We are always surprised by how much deeper a 3-week school goes into people's hearts. All of the 17 students, on this the 11th school, were so open and eager to receive all that they could during the time. It was a joy to have Tim and Judith Clarke helping us, not only with the worship but also with the teaching. We love being part of a team, rather than doing a double act !! So being in the context of Father's House, Shaftesbury with Clive & Sue Jackson, plus Simon Baddeley, Linda & Andy East, Paul & Michelle Gaskin, Paul Skelton, Arleen Westerhof, Keith & Mary Warren, Paul White and Paul Wakely represents for us much more of a team, each bringing their own revelation on the Father's Love and how to get your heart healed. Big thanks to all who helped to make this school a delight.
Rio das Ostras & Mage, Brazil
This was our second visit to Brazil and we were accompanied by our friends, Trev & Ros Dunlop. We arrived at Rio das Ostras around 12-30am after travelling all day and found a crowd of people waiting to welcome us. Their enthusiasm was infectious. Next morning we began the seminar with a large crowd of people worshipping joyfully and opening their hearts to receive the good news of the Father's love and willingness to heal, not only hearts but bodies as well. After 3 days of inner healing, Trev spoke about healing and soon the whole crowd were practising on each other....then a wave of testimonies of physical healings began. How amazing, and what a privilege to witness what God was doing. A serious issue of rejection within the church was also confessed and beautifully handled. There was a huge wave of reconciliation taking place before our eyes. Pastors Jorge and Debora were so open and joined in fully with it all. We loved it.
We moved on to Mage, with our friend Elias the pastor who first invited us last year. We began the same evening to a a group of about 100 which grew over the few days whilst we were there. It was delightful to reconnect with some friends from last year. We began the seminar with describing the incredible love the Father has for them. Their response was greater than last year, and was helped by a bunch of people from Das Ostras who travelled the 3hr journey to be with us. We love the enthusiasm of the Brazilians. Again Trev shared on physical healing, and we saw such great results. It was a joy to be with them, especially Pastor Elias, his wife Arlene, and Johanna & Nikolas, their children. We really want to visit again.
Lessobo, Sweden
We had a great visit to Lessobo, Sweden where we met up with Joachim & Erika from Thun, Switzerland to have a one week school with our friends Tineke, Goran and Sebastian Karlsson, and also Lindis.
The presence of God was there, and some really exciting transformations took place, in a beautiful location on the edge of a forest and lake. We had some tender moments of the Father touching deep issues in people's hearts.
Encountering the Father's Love in Bath
On Monday 7th April we began another one week school in Bath at holy Trinity Church, Combe Down. Over 60 people signed up, and it was such a joy to be working with our close friends, Paul & Sue Wakely and Paul Skelton, in fact the whole team of volunteers from prayer ministry, admin, catering, worship and helpers are friends, and lots of them have been so for many years. There was a powerful anointing all week on the teaching & ministry sessions. It is just amazing to see so many people get breakthrough, including a few in the fire tunnel in the last half hour of the week. We are so grateful to the Father for joining us together to see such heart transformation and restoration of hope in so many people. If you haven't been on one these week's, have a look at the itinerary page to see when the next one takes place
Encountering the Father's Love in Bridgend
We loved visiting Bridgend to our friends at The Vine. The weekend passed very quickly but was marked by the presence of the Father really making himself available as a father to the fatherless. It is so enjoyable to see this happening and how it effects people in different ways. Some cry, some laugh, some sit there drinking it in. We also love hearing the testimonies that come from such times as these, cos revelation of God as a Father is so much more real than just believing it as information. Big thanks to Alex and Jane for inviting us.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Another great week at Dominion Centre, Duivendrecht, Amsterdam. We loved being with such a special bunch of friends Tim & Judith from Bath, came to lead the worship, which they do so brilliantly. Joachim & Erika came from Thun, Switzerland, to help with prayer ministry and then Vadim & Schnizanna plus Lena from Uzhgorod, Ukraine. So quite an international flavour to the week. We had so much fun in the sessions, plus such responsive people. Some repentance on the last afternoon reaching back to the events of World War II, which was really powerful and heavy with the presence of God. It was a huge joy to be able to preach on Sunday morning about the way Jesus sent us into society to communicate the incredible love of the Father. So enjoyable in every way.
School of Ministry, Catch The Fire
Just finished a week with the great new School at Catch The Fire, Toronto. What a great joy to share with these amazing young adults the truth about how much the Father loves them. 16 different nationalities come together for 5 months of life transforming encountering of Love which is beyond any measure. The group were so responsive, laughing and crying but mostly drinking in His presence and love. We got to know quite a few of them, and heard some really touching stories of uncommunicated love. We felt inspired and honoured to be part of the process of transformation.
First visit to Waskaganish, Quebec.
What a great adventure and joy to fly on 27th February via Montreal to Waskaganish, one of the communities of the Cree Nation. We received a really warm reception to conduct a 4 day conference. We also really enjoyed reconnecting with friends who had done the Eagles Wings School in Shaftesbury or whom we had met in Toronto. Each day the Holy Spirit turned up, to do some powerful things in our hearts and theirs. It was shocking to hear graphic stories of what the British had done years ago in endeavouring to conquer their territory. We found ourselves repenting to these lovely people for what our ancestors had done. It was such a powerful moment and filled with His presence as they forgave us and expressed love to us. Most of us were crying, laughing and hugging for a long time. Every meeting seemed to touch on important issues of the heart. They responded with such openness and tenderness. There were lots of testimonies of healing of heart pain, and some physical healings too. We enjoyed snow shoe walking on a frozen river at possibly -35 degrees and eating unusual meat like beaver and moose. We found it very difficult to leave and realised the Father had joined our hearts together. We just love what God does in these situations.
Saying goodbye to our friends in Waskaganish
Eagles Wings School of the Heart
In March we completed our 8th Eagles Wings School of the Heart in which we have seen such heart transformations take place with around a total of 102 students who have graduated the course. This year we have agreed to change them slightly to 3-week school to take place in Spring, Summer and Autumn each year. The 3 weeks give access to people who cannot manage a month but have more flexibility in arranging 3 weeks. We wish we could share all of the testimonies that we have witnessed on these schools, which focus on having a revelation of God's love and dealing with serious or seemingly trivial issues of past experience which inhibit us in receiving how loved we are by the Father. There is plenty of time to spend time resting, contemplating and also in receiving help from experienced prayer ministry staff. The accommodation and food is another area of life at Lox Lane Christian Centre that is spoken of highly. There are 2 remaining schools for 2013, June 23rd to July 13th and Sept 22nd to Oct 12th. If you would like to register then go to the website at www.eagles-wings.co.uk and download the application form.
Carrying the message of the Father's love to the nations.
We continue to travel abroad to different nations even though we have been spending more time in the UK. This year we have already held schools in Switzerland, Brazil and Netherlands. The incredible delight of meeting lovely people mostly from the mountains in Switzerland at the beginning of the year, the challenge of 40 degrees near Rio in a Baptist Church in Feb, and the fun of being in Amsterdam with a bunch of friends for yet another school. It seems that God loves to reveal Himself to those who really want to engage with Him as a kind and loving Father, not as some distant and angry Potentate who wants obedience and shuns relationship. As we see that revelation touching people, we never fail to be moved by His goodness and mercy to us, in giving us such cracking good news that sets people free from all kinds of pain and wounding to really be who they were meant to be. The whole church world-wide needs this revelation, because the whole world wants to hear good news of truth from Heaven that brings liberation and joy.