What a couple of days!

It was a great day for skin yesterday! Kim and I set off for the staff meeting at Bethel yesterday morning, but it was cancelled, so instead we went on a Treasure Hunt (God gives us clues that lead to people that he wants to bless). We went with a girl called Risa armed with our clues which tookus into town. One of our clues (from Kim) was the name Chuck - you have to think American over here! The first guy we met was Chuck! He allowed us to pray for him. We were then led to another couple of people who we prayed for. We stood around looking for more clues and Risa met a young guy she works with, we had no clues for him but God is not limited by our clues; we chatted with him and asked if we could pray for him and he asked us to pray about various circumstances none of which were health related. I noticed that he had a nasty, angry, skin lesion on his forearm which had pus in it. As we prayed for him I noticed a change in the skin lesion so I asked if we could pray for it. He said yes, so I put my thumb on it and prayed and it started to disappear before our eyes with new skin growing until only a small healthy pink area remained. He was amazed, and we all rejoiced.
Soon after we went back to the coffee shop at Bethel Church and were telling the healing story to someone we met there; a lady sitting eating her lunch overheard our testimony and showed us a very angry, sore and rough patch of eczema on her neck which was causing a lot of discomfort. She asked for prayer so I simply put my hand on the area and God gave her new skin.
A couple of hours later we went to the Healing School which is running Wednesday to Friday and I was asked to give the testimony - at the end of the first session a young guy from England asked me to pray for his foot which had a very nasty rash on it (present for about 8 months). We prayed and immediately it started to get better before our eyes - it has continued to improve and is now almost completely gone.
And then we were asked to pray for a young lady, Ramona, with a leg ulcer following Radiotherapy for Sarcoma ( a nasty form of cancer). This cancer has spread to other parts of her body and our hearts were really stirred for her and her husband. We prayed with no obvious immediate effect.
Today we have seen too many healings to remember at the Healing School: a lady who has had a bad back for 7 years following a car crash with associated loss of feeling in her leg - completely healed; a lady with a bad neck for 4 years after a car crash crying with joy as she was completely healed; a man with a bad knee for 40 (yes forty!) years following a baseball injury, jumping up and down on his healed knee.
And Ramona - she has secondary tumours in various parts of her body. This evening one of the tumours in her upper left leg/groin just shrank radically in size in a matter of minutes - please Jesus complete her healing.
What can we say God is good. I have never seen Kim so anointed by God, and she is stepping out boldly in great faith.
Tonight we had a fire/impartation tunnel to impart spiritual gifts to us (as Paul did to Timothy in the Bible) - it was extraordinarily powerful and joyful. Our faith is growing to new levels and our joy is increasing.

What are we up to? Being back at Faith's house is a great blessing - much better than living out of a suitcase. God is very good to us.
I am reading "The Shack" at the moment and God is speaking to me through it; I felt that He said that he had brought me specifically here and would continue to draw me into a closer relationship with Him. Our "schedule" is less hectic now, and both Kim and I are enjoying the intimacy of God and enjoying his goodness in all that he has provided for us - it is beautiful and restful here.
Bill Johnson spoke on Sunday (24th May) and I thought the message was outstanding (I listened to him twice!!) - I highly recommend listening to the Podcast.
Tomorrow we start the Healing School until Friday evening and then Kerry arrives for 2 weeks which will be great.
We'll keep you posted.

Healing Rooms again yesterday - what an amazing atmosphere of joy, hope and peace. I prayed for a man who had severe pain in his back and hips; he came in limping and using a walking stick, unable to move his back much - he left pain free, walking normally and with no stick. A lady with a large leg ulcer was prayed for and the ulcer visibly reduced in size and got healthier. They also do Skype calls for healing - a lady with Diabetes called received prayer then went to check her sugar levels; half an hour later she phoned back to say her level was normal.
And now my favourite - a few weeks ago a man from Fresno with oesophageal cancer came and was prayed for, he went and got checked at his hospital and was found to be healed. His doctors were amazed. Now, almost every week, he brings other people to the Healing Rooms to be healed - the first week a lady with quite severe leg problems was totally healed. This man has now produced a testimony tract with directions to Bethel Healing Rooms on it. Come on !!

Kim went on a treasure hunt yesterday with 4 others - they paryed for 5 people on the streets of Redding in just over an hour.

The last 3 evenings have been very social - Thursday with Jim and Annette Littier, Friday with Faith and Saturday with Neil and Sanette and their 5 children. Kim enjoyed reading bedtime stories to the children.

Off to the Sunday morning meetings now - we wonder what is in store?

We are back from the coast and feeling rested, which was necessary as we have been very busy for 4 weeks. We stayed at a beautiful bed and breakfast with a room overlooking the sea and with the sounds of sealions and seals; there was a steep path down to the beach with the last bit negotiated with the help of a rope! Afternoon tea (or wine) was included, and it was very pleasant.

We took ourselves off to see the Giant Redwoods on Tuesday - these trees can be up to 360 feet tall and over 20 feet in diameter. As we walked through a forest of them it was quite magical, especially as the sun was filtered through some mist. We both marvelled at God's creation and felt more in awe of Him.

We also saw some elk (big deer) and other wildlife.

Now we are back in Redding and staying in a small cabin before we move back to Faith's house tomorrow.

We have been here for 5 weeks now, and time is going quickly; a few refelections on things so far - we both feel closer to God; being involved in the commissioning of almost 1000 students with a burning passion to show God's love, goodness and power to the world felt like a moment of history; understanding a "Culture of Honour" is vitally important, particularly for the UK; how to extend the Kingdom of God and what this means will take a lot of outworking; we feel privileged to have time to interact with all sorts of people here.

Remember Tarry - she is from Wisconsin and she sent this testimony through to Chris Gore and I following our visit there.

Name: TARRY Meyer Country: USASubject: healed knee.Testimony: On may 9th Dr. peter ministered healing over my knee.HE released the oil of heaven into my knee, and asked for a new knee.The bone and joint doctor told me that i had no cartilage in my knee and the bones were crushing on each other. I would need a knee replacement. i have been dragging my leg around and in terrible pain for years.It would come and go.Doctor Jesus touched it and the pain left and it is stronger than even my other knee, praise him.I am bike riding everyday, pain free. Thank you lord that i can start my day praying and kneeling on my reconstructed new knee.THE NEXT MORNING AT MY CHURCH I SHARED THE TESTIMONY.A man was to have open heart surgery done, the following week. I said let me pray for you. i commanded the kingdom over him, like you showed us to do chris I said father give him a perfect heart rythem. I felt the shock wave of daddy release from my hand. Daddy shook me really hard on saturday and i new the power released from laying my hands on his heart, it was a done deal. i told him the doctor is going to send you home, doctor Jesus just healed your heart. He knew it to. We both opened our eyes and when the power hit him he felt better instantly. He went to the doctor and they sent him home. praise you Lord.He doesn't go back to the doctor until october, for a check-up. I told him God fixed it and it good as new. He doesn't make mistakes but loves to clean them up. YEAH GOD YEAH GOD!!! Keep up the great work,you’re affecting lives wherever you go. Thank you for coming to Tomahawk,wi. I love you both. May God richly bless you always. In Jesus Name.

We are taking a couple of days break over on the Pacific Coast - we will post some more details when we get back to Redding. Just to say the giant redwoods are amazing.

The rodeo is in town !! Kim and I took ourselves along on Thursday evening for a new experience, and learned a new vocabulary - mutton busting, steer wresting, twin roping are all familiar to us now, and we can Yee Ha with the rest (not much of that really). It was good fun. Sorry for the quality of the picture but hopefully it gives you some idea. We sat next to a guy who had previously lived in Alaska and he told us they had a 600 mile round trip to buy their groceries whilst there !!

Friday morning we had the privilege of time with Bill Johnson; he is such a lovely man, full of humility, grace and generosity. We felt truly blessed. Then we both spent time with God which was great. In the afternoon, once again privileged, we were able to join in the last day of the school of Supernatural Ministry; excellent worship and then witnessing Bill and Kris anoint and commission every student (about 940) with such love and honour.

In the evening I took myself off to the pre-meeting prayer meeting (if you have been there you will know, if not get there sometime!); there were young and old encountering God together. I was especially drawn to a young boy of about 6 years who was simply enjoying God. Then we went into the meeting and after more worship Bob Jones spoke - he is like a grandfather and spoke with such tenderness and kindness, as he relayed what God had been speaking about with him. We truly appreciated him and he had some fantastic spiritual insights, especially the dangers of allowing offence to grow in you and the bad fruit that it will produce. I pray for God to help us stay away from holding any offence against others - forgiveness and love are so powerful.

This morning we went to the Healing Rooms and prayed for loads of people (200+); just one story for you - I prayed for a man from Holy Trinity Brompton, London and God met with him powerfully. His daughter was healed to a large degree of hearing difficulty and when I chatted with her I discovered that she is spending a year in St Petersberg, Russia and goes to a church led by friends of ours there, so I prayed for blessing to be carried back there.

It is warming up again here, we will look forward to returning to air conditioning next weekend.

One last thought - when I say I am sitting in Hebrews you need to understand that the coffee shop at the church is called HeBrews, just in case you were confused!

Sitting here in Hebrews reflecting on an amazing couple of days (I think I must be saying that a lot). Both Kim and I had a profound encounter with God yesterday that is difficult to explain on a blog or by email. For me it was a new experience of the Holy Spirit. Bob Jones spoke at the School of Supernatural Ministry and related to us a prophetic journey dating back over 30 years and which was coming to fulfilment this week with the graduation and commissioning of almost 1000 students from this school - it was an extraordinary moment. He had seen the release of 1000 people and the subsequent consequences with "light" diffusing all over the world. We were pleased just to be observing.
Then we went into a session with year 2 where Bill Johnson laid hands on every student commissioning them - the spiritual atmosphere was amazing, Kim and I stood to the side and encountered God; then we realized God was catching us up in what was happening and shortly after Bill came and laid hands on us. It was like "this is what we were made for" and what God has been fashioning in our lives for the past 30 years.
Kim and I sat and chatted for about an hour and a half about our individual experiences of the moment, which coincided in our shared vision and purpose.
This has stretched our hearts wider and we are more in love and in awe of God than ever.
We love our friends in the UK, France and Africa (as well as others) and look forward to sharing what we have with you.

Sitting here with my iPod enjoying God - what amazing grace to be able to draw close to our heavenly Father any time we want.
One of our favourite things here, so far, has been attending the School of Supernatural Ministry - on Friday we experienced a turbo charged time of worship, and similarly today worshipping with about 900 students of all ages delighting in God was fantastic. As you experience this school here you believe that the world can be changed by the love and power of God. I am now dreaming of reproducing the same in the UK to affect our nation, Europe and Southern Africa in particular (that is what God is putting on my heart) and I believe that we can do it.
The presence of God is so tangible, and the culture of Bethel Church, especially the culture of honour, is vital in hosting His presence. We are learning and absorbing as much as we can.
We heard Bill Johnson twice today; we love learning from him - such wisdom and revelation.

Today is moving day. It is hard to believe that we have already been here for over 3 weeks; as most people left after the Leaders Advance we felt very privileged to be staying on and absorbing more of God's goodness and power.

We have left Faith's house for about 11 days whilst she has some other friends to stay - she has been so generous to us.

God has once again provided brilliantly for us - we have moved into a one bedroom cottage on the other side of Redding in a rural area, it is very homely. Within 20 minutes a turkey came to visit and even "gobbled" for us. Apparently deer come as well. Less welcome are the mosquitoes with whom we have already started a battle (need to buy some repellant tomorrow) and apparently we need to be on the lookout for rattlesnakes !! I don't think we will venture too far in the dark.

We are getting ready for another Spirit filled week - it is the last week of the School of Supernatural Ministry so we intend to make the most of it (maybe slow down a bit next week - maybe); Bob Jones is speaking sometime this week so it could be quite a ride.

Kevin Dedmon spoke at the meeting last night, he was hilarious and told some amazing healing stories particularly about people being healed of cancer.
I took myself off to the Healing Rooms this morning; they have really accepted us as part of the team and I feel like a fish in water. I was paired up with a lady called Julie; the first lady we prayed for had numerous ailments with pain in various parts of her body, as we prayed she immediately fell to the floor under the power of God and started laughing her head off. She remained on the floor laughing for about an hour, and when she got up she was completely pain free.
We prayed for a man with Diabetes and God gave me a prophetic word for him (personal) which consisted of just two letters of the alphabet - I and H, I explained what I thought God was saying and he looked at me in amazement and told me that before I said anything that God had spoken to him and said that he was going to receive his I and H back but he had no idea what it meant. He started to cry and God began to set him free and renew his mind.
Another lady came in from the encounter room (waiting area) absolutely beaming - she had come with pain in her shoulders, arms and hands which had been disabling her for years, but God healed her before she got to us, she was pain free and was so excited that she would be able to start her hobby of sewing again. She then let us pray for her diabetes.
That was just what happened with the two of us, and there were about 10 teams praying for people.
This afternoon Kim and I went for a lovely walk alongside a river with beautiful waterfalls - it has rained really hard here recently and the rivers are very full and the lakes are getting fuller, which is great as a drought had been predicted.
This evening Kim and I bought a BBQ Tritip (a sort of steak) from a supermarket - this is a must for any meat lover coming to Northern California. David would love it here !!!

Here's a great thought that I just read in the Azusa Street book. A woman was praying for a young girl with deformed legs which required her to have braces on them, she had been prayed for before with "no success" and had little expectation of being healed. The lady said to her "It will break Jesus' heart if you are not healed"; that changed the atmosphere a bit, they prayed again and unsurprisingly the little girl was completely healed.
Jesus' heart of love and compassion towards people and the fact that he has paid the price for our forgiveness and healing should give us great confidence/faith.
I want to understand the heart of Jesus better by drawing closer to Him. I am off to spend time with Him right now.

Kim says - we have had a very busy few days since Pete got back on Monday, at the "Leaders Advance conference". We met people from all over the world - but tried to connect mainly with people from the UK. It was a bit lonely while Pete was away but I had plenty to keep me busy. I heard an amazing guy called James Maloney speak. He has seen amazing healings. I feel that I am growing in God, my closeness to Him is increasing and my expectation of seeing him move in supernatural ways is increasing. I don't think I will be able to articulate all that God is doing. I am having a great time.

I have been looking on the internet for somewhere for us to live next week. This morning we went to see a 1 bedroom cabin, next to someone's home in an "upmarket" country area. It was really nice so we are going there for 7 - 11 days starting on Monday. It has got a "porch" (veranda) and apparently deer come right in front of the porch must evenings and mornings - even if you are sitting out - so I am looking forward to that. After that we can move back to Faith's house for the rest of our 3 months. God has been so faithful in providing accommodation for us.

Today it is back in to about 27C - we have just had 6 days of more of less continuous rain - often torretial. I went for a walk along the river trail today - the Sacremento and the creeks running into it were much higher - also pools have appeared in the meadows near the river - very pretty!We were at a meal at Kris Vallotton's (one of the Bethel leaders) on Monday and definitely saw a humming bird at one of their feeders.



Pete says - the return from Wisconsin was less eventful despite our flight from Chicago to San Francisco being cancelled and us having to be rescheduled. I arrived back about 3.30pm at Redding Airport and we went straight to a meal with leaders from around the globe which was great.

The Leaders Advance Conference was great fun, we met lots of people, let me mention a few - Julian Adams, Simon Holley from Bedford, Chris Cartwright from Cardiff, Rupert Foxwell from Tonbridge. We were thoroughly encouraged and received many prophetic words about having an impact on the UK. There were some great testimonies as well; one man had about 12 benign tumours simply disappear from his body; a man had his ankle healed and took off running around the auditorium; a lady who used to work with the United Nations but now works as a "Christian Ambassador" told how she has been asked to advise about 20 African heads of state and recently met Bono to talk with him about abolishing poverty. Amazing stuff.

We are looking forward to a slightly less hectic schedule for a while - we'll keep you posted.

This is Eileen, she has been profoundly deaf since birth. She does not hear anything.

This morning, Sunday 3rd May 2009, she was prayed for and she started to hear - she could hear music, and then spoken words, although she cannot understand the words as yet since she has never heard them before!

She was extremely happy. Praise the name of Jesus.

This is Marie - she used to suffer from Multiple Sclerosis being confined to a wheelchair, needing a constant IV tube in place for feeding etc, and she had regular seizures.

In 2005 God healed her and she remains healthy to this day. She is an active member of Prince of Peace church in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.

This is Tarry, she is a truck driver. She had serious problems with her left knee, with lots of pain and grinding of the joint, meaning that she needed a knee replacement.

She no longer needs the operation; God healed on Saturday 2nd May 2009, and she was able to move her knee and squat up and down without any pain or grinding of the knee. She was ecstatic!

Many thanks to Prince of Peace church, Tomahawk, Wisconsin for welcoming us this weekend.

Sunday 6.20pm - Chris and I have just got back to the hotel after a great afternoon with some of the folks here enjoying good food, fun, stories etc. We had a great morning meeting and saw more people healed and touched in other ways by God. We have been given a very warm welcome.

Now we are tired, ready for a bit of rest then off back to Redding - hopefully quicker than we got here! It certainly was a long journey out.

I thought I would give you a few photos with testimonies alongside - separate postings seems the easiest way for now.

Also for more healing testimonies why not look at Chris Gore's website http://www.kingdomreleasers.org/testimonies.html

It is 11pm Saturday so just a quick update with more details and photos to follow.

Having a great time in Tomahawk - we had 19 healing testimonies this afternoon alone. We saw one lady who was in need of a knee replacement completely healed, and various others including bad backs and nose problems. Also talked to 2 ladies completely healed of Multiple Sclerosis in the past.

The journey here was interesting - delay at San Francisco meant that we had to stay overnight in Chicago minus our bags. Very glad to reach Tomahawk after 27 hours and to be reunited with our bags. The pleasures of travelling ministry !

More details will follow ...............

Off to bed now. Full day tomorrow then have to get up at 3.30am Monday morning for the journey back - Joy !!