Sunday, November 16, 2008
Lagos

Dear Brethren in Christ,

I have completed the meetings here in Nigeria. Thank you for praying for me and the ministry. It has been very fruitful. The servants of God are now armed and dangerous to the kingdom of darkness. They will not hesitate to use the weapons which have been entrusted to them.

On the last two days of the Training we had teaching in the mornings and open-air Crusades in the evenings. Emmanuel preached on the second evening. At each Crusade meeting the Lord was faithful to use the trained servants of God to heal the infirm and cast out demons quickly. Among the healings was a man with a partial stroke who was restored. On the third evening we challenged any idolater or witchdoctor present at the meeting to pray to his god or use his power to heal the infirm. No one accepted the challenge. So we called on the name of the God of Elijah to send the fire of healing through the trained servants of God to prove that only He was the true God. When they laid hands on the infirm, many of them were healed quickly and filled the platform to testify of what God had done for them. Many of those healed were children. One elderly woman who hobbled forward painfully on a cane had problems with her eyes. Later she was seen testifying on the platform. Her eyes were healed and she was walking without her cane. Many children gave their lives to Jesus Christ. They will be servants of God in the next generation.

The trained servants of God are now prepared to launch out on their own to proclaim the kingdom of God in the spirit and power of Elijah.

Earlier today at the Sunday morning service of the Holy Ghost Fire Encounter Ministries with Pastor Anyanka, I taught the congregation briefly. To demonstrate the authority to heal that the Lord has given to His people for sharing the gospel to the lost (Luke 9:1-2 & 10:9), I had the people lay hands on those with pain in their bodies. All of them testified on the platform that their pains had gone. Finally, together we ministered healing-at-a-distance to all in the congregation who had infirmities as Jesus did in Luke 7. Between twenty-five and thirty people raised their hands to signify that the Lord had healed them. I encouraged the congregation to take this very same authority to the lost to heal the sick and to proclaim the Kingdom of God.

Physically, culturally, and food-wise, this trip has been a challenge for me. Thank you for praying for me. May the Lord raise up younger Elijah Challenge trainers to go to Africa for the numerous opportunities that are opening up in Africa for The Elijah Challenge. We have received an invitation from the Association of Evangelicals of Liberia to send a TEC trainer to them. They are the oldest association of Christian churches and organizations in Liberia, West Africa.

Late tomorrow evening (Monday) I will begin my homeward journey to Houston. Thank you again for your fervent and effectual intercessory prayers!

Sincerely in Christ,

William

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