God's Awesome Power

I just had to share this picture showing Sis. Susan receiving the Holy Ghost last week! When I saw her walk in the church last Wednesday night, there was such a glow and beam permeating from her! It was so exciting! She was telling everyone how great she felt and that she had never felt better in her 63 years!! Her son received the Holy Ghost on Friend Day! This past Sunday, between her and her good friend, Betty, they had 8 of their grandkids in service! They both are believing for greater revival in their families! Susan lives less than 2 miles from our church and had been looking for a church. Her former coworker invited her on Easter. She came and now you know the rest of the story! I love seeing God's awesome power working in people's lives! It is exciting and rewarding!

Prayer Updates

I talked to my friend, Melanie Elms today. She arrived in Denver early this morning to be with her Dad, Bro. Hale. She said that he was doing better, still in ICU. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. You can be updated on him by visiting the church that he pastors, Landmark Tabernacle's website.
Please continue to keep Kris Anderson in your prayers. I received this e-mail from her husband, Mike today:
Words are not enough to express our appreciation for the support we feel from all of your prayers. This is truly an unusual trial of Kris and my faith. In spite of some not so positive reports yesterday, our trust has continued to be "who's report do you believe, we shall believe the report of the Lord". Last evening, I went to the hospital chapel and asked the Lord to give me a word and He gave me a scripture from the Psalms. "Wait I say on the Lord and be of good courage and he will strengthen your heart, Wait I say, Wait on the Lord". I received this as a direct answer.
Today the reports were much more encouraging. Kris is still being assisted to breath on a Bpap machine, but it is better than the ventilator. If everything continues to go well they will do a heart cath on Tuesday. This is very trying for her, as it requires total bed rest and no relief from the routine of ICU until then. Please pray for God's extra grace. The prognosis is she can be restored to a more normal life. Which is what we all asked for.
No one knows what it means to us to have such a powerful network of family, friends, and our Christ Church saints. The nurses and those attending Kris keep asking me "Are you Okay?" I say, “We have a tremendous support group”, and I mean that with all my heart. We thank all of you for standing with us. We are not quite out of the woods yet, but we do see that light of hope for the future.

Urgent Prayer Request

Bro. Billy Hale of Denver, CO (District Superintendent) suffered a heart attack tonight after their Weds. night service. A report from Ed Cantu said that he was in surgery late tonight and they were putting in two stints in a couple of arteries, one of which had 100% blockage. Please pray for Bro. & Sis. Hale and their family!

Prayer Request

Our friend, Kris Anderson was admitted again on Wednesday night in the hospital with some of the same symptoms and is currently back in ICU. Please keep her in your prayers.
Thanks.

UPDATE

I received this e-mail from Mike Anderson about his wife, Kris.

"Praise the Lord and thank you to all of our friends and family for your prayers in our scary happenings of last week. We are home from the hospital and Kris has been given good prognosis for complete recovery and long life. These words are a great comfort to us both. We are so grateful to God for his sparing her life and a return to normal life. We love all of you and are so glad to be networked with so many Holy Ghost filled prayer warriors that get things done in prayer. What a change in just one week. The Glory goes to God, in Jesus Name."

Prayer Request

Please be in prayer for our friend, Kris Anderson, wife of Pastor Mike Anderson. They pastor Christ Church in Houston, TX. Kris was rushed to the Hospital early Monday morning unable to breathe. She was extremely critical, but because of prayer she has responded very well to treatment. The cardiologist ruled out a major heart attack. Her doctor says this is severe flu causing pneumonia which triggered heart stress. Today they were able to take her off of the ventilator. I talked with Mike earlier today and he said she was resting and doing better. The Anderson's are dear friends of ours and I know that they appreciate your prayers.

Mississippi Single's Conference

Friday & Saturday, I had the priviledge of speaking in Jackson at the Mississippi Distict Single's Conference. The conference was held at the First Pentecostal Church pastored by Chris Craft & Bishop T.L. Craft. The conference was hosted by MS. District Sunday School Director Steve Cannon and his wife, Rita and MS. Single's Director, Hansel Stanley & his wife Teressa. They along with the entire MS. Sunday School Board did a great job putting this growing conference together! They were there from around 5 states! We had a great conference. Friday night after the service, there was a southern meal cooked by FPC as well as hilarious entertainment put together by Hansel Stanley and company. It was a great night. The next day was a great service. Thanks to Bro. Cannon, Bro. Stanley, and the MS. District Sunday School Department for your ministry to the Single's of Mississipi through this great conference!

Hansel Stanley, myself, Rita, & Steve Cannon

Julie Garner, Jackie Charles, & myself.

Julie is the Regional SAM Director. She & Jackie are from Memphis, TN.

Back home

I am back home. Two weeks ago on Monday, March 24th, I flew to Newark, NJ to meet all of the Single's on our SAM Trip to London & Paris. I flew back to Los Angeles last Tuesday. . . very happy to be home. I few out on Thursday to my parent's in West Monroe, LA. Friday, I drove to Jackson, MS to speak friday night and Saturday at the MS Single's Conference which was held at Bro. Craft's church. We had a great conference. I then drove back to Calhoun, LA. to my parent's home and spent the next few days with them. I had a great time. I flew home last night. Today my husband and son enjoyed Johnny's Pizza from Monroe. If you have never experienced Johnny's Pizza, you are missing a great experience!! I brought a couple of Pizza's home on the plane. . . .I buy them, let them cool down, put them in ziploc bags, and bring them in a cool-hot bag. I made 2 men very happy!!! Next time you are in the twin-cities area of Monroe and West Monroe, try some . . .you will be very glad you did!!!

Easter

We had a great Easter!! God really blessed! What a great crowd . . . . . overflowing with visitors!! One Mother had all 5 of her sons and their families in service as well as her husband. Her Mother-in-law had prophesied in a Revival service with Evangelist David Smith that her family would all be in church . . . . well on Easter she had 2 sons, 6 or 7 grandchildren, around 7 or 8 great-grandchildren as well as some other family members all in service!!! There is great revival taking place in that family!! So many other lives were touched that day!! We believe that this is the most fruitful Easter we have ever had . . . . .so many people loved what they felt and promised to be back. One of our ladies used to work at Sears and had 5 of her coworkers in service as well as some of their family members!! Two of them have recently started attending Bayside and two others said they have been looking for a church and felt they had found the right one!! It was so incredible to see peoples lives so touched and praying all over the sanctuary! Jessica, a 12 year old that was reached through Bus Ministry had recently asked my husband to pray for her. He prayed for her as well as gave her a prayer cloth. She took it home and told her Mom about it. Later she was so excited telling us that God had touched her! She said her Mom, Veronica, wanted to keep the prayer cloth!! All this past week, I felt Veronica on my heart. Although I had never met her, just talked to her on the phone, I went to visit her on Saturday. She was there on Sunday praying. . .her first time in a Pentecostal service!! I know her life has been touched from what God has done for Jessica. My in-laws brought their neighbor, a beautiful German woman named Helen. She is 87 years old and has never been in a Pentecostal church! She was very moved! Steve and I along with my in-laws are starting a Bible Study with her next week!!! She is very excited about it!! On Thursday nights, we have a Connect Group at the Newsome's home. Sis. Margaret has been very sick for the past several months. She was able to be there on Sunday for the first time in over a year!!! They also brought a new young lady named Josie who just started coming to our Connect Group!! Pray for us. . . .we need a new building!! This is just a little taste of all that God is doing in the southbay area of Los Angeles in Torrance! It is very excting!!!

Josie, Rex & Margaret Newsome with us on Easter! They are from our Thursday CONNECT Group at the Newsome's home. This was Jose's first time in a Pentecostal service! God is doing incredible things in this CONNECT GROUP!!!

Helen with the world's greatest in-law's, Paul & Margaret Saiz

Our family. . .Steve, Debbie, Vanessa, & Steve Jr.

Only HE Can Do The Miraculous!!

Today I am reminded of the song that we sing . . . .YOU ARE GREAT, YOU DO MIRACLES SO GREAT. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE LIKE YOU!!! We have been experiencing some incredible services at Bayside. . .new people every service. . .people so touched by the awesome power of God. We have prayer on Tuesday nights. Last night I was touched just walking around the sanctuary praying and seeing the miraculous that God has done at Bayside!! Seeing the precious people that were there praying and touching God. Many of their testimonies came to me and the miracles that God had performed in each life! The door opened and in walked a Mother and her twenty something son who was baptized last week . . . what a miracle . . . knowing the prayers that were prayed for him!! To God be the glory!! Seeing people who were delivered from so many different things. . . people that are overcomers. . . crying out to God. . worshipping and praising Him for victory! At the end, one lady came to me talking about a young lady who was in one of our Connect Groups on Monday night. She was telling me about how God was using her to minister to her and others who used to hang with her in a gang. . . .now she is ministering to them about God's delivering power!! Yes, God is awesome. . . .He is in the life changing business. . .a miraculous God!!! There is nothing impossible with our God!! He is so deserving of the praise when we sing . . . . .

"You deserve the glory and the honor, So we lift our hands in worship and we praise your holy name. You deserve the glory and the honor, So we lift our hands in worship and we praise your holy name.

You are great, You do miracles so great. There is no one else like You, there is no one else like You. You are great, You do miracles so great. There is no one else like You, there is no one else like you!"

Last Saturday was a neat day! I spoke at the Response Resource's Youth Summit in San Diego. Nate Rios, Youth Pastor in Columbia, MS and his team did a great job putting the Summit on for youth as well as youth workers. It was the first youth event for our new SoCal District. My nephew Jeremy Foster was one of the speakers as well. It was extra special to see him and to be with him. . .I had not seen him since Christmas!! Vanessa drove me down, so we had a little mini family reunion!!

On Thursday, I was priviledged to speak in Union City, CA at the END TIME RESTORATION CONFERENCE Ladies Day held at the Union City Apostolic Church. This great conference is sponsored by this church pastored by Bishop Adam Lopez. His wife, Druscila Lopez led the Ladies Day. What a great day with these beautiful Apostolic ladies! Below is a picture of Sis. Lopez, Georgia Vasquez from Chicago, IL (the speaker before me), & myself.

The 23rd Psalm

This month we kicked off our CONNECT GROUPS which are Bible Study groups held in different people's homes. On Monday night, Steve and I attended one in one of our College young ladies' apartments to show our support. This was only her second one, she had invited several, but was not sure how many would come. We heard the buzzer sound, she went to the speaker and a ladies voice came on asking if this was where the meeting was. Natalia immediately buzzed her in the building. She opened her front door and in walked a lady and her 19 year old grandaughter! One of our Outreach teams had canvased the area on Saturday with flyers about the Connect Group meeting in their neighborhood. Helen received one and came! She thought that it was a neighborhood meeting and was taken back when we told her it was a Bible Study. They decided to stay. Later she told us that God had led them to the meeting. The group discussion at the beginning eased her and she even made some comments. The lesson was on fear. She told us that she needed to hear that. When we prayed together at the end, God's presence was felt in a mighty way. You could see the peace that He had brought to our new friends. God is so awesome in how He works. We are very excited about our CONNECT GROUPS and know that God is leading people to each of them on different nights of the week in different cities in this southbay area! Our prayer is that God will lead them fromt the north, the south, the east, and the west and do a mighty work in their lives! He is doing just that and showed us that when Helen and LaQuinta walked in on Monday night!

Just as Natalia began to teach the lesson, she read the 23rd Psalm and Helen told us that was her favorite passage. I then read a version that I have glued in the front flap of my Bible. Helen asked for a copy of it. I just typed it and e-mailed it to her. That's when I thought that I would blog it here today.

THE 23rd PSALM

The Lord is my Shepherd
That’s Relationship!
I shall not want
That’s Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pasture
That’s Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters
That’s Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul
That’s Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
That’s Guidance!
For His name sake
That’s Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
That’s Testing!
I will fear no evil
That’s Protection!
For Thou art with me
That’s Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me
That’s Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies
That’s Hope!
Thou anointest my head with oil
That’s Consecration!
My cup runneth over
That’s Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
That’s blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
That’s Security!
Forever
That’s Eternity!

SAM - Single Adult Ministry

I have been in St. Louis this week in meetings for Single Adult Ministry in the UPCI. I am very excited about all that God is doing with SAM in our great organization. We have some great things coming in the future. One is a new website, a single's e-mail devotional, a new young adult ministry, some blogs, as well as other things! It is an exciting time for SAM!! As soon as some of these things are up and running, I will let you know.

Single Adults can cover a wide age span as well as various lifestyles. Their ages may vary from 18 to over 80 years of age. Every group represents different needs, interests, and physical abilities. Young adults in their 20’s and 30’s as well as middle-aged or older single adults. There are the never-married, the widowed, or the divorced and many of them are single parents. They make up nearly 45% of the population in North America! What a harvest field! Nearly 70% of all new converts in any denomination are single.

There is a need for SAM in every local church, no matter the size of the congregation. That is our goal in working with every District Sunday School director and their District Single's director to make Pastors aware of this great need.

In order for us to see revival like never before:
· We must recognize this great unmarried mission field, for it’s harvest white. “I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35 – NIV
· We must reach out to this generation and reap what has been sown. "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Matthew 9:37-38 – NIV
· We must relate to all single adults. “. . .Yes, whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him” 1 Corinthians 9:22 – TLB

Single adults are a vast growing mighty force of the church and are instrumental in God’s purpose for the church. A revival growing church believes that single adults are crucial players in today’s revival. They realize that the talents and abilities of today’s single adults are too valuable to ignore. This vast growing group can become a mighty force in your church. They are instrumental in God’s purpose for the church. What better example to follow than the greatest single adult to ever live – JESUS CHRIST!

Urgent Prayer Request for Bethani Roam

I am sure many of you have already heard that Bethani Roam was airlifted to a San Francisco Hospital for an emergency liver transplant. Please pray for her and Brian and of course all the family. The family has set up a blog to keep everyone posted of her progress!

http://bethaniroam.blogspot.com/

QUENCH Conference in Ashburn, VA.

Here's some pictures from the QUENCH Conference in Ashburn, VA. Thanks to Camille Harris for sending me the pictures.

QUENCH Ladies Conference

This past Friday and Saturday I had the priviledge of speaking at the QUENCH Ladies Conference held at Capital Community Church in Ashburn, VA. where Chester Mitchell is the pastor. Marion Mitchell and her WOW Team hosted a great conference. Everything was first class. It was a neat experience to team up with Sis. Thetus Tenney, who has impacted my life since I was just a young girl. Sis. Tenney was at her best with her message on Saturday, LIFE JUST HAPPENS. I have had the priviledge of speaking a few times at Capital Community Church and it excites me each time to see the growth and all that God is doing there! Thanks to my friends, Chester and Marion Mitchell, the WOW Team, and Capital Community Church for your great hospitality and a great conference!