Sept/Oct.Newsletter 2012

Dear Family and much Beloved of God,

Greetings to all of you and love from Heart n Hands and around the world! I want to share some thoughts with you today, that I trust will encourage and strengthen you. I earnestly seek to have something worthwhile to bless you, not just fill up a page with words!

Last night I slept fitfully, aware of thunder in the distance, seemingly all night. I was not afraid, but could not fall into a deep enough sleep that I could no longer be awakened by it. Therefore, I was vaguely aware of its rumbling all night long. When I awoke this morning, the phrase, “thunder in the distance” kept running through my heart. I immediately thought of Paul Wilbur’s song, “The Shout of El Shaddai!” Now you have to understand, last night I prayed and asked God to speak to me. Sometimes God uses strange things to get our attention! God knocked Paul onto the ground flat on his backside and spoke to him out of a brilliant white light. Paul heard his voice, but the others with him only heard thunder, and scattered! They did not hear any discernible sound, because what God had to say was for Paul’s ears only. Once He had Paul’s attention, and his formerly misplaced allegiance, then He could speak into his ears and make Paul His mouthpiece for generations to come!

The enemy is like thunder in many ways. He tries to disturb and distract with lots of growling, threatening and menacing sounds. Sometimes using discernible words, well placed, to spark fear, doubt, feelings of rejection or just plain confusion, to say the least. Often his rumblings are so loud, that we have to strain to hear the voice of our Good Shepherd! But, if we will fix our eyes on Him, and tune our hearts to hear, He has promised that we WILL hear Him! This is no easy feat, for it takes practice in learning how to tune in to Him and tune out to the things around us. It always takes time with Him to learn the sound of His voice. And just like your voice has it’s own inflection and intonation and you use pet names and phrases with those that are dear to you, so too our loving Jesus calls us by name, not only our own name, but often names of endearment He has chosen for Himself to call you by!

And when the enemy roars, we need to praise Our God all the louder and longer! We need to dance foolishly before Him, ignoring the enemy’s threats and obnoxious voice. We need to hear the Lion of Judah Roar! I pray that you hear His roar of protection and song of delight over you this day! Amen.

Can you hear it?

Thunder in the distance?
When We worship the Lion of Judah roars!

Strong holds crumble

all around us
In the presence of our Lord
There'll be vic'try in the camp
At the shout of El Shaddai
Every enemy will flee from the fire in His eyes

Every captive will be freed in this year of Jubilee
When we hear

the shout of El Shaddai
In your Name

Powers of darkness tremble

Jericho tumbles to the ground

In your Name

chains of death are broken
Lord of Hosts,

Pour your power out!

We have overcome by the Name and the Blood
Of the Lamb of God

Every wall must fall, every knee must bow
To the Lord of all
In your name

every curse is broken
Sin and death

underneath your feet

In your Name

We will bow before You
Every tribe and tongue will sing

We have overcome by the Name and the Blood
Of the Lamb of God

Every wall must fall, every knee must bow
To the Lord of all There'll be vic'try in the camp
At the shout of El Shaddai
Every enemy will flee from the fire in His eyes

Every captive will be freed in this year of Jubilee
When we hear the shout of El Shaddai

Can you hear it?

Thunder in the distance?...

Dear Mummy,
Happy greetings. The pastors meeting on 17th was so marvellous, all the attendees including myself were greatly blessed by Pastor Benjamin's sermon. And for your information, next month the pastors meeting is scheduled to be conducted in the first wk of October, that is on 4th. Please make note of our office address in Chennai This is a rented facility where I stay when I visit Chennai and also a young volunteer is staying here on a permanent basis, he assists me a lot in the ministry in Chennai. Last month we did two outreaches, 22 people got saved. Soon we will move the Madurai church to a better facility. Please pray for God's favor for this. Anita and kids conveys their greetings to you and Dad. Lovingly, Your son.

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I have had a couple of notes from Ben, I’ll condense them into 1 quick note for you.

Greetings and Love!!!!. MAMA, AM SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING, MY LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN! GRACE WAS SO EXCITED ABT ALL THE GIFTS… SHE SENDS MANY THANKS TO ALL. WE HAD A GREAT SUNDAY SERVICE, OH THE GLORY WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!! Thank you for your continued love, prayers, and standing with us as we walk out God’s Will day by day. Sending my Love to all…

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It was so wonderful having him here. The love that you lavished on him while he was here deeply touched his heart and mine too. Thank you so much!

In fact, there were too many lovely things to put into his suitcases, even though there were now 3 of them! (He came with only 1!) I will be shipping the remaining gifts/clothes over, via a freight company from NY. Trust me, I have checked out ALL angles for shipping, this is the most cost effective! However, I need a minimum of 220 lbs. We have a little over half that. So, I have an idea that will make for a huge blessing to Ben and the church. Let’s do an old-fashioned can drive! But instead of cans, buy 1-2 lbs pkg. of RICE, and dried BEANS (PINTO, NAVY, WHITE, and LIMA- (BUT NO RED BEANS because if these are not fully cooked they can actually be poisonous to our system.) and jars or tins of CRUNCHY Peanut Butter. In addition, with each food donation please add $5 per pound to help me ship them. (Alternatively, send me the money and I will shop for you if you are far from me.) Please, limit it to only these categories, because their cooking/storage conditions are limited and they have NO refrigeration! I will put the rice and beans into large sq. cookie tins, (or you can) so that the rats cannot get to the food. They will pack easily also. I am so excited about this!

I have spoken to him since his return, and there was noise in the background, so I asked him, “Where are you?” He told me he was at the garage with the church van for repairs at that moment. He also shared that someone had broken into the house since he was back and stolen a cell phone belonging to one of the girls who stay with them. (Thank God, that was all and no one was hurt!) He has requested, can I send sturdy padlocks to secure the gate to the property and the back door, and then the front door when they go out. He also reported that someone has donated timber to begin putting the beams on the roof of their uncompleted house! Praise God! Windows, doors and tin sheets for the roof-we call you to come forth also, in the Name of Jesus!

While he was here, he preached a message in Newark, De. about “The Four Levels of Your Dreams.” It was excellent! I will make it available to any who want it. Simply call, text or write me and let me know!

Pastor John Erick has also texted me to say thieves broke into his house while he and the children slept. He awoke and shouted, which scared them off, but they stole a car battery he used to run the sound equipment for church. They tried to take the Ministry computer, but were not successful. He requested used children’s clothes size 6x-8 girls and boys size 7-10. I can ship with Ben’s things and then Ben can take them and some food into Kenya his next trip over to check on the Branch churches. Please pray for the safety of these families!

We love you and appreciate you so much! Thank you for standing with us as we stand with the Nations to see their leaders raised up for Christ and their lands won to the Lord. God Bless You.