6/22/10

Dear Team of Intercessors:

We hope you are doing well.  Thank you for praying for our meeting  
with the Head Teacher at the local primary school.  Our meeting went  
very well.  She is lovely and we like the school a lot.  The boys  
started last week and are getting to go for the final few weeks of the  
term in hopes of getting familiar with the routine and meeting some of  
their classmates.  They have all done very well so far and being a  
part of the school has been a natural connection to the community, for  
which we are thankful.  Thank you again for praying for them and us.

We are settling into the routine of living at Stanely House, the  
Paisley YWAM base, and are starting to relax a bit into the rhythm of  
life.  Corbin began his DTS last week as well.

So here is how you can pray for us these days:

1.  Strength and health, especially for Corbin, as he (and we) keep a  
very full, tight schedule each week.

2.  Grace for the kids as they continue to make the huge adjustment to  
being in school in another culture.  Pray they will be lights in the  
world.

3.  Pray for us to walk above the depression and hopelessness that is  
so prevalent here in Paisley.  It is a lovely place, with a godly  
heritage.  But all of that is covered up by quite a few layers of  
despair, frustration, and aimlessness.  As His children, we get many  
opportunities to shine in the darkness around us everyday.

4.  Strength, protection and blessing for Corbin and his class as they  
take their big hike for DTS.  It is a 4 1/2 day, 62.5 mile trek and  
camping trip along St. Cuthbert's Way to Lindesfarne, Holy Island,  
where St. Aidan founded a monastic community in the 7th century and  
converted much of the pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.  It should  
prove to be an amazing experience.  They will be gone the 25th of June  
through the 3rd of July.  And pray for the kids and I as we stay  
behind at the house while the kids finish up the school year.

5.  Please take some time over the next few weeks to ask God about  
what he is wanting to do in/with us in this season.  We are being  
physically, spiritually, and emotionally challenged by the new demands  
we are facing.  As a result, we are seeing the need to mobilize our  
team of intercessors (that would be you) to be used more strategically  
in our lives and for advancing the Kingdom in this place.  We will  
following up more on this in the months ahead, but please give us any  
feedback God is sharing with you about us or Scotland.

Thank you for your time and commitment to pray.  We need the support  
very much and are honored to labor with you.

Sincerely,
Stacy and Corbin

4/21/10

I just returned from three weeks of ministry in Thailand with my step-son Nathan Johnson . As many of you know Trish was not able to travel with me since she is still recovering from a serious illness. I want to thank many of you who have been praying for her recovery. In recent days we seem to have had a breakthrough and we are seeing improvement. I believe she will be fully recovered and able to go on our next trip.                                                                                  

   The purpose of this trip was two-fold. First was to connect with the church there for prophetic and healing ministry as well as equipping the believers to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit. For the Spirit filled believer signs, wonders and miracles are the “normal” Christian life. We had several opportunities to preach, teach and pray for the sick. We saw dozens healed and saved. Two healings stand out. First was a quadriplegic named “Arise” who, after three hours of prayer, began to regain feeling and movement in both her hands and feet! We have since received a report that she is improving daily! Another was a 74 year old woman who could barely walk because of bad knees. As God touched her she began to dance and sing to the Lord. The night before she was in such pain and despair that she prayed for the Lord to take her home. She no longer felt she was of any use to the church. Later she said to me “I guess God has more for me to do here.” Praise God! We have received invitations to return and minister the love and power of God. We also participated in Global Awakening (Randy Clark) meetings in Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

   The other purpose was to take the next steps in establishing a safe home for children who are at risk of being “trafficked” or have been rescued from human trafficking and sexual slavery. As unimaginable as it is this is true of children as young as four and five years old! We are partnering with Bangkok Liberty Church to set up such a home. We plan to launch this home and take in our first children by October of this year. In the initial phase we will have only one home and care for 10 children ages 4 to 10. Our desire is to rescue, raise-up, train and release a generation of young people in Thailand who know their God and can do “exploits” for the Kingdom of God! The foundation of God’s throne is “righteousness and justice”. Biblical justice demands that we defend those who cannot defend themselves. Remember that these children are not statistics. They have faces. They are God’s creation with Divine callings and destinies that need to be restored to them. Every number has a face. Below are some points worth pondering!

1/24/10

Pastor John Christenson is one of our River Pastors.
He has shared the following....

On 1/20/10, Kenny stayed home from school with the flu. At 5 am on 1/21, his parents rushed him the ER because he had gotten much worse. He has pneumonia and a respiratory virus called RSV
"My 17 yr old son, Kenny, is on life support in the ICU @ Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara, CA fighting a very serious case of pneumonia. He has been fighting this now for the last four days, and we are asking everyone with FAITH to PRAY.".
 
As of 1/24 @ 1:50 pm, Kenny is still at the Santa Clara Kaiser ICU. He is on life support and is in a drug induced sleep in order to make him as comfortable as possible so that he can best fight the infection that is in his body.

His blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation levels have stablilized, and they have been able to slowly cut back on the amount of medicine they have been giving him designed to keep his blood pressure up because it was so low. His temperature slightly above normal, and we are very thankful for that. The doctors are still "guardedly optimistic" about his condition and have said that he has NOT yet turned any corners, although he has made some slow progress in the right direction. Last night they started giving him nutrition through the IV to give him strength and bolster his immune system. He is receiving additional oxygenated blood.

We give God ALL the praise for His goodness to our son during this time. We also give the Kaiser Dr's, nurses and staff the HIGHEST praise for their professionalism, expertise, care and concern for Kenny and for their graciousness to our family.

We are bathing Kenny's room with much prayer, worship and declaring God's Word of healing over him.


11/15/09

Prayer request for Lamar Junkins -

Lamar needs for his blood to get built back up. He is anemic and we can't give him the iron his blood needs because of an infection still in his foot. Infections tend to feed off of iron. So supernaturally God can supply the iron AND get rid of the infection. His spirits are a little low also because he is just so tired of being sick and having no energy. He is better than he was but he is so ready to be back to doing and being what God has called him to do and that is to pastor our flock! Thanks for your concern and prayers, they are greatly appreciated.



10/13/09

Rich, I wanted to let you know. After Lindy prayed for me yesterday, I was healed of the Ulcerative Colitis. I felt God restore my intestinal tract completely. Praise the Lord!

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