20 November

It's nice to have stopped for a few days! Though there's a lot to catch up with now I have, and wonderfully exciting things like mail andlaundry (I know, they plague you, too: but often I can't get near a washing machine so it stacks up a bit... :( ! It's been good to catch up with myself: the last few weeks have been so hectic.... I'm not sure I know how to relax any more!

Some lovely stories in the mail this week... I've put them on the testimonies page, if you want to read them. I have to set to on writing a newsletter, too: for someone who still doesn't know much about computers, or design, it can be quite stressful!

Something occurred to me (maybe it was God reminding me??) a week or so back. January 2009 is the 30th anniversary of my living without a salary (some would say living without a job, I guess!). I'll fill the story in in more detail in the newsletter, but by 1979. I had been arguing with God for a few years over leaving my job and going into full time ministry. I liked the idea of ministry, but I also liked having a salary on the 18th of every month.... I don't ever believe that God makes us ill, but I DO believe that he uses it sometimes to teach us, or show us things that we wouldn't see or hear in the normal 'stuff of life'. I got a gastric flu bug, nothing too serious, was sent home from work early on a Thursday afternoon - and never went back. Fifty one and half weeks later, and many inconclusive hospital tests, including a couple of weeks IN hospital (for a while they thought I might have leukaemia - I actually had brucellosis, which until then I only thought cows caught...), I quit my job, having learned to live on less and less over that almost-year (I only got paid for a month as my length of service didn't qualify me for me).

Ebenezer - 'hitherto has the Lord helped us' - more modernly translated as 'God has been faithful up until now'.... back in July, in Cali, Colombia, American prophet Rodney Nelson prophesied over me that same name - and added that God will be faithful from now on. (That was the prophetic word where God said 'the dead is raised...' and it is recorded in full on the 'who is Paul - what other people say about him' page). God HAS been faithful: 1979 was tough, but God showed me a lot. Since then, God has been so, so amazing in what He has done, where He has allowed me to go, and allowed me to see....

Next Wednesday, I have the total delight of being able to go to Houston, to spend Thanksgiving (still none too sure what the celebration is all about!) with Joshua, Katy, Ethan, and Seth, my daughter, son in law, and lovely grandsons. I'll be there until Sunday, so doubtless I'll be a worn out granddad when I fly back here to Virginia!

14 November

Goodness me, time is flying by.... another week since I updated here.... so much has happened this week!

Super time with the Vineyard Church, Melton Mowbray - wow, how that church has grown in the 21 months since I was last there, and how God is blessing it! It was lovely to see so many respond for ministry at the end, and even lovelier to have the church ministry team take a lot of the praying! Looking forward to hearing stories... I'm sure there will be some!

Straight back to Addlestone, where I rapidly repacked and overnighted with my dear friends Keith & Margi to get to Heathrow early for the flight to Sweden. Hoped Sweden might NOT be cold and wet like England, but it was a vain hope! Four terrific meetings over a couple of days with Agape Church, Sundbyberg, Stockholm: some 'immediate' healings, including a lovely one of a none-too-young lady who had suffered lifelong pain from rheumatic fever, and her fingers had 'seized' up preventing her playing the piano in church, which was her delight and part of her worship to the Lord.... prayed for her Monday evening, she testified to no pain on the Tuesday evening, and played the paino in the worship.... other healings and 'healings in progress' were testified to, so it made it a great couple of days! Spent a few hours on Tuesday with my great friend Stojan Gajicki, which was lovely, and fixed up a return visit to Serbia, and also Croatia and Montenegro, too....

A trip to Finland also looks very likely, and a return 'tour' of Sweden.... in March and April... it really does seem that God's sense of humour in having me live on the far side of the Atlantic and yet bring me to Europe consistently will continue!!!

Two great days away with the Rhinos, such an important part of my diary and more than that, my life... don't know what I'd do without those guys speaking into my life, praying for me, and caring for me.... priority number one, without a doubt!

Busy weekend this weekend, Friday and Saturday in Cornwall visiting my mum, sister, and brother in law - and nephew Stewart of course - praying with them and for them, then on to Plymouth tomorrow, to speak Sunday morning in City Church, one of my favourite 'visits'.... and another Sunday evening, to Maranatha Church, Exeter, both churches so alive and so open to the Holy Spirit..... a good day ahead of many hours in another hollow metal tube back to the USA....

7 November

Great time on Sunday at King's Church, Wellington, Somerset, England: especially good to catch up with some 'old' friends (it's probably 7 years since I was last there!), and even more special as it was wonderful to have Heidi & Stuart Plympton there, sharing in the ministry. It was Heidi's first public 'outing' for well over a year: you'd never have believed it as she produced prophetic word after prophetic word for the church and individuals.... so good to work alongside her again! Prayed for pretty much all the people there, I reckon!

Lovely story in today from Scotland.... "I'm sitting here at the laptop still wearing my specs - but still hopeful of healing - but....with no pain in my neck for about the last 5 weeks and just as exciting, I have days where the alarm clock wakes me up! I'm sleeping so much better than I have done in such a long time". I can vouch for the 'struggling with sleep people' (it's not my most successful past-time!!) so when God does a healing in that area, it is such a blessing! Really did seem to have a ministry of sending people to sleep that week in Scotland!

Here in Romania now, just with a small group of students and one or two other meetings, and then a hurried return to England Saturday afternoon and a drive to Melton Mowbray.... quickly followed by 2 days in Sweden.... and then Rhinos!

An amazing blessing confirmed this week.... Christmas has been taken out of my hands and instead of spending it in the UK, Virginia, or who knows where, some dear friends have asked me to join them in Barbados, which has just blown my mind.... the whole thing is a gift, so it's just an outrageous blessing from God for which I am extremely grateful.

Been working a little on the diary for the new year, and some provisional datesare in, but not confirmed.... hoping to get that sorted in the next few days!

30 October

Heard a lovely story today from a dear friend who, for many many years, has suffered the most amazing migraine attacks, which have effectively crippled him for days at a time, and often.... had the joy of praying for him (as many times in the past - never give up!) at the Detling Bible Week in August, and this is what he said....

"Thanks to all your prayer support the headaches which have afflicted me for so long, have been significantly better since Detling. I am grateful to the healing power of the Lord mediated through my brothers."

Been praying for my brother in law, Derek, too, who earlier this year was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He's been through radiation, and going through hormone treatment. The oncologist had said that it was a nasty tumour, quite aggressive.... a few weeks ago, his PSA reading was up (I'm told it should be less than 5, his was in 3 figures).... been praying a lot with and for him, and he heard last week that it is now 0.1! Thank you, Lord!!!! The oncologist 'couldn't explain it'....

And so, tomorrow, Thursday, I head for the sky again, en route to Wellington, Somerset; Romania; Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; Stockholm, Sweden; Cornwall; and Plymouth, Devon, before coming back home on 17th November.

For various reasons, the trip to Colombia has been pushed into the new year (probably end of February and into March), which, with hindsight, is a relief, as during these few days at home, my tiredness has been overwhelming. I think a couple of weeks before heading back to eastern europe and England again is probably a good thing!

27 October

Can I ask for your prayers please? It's a purely practical thing, but 4 months ago, our lovely British pound bought 2.1 USA Dollars. So, on a 300 pound withdrawal from a cash machine/ATM, I was getting $620. This week, because of the collapse of the pound in the past months, I get $460 for the same 300 pounds. That means a loss, effectively, of 25% of my 'income', and if you add to that the fact that in the last 6 weeks I've lost 4 regular supporters, mostly due to the 'credit crunch' and loss of jobs, and all for very valid reasons (they still love me, which is most important!), and that's another 130 pounds plus a month that has just 'disappeared'. The pound shows no sign of stopping its slide: it's the lowest it has been for years, and the first time it has dropped below $1.60 for 16 years.... so it is a very very tough time for me right now. Thank you for your prayers!!

26 October

Goodness, has it really been 9 days since I updated here...? My time at home (got home on 21st) seems to have gone so fast, and now only 3 days left before a very busy 3 weeks in England, Romania, and Sweden.

Sunday last week went well (at least, from my point of view!!) at Frensham Baptist Fellowship: it seemed to go well, too, for the high percentage of people from the meeting who wanted me to pray for them afterwards.... guess if it had gone badly they wouldn't have come forward! It was a joy to pray them, and I hope and pray that there have been many 'results'....

Hearing stories (slowly :( .....) from other places! A lady in Devon who was off all painkillers having had bad back trouble ('the physio didn't quite know what to say...')!! A lady, Beth, from my home church in Viriginia - her feet both pointed outwards severely, had done (as far as I gather) all her life...and couldn't straighten them, let alone turn them in. It obviously affected her walking, general mobility, and also her self esteem: she would never wear skirts and always wore trousers/pants in order to cover her feet as much as possible. Just 'happened' to hear on Friday evening that her feet are now perfectly straight, she can turn them in if she so desires(!) and she wears skirts....how wonderful for her, and thank you Lord!!!

A lovely man from Ireland (I'll have to check with him if he minds me using his name here!) two weeks ago was told by doctors that his lymphoma was accelerating and aggressive: the next week they said it was 'in remission'! I sort of think that might be another word for 'healed'!

It's been good being home, but we had a very busy weekend of meetings at our church, and of course my great friends Dave & Clare Cleave are here too.... the church weekend was exciting in that it took place because there is real growth in the church, and it was a 'restructuring for revival' weekend.... though I'll happily leave church structure and the worling out of it to others who might actually enjoy it! It's been great seeing Dave and Clare, and seeing how well they fit in with the church here.... they're going to be an amazing asset to Restoration Christian Centre in the months and years ahead.

17 October

Well, as usual it has been very busy here in Northern Ireland! So many visits to people's homes to pray for them, plus the Conference in Coleraine (not too big an attendance, but a great time), and a few meetings interpersed with a lot more praying for people!

The Healing Rooms conference was a great time, despite being fairly small in numbers. It was great to get to know Andrew And Valerie Barr so much better (Andrew in the NI Director of Healing Rooms), and also Steven & Helen Anderson, who were also speaking, the Directors of the thriving and flourishing Healing Rooms ministry in Scotland. Some real connections were made, a lot of people prayed for (inevitable!!). Prayed for a lovely couple, Brian & Carol, Brian has been a Multiple Sclerosis victim for 14 years (he's 54) together with crushed and collapsed vertebrae and discs in his back. Pain would probably be 15 on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the worst.. :( but by Saturday night he was standing with his arms raised in worship, and ended the evening declaring out loud prophecies that had been spoken over that he will dance for the King, that his healing would continue, and that Satan would have to restore all that had been stolen from him...

Stayed with a lovely couple, Geoff & Wilma McGookin: fascinating to hear Geoff's story of a transformation from being a convicted UDA terrorist to helping andrew head up the healing rooms....

Being here in Bangor (which I am until tomorrow, Saturday) has been great: very much a 'home from home'. Didn't preach Sunday night, but the pastor, Charles, asked if I'd pray for people after the evening service for healing, whaich of course I was delighted to do: thought at first no one was going to come forward and I'd get the evening off....well, the floodgates opened, and I was there 3 hours beyond the end of the meeting! Some people came to tell me that they had been healed in meetings earlier in the year, and needed prayer for other things, or even other people. I'm finding more and more that God is doing the 'stuff' by proxy, but then the precedent Jesus set with the Roman Centurion and his servant is a pretty undeniable and convincing precedent, well good enough for me!

Some healings then, some 'measure of healing' for others, and some lovely stories.... one lovely lady who a year a ago had major eye problems (like fast losing her sight and heading at best for major surgery) has 20-20 vision without surgery... people getting sleep that had eluded some of them for months and years... a man with a major heart condition that he knew was healed - my friend Alan, from here in Bangor, was with me praying for people on Tuesday evening, and he saw some people healed, too.... truth is, even as I write this, I'm so tired, I'm having trouble recalling some of the healings, so maybe I ought to go to bed and sleep!

Travelling back to England tomorrow, ahead of speaking at the church of Russ & Roz Parker, in Surrey: Russ is a fellow Rhino, a great preacher, and though I'd love to see him, I think I'm slightly relieved that he's somewhere in North Carolina preaching himself! Guess all of us are insecure somehwere when it comes right down to the nitty gritty!

9 October

Back for a week in incredibly cold and wet Britain! Landed at Heathrow Saturday morning, and drove straight down to South Milton in Devon, an 'open house' pre-Alpha soiree on Saturday, and for Sunday's meeting at Kingsbridge.Seems there could be 30 people on the Alpha course, which for a small rural town is pretty astonishing! Sunday morning was a lovely meeting: I don't know how many people I prayed for, but it must have been around 75% of the congregation, as I stopped speaking at 12 (miracle!) and left the building just before 2.30pm! A lady, Monica I think, with a cancerous bone spur on her foot, and with legs of conisderably uneven length went away with legs the same length. She'd not been able to walk even from the church to the car previously: she did Sunday, and then went out for a 2.5 hour cycle ride! I know many other good things happened, just waiting to hear....

Down to see my mum in Cornwall from Kingsbridge, and my sister and brother in law. Then the long haul back to Addlestone, for the flight to Belfast Tuesday morning. Straight into praying for people in their homes, Tuesday and all day Wednesday, and much of today, Thursday. Driving to Coleraine midday tomorrow for the Healing Rooms conference.

1 October

Wow, the time is flying and my time of'respite' is nearly over... I didn't realise until the last few days how much I HAD wound down, and tiredness hit me very hard! One more day before I head back for Washington DC airport, and the delight of an overnight flight landing at some ungodly hour Saturday morning.... still, I have the delight of spending Saturday evening and overnight with my long-time friends David & Sian Fenton-Jones in the heart of the Devon countryside before having the privilege of speaking Sunday morning at the church they attend, Kingsbridge Baptist. Then a drive in the afternoon down to West Cornwall to see my mum, sister, brother in law, and nephew, before heading back to the dear friends Keith & Margie Bland, close to Heathrow, for the flight out to Belfast on Tuesday. I'd appreciate your prayers for strength for this trip, and all of the next 3 months: I know I keep asking, but it is quite a gruelling schedule! My fault, I know, I admit it! But everything seemed like a 'God idea' at the time....

I'm looking forward to hooking up with Andrew Barr, the Director for the Healing Rooms, Ireland, again. We've met a few times, and it'll be good to get more time with him, as he's one of 'those' people there's an instant connection with.

Spent Monday afternoon with a few men who I really think could be the american version of 'Rhinos'.... John, my best mate was there of course, along with Frank Shaia, from Williamsburg, and Bill Beni, a terrific pastor from Cumberland, about 2 hours west of where I live. There's a real desire to 'be there' for each other, to be honest, share fellowship, and watch each other's backs. We're meeting again at the end of the month. That will never, of course, for me, mean quitting Rhinos in England!! The dates we meet together are the first thing in my diary/agenda each year! And 'm looking forward to being with them in November.

27 September

It's been a nice week at home.... spoke at my home church last Sunday, I felt it was a good word(!) and John did too, which is always a relief! World events are moving so fast, and it is going to take those of us who want to run with what God is doing to run even faster. God spoke to Jeremiah about running with the horses, which is what I spoke about on Sunday....

Some lovely meetings this week with different people, especially with a man who is becoming a very dear friend, Ian Roberts, an Aussie who, with his great wife, Bev, live a few miles up the road, in Willimasburg. Last night, Friday, I was with a home fellowship ('The Watering Hole') with great friends Frank & Phoebe Shaia, their fellowship is wonderful and all of them are good friends. It was a joy to pray with a number, some for healing, others just for blessing or prophecy.

Time seems to be racing on now, and in just a few days I'm back on a plane, the same day Dave & Clare Cleave arrive here from England: they are looking for somewhere to live, feeling this is a good place to 'settle' for the time being, and they seem to want to travel a bit more with me, which thrills me to bits, as they are great to have 'on the road' with you!

Friday begins the hectic spell that leads into Christmas, so I'm praying for God's increased strength and anointing for the busy days ahead.

20 September

Wonderful time with Southside Christian Fellowship, in Ayr, Scotland.... a weekend of meetings, plus lots of people to pray for in their homes who couldn't make it to the meetings. Seems last weekend I had a specific ministry of sending people to sleep! Not in the meetings, I would hasten to add.... I lost count of the number of people I prayed for who had major league sleep issues, and a good number testified to having slept the next night, and subsequent nights. One lady, who had not slept more than a couple of hours for some years, slept 8 & 9 hours.... I know only too well that lack of sleep is devastating, so for people like them this is a real miracle, and such a blessing.

It was so good to get to know Colin Mutch, the Pastor of Southside: felt a real connection with him and with others in the church. Colin's sense of humour is similar to mine (aarrgghhh!!! I hear you shout!), and the meetings were fun, as well as being blessed by God, much as a result of Colin's lovely spirit and humour.

There were many other healings, and I'm pretty certain that there will be more testimonies coming out during the week and in the days ahead. I'd love to go back to Ayr again soon!

The long drive south went well - I had to be around Heathrow in order to fly home - and it was so lovely to be able to stop off in Keswick (what a gorgeous town) to spend a little time with my cousin Robert, Norma, and their son, Stephen. It's been a few years since our paths last crossed, and it was such a blessing to 'hook up' with them, as my family is unbelievably small, and to lose contact with them almost halved it!

Then the long day coming home.... flight delayed nearly 3 hours due to a cracked outer panel on the plane (!! glad they found it!!), but it was a good flight after that, and great to see the smiling face of John, my Pastor and best mate, in Washington DC airport.

And coming home was so good, too, as at last (I think, hope, and pray!) everything that needed doing in the house is done.... so I can shower, do laundry (delightful!), flush to toilet (even more delightful!!!), AND use the kitchen.... I need a few days of 'chilling', I think, though I'm preaching tomorrow at my home church, and will probably have a few more meetings here and there.

13 September

Lovely few days in Bangor and the surrounding area in Northern Ireland. Kicked off by meeting an amazing ,missionary couple from the United States, whose passion for Ireland knows no limits, and who are so wonderfully God-driven crazy. Had opportunity to pray with a couple of their childrem, who suffer from varying degrees of autism. Bangor is where lovely 2.5 yr old Oscar, suffering from acute autism 5 years ago, began his 'road' to freedom, so praying for autism there has a good 'history' which always makes it easier to pray!

'House' calls filled the rest of Monday and Tuesday - going to the homes of very sick folk and praying for them: then a great meeting Tuesday evening at West Church, Bangor, my adopted home church in the UK. Probably about 60 in the meeting, and I think I prayed for just about all of them! My good friend, Alan (who was in Colombia with me) was there, and there's a wonderful young lady at West who has a real heart and anointing for praying for healing, Ellen. Ellen is, I think, 16, and boy, is God using her already! A lovely young woman, Fiona, was suffering from a neck joint that was very painfully out of place. As Ellen and I prayed, she started making a lot of unusual movements: I asked her what was going on, and was she in pain... no, what she was feeling with my hand on her neck was what the physiotherapist did to her, and had tried to solve the problem over a long period of time.... seems like God did it in a few moments!

Would you pray with me for a terrific man, Paddy (is there a BETTER Irish name??!!) please? Paddy is a very fit man, footballer, 46 years old, with a wonderful heart, who has been hit hard by motor neurone disease. I've got to know him over the last couple of visits, and I know God is healing him.... I'm praying that his heealing will be total by the time he and his lovely wife Joanne are due to go on holiday to Spain on 10 October....

Spent some time with John & Karen: their little girl Robyn was the one who went home to be with Jesus just 3 weeks or so ago.... it was such a privilege to be with them, in their time of questioning, grief, and yet a closer and closer walk with God every day. They have become real, dear friends in the past few months. Please remember them in prayer.....

More house calls, including to see my adopted family, the Johnstons, in Donagadhee... just a year ago we met, when their lovely daughter Jenny had been issued with a medical death sentence of maximum 2 weeks.... so good to celebrate her life a year on from that weekend! And my lovely friend Harry, who a year ago was at deaths door (and looked it!)... still some way to full recovery, but he looks a different man, and God's future for his life is wonderful ....

Then down to Dublin with my friends Robin and Sharon.... to hook up with Joan Hunter, daughter of Charles & Frances Hunter (the Happy Hunters) as Joan was speaking in a great church, Victory Christian Fellowship. So, so good to reconnect with Joan after a good 5 year gap, and meet many from the church there. Joan was fantastic that evening....

Now in Ayr, Scotland.... and a super meeting last night! With Southside Christian Fellowship, God touched loads of peoples lives, and a number were healed, with (I know!) more testimonies tonight....

8 September

Lovely day with the folk from Selkirk Baptist: 2 very different meetings, but with many people responding for prayer and ministry.... another one of those situations where the stories will be heard over coming days, even weeks. I'm realising more and more that the purpose of healing is not only to bless the sick person, but very often God has a bigger picture that he wants to fulfil in bringing that person freedom from their illness. So often, too, we look for the 'instant quick fix' healing, and if I; hearing god right, he wants to grow the faith of the person being prayed for even if it is an 'overnight' healing. Faith is belieiving that you have received what you have not yet seen...

So I'm looking forward to hearing stories and testimonies coming from this past 24 hours! Head off early this morning on what doesn't look a long journey (in a straight line!) but unfortunately, there aren't many straight lines amongst roads in Scotland! So 100 miles plus will take about 3 hours, then I fly to Belfast for my few days in Bangor, Belfast, and maybe Dublin.... just praying that Ryanair won't sting me for excsess baggage!

6 September

Having left behind the 94F/33C hot dry temperature of Virginia, it's a bit of a shock to come back to the cold, wet British summer - 46F/9C when I landed yesterday! Incredible rain here, flooding everywhere, meant I didn't attempt the 420 mile /700 km drive to Scotland straight off of the night flight.... did that today, with howling gales and driving rain not presenting quite the hazard they might have done in my exhausted state yesterday!

Lovely being here with Brian & Jess Talbot, in Selkirk, Scotland: I've know them for many many years, first meeting on the then Spring Harvest counselling team in Ayr, then in their church, Bulawayo Baptist, in Zimbabwe. 10 years since we last saw each other, feels just like carrying on where we left off! They now pastor Selkirk Baptist, in the Scottish Borders, and it's a real privilege to be them in their church tomorrow. One of my lasting memories of Brian, especially, was being with him in Hwange National Game Park, very early in the morning, and getting his pickup truck stuck in deep sand.... not SUCH a problem... UNTIL a herd of charging elephants, headed by the most enormous bull elephant, came crashing through the trees straight towards us! Fortunately, at almost the last minute, they veered away from the truck, and went past without bothering to take any notice of the cowering humans, only a few feet away from us! Life is not often dull!

Really looking forward to, though the nerves are there, to this coming 9 days of ministry, in Scotland and Ireland.... value your prayers that what I have to say and share will be from God, and fresh and relevant.

2 September

Well, two thirds of this year have gone - seems unbelievable the speed with which it has disappeared! Thursday kicks in the start of another journey, which really doesn't end - apart from a few days here at home - until about 22 December. There are some busy months ahead, but I feel at peace that God is in what's planned! I'll try and keep updated here - I've acquired one of those marvellous 'mobile internet' thingys which connect you anywhere that there is a mobile phone signal (in the UK - they cost an arm and a leg to use abroad!). Depends on the strength of the signal of course, as to how much you can do! With my mobile phone company, they say they cover 99% of the UK - I wonder, as someone who travels all over the UK, why I'm so often in the other 1%....

In case you don't get a newsletter (my Internet provider here in the USA is NOT good at sending multiple emails with an attachment - some people got the current newsletter 15 times, others not at all!) - there's a downloadable copy on the newsletter page. It has some of the stories that have been recorded here over the past months.

30 August

Eight days at home - been nice to have the chance to rest a little, though there's still disruption in my house with kitchen related jobs unfinished :( I was hoping and praying that it would all get done quickly once I returned home, and that I could 'enjoy' my time here, but it's not to be... I need an electrician, and the one who's already been paid is away at least until Tuesday, which means I have bare wires out of the wall in the kitchen and things not working... so as I leave on Thursday for Scotland, it means that this time home, too, hasn't been what I needed. Six months now where I've had things going wrong, and contractors of one sort or another in and out or delayed... please pray that it might all be done by Tuesday and I can enjoy Wednesday at home! Hopefully, please God, when I'm back at the end of September, THEN it might all be working as it should!

Two great meetings last Sunday, one at my home church, Restoration, where I preached, and another at the lovely Fellowship in Williamsburg run by Frank & Phoebe Shaia. Good relationship building times too with some other friends from Williamsburg, Ian & Bev Roberts, from the United Methodist Church. Ian & Bev are Aussies, so our 'English' is much more similar!

This weekend is a holiday in the States, Labo(u!)r Day, so everything is a little more relaxed generally. Then comes a hectic 3 weeks in England, Scotland, Ireland, Scotland, and Romania.... in fact, it's a pretty hectic time right up until Christmas! Value your prayers for supernatural strength!

19 August

A few more days with insufficient internet connection... ! Sorry! Ireland was a lovely few days, with my feeling that it was right to go there confirmed by a number of real divine appointments. It has been an increasing blessing to go back to Bangor so many times in the past year, and to build some wonderful friendships as well as see God move and bless.

A few days in England now, preceding my return home to the USA on Friday. Hopefully no more returning home 'water woes'! I think it should all be ok now - please, God!!!!

13 August

With 10 days due in Romania turning out not to happen (!) it means a little bit of breathing space here in the UK, to catch up with people I rarely get the chance to see. Tomorrow I head for Bangor, Northern Ireland, for a couple of days to pray with a few people for healing, then down to earth as I do a car boot sale as I can use the cash! A few days then seeing people before heading home to the USA, and working on my autumn/fall & winter diary, and doubtless some meetings thrown in! I think God had a hand in this 'break', which, as I enjoy it, I realise more and more how much I needed it! September/October/November are pretty manic, with still some things to try and 'shoe-horn' in....

7 August

Wow, what a great week! Not been easy to get online sufficiently to get edit the site, nor has the connection been brilliant... also, so, so busy! Amazing week of preaching, teaching, exhortation, ministry.... I ended up doing far more than I'd envisaged in terms of seminars, praying for people... I was involved in seminars with my great friends Eric Delve and John Pressdee (3 sessions), Arnold Muwonge, a wonderful Ugandan missionary to England, with a huge ministry back in his homeland (4 seminars)... I most certainly lost count of the number of people prayed for! I spoke at the Communion service Sunday, which was a wonderful time (no, RT Kendall, John Paul Jackson, and Jackie Pullinger were not there... phew!) nad last night spoke at the youth celebration with about 3-400 15-17 year olds there... huge responses at both meetings.... tonight, in the final celebration, where there were probably 2-2,500 people, Eric Delve asked for people who'd been healed to raise their hands.... about 500+ did, which is wonderful.

Some quick stories... prayed for a lady yesterday, who was healed - but as she fell, Dennis, the 'catcher' dropped his glasses and she fell on them. Later, he asked me if I prayed for broken glasses... laughing, I said 'no, but I'll pray for your eyes!' - and his sight was restored! His distance sight was fully restored from having been very blurred....

A lady due at hospital for big tests was having trouble with her creatinin levels... don't ask me what that is, I have no idea - but she saw me the next day, and the doctor had postponed surgery as her level was normal, and she was healed...

Many back and bone issues were healed, and sight restored....

Arnold Muwonge has asked me to speak at his leaders conference in Kampala next year, and preach in some big healing evangelistic crusades... another amazing African, Wale Babatunde, has booked me to speak at his church conference in December... need to do a bit of juggling of the diary to fit that one in, but I'd certainly love to do it. Wale and I 'clicked' the instant we met.... I've known Arnold for some years. This really is a quite wonderful conference, and every time I come here, it seems to be better and better.

3 August

Great opening night at Detling, with Eric Delve preaching on 1 Samuel 30: David recovering everything that had been lost - EVERYTHING, after making so many mistakes The God of the second, third, fourth, and more chances.... A real word of encouragement, challenge, and passion.

Today the programme 'proper' kicks in, and my first time 'up' is to preach at the communion service at 2.30 pm. Steve Hepden is a hard act to replace, but I'm believing with great faith and expectation for God to do some miracles and many healings. Made all the more daunting for me, as the preceding main speakers are R. T. Kendal (known to just about everyone)l, and John Paul Jackson (the wonderful American Bible teacher and prophet), with R. T. Kendall to come after me.....the butterflies are already being commanded to fly in formation! Then tomorrow night, of course, it is Jackie Pullinger-To: God has this wonderful way of making sure I stay humble and not a little insecure!!!! Please pray.....!

31 July

Seemed like a strange few days at home, but now the water is dealt with, the kitchen can be restored while I'm away :) so I can really look forward to going home on 22 August!

Busy day in England today, then heading off to the Detling Bible Week where I'm now due to preach at the communion service on Sunday due to the indisposition of my good friend Steve Hepden.... so I'm hurriedly at short notice asking God what he wants me to say, as the conference wants it to be a healing message with a lot of ministry...  It'll be great to be back at Detling, which is such a lovely event, growing each year, though it is a bit daunting to be on the same speaking team as R T Kendall, John Paul Jackson, and Jackie Pullinger-To! On Sunday, the communion is 'sandwiched' between John Paul Jackson and RTK! Hmmm....

28 July

Wow! I've got water! I had to get a plumber in and was intending to get 2 or 3 estimates, but the first one who came arrived within about an hour of calling him, he looked at it, and told me he could repair it there and then... which he did! It seems to be fine, and I've been like a little boy in a toyshop, running water, doing laundry, flushing the toilet - it's quite vexciting! Tomorrow, the tiler is in finishing off the kitchen floor, and then Thursday (sadly, from my point of view, after I've left for England), the kitchen guys are in, so by the end of this week my little kitchen should be brand spanking new with water.... I never thought I'd enjoy hearing the sound of the washing machine!

It's all cost more than I'd anticipated, but, like the prophetic word reported the other day, given by Rodney Nelson in Colombia (the 'who is Paul' tab, 'what other people say about...'), God has been faithful up until now, and he'll be faithful from now on....

I've spent the last two days catching up really, and though my house looks like a hurricane has passed through it, there's not much I can have done to tidy up until the kitchen is done. So I've caught up with emails, people, phone calls... and just have tomorrow at home before flying back to the UK. Still trying re-enter the atmosphere from the statosphere, too, which is harder than it might sound!

27 July

Back home now, after a long and gruelling journey: it feels a bit like someone has pulled out my plug after the high intensity of the trip to Colombia. It is sometimes hard to 're-orientate' - not just culturally, but spiritually. John my Pastor said on the journey home that it had been the best of the 3 trips he'd made to Cali with me, each one getting better and better, and with more happening. It is hard to sum up in even more than a few words what this trip was like!

Maybe we'll never find out a categoric answer concerning Andres, the little 4 year old boy who had died in Buenaventura: that's hard, except that to me, John, Alan, and the two Colombian pastors with us, we felt that God had done the miraculous. That was 'cemented' with the prohetic word to me from Rodney Nelson (see 'Who is Paul: what other people say....') who knew neither me, nor the situation, and yet who so powerfully prophesied 'God says that the dead IS raised'... Thank you, Lord!!

Countless miracles, I heard on Thursday from her pastor, Edier, that Angela (see blog entry for 20 July) is walking, getting stronger every day, and has no pain.... wonderful! Thank you Lord! Carmen, Edier's mum, is also healed of her breast cancer... and I hope that someone videos tomorrow's meeting in Dios esta Presente, when the young man who woke from the coma having had his breathing tubes pulled out, gives his testimony in the church!

Thursday evening, John spoke in my long-time friend's church (Jhon & Adriana Bermudez) and seemed to prophesy over everything that moved! He also released a gift of prophecy to many in the church, which is just what that Jhon & Adriana had been praying for. I spoke in a radical new church in the north of the city, and prayed for healing for many: pain went, sickness went, faith rose, and I prayed for a number for the gifts of healings and miracles to be given to them, especially for 2 young men who so passionately want to be missionaries, a crazy wonderful guy named Fernando, who is an extreme evangelist, and for Richard, who has a powerful prison ministry (I met Richard 18 months ago when he was in a Cali prison with us and 220 out of 350 men gave their lives to the Lord....)

Coming out of the 'stratosphere' is kind of difficult!

But it was back to earth with a bump.... home at 1am yesterday morning - to no water....seems like the problem is even bigger than was thought before I went away. My good friend, who wanted to have it fixed, found it was more than he could do. So, my house, already looking like a bomb-site with half the kitchen gone, is going to remain that until (maybe) the whole main pipe from the street is re-laid to the house. So, no kitchen on Monday, and I have to be honest and say it is almost impossible to 'rest' here, which is what I needed so desperately before heading for England on Wednesday next week. I'd value your prayers for supernatural rest! And... that I can find a plumber (an honest one!) Monday or tuesday, who will do it while I'm away, and that maybe the kitchen can go in then, too, before I get back here on 22 August. I've sort of got 13 days then when I can relax a bit, before the merry-go-round that is the autumn kicks off in Scotland on 5th September!

24 July

Wow! What a day yesterday! The hospital, Santillana, only saw us pray for one family, but it was a divine appointment, with a lovely couple, Victor and Clara, and their great 12 year old daughter, Hepzibah. All three were sick: Victor with an undiagnosable swelling in his throat, which made his Adam's apple about 3 times the size it should be; Clara, longing for more children having had 6 miscarriages, with doctors having told her it was impossible because of a chronic womb condition (and more so as she has just reached 50 years old), and Hepzibah, with a strange brain condition that had defied all treatment, as well as having fast degenerative myopia. Prayed and prophesied over all of them in the waiting room of Dr Dunia Quiroga's consulting area at the hospital. They were blown away, as God began to speak a time frame on the healings, which for me is always exciting but scary! (72 hours isn't long, Lord!!!!!!!!!)

I thought there might be 100 at the healing meeting I was speaking at: I walked in to see at least 350-400, so I knew it would be a long night! When I arrived at the church, Dios Esta Presente (God is Present), the Pastor, Cielo (heaven!) immediately told me of an amazing miracle following my 'preach' there Sunday. A young woman, Diana, asked for the healing of (I think) her brother-in-law, who had been in a serious road accident on January 26th this year. He was very badly injured, on life support machines and a ventilator, with tubes in his throat. Doctors said he would die, and the family had fought for 6 months to keep him alive on the machines. The family have worked out it was virtually to the minute of the prayer that the mum accidentally pulled out the tubes, and neither she nor the doctors could put them back in, normally a relatively easy process. (Dr Dunia says that it is always possible as the holes stay open for around 24 hours)... the doctors gave up, said there was nothing they could do. The next thing was that he opened his eyes, was breathing, and he will be in church on Sunday (I only wish I was going to be here!!!) to give his own testimony (I got Diana to share it with the church from the platform last night).

Also, the sick pastor, Alvarro, who was paralysed 2 weeks (and for 9 months prior to that), walked into the church last night, using a frame, but that was impossible 2 weeks ago.... he walked out WITHOUT IT....!!! He's also eating, which he hadn't been, as his throat had been paralysed too, and his voice is returning. I plan (when I can remember how to do it!!!) to put pictures on here as soon as possible!

Maria Fernanda testified publicly last night to the fact the in November, she had a large tumour and could not have children.... I prophesied over her that she wouldn't need the surgery the doctors were saying she needed imminently for the tumour: the tumour went, and on the platform last night was a young woman 6 months and 1 week pregnant....

Another Fernanda's husband, William, testified to her miraculous healing from her thyroid cancer (scan down to 1o July to re-read the story) and his daughter's miraculous new kidneys.... it still all blows me away totally, and I just want to cry. I feel so inadequate 99.99999% of the time, God is just so, so amazing, and I'm so blessed to be in the places I find myself where this all happens....

Last night, there were instant healings - back conditions, bent spines, hearing, chronic pain, a number of knee issues... probably of the people there, we must have prayed for 250-300. Many testimonies to follow, I know that....

John had a great night speaking at pastor Walter Torres' church, about 50 people there, and he prayed for and prophesied over a good number. We're going out with a bang, not a whimper, it seems...! Two more meetings tonight, John in the church of our dear friends Jhon and Adriana Bermudez (wish I could be in 2 places at once!), and I'm at a new church, about 100 people, pastored by a lovely guy, Rodrigo Valencia. Expecting great things in both places.

Spent lunchtime with the prophet from Tennessee that I've mentioned, Rodney Nelson. Really feel that there is a 'connection' there with him. It feels as though I've known him years, but until 18 hours earlier, I'd never heard of him, and he'd never heard of me. When he prophesied, he hadn't even talked to me... had the chance to hear and see the video of his prophetic words over John & me, on Tuesday night.... for me, it was such an 'affirmatory' word. John feels I should put it on the website, so if you're interested in reading it, it will be on the 'Who is Paul?' page, under what other people say about me! So, it's there in full.... those who love me, weigh it for me, and let me know what you feel God says to you about it please?

Strength for today (and bright hope for tomorrow???!!!???) please, if you're praying for us: we both arrived home totally shot last night, and we're on 'catch-up' today to say goodbye to people before leaving for the airport at 5am tomorrow and the 19 hour journey back to Norfolk, Virginia. And then, the kitchen.....!

23 July

Busy day today! Lunchtime meeting, hospital a few hours this afternoon, then John and I are in different churches tonight. Last night, we went to a meeting at our friend Pastor Walter Torres' church, where a prophet from Tennessee was speaking, Rodney Nelson. God gave him a blockbuster word me, which was an amzing blessing: and a word for John which confirmed a few things to him. We'd never met him before, just had a chance to say hello and shake hands before the meeting, and, after his message, he had us both up front immediately.... his first word to the two of us was that we were 'more than apostolic'... the word for me, if, when I re-read it (it was recorded, thank goodness!) is appropriate, I'll put it on the website....

For me, tonight, it's a specific 'healing' meeting, which I struggle with a little, as, though I know God has called me to pray for the sick, I can't tell him or make him turn up to heal.... though I'm aware that wherever His presence is, so there is healing! It's the 'big' church from Sunday, so it might be quite a late night.... So many miracles have happened there on this trip, and last November, that I know my faith is high for tonight!

Tomorrow, possibly a cell group meeting over breakfast in Jamundi, about 30 minutes south of Cali, then a lot of people to see, say goodbye to, and pray for, packing, and two more meetings in the evening... we're going out, hopefully, in a blaze of GLORY.....

22 July

Two wonderful services for John & me on Sunday, and Alan was with me in both as the emphasis was on healing. The first service, Dios esta Presente, at the rather 'interesting' time of 7am, was to around 1,000+ people, and only had a few opportunities afterwards to pray for people as we had to rush to the 10am service at another church, El Abrigo el Altisimo. John prayed for quite a few at the end of the second meeting, and I'm due back at Sunday morning's church for a special healing meeting tomorrow evening. Prayed for loads of people at the second church: some people told me about pain and sickness going, and there'll be others....

Still no news on Andres, from Buenaventura, we can't seem to get any, so I'm just running with what I believe - and all of us who went believe - that what I heard God say was what happened.... that he did come back to life.

Yesterday, we had a tremendous time in the very poor Social Security hospital: with many of the patients, you could SEE the peace of God come over them, and the joy of the Lord fill them. So many had major brain diseases - tumours, haematomas, brain trauma of many varieties.... one lovely 15 year old young man, Dairo, had been in an accident in December. There were no obvious physical effects even though he'd hit his head hard: but there was considerable brain trauma which meant that he was totally out of control of his body, which convulsed and jerked every few minutes. Despite that, he seemed happy, and was thrilled that we went to pray for him, as was his mum. His future (without a God-intervention) was major brain surgery which is extremely dangerous, according to our dear friend, Dunia Quiroga, the neuro surgeon who has been mentioned many times in the blog before. Well, guess I spent 15-20 minutes praying for him, then moved on to other patients. Before leaving his section of the hospital, I went back to see him, and talked to him and his mum, and he'd been totally still for over 40 minutes, something that hadn't happened for 8 months.... I know God healed him, and that he'll leave hospital totally restored by the weekend.

Just heard that today's visit to Club Noel, the kids hospital, has been cancelled, as Dunia has so many major surgeries in hospitals all over the city today.... so we'll just have to phone and check that all the kids were healed, like last November!

A myriad invitations back for later in the year, which is always encouraging.... what a trip it has been so far! Still a good few meetings and another hospital to visit yet...

20 July

Well, what can be said of the last 24 hours? Every sort of emotion gone through, some ripped to shreds... in a lovely church in Buenaventura - whose 'motto' is "The history of our church has beenwritten on it's knees" ...it was such a delight to be there... in the jungle, truly, way outside of the city, in a village called 'La curva de diablo' (Devil's Curve). Prayed for everything that moved, more than once(!) except the myriad of malarial mosquitoes..... a lot of blessing and prophecy flying around! The pastors are very poor, but so amazingly generous, and so grateful for our being out in the middle of nowhere with them.

The hospital on Saturday was..... those of you who know me, will know that for many years I've known that God has said one day I'll see the dead raised. Arrived yesterday to hear a distressed woman wailing, carrying a very sick looking little girl. It wasn't the daughter that was the issue though, sick as she was with malaria: it was that her 4 year old son, Andres, had died 10 minutes earlier with cerebral malaria. Went with John, and two pastors, Diego Reyes and Walter Torres, to pray for him. I held him for about 45 minutes, praying and weeping with dad Alejandro: then quite clearly I felt God say to me, 'It's time to leave now.' I have to say that I really didn't want to go, but knew that I was compelled to leave so that as and when Andres began to breathe again, I could never say I had anything to do with it. It was perhaps the most distressing and difficult decision I've ever had to make: but Walter also felt the same thing. On the way home in the car (that journey is a whole other story!), it was like God hit all of us - Alan, John, Diego, walter, & me -with a holy laughter, and in the middle of it I heard the same voice that told me to leave Andres' room gently say 'It's done'. I don't know how we'll ever find out, unless one of the Colombian guys calls the hospital, but I have to just leave that to God. I think all of us were totally convinced Andres would be resurrected....

The journey home, after eating a lovely meal outside the pastor's very poor home accompanied by the ever present venomous mosquitoes, we headed for Cali, over narrow two lane winding mountain roads, overtaking everything at great speed, close to the edge, straight at oncoming traffic, for almost 3 hours. I thanked God many times that Walter is a great driver, but seems to have a fearlessness where oncoming vehicles are concerned! Many jaw-drop moments, silent screams, and a safe arrival back in the security and relative coolness of Cali (32C - it was 39C+ in Buenaventura yesterday!

18 July later

Well, Buenaventura (it means 'good adventure') is not the prettiest city in Colombia.... it is loud, hot, crowded, and, I imagine, if you're on your own here as a 'gringo' (as all white people are, not just USA residents, like in Mexico), quite a 'threatening' place to be. We're here with a lovely pastor and his wife, Daniel and Lily, to go into hospitals and preach in their church. The hospital is big, humid, and desperately sad. We split into 3 'teams', to try and pray for more people. Guess I prayed for about 30 as I'm sure John and Alan did, too. No immediate miracles, but a few that will happen, I know, including that of a young woman named Miracle, suffering from tuberculosis.

Not sure if I'll get online tomorrow, so thought I'd update tonight for tomorrow - a meeting at 10 am, lunch with pastors, then the emergency section of the hospital, followed by another meeting at 7pm, which, if it goes to form, will be about 3 hours or more, then a 3 hour drive back to Cali. I'm preaching at 7am Sunday morning in a large church (1,000+) called Dios este Presente (God is Present) where the miracles happened at the pastor's meeting last Wednesday. John preaches at their 10 am service, while I dash to another church, El Abrigo el Altisimo, to preach in an advertised healing service at 10 am. So a busy few hours coming up! Value your prayers for strength and a real increased outpouring of God's Holy Spirit.

18 July

Having been in Lakeland, where reports have been of a consistent increase each night in the demonstration of God's presence and power (and it was John's and my experience in Lakeland), I think the same has to be said here!

Last night was just phenomenal! It was my turn (and my privilege) to preach, and the response and the manifestations of God's power at the end were remarkable. I'd actually preached for healing, but felt right at the end I should first make an appeal for salvation.... at first, no one responded. so I asked again, getting the congregation to stand. Well, at least 20, maybe many more, came forward to give the lives to Jesus! Then the stampede, with the healing appeal, and the magnitude of the healings was amazing.

A young lady, Angela, aged 25, had been unable to walk for 7 years. She was in incredible pain as she was carried to the front, and held up by friends. I prayed with her for a few minutes (her left leg in particular was like a matchstick), and then asked her if she was ready to walk.... Alan and I both felt her muscles grow and the bones expanding as we held her ankleshe gripped my hand, and the hand of Pilar, wife of our dear translator friend Diego, and her left foot was flat on the floor for the first time in all those years. She took a few staggering steps, and I suggested she sit, and take a breather. A few more minutes pra

yer, and she shot up to standing, and then with her hands just resting on mine and Pilar's arms, walked the width of the church... a few more moments rest, and she walked again, and then, just supported by friends, she walked out of the church, with NO pain... she was blown away, as we were, of course!

A lovely lady named Carmen, who we discovered later was the mother of the pastor, Edier, was healed (she knew it) of breast cancer. A young woman, aged 32, crippled with scoliosis since 20, had been told by doctors then that her spine was that of at least a 50 year old, and that nothing could be done. It was another case of feeling a spine - the discs and vertebrae - move under my hand, and I told Geraldine, the 16 year old daughter of pastor Walter Torres (who organises a lot of things for us here) to put her hand there. She was stunned as she felt the spince straightening and the miracle happening!

A lady, blind in her right eye, saw - though as at last night through tunnel vision. I'd felt at the beginning of praying for her that she see totally today, so that was a great start!

There are many other stories from the meeting, and there will be many more to be heard in the next few days. I have to stop now as we are in Buenaventura, Colombia's main port: a big city, but very poor, and we're just about to go to the main hospital to pray for the people there....

The journey here was fun, high up over the Andes (we 'maxxed' at about 7000 feet (2200 mtrs), winding roads, with much traffic, at great speed!

17 July

Fantastic meetings last night - John was in a church named Adoradore, in the north of the city, Alan & I were in Iglesia Misionera Camino de Salvacion (Way of Salvation). John was rocking after the meeting, as 13 people gave their lives to Christ, in a congregation of about 200. We had maybe 250-300 where we were, with a lovely pastor and wife, Julian and Josefa: paralysed, blind, huge health issues in many of them (and a dog that was some derivative of poodle!!). It was steaming hot (no fans anywhere near the front!!), and at the end when I asked for people who needed healing, it was a stampede. There were healings, lots of 'prophetic "you'll wake tomorrow, or in 3 days"' healings and miracles. I'm looking forward to hearing the testimonies! Must have prayed for about 40 kids alone, many terribly sick, with them sitting on my lap and watching their healing wash over them.... many tears, bodies on the floor, and the power of God running riot in the church!

Quietish day again today, but Alan and John want to shop (I don't, of course!!!), as this is Alan's last chance before heading home :( Then we have a big healing meeting tonight in Iglesia Adoradores, which threatens to be bigger than last night's meeting there, so could be a late night! Early start tomorrow to the poor port city of Buenaventura, where we've been told that the mosquitoes are very friendly, and like to share their lives with you.... joy oh joy! It is also much hotter and more humid there, being at sea level (we're 4000 feet/1300 metres up in the Andes here in Cali). BUT... it seems that it is the whale mating season, and they are close inshore to do their stuff. so this could be a new experience for all of us! And John and Alan are quite excited about seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time! Hospitals there tomorrow afternoon, and Saturday: meetings Friday night and Saturday, apparently big meetings... so late finishes: and we have to drive back to Cali after the meeting on Saturday as we have meetings Sunday morning (John's forst one is 7am!!!), and we're unlikely to be home beofre about 3-4 am.... Value your prayers!

15 July later

Club Noel is a sad place - so many desperate parents and children. Yet it is wonderful to see the power of God touch the lives not only of the children but also the families too. It is so, so different to Europe or America, in that the parents are so immensely grateful to you for being there, being willing to pray for their children, and them. It is such a privilege to see the peace of God, the joy of the lord, and hope come into their lives and onto their faces. I don't know how many we prayed for today: I guess it was around 60 or so: there were some healed, and some where I know God told me to prophesy that they'd be healed within 48 hours, or by the weekend.... One mum, Martha, was desperate for her 3 year old, Dana, who was dying with Tuberculosis. I didn't know what was wrong when I went into the room, and just sat with my hand on Dana, when a nurse came in and started to say that I should have a mask... too late, I guess for that, but truth is, I'm not in faith to catch TB but to see it eradicated.... It'll be some days, maybe even next week when we go back to the same hospital, when we discover the stories.....

It is so hard to describe how tiring it is praying with that sort of intensity, from room to room, for 3 hours! Right now, John, Alan, and I are 'crashed out' in a mall food area, deafened by miming pan pipe Indians and their loud sound system! It takes quite a long time to 'recover' if that's the right word from the emotion and pressure of expectant parents in fear for their kids' lives... I feel like I have a ton weight on my back, but such expectation in my spirit, it makes it all worthwhile...

15 July

Quieter day yesterday, which was a relief after the busy-ness of the previous week. Just some meetings during the day with pastors (which produced more meetings to come!) and then the Colombian national synchronised swimming team. A much larger group thatn I imagined, about 15+, ages ranging from about 13-20. Many of them not yet Christians, it is wonderful that they are in a cell group for my great friend Hendrik's church. A real privilege to be able to share the gospel with them, and pray for them. Many will be in the Kingdom before long: some are thinking of being at the healing service I'm preaching at in Hendrik's church on Sunday.

In 40 minutes time, we're due to be in the really sick children's hospital, Club Noel, where all the terminal and chronic kids went home healed in November. So faith is rising for this exhausting afternoon: exhausting emotionally and spiritually. Please pray!

13 July

At risk of sounding like a record that has got stuck.... always the same here in Cali!! - the meetings just get better and better! John, my Pastor, has just said that each visit he makes here is better than the last: and this is no different! He was in a church in Jamundi (pronounced 'Ham-undi') and many peoples lives were changed, and John ended up doing some counselling, which is really his passion and forte.

I was in a church called 'The church of Mission and Restoration', pastored by a lady named Arjenis. a lawyer. I've never been there before, and for the first few minutes, I wasn't quite sure how they were receiving me. Seemed like 'arm's length'! But then I made them laugh... and that was it... responsive, receptive, and at the end, Arjenis had me anoint, pray for, and prophesy over all her leaders... what a privilege! Then the 'rush' came - people forward for ministry, healing.... people WERE healed, and better still, saved.... after the meeting, I was so, so tired having prayed for many. I try and pray as much as I can in Spanish, though I'd not yet dare to say much in a sermon (it's a vocabulary nightmare with the same Spanish words in different countires meaning totally different things, mostly, it seems, rude or abusive!!!).

Again, I'd value your prayers for strength: the last couple of days we've been hit by a... how shall I say it... increased trip to the bathroom/toilet schedule...!!! And still be grateful for your prayers concerning the kitchen and water woes back home: I still need to see God do a minor miracle in making it happen, though I've been so blessed to receive some gifts to help me. Bless you!

12 July

Amazing night last night! Two meetings, John was in a cell group meeting at my dear friends Hendrik & Teija Hoere's foundation, in Agua Blanca, very poor part of Cali. 13 people gave their lives to the Lord - imagine that regularly in cell group meetings in the UK or the States!

I was in a church in another desperately poor part of the city, Ciudad Cordoba: a church called Amor y Paz (love and peace). The church doesn't usually have a Friday meeting, and this one was only arranged Wednesday morning, so I wasn't expecting too many there.... I was in a meeting there last November, in a small sports arena, and God graciously turned up with salvation and healing then. The Pastor, Luis Salas, is a wonderful man, and he put word out on the grapevine about last night's meeting. Around 250 turned up! I think I prayed for at least 50% of them, and there were many healings and some people saved, others receiving a fresh anointing from God.... it was a wonderful blessing to be there, but totally exhausting!

The last 24 hours have been a battle, as I think the tiredness of the last few months came home to roost, but God certainly gave me fresh energy last night, and, thankfully, a good night's sleep, so I'm feeling much more refreshed today! I also experienced only my second day of (how shall I say this?) - increased bathroom visits (!!) in 20 years of travelling.... fortunately, you can buy medication 'over the counter' here that are prescription drugs back 'home', and the pharmacist gave me something that certainly seems to have done the trick!

I'd really value your prayers over these next few days - heading for 'mid-trip' and tiredness here, because of the busyness and humidity is always there. And please pray for health protection, too: I don't really have time for too many extra bathroom visits!

This afternoon, 5pm local time, we're at Community of Faith church's youth Group, and again there will be many to pray for. Fortunately, it should be over by about 8pm, as opposed to last night's 11.15pm!

11 July

Last night, in La Calima, a poor northern suburb of Cali, we were at a church which has a real heart for restoring drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes, and those (to use the church's words) at 'alto riesgo' - high risk.... a young man, Franklin, was cycling past when he heard an English voice, stopped, came in, and got saved instantly... it was a delight to lead him to Jesus. Rodrigo and Claudia told me about a young man in their drug rehab house, high in the Andes at Lacumbre: prayed for him on his second day in rehab, and the next morning his life was totally transformed and 'clean'... God's so, so good!

Last night, we prayed for just about everyone in the meeting, some more than once, and there were healings and transformations, and a good number of bodies on the floor! Both Alan and John have realised more than ever how tiring it is praying for healing.... we were totally exhausted last night, so exhausted in my case I couldn't really sleep.... which I desperately need! We were told a cleaning lady was coming to 'do' our apartment this morning at 7am, so like good boys we were up and waiting.... at 9.30 am we left to take the laundry she was supposed to do to the 'lavanderia', the nice laundry lady with a shop close to us! No sign of the cleaner.... ahhhh, Latin America!!!

Just sitting here online in the mall (!) and a lovely pastor and his wife have just stopped to talk to us... Norbey & Carmen Arias. Went to pray with Carmen at home two days ago: she has been bedridden for months with a bacteria that infected her blood during surgery in hospital, unable to walk, and really deteriorating rapidly. I've known them for many years, and have never seen Carmen like she was. So, unable to walk for months, she stood this morning, and looks totally transformed in her body and spirit... walking today....

10 July

Better connection today I think! A lady named Fernanda had massive thyroid problems when I was here last time. Apparently her thyroid 'reading' should have been 0.5: hers was 297, the doctors said she should have been in a coma, and that her condition was untreatable... It was hugely swollen. Prayed for her, and she was at the doctor's early that week, and he checked her thyroid level again, and it was....0.2! At the same time, I prayed for her baby daughter, who had been born with a genetic kidney disfunction that meant she couldn't..er...evacuate: there were also scars on both kidneys. Her kidneys are perfect, according the x-rays!

A lovely young wife, Maria Fernanda, had some large tumours, which the doctors had said were both very dangerous and would prevent her having children. Saw her yesterday, and she no longer has the tumours, and is 6 months pregnant....

Last night, a lovely meeting at Casa de Dios, House of God, church, pastored by long time friends Norbey and Carmen Arias. Carmen is very sick, so ahead of the meeting went to their home to pray for her. The atmosphere in the room changed, and I heard myself telling her that she'd be walking by today.... I'm waiting to hear! The meeting was great, John preached, but afterwards we got to pray for the whole congregation, and people were healed, anointed, empowered, set on fire...

Alan from Bangor has taken to all this like a duck to water, and the fire and heat on him increases in ministry times, and he felt the pastors (mentioned yesterday) legs strengthen and muscles grow as he had his hands on them... he's prophesying, hearing from God, and praying for the sick....

Quieter day today, but a meeting tonight at a lovely church where I've been before, so expecting the miracle and healing count to increase....

Please, if you're praying about my water woes and kitchen crisis, keep praying! Some money has come in, but I do need more, and I've told all the men doing the work that it will happen the day I get back from here! In a way, with all the wonderful stuff going on here, it sort of pales into insignificance: but when I get home, it will be hugely significant! And very necessary... Thanks for praying!

And please pray for extra strength for John, Alan, and me.... it is so demanding here! Alan, after one day of meetings, said to me last night 'Praying for people REALLY tires you out, doesn't it?' - something it's hard to explain until you've done it! Thank you FOR your prayers....

9 July

Wow, what a morning!!!!!!!! Early start for a Pastor's breakfast, but it turned into a wonderful time of God doing some miracles! Pastor Alvarro, who a few months ago was appointed as pastor, was struck down with a disease that doctors have not been able to identify. Parlaysed, unable to walk, a losing life fast, God just touched him miraculously this morning, and he walked across the church and back, then out of the church... I know his healing will be complete in a couple of days....

The connection here is very poor again, so I'll add more stories tomorrow all being well!

8 July

I'm sitting in a shopping mall in Cali (no, not shopping!) where they have free wireless internet, but it's not really a 'man' enough connection to load the webpage! And I'm listening to the biggest thunderstorm rolling around the Andes, and the heaviest rain that I think I've ever heard.... but then it suddenly stops here in the tropics, and the sun comes out again!

It's been a surprising start to the trip here, in that normally nothing is arranged until you get here, however far in advance it is known you're coming! This time, John and I were straight into preaching, twice each in two churches, on Sunday: I prayed for a large number of people at the end of each service, and there were testimonies of healings, thank you Lord! The programme here is going to be so hectic after today: it seems dozens of people want us, and the opportunities in the hospitals, and hopefully the prisons, are there. We're doing everything from cell groups to 1000+ churches, maybe bigger: seminars, leaders meetings, pastor's breakfasts, and endless other doors opening, including big crusades (not on this trip!) in Panama, Honduras, and other South American countries .I'm connecting in a big way with pastors who have so many contacts, and it makes the upcoming diary/agenda organisation interesting!

It is a tiring city to be in in many ways, as it is constantly busy, and the traffic is just - unreal! Coming here makes me appreciate so much British roads and even British traffic jams! There is constant noise, but fortunately, the apartment we are renting for the trip is in a relatively quiet area, but this month sees Colombian independence day (I can;t imagine we'll get much sleep THAT night!) and one or two other celebrations, and boy, are Colombians good at celebrating!

Value your prayers for good rest at night, as my time at home prior to coming here was so disrupted and stressful because of the water situation at my house, and even the days immediately following the trip will, God and finance willing, be hectic with a new kitchen being put in! I'm only home 4 days before heading for England and the Detling Bible week!

2 July

The conference in Sweden was a great time! On Saturday night, a lot of people were healed, including a lovely man named Raymond, who arrived at the conference using a wheeled walker/zimmer: he hadn't been able to bend his right leg for many years (20, if my memory serves me well). By the end of the evening, not only was he bending his leg, he'd discarded both walker and walking stick/cane (sorry for all the pluralities, but different words are used on either side of the Atlantic!!), and left the meeting with a whole new vision for his future of what and where God was going to use him (I guess he was in his 60's).... no retirement there, then! A lady named Birgit, who arrived at the conference suffering from Parkinsons, knew it had gone, and on the last Sunday, I prayed for her that the effects of the very heavy-duty medication would leave her...

A lovely young woman, Ulrika, was wonderfully touched and blessed by the Lord, she had been suffering from MS, and knew that God had healed her.... Sunday morning, God just 'blitzed' her....

Sunday morning was a time of praying for the sort of anointing that is happening in Lakeland, Flordia, to touch lives in Stockholm. It did! Healings, anointing, fire, blessing... were all there. It was such a privilege to see God touch so many lives.

Thank the Lord my luggage arrived back with me from Sweden this time! And it arrived in Washington DC yesterday, undamaged, too! Maybe my faith in airlines is about to be restored!

The last few days have been incredibly demanding: 6 out of 7 conference sessions over 4 days, countless people prayed for and prophesied over, straight from the last session to the airport to fly back to London, arrived about 7pm, then back at Heathrow to fly to Washington yesterday.....

It would be even nicer to be home if I had water (still none!), and now half of my kitchen has gone (the rest to be removed to match it!) in order for the plumber to get to the pipes properly, so that the main can be replaced. That means a real walk of faith, as to have new kitchen units put in is more than I can afford! The old cupboards were pretty yukky: so in many ways it might have been a blessing in disguise and a catalyst for me to change them! I have been encouraged by a good number of people who have said there's nothing wrong in using some 'income' to meet my own needs: I just find it hard to do when it comes to things like this, and tend to quantify such an outlay (about $5000, 2500 pounds) as 'so many airfares'.... but now I have no water, and no kitchen, and I have no alternative. So, these 3 days at home are 'interesting'!!!! Not exactly relaxing..... sort of needed a bit of relaxation time, if I'm honest, but there you go.....

John (my pastor) and I have to be at the airport at 3.30am Friday morning (US time, 8.30 am UK time) to fly to Cali, Colombia (arrive 11.30 pm Cali time, 5.30 am UK time). Cali is always wonderful, but just the nature of the city is demanding: it is hot, humid, and noisy (it seems a lot of Calenos - people of Cali - don't sleep!). It'll be great to have my friend Alan Gouck, from Bangor, Northern Ireland, there: I might be acting as 'middle-man translator' for the latino translators from alan's Belfast accent!!! He's belieivng for many saved, and many healed - and, you know what? When you believe for something you haven't yet seen or received, you get it... so I'm up for that too!

29 June

Wow... such a powerful healing anointing presnt in the meeting last night! You could 'feel' it... a lady named Piria (I'm assuming that's how you spell it!) was in severe pain with curvature of the spine/scoliosis: the Pastor's wife from the 'conference' church has known her well for years, and she invited her to the meeting. She watched as Piria struggled with the pain throughout the meeting. Well... within a couple of minutes God had done a wonderful miracle - Piria shouted at first that her back was on fire, and she said 'Something big is going on!!' - both she and I felt her spine moving under my handas God straighteded it and put it back into place... I asked her to do something she'd couldn't do before because of her back pain - (no, she didn't run a marathon!!) - like touch her toes. She did much more than that: she touched and palmed the floor, and she couldn't do that even BEFORE her back was bad.... I asked her to testify to the people in the conference, and she began in Swedish, and the got so 'drunk' with the Holy Spirit, she started speaking in Finninsh (and she couldn't do that either!). And Finnish is certainly not a language you learn instantly or accidentally!!

Another lady with bad pain in her head and neck... I told her that by the time she walked out of the building, it would be gone. It went quicker than that: as soon as she walked away she felt it just fly out of her head and neck!

And there were more....!

Two more conference sessions today, 4pm and 7pm Sweden time (an hour ahead of Britain, and 6 ahead of the United States)... value your prayers for the anointing to increase! My final 'slot' is tomorrow morning, Sunday, at 11am, then it's to Stockholm airport by 2pm, to fly at 4 back to London, a hurried repacking of luggage (assuming my luggage makes it back from Sweden with SAS airlines this time!! - I almost think I have more faith for healing than my luggage!), and then back to the States Monday morning, for 3 days at home (please, God, can I have plumbing and water that works??!! So much to do!!) before heading off for Cali, Colombia on Friday...

28 June

Been a while again.... good wireless connection where I am now until tomorrow, so making the most of it! Here in Sweden, midsummer is the BIG celebration of the year, maybe because it never gets dark! I have to say I like it like that, light evenings are wonderful, and even in more southerly parts of Sweden you can read a book outside at 11pm without too much trouble....

So, midsummer is also conference season, and I'm involved in one here in Stockholm. Two very good meetings Thursday afternoon and evening, and a number of people were healed, including a lady who had major bone and muscle problems with her jaw. She could only open her mouth less than half and inch (about 1.25 cms), so not only was talking a problem, but eating a bigger one. After a few moments, she was doing a wonderful impersonation of Nemo (a small fish for those who never saw the film!), and she was really blessed by God in her spirit, too. I want to try and get stories first hand, and I'd like hers...

Another lady struggled to walk into church, limping badly, with long term acute muscular and bone pain in her left foot and ankle... last night God healed it, and she was striding backwards and forwards, spinning around, and dancing....

21 June

Wow... Lakeland... what an amazing experience! Only two nights there, the second 'better' than the first (if that's even remotely quantifiable! - and the first night was wonderful!). Tuesday night, the worship lasted over 2 hours, and for at least a quarter of that, Roy Fields, the worship leader, was laying flat on his back on the floor... while a sound that just about everyone there knew was that of angels singing (it was not a human sound, and no instruments were being played) led the 4-5000 people in a time of worship that was, to say the least, quite remarkable. Todd Bentley spoke, but only for a little while, and a great deal of ministry followed! Wedensday, the worship went for just on 4 hours, again, a wonderful time that flew past. Heather Clark, who led it, seemed to go from strength to strength.... Todd Bentley and Ryan Wyatt shared on the anointing that God wanted to pour out - that of Elisha, a double portion, so guess who was up for that....? Really didn't want to leave, as it seems that the power and intensity of the move of god there increases daily.... but Sweden is on the horizon for me, Tuesday (leave the USA Monday to fly via England), and feel that there is something I've 'inherited' from Lakeland to take with me...

Back home, still no water.... :( - the only thing now is to take the cupboards out and have the whole thing re-plumbed... it's a bizarre experience being in the States with no water! Africa, India (in parts both places) you might expect it... but Viriginia? Not really.... still, someone had to provide a nesting place for the camel back crickets, I suppose...

16 June

For those of you who have been following the wonderful and astonishing story of Jenny Johnston, THIS IS ANNIVERSARY WEEK - the anniversary of when the enemy thought he could destroy her and her family with such a vicious and venomous tumour and limit her life to no more than three months... it was a year ago THIS WEEK when the Oncologist diagnosed Jenny's tumour and accompanying cyst, just a few days before her third birthday. Michael & Lynne, dad and mum, were told she had no hope (and, of course, on September 7, she was given maybe 10-14 days to live). Her right hand side had 'shut down', she'd effectively stopped eating, and the future was chemotherapy, radiation, steroids, and death. ON THE 19th, IT IS JENNY'S 4th BIRTHDAY... and she is back dancing, playing, using her trampoline, living life to the full, and getting ready with a lot of excitement to start school.... pretty much on the anniversary of the Oncologist's '10-14 days left' diagnosis....

God has done such a wonderful miracle in Jenny, and more in her family. Her birthday party is one children's party I actually think I'd LIKE to be at!!!! And to add to the blessing, her Aunt and Uncle have just had a boy cousin for Jenny, and they'll be in Bangor now, for the big day! Congratulations Chris and Lesley!

Looking forward to flying down to Lakeland, Florida, at the crack of dawn on Tuesday morning, to spend 2 days in the revival that has surrounded Todd Bentley's ministry there... I want whatever God is giving away, and I'm so glad to have this oppotunity to go with John, my best friend and pastor, just ahead of going to Sweden and then on to Colombia....

Another thing I'm looking forward to is having my 'head on fire' friend Alan Gouck, from Bangor, in Cali, Colombia, with john and me... Alan got radically saved and totally transformed when God wonderfully healed Barbara, his wife, of osteo-arthritis, and first his back and shoulders were set 'on fire' followed by his head.... reminiscent of Acts 2! That was in December: when I was with them a couple of weeks ago, Alan's head was STILL on fire, and he'd already looked at fares to Cali on the internet! He's believing for many people to find the same sort of 'unreligious' transformation and faith that he's found, and for many miracles... it'll happen, because that's what he's EXPECTING!

It's been good to be at home for these few days.... but it could have been 'gooder'!!! I can't remember if I'd blogged that three times, when arriving home from three trips, my mains water supply into the house had burst.... well, it happened again on Tuesday night: caught it before it did too much damage, and lived without water for 24 hours until the plumber could come.... fixed it, told me that there is a strange creature here in the USA (strange to us Brits, anyway!) which like the damp... camel back crickets, and I'd been blessed with an infestation of them... deep joy. Can't do anything about it without ripping half the kitchen out, which is going to have to happen. THEN.... it burst again in a different place last night. I didn't notice it for a while. When I did, the cupboard under my sink was about an inch deep in water, so... no water again today, unless I wring out the myriad towels and other things used to try and mop up into the kettle.... sadly, it's not an insurance claimable thing, so I'm going to have to find the money to have the pipework completely re-done, and the kitchen re-fitted. I'd not be honest if I told you that I said 'Praise the Lord!' on both occasions.... in fact, having just spent 6 pretty busy weeks travelling, preaching, praying, and doing what I do, I was a little peeved with God for a few minutes having so looked forward to coming back to my my 'space'... don't worry, I'm ok with God now! I DO believe, though, that it IS one of those niggling onslaughts that the enemy wants to use to disrupt the little relaxation and rest time that I do get, so I'd value your prayers over my plumbing!

Must write a newsletter, too, this week!

6 June

A lovely testimony just added from Sweden to the testimony page....

4 June

Wonderful last few days in Northern Ireland: a visit to the home of the lovely McCausland family, William, Tracy, and their two lovely sons, Callum and Sam. Met them back in March, and prayed for the boys: Callum has dispraxia, and Sam has Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy.... there was evident improvement (certainly to an infrequent visiting outsider!), so it was great to pray them again, and look forward to seeing what God has done in the next few months.

Great to visit Robyn Ferris, too: a brain stem tumour which again seems to be improving day by day... John & Karen, her mum and dad, have become good friends, like Tracy and William.

Lots of individual home 'visits' - please pray that a lovely man, Paddy (good Irish name, huh?!) will see the healing I really sensed for him within a few days from motor neurone disease... lovely to re-visit Harry and Annette Sames - especially as when I first met Harry last September, he really was in a terrible way with various life-threatening diseases.... still some healing to be done, but he's more than alive and I know he'll be headed totally...... (er, headed??? Possibly even HEALED, Harry!!).

Wonderful meetings on Sunday in Towerview Free Methodist, and then Maghabery Prison (no connection between the two!!)... lovely spirit in both places, and a number of prisoners were in tears.... then out into the wilds of the Irish countryside to Tullylish, where I had the leasure of meeting a great CofIreland vicar, Arthur young, and praying for quite a few people at the end of their healing service.

My office in Bangor is nearly ready... as it seems right to make it my UK base, and for Europe too, looking forward to being able to unpack my bags and stop living out of bags all over the place! The 'home' might be available soon, and God has provided me with a car for when I'm in Ireland... God's so good at doing this stuff!

Heading for a few days in Romania tomorrow, then back for a fast turnaround to go home to the USA on Tuesday... going down to Lakeland, Florida, for a couple of nights, with John, my best mate and pastor in the USA....

30 May

A day of catching up with people yesterday! Hendrik & Teija, Alan & Barbara (their stories are in the blog and on the testimonies page), and meeting a great pastor, Ricky Montgomery. AND... the afternoon with the Johnston family: how wonderful it is to see Jenny so ALIVE and full of beans, so much energy, and so amazingly and perfectly normal. It's a year ago mid June when she was first diagnosed with her brain stem tumour, and nine months since it was my forst ever privilege to meet her and her family. God has done such an amazing miracle in Jenny, it would be almost unbelieveable if it wasn't what God is best at doing!

So good to catch up with Alan and Barbara, too: God did a lovely healing for Barbara in December, and revolutionised their lives, especially Alan's! It looks like he's going to Colombia with me in July, so the revolution will continue!

28 May

A return visit today to a town, Dromore, Northern Ireland, to pray for a lovely little girl, Kirsten.... saw her first in March, when her prognosis was very poor indeed. Mum Lisa told me that she had a large tumour on her brain stem that was inoperable, and another large tumour on her spine, also inoperable. She had had surgery for the brain tumour but it couldn't be removed. Well.... what a wonderful update today! The tumour in Kirsten's spine has gone, the brain tumour has shrunk (and, if it is going to be needed, which I pray it won't! is now operable).She is wonderfully alert and alive, eating well, and occasionally bad tempered, so it seems she's well on the road to total recovery! It was so good to be able to pray with her and mum again today, that the tumour will totally disappear in her brain, and that the shunt in her head will supernaturally be removed, as the doctors have said it can't be....

It is great to be here in Ireland, too, with my dear friends Hendrik & Teija Hoere, from Cali, Colombia: they are en route to Holland, Hendrik's home, and it is good to be able to talk about what me and my little team in Cali in July are going to do, as well as catch up with them both, for the first time ever outside of Colombia!

27 May

A lovely day last Sunday with long-time friend Gill Tovar, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Twydall.... three services, prayed with people in all of them (surprise, surprise!!)...

a lovely lady Betty, whom I had the privilege of praying with at the church in July last year, came to say 'thank you' as she had had a serious blood condition that was not responding to treatment, and God healed her! Elizabeth, maybe the shortest person I've ever prayed for, maybe in her late 70's (rude to ask, huh??!) was helped painstakingly to the front for prayer, using walking sticks (canes for my American friends!), and strong arms of a friend, as she had dislocated knees. As I prayed for her left knee, she began to shout that they were tingling, and then almost shouted 'They are healed!' and proceeded to walk rapidly out of the church having cried on my shoulder first.... can't tell you what a privilege this is! I'm so grateful to God. Believing that a lovely young lady who came for prayer with her mum - Chelsea, 16 - with some serious incurable heart disorders, will be healed by the time she sees the specialist at the Brompton Hospital Thursday. Lots of testimonies going to come from here....

One lovely long-term healing I heard about last week - Sylvia Taylor, at St Mary's, West Horsley, England, was prayed for 4, maybe nearly 5 years ago: knee problems, lots of pain.... still (literally!) walking in her healing. God is good!

Arrived today in Bangor, Northern Ireland.... it's nice to be 'home'! It really is feeling like my UK home more and more, I only hope I can pick up the accent! Seems like the next week is going to be pretty busy, with a myriad 'home' visits to tumour victims, and serious sickness of all sorts.... but can't wait to see my favourite young lady, Jenny Johnston (and her lovely mum, dad, and gran), whom I hear is doing wonderfully well 8 months after she should have died.... the family's general doctor has now decalred her a miracle, and on Tuesday there is a 'consultation' with the oncologist, who I am praying will also utter the 'm' word having previously said that God is clearly working overtime on Jenny's behalf!

On a practical level, I'd value your prayers as I try to 'jigsaw' my diary/agenda together: as you can see, the next few months are filling up rapidly, and I'm feeling I need some 'good' time at home, and really could do with a bit of a vacation/ holiday (depending on which side of the Atlantic you live....). As you might have noticed, there's a possibilty of going to Jordan very early in the new year, a possibilty I'd grasp with both hands! The past 3 months have been pretty busy, in fact the year has been: I'm so grateful that people want me, so I'm not complaining, and there's so much I'd love to fit in, but recognise I need to be wise in putting in 'rest and relaxation' time.

Also, I'm praying that I might, just might be able to 're-vamp' my kitchen back home: it is the only part of my house that is... well, a little 'grim', and is one of the reasons I don't really eat when I'm home, as the cooker/range is at best yukky, and the cupboards and counter tops/worktops are in the same category! A good friend at church is a kitchen builder, a good one, and he's given me a rock bottom price free of labour costs, and free work surfaces.... $4600 (2300 pounds) which will add considerably more than that to the value of the house, and make it really home for me.... and it will add 31 feet of cupboard space in a kitchen about 8x6 feet (2.7x2 metres)!!!!!  I struggle with spending money on 'stuff' as that is a few airfares in my mind, but I do need 'home' to be 'home', if you know what I mean. So I've taken advice and feel it is a valid prayer request to the Lord for the cash! Guess I'll find out soon enough!

23 May

13 days now.... McDonald's free wi-fi isn't really powerful enough to get the web page editing software online! That's mostly what I've been relying on since being in England... so thank you McDonalds for free access! Some great things happened over the past couple of weeks... a lovely meeting at Kings Church, Addlestone, on the 11th: not a big attendance, but so good to be back with a church where my involvement goes back more than 18 years... prayed with a few folk, and the lovely ongoing story of Gabriella, the 2 year old daughter of Pastors Richard and Louise, who really shouldn't be alive, but of whom the doctors keep saying 'She's a miracle....'

In the evening on the 11th, it was wonderful to be with a radical bunch of young people in Haslemere, Surrey: a joint youth work from St Stephen's Church and Three Counties Church... so many on fire youngsters, it was a privilege to speak to them, and pray for a few. Seems that some want to go on a trip with me one day soon!

During the week, went to the Christian Resources Exhibition a couple of times, and kept bumping into people I haven't seen for years. Two of them I was at Bible School with, one I hadn't seen since then (24 years! - and what was worse, he didn't look any different!! Grrrr... wish I could say the same!). A number of preaching invitations have come as a result, which is a blessing and a privilege, but just what IS God up to with all this involvement in the UK and Europe??!!?? Seems, really, that I had to go and live in the USA in order to come back.... Right now, I'm due to back in the UK or Europe in June, July, August...well, actually, every month this year! Really need to see God's provision if I'm to fulfil it all!!!

Last weekend I drove down to Cornwall to see my mum, sister, brother-in-law, and nephew... mum's doing ok, but (when I'm there, anyway!) non-communicative. I love to see her, pray with her, talk to her, but it is tough when there's nothing coming back. Prayed again with Vivien, Derek, and Stewart... so much healing needed there, please pray for them if you have the time.

After Cornwall, had a great time Sunday with City Church, Plymouth, and there were some healings - Angie, who had a bad pain in her side, that went: her daughter, Lydia, who was being sick and felt very unwell, was healed too. Longing for the total healing of Jules, the pastor, from MS: it's coming, but the enemy doesn't want to give up! It's a great church, and they have 8 people who have just been trained to be street pastors, which is a wonderful ministry to the myriad damaged young people on the streets of the city on weekend nights.

A great time, too, with Maranatha Church, Exeter.... a young man called Matt, going deaf - heard. Thank you Jesus! So many people prayed for, such a tangible presence of God, there were other healings, and God touched many lives. Just waiting to hear reports back.....

This week, I was away with the 'Rhinos' - always a special time, and it was fantastic just to be prayed for, ministered to, and prophesied over by a bunch of men whom I love dearly, and who mean so much to me and the ministry God has entrusted to me.

John Pressdee, one of the Rhinos, and pastor of Green Street Green Baptist Church, Orpington, told me about a lady, Edna, in his church (where I preached on 13 April), was blind in her left eye, had been for years.... the Lord touched her eye, she saw, and the next day saw her doctor, who immediately announced 'It's a miracle...!!!'

Doing a car boot sale Saturday to bring me back to earth, as I need the cash!... then heading for Twydall, Gillingham, Kent, where I'm preaching 3 times Sunday, and where God has been moving recently... so the vicar at Holy Trinity, Gill, is expecting great things this weekend! I'm praying and believing for that too....

And then on Tuesday, I head back to Bangor, Northern Ireland, for 8 days: so looking forward to being back there, seeing Jenny Johnston... and praying for more and more people.

10 May

Wow, nine days and hardly online... nowhere near good enough internet to connect to the web page either! Been a hugely busy time since arriving back from the USA, but at least my luggage arrived with me from the USA! I wonder every time now... My luggage from Sweden finally arrived, too, with the suitcase virtually destroyed! It was one that Samsonite advertise in the USA as virtually indestructible, with a gorilla jumping up and down on it, and throwing it around by the handles.... well, the reason it didn't arrive was because SASairlines' baggage handlers had succeeded in doing what the gorilla couldn't... a point I made with great delight to the airline that their handlers were clearly more destructive than your average gorilla....

A good time with many Romanian friends and some churches, including a number of students with whom I spend a lot of time, a good number of whom are not yet saved, or Christians in waiting.... Over the apst few weeks I've heard of more healings, and a good number of people getting saved: I'm trying to get the people concerned to tell me their stories... harder than you'd think!

Back in England now, and starting a busy few weekends of preaching in different parts of the country: tomorrow, I'm with King's Church, Addlestone, Surrey, a church I love to be involved with and with whom I've been linked since the mid 80's...20 years, scary! Later on, I'm speaking at the Youth Group of St Stephen's Church, Haslemere, Surrey: not been here before, but their Youth Pastor is a guy I met a few years back, Lee Nancarrow, a dynamic, powerful, crazy guy... so I'm looking forward to that!

Lots of catching up during the week with friends, and plan to get to the Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park to see if there's anything there I can use in my travels! Later in the week, I will go and see my mum in Cornwall, and spend some time with my sister ahead of going to Plymouth to speak in the City Church, another church with 20 years of friendship and involvement (gulp! - my grandparents used to say things like that!!!!) in the morning, and then at Maranatha Church, Exeter, in the evening, pastored by long-time friend and traveller and crazy guy Andrew Pearkes.... hopefully I'll be online before then!

1 May

Fly back to England today, with a hectic few weeks coming up - in fact the beginning of a hectic 6 months I think! It is wonderful to have so many invitations coming in, and a real blessing. This trip embraces Romania, England, Ireland - where it looks as though I'll be making a UK base... desperately need one as I'm in the UK and Europe such a lot, and Bangor has become such a 'home' to me over the past few months. It looks, through the kindness of god's people, that I might well have a room in someone's home, an office, and more... just praying now for a car there, as it is too expensive to keep taking mine across on the ferry (I'm told 250 pounds a round trip, and that with the probability of an 800 round trip to Stranraer, adding another 150 pounds in petrol! Please pray about this for me, if you can? I'd so appreciate it....

25-27 April

Very remiss of me not to update for 10 days... great confernece at my home church in Newport News, Virginia, even if the attendance was a little less than we'd hoped for... Dave & Clare did a lot of music and preaching between them, and I preached a bit too (can't help it sometimes!). Lots of prayer and ministry with the folk there, lots of prophetic words flowing, and the feeling that I've met a 'key' couple as a result of the conference: Ian & Bev Roberts, from Williamsburg, spent a lot of time chatting and praying with them post-meetings....

21 April

Fantastic time yesterday in a meeting at Grace Fellowship, Williamsburg: the presence of God was there in such a wonderful way, it was so 'easy' to preach (though I'm still always so, so nervous before I start: wonder why I put myself through the trauma so often!). A big response from the 150 or so people there, guess I must have prayed with 40-50, and my friends Dave & Clare prayed for loads of people too, as did John (my Pastor) and Frank & Phoebe Shaia, mentioned below. The Pastors of the church, Jack Joyner & Brian Fleming, are wonderful guys (Brian even loves 'proper' football! - as opposed to the American type with your hands!), and a strong link has been forged here. I love good relationships! Looking forward to hearing the testimonies out of yesterday's meeting.

Jack came up with a wonderful testimonial after the meeting, which I've put on the 'Who is Paul?' page, under 'What other people say....'

19 April

So much to catch up with when I returned home, it's been hard to relax! A good few days, nonetheless, and a wonderful meeting last night in the Fellowship 'The Watering Hole' led by my dear friends, Frank & Phoebe Shia. It's been a few months since I had the joy of being with them, and God touched and blessed a lot of people, including me! A lovely lady, Jean, was healed (her story is on the testimony page), and I believe a miracle set in progress for a guy named Sean, 34, with something that related to MS, called arachnoiditis. It is inflammation of one of the 3 lin