Christ's Ambassador

September 2011

Volume 14 Issue 9

Honduras Pastors Getting Ready for Miracles

San Pedro Sula, Honduras - This was our last stop of the three-country, fifteen-day ministry marathon! We entered these countries at the invitation of the national leaders for Foursquare. Our area missionary Paul Otremba coordinated the dates and oversaw all the arrangements to insure a quality seminar presentation for the leaders. We conduct all six ministry skills in a way that each leader can re-teach, by demonstrating the skill in a small group setting. The pastors and leaders joined the church congregation on the first night for a standing-room-only crowd of over two hundred and fifty believers (see below). Sonja taught on the Holy Spirit baptism with over fifty people responding to the altar call. The worship band was lively and loud. There was an expectation for miracles, causing the Holy Spirit to begin manifesting Himself in powerful ways during each session

San Pedro Sula, Honduras is a large city within a nation
that is growing and prospering.

The central square of the city of San Pedro Sula
is a beautiful place to visit.

Sonja and John with Gilberto Mejia the national
leader for all of the Foursquare churches.

The worship was lively, loud, and caused a great
expectation for miracles to begin manifesting.

Sonja with our interpreter Pastor Paul Otremba
from the city of Bogota, Columbia.

Salvation, Holy Spirit Baptism, and Healing the Sick

When people come expecting God to manifest in supernatural ways, then He will. Conversely, doubt and unbelief will stop the move of God. In the DWJD Workshops, we strive to demonstrate the willingness of the Holy Spirit to do everything He did in the Book of Acts. This requires that we teach with a strong conviction that the Holy Spirit wants to demonstrate Himself in visible but very practical ways here and now. Divine healing is the obvious way the Lord announces that He is with us. Talking about healing is fruitless unless we demonstrate that God is more willing to heal the sick than we are to pray about it. The Holy Spirit baptism brings the power that heals. The prayer of faith opens the door for the power to heal a person. The prayer of faith manifests when we see and then act on the revelation given by the Holy Spirit.

Sonja taught on Leading Christians into the Holy
Spirit baptism. Fifty were filled with the Spirit.

John teaching on his favorite subject,
how to heal the sick by revelation.

John demonstrating how to heal the sick,
by relying on the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Twelve leaders testified of God healing them
during the practicum on healing the sick.

The pastors really got into the role-play part of the
practicum sessions on the Holy Spirit Baptism.

Healing the sick by revelation most always results
in the person being healed, without delay.

DWJD and MTI Presented to the Caribbean Pastors

Kingston, Jamaica - Area Missionary Dave Stone invited us to present a DWJD Workshop to all the Foursquare Pastors in the Caribbean Region. The July workshop was conducted at the Foursquare Retreat Center two hours outside of Kingston, Jamaica. Over forty pastors and leaders came from Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Grenada. All the leaders were very excited to learn how to conduct the six ministry skills and lead others into this kind of one-on-one ministry. Sonja stayed home during this trip to rest up for the next trip to Columbia and Guatemala.
Medford, Oregon - In mid-July we accepted an invitation from pastors Garris and Jan Elkins to share with the Southern Oregon divisional pastors and the folks at Living Waters Foursquare about launching an MTI starting this fall. (see below)

The Area Missionary Dave Stone (seated to left of
John) joined the Caribbean leaders for a picture.

All the leaders loved doing the six ministry skill
practicums during the DWJD Workshop.

Rev. Joy Mullings, Board President (left in blue)
helped leaders receive the Holy Spirit Baptism.

Rev. Jacque Antoine, missionary to Grenada
(center, in purple) oversaw dealing with demons.

Pastors Garris and Jan Elkins invited us to speak
about starting an MTI in Medford, Oregon.

We were privileged to speak to the Foursquare
pastors in the Southern Oregon Division.

Back to Colombia

Next month we will give all the details of our summer ministry trip back to Colombia and teaching the pastors in the cities of Monteria and Santa Marta. It was very hot during our time in both cities. We were fortunate to have air conditioning in our hotel rooms because it would get over 100 degrees during the day. I think we finally earned the titles of “old war horses” during this trip. It was a very productive ministry trip.

2011 Travel Schedule

September 12 - Bend, Oregon,
Begin teaching the thirty-six week MTI.

September 14 - Wild Horse Camp, Oregon,
Teaching interns on the Holy Spirit and deliverance.

October 1 - Bend, Oregon
Teaching MTI leaders on Hearing God and Dealing with Demons.

October 8-14 - Medellin, Columbia
Pastors DWJD Workshop and Teacher Intensive.

October 23- Bend, Oregon,
MTI Leader Training.

November 3-7 - Los Angeles, California,
Missions Training Intensive for FMI deploying missionaries.

John and Sonja are very thankful for the support from their partners in this ministry by the giving of regular tax-deductible contributions. Please mail gifts to:

C.A.I., 2602 NW Pilot View Court, Bend, OR 97701

John and Sonja Decker are teachers and evangelists, ordained by the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. They depend totally on the Lord for financial gifts given by individuals and churches. A portion of their income is derived through workshops and the sale of training materials. Contact them by:

Email: decker@bendbroadband.com

Phone: 541-593-7774 Fax: 541-593-7479

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