She said that there had been pain in her hip and leg even when we first started talking, but now it was 100% gone.

I got a word from the Lord that He was imparting to her right then a serious increase in the gifts of healings and working of miracles and that He wanted to use her to heal people. She said excitedly, “My hands are burning! My hands are burning!” I wanted to find someone for her to pray for, but didn’t see anyone in the immediate area that had any obvious physical problem… Darn! Anyway, they were all still 100% pain free. They said that Matthew had an appointment for a checkup on his arms the coming week. We are hoping that the doctor’s report confirms the work of God in him. Praise God.. it was a good encounter and God’s love was revealed to this family and He received much glory!

UPDATE:

We ran into them at Wal-Mart the other day (Redding is not a big city), and we got an update from them:

Carrie told us that since we all prayed together at Costco, both her and Curtis’ backs, the sciatica and knees were all better. Perhaps the coolest news was that Matthew immediately stopped taking pain killers after he was prayed for because the pain did not return. He was supposed to have the casts on both of his arms for SIX weeks; but he went for his scheduled checkup appointment a couple of days after we prayed, and got his casts off after only THREE weeks because his arms were healed!!

Isn’t God AMAZING?!?! It’s always nice to hear when doctors confirm what God did…

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever… He’s still walking through cities, preaching the Kingdom, and healing the sick today.. through His Body (that’s US!)

PRAISE THE LORD!