Final meeting in Osasco, Brazil!
Santa Cruz, Sao Paulo State
Monday Afternoon, January 26, 2009
Dear Partners in the Great Commission,
Our Training in Osasco has ended and I am now in Santa Cruz, a three and a half hour drive west from Osasco in the state of Sao Paulo.
The evangelistic healing service last night was quite exciting as the trained believers healed the sick to demonstrate that Jesus Christ is indeed the only way to the Father. We did this in accordance with John 14.11-12.
John 14:11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
Several people testified that the Lord had healed them miraculously as the believers ministered to them at the front. The congregation rejoiced in the Lord. None of the testimonies were translated into English for me, but at the very end of the meeting a woman slowly approached the platform. I knew that she had something to say. Through tears she shared that she had lost 80% of her hearing in one ear due to irreversible nerve damage. After being ministered to at the front, she returned to her seat. She felt something happening in her ear, so she got up and began to walk back to the front. As she approached the front, she felt something very sharp like a needle being inserted into her ear. At that moment her hearing was restored. The Lord performed this miracle and many others last night to demonstrate that the only way to escape from condemnation in hell and into the Father’s house is to repent of sin and to follow Jesus Christ. When I challenged the people, some newcomers decided to repent and believe on Jesus. Others who already believed committed themselves to serving the Lord—to preach the gospel and to heal the sick (as Jesus commanded the seventy disciples in Luke 10.9) in the streets, in the marketplaces, in the parks and public places of Osasco.
Thank you for praying for us, dear ones!
The next morning I received a message from one of the pastors. He is a missionary from the United Kingdom who married the daughter of the senior pastor of the church. He wrote:
Brother William,
Pastor Robert Cooper
Tomorrow morning I begin the Training here in Santa Cruz, a very Catholic area where priests actually burned Protestant Bibles publicly in 1986. I will write again regarding the wonderful challenge that we face here.
Sincerely in Christ,
William
