July 6, 2007 - Friday

 

Hey Everyone ~

Winnie and I have been overseas now since May 30th - that's 36 days so far.

We owe you some major reports and once we get home we will write more about all

that our glorious King Jesus has done during our travels.

To keep it short, the rest of our trip in Israel was amazing - especially our visits to the

Palestinian refugee camps in Behthlehem and Jericho. Going into Bethlehem was an AMAZING

breakthrough, absolutely revolutionary!   We went into the largest Palestinian Refugee Camp

in Bethlehem where no Christians or Americans have EVER gone before. 

The Lord gave us an open door, and while it was risky and dangerous, He also gave us a mighty 

big Angel so that we could go in and share the LOVE of GOD with the precious people.  We

definately changed the atmosphere there, even the dogs lying around in the streets seemed

befuddled and weren't quite sure what to do with us   ...

                

Bringing Food for the HUNGRY, Drinks for the THIRSTY ~

                

~ and Lavishing GOD's LOVE on the Palestinian Refugees

 

                


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                 ...And of course the Gypsies in Turkey and Bulgaria were sweeter than ever.

                 We saw some wonderful healings, and lots of salvations.

              

                  Gypsies + Winnie = BLISS!

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                  Special note about Istanbul: 

Every year when visiting the Gypsies who live in a ghetto behind an ancient

wall from the time of Constantine, we have gained more and more ground.

At first harsh, rough and resistant, the Gypsies have become tender and

sweet. Last year, our friend Ihsan had taught us how to say 'Jesus is Savior'

and "Jesus Loves You' in Turkish. We marched around the neighborhood singing

these words.The people sang with us right away, without any hesitation. We

were so amazed, for they are all  Muslim.

Even when we were not singing, the children would sing it over and over again,

'Ihsa Seni Savior!"... all the while smiling and holding our hands, looking into our

eyes with such happiness. Can you imagine our surprise when we returned again

this year and the people came running to us hugging us and kissing us and all of

the children surrounded us chanting "Ihsa Seni Savior!" over and over again. These

chanting children actually added rocket fuel to our parade as we walked around the

neighborhood ministering. The size of the crowd that we ministered to was three

times the size from last year. We were able to proclaim the Good News and pray

for many. It was truly a breathtaking time in the Glory waves of our God! 
 

                        


After our team returned home, Winnie and I left Bulgaria and returned to Turkey where

we drove around looking for more Gypsy neighborhoods. We found several! In one Gypsy

community somewhere near Izmir, we brought food for all of the widows and we had quite

a response from the people there. We hope to be able to bring our next team there in August.

AFRICA:

Right now we are writing from Pemba, Mozambique, where we just arrived. We brought another

team with us, and all together we are a group of 21 radical lovers of Jesus... thank you Lord

for building such incredible Holy Ghost teams for us.

Our group started out in South Africa where we were a part of a wonderful conference

at Spirit Word Ministries with pastors Kobus and Annalise van Rensburg for three days.

They have a magnificent healing and prophetic ministry there and are true lovers of Jesus

with a brilliant faith in the finished works of the Cross. They are truly impacting their region.

What a great launching pad for our team to get charged up for their African mission to

South Africa and Mozambique.

During our time there we ministered to the poor and destitute in a nearby township, and

every person we prayed for was healed. *Every* pain went away, shoulder pains, stomach

pains, migraines, you name it - the people got healed.

There was a young man in the township who was deaf and GOD OPENED UP HIS EARS

RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT! There was also a woman there who was mute and THE LORD

CAUSED HER TO SPEAK FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME! What a wonder working God we serve.

We returned back to the conference that evening, and we got to pray for a woman who was

shot many years ago. As a result, this woman was paralyzed from the waist down and left in

a wheelchair for the rest of her life. I got a few of the team around me, and we prayed for her

and anointed her with oil. All of a sudden, FEELING STARTED TO RETURN TO HER. Starteled

and amazed, the woman started to get excited as sensation and tinglings and the ability

to feel was starting to be restored to her. She knew that something miraculous was happening.

We continued to pray over her legs and as we did that she was able to STAND ON HER FEET

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME... Wow JESUS! Her muscles had seriously deteriorated after all of

these years, and she did not have the muscular strength to walk yet... but we know that she will.

Please remember to pray for this sweet woman. I know that left in the hands of Jesus through Prophet

Kobus and Analise, she will worship and dance with us during our next visit.

**Thank you to everyone from Spirit Word for their incredible Holy Ghost hospitality,

we were very honored and blessed to be a part of what God is doing in South Africa.**

 

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Mozambique Garbage Dump:

Next we flew to Maputo, Mozambique and spent a few days ministering at the Iris compound.

Of course we made a bee-line for the garbage dump... 

Going out to the garbage dump to minister to the seemingly forgotten people who live there was simply

profound. At times the stench was unbearable, and the misery and poverty incredibly mind-bending and 

indescribable. We ministered to all of the people going from little shack to little shack, laying hands on

and loving every one that we could. We got the children together and sang and danced with them as

we fired up the joy tunnel and had each of them run through it. All in all, about 70 got saved as we

gave the wonderful news of the Gospel... As we road our bus home, our team burst out into glory

filled spontaneous shouts for a solid half hour. You see, our spirits could no longer contain the sheer

pleasure and ecstacies of JESUS after pouring out HIS LOVE upon the objects of His divine

affection (the poor).

 



Back at the base, we poured out the love of Jesus to all of the children at

the orphanage and to the staff and leadership... what a wonderful reunion

to come back here to where Rolland and Heidi planted their first base. Even

during some of our meetings there, locals came for a visit and got saved!


Now that we are up north in Pemba where Iris Ministries has established another

base, our team will be heading out into the bush with our dear and precious friends

Rolland and Heidi Baker for the next several days.

Please keep us in your prayers that the Lord will use us mightily for HIS GLORY ~

believe with us for many more healings and souls for the Kingdom!

We love you,
Georgian and Winnie