Bernard:

Don took his work clothes to the laundromat the other day. After helping an elderly man (Bernard) with his laundry as he was entering the store, Don began chatting with him. Don soon discovered that Bernard is already Spirit-filled, but he was in need of a healing for clarity of mind. They both prayed in the Holy Spirit (in tongues) together, and Don prayed over him. Bernard shared that he felt a miraculous difference, praise Jesus!

Non-denominational church leader and friend:

Ethan met two Spirit-filled young men (probably in their late twenties) at the coffee shop last week. He started chatting with them because they were both carrying Bibles. The three of them ended up having a very in-depth conversation. Ethan shared his experiences and some of our family testimonies, and he encouraged them to lay hold upon the fullness of their authority in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit within them, especially praying in tongues daily. There were quite a number of other key messages (personal to them) that Ethan felt moved to share, and apparently, the guys seemed to welcome everything Ethan had to say.

Todd, Trish, and Maddie:

Don, Ellie, and I took the dog down to the local civic park on Friday late afternoon. As we were getting out of our vehicle, another family was walking by. They were visiting the area. We all started chatting, and after a while in the conversation, Don ended up talking to Todd about the Lord because Todd had a cross around his neck. At first, the conversation wasn’t naturally leading toward the topic of Jesus, so Don decided to openly ask Todd about his necklace.

It was a great conversation, and Don felt convinced that Todd would do something about God’s hand upon things that afternoon. However, Todd never texted or phoned the next morning. (Don had invited him to come over to pray with us.) We normally simply leave things with people without following up with them a whole bunch. But this time, I felt moved to encourage Don to reach out to Todd again. He did, and within minutes, Todd accepted Don’s invitation and made his way over to our place.

We talked and shared lots, including showing Todd the main video on our “Winging It” page. I had to pop out to pick up Ellie, so Don and the boys prayed over Todd while I was gone. Apparently, he received the Holy Spirit very powerfully. It was one of the strongest Don has ever witnessed.

Todd then asked if Don would baptize him in water. (Don didn’t even have to ask or suggest!) Todd told us afterward that he had been wanting to be water baptized for quite a while, and when all of this happened, he knew the time had come to answer Jesus’ personal call (versus participating in his church’s group baptism, which he had been considering). Todd even shared with us that he had had a brief conversation with his wife, Trish, about the previous afternoon’s encounter. She was impressed that Todd and Don had chatted so deeply about Jesus and the Bible. So, Todd determined (he might have even actually prayed) that if Don reached out to him early in the morning (before they had to prepare to fly out in the afternoon), then he would immediately come over. Don had even prayed for Todd the night before and then again in the morning, so when I suggested that he text Todd, it was all part of an answer to prayers (Don and Todd’s prayers!).

Josh and friends, plus Nick:

This afternoon, Don texted us all a picture of himself with two guys at the lake park (where he’d gone for a bike ride). He said this: “The big guy is Josh, a pastor‘s kid from a church down south. He’s Spirit-filled, but hasn’t prayed in tongues in quite a while. I preached to the group of them and then prayed with Josh and another of the group because they both hadn’t prayed in tongues in a while. Josh received everything very well. Very happy. Then I got him praying with me to pray for the tall guy, Nick, in the photo to receive the Holy Spirit, and the guy received. So, Josh was pretty happy about seeing how that process works. This is after he told me that salvation is simply choosing to believe in Jesus. He took it all very well.”