Adelaide, South Australia
September 22, 2009
Dear Brethren in Christ,
The Lord has revealed His grace here in Adelaide. A crowd larger than expected from different churches gathered for the Basic Training the first two evenings at Torrens Valley Christian Centre. The Lord was gracious to enable us to teach the Aussie brethren effectively.
On Saturday afternoon following the final Training session, an evangelistic healing outreach was held at Whitmore Square. A barbecue, healing ministry, and outdoor games drew people to the park. Among those present were a number of homeless people. Teen Challenge provided supplies and a mobile stage plus sound equipment. William presented the claims of the gospel to the people: only Jesus Christ has authority to save sinners from God’s righteous judgement and the lake of fire. These claims would be proven to be true by the miraculous healings done in the name of Jesus Christ.
The trained disciples assembled at the front. Then those with infirmities came up to be healed. After some minutes, people who had been healed or manifestly touched by God came up to the stage to testify. Eight in all testified. The Lord touched one man so deeply that he wept and could hardly share before the people. The testimonies were the proof that the gospel was absolutely true.
In response to these miracles, a handful of sinners came forward to repent and to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. This was perhaps the very first time such an event was held in Adelaide. It was very encouraging for the disciples. Our host Richard Hawke hopes to bring them together on a monthly basis to continue such evangelistic outreaches. This is the very purpose of the Training—to equip local disciples to heal the sick and proclaim the gospel in public places. Please pray that the Lord will grant them the grace, wisdom, and boldness to do so on their own in the future.
This week beginning Thursday evening in Melbourne we will conduct the Basic Training at International Christian Community Church.
We’d like to share with you the below testimony from Tom Briggs of Open Air Seattle, who had us conduct the Basic Training for them last January. Do rejoice with us!
Sincerely in Christ,
William & Lucille
www.TheElijahChallenge.org
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The streets of Seattle — September 18, 2009
A man named Lenny stopped to inquire what my banner meant. “WANTED: The Lame, Deaf, Blind, Possessed, Tumors … FREE PRAYER FOR HEALING”
His back was injured when in his 20s and was now on constant pain management drugs. He let me minister to him, so I laid hands on his lower back and you know the rest.
Then I also asked if he wanted to be free of the pain drug addiction. YES, of course. He was skipping around, and showing people how he could now bend over as you see in the YouTube video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQe8lVkriY
He went around the whole intersection from one crosswalk to the next. When he went by Brother Mark and Paul’s corner, they thought he was mocking because he was smiling, hopping and saying God healed him! Lenny took a copy of John’s gospel and a gospel tract. He probably heard us preaching later at Pike Place Market, because I saw him there that afternoon.