Day One & Two: January 12 & 13, 2012 Kevin Ford & I flew all day, starting in the early morning and we arrived in Lima at around 11 AM. Long flights for both of us but they were uneventful and on time. We rejoiced to see the loving and friendly faces that we have [...]
Day One & Two: January 12 & 13, 2012
Kevin Ford & I flew all day, starting in the early morning and we arrived in Lima at around 11 AM. Long flights for both of us but they were uneventful and on time. We rejoiced to see the loving and friendly faces that we have come to know so well: Marco Llinella, Jonathan Llinella and Juan Carlos Ramirez.
We went on the usual Lima “joy ride” through to the other side of the city from the airport and immediately bedded down comfortably at the home of Juan Carlos & Aida. Aida is about to give birth to their very first baby at any time now. She is full term and is due to be induced on the 25th of the month. I’m hoping that the baby will come while we are here though, as we are scheduled to leave Peru on the 23rd.
We awakened on Friday morning and had a leisurely visit with our dear peruvian friends and fought to get internet connections to work to very little avail.
We then drove to Mira Flores and had an inspirational meeting with our new friend Ken Comer with lunch at one of my favorite cafe’s. We talked and told stories and we found out how Ken and his wife moved to Peru in 1999 from the US after pastoring in Montana for several years. We hope to continue to stay in contact with Ken and perhaps do some work with he and his wife here in Peru. Ken pastored in Montana in the same area with Pat & Val Holloran and they used to go fishing together. Due to the fishing relationship that was established between them I was able to hear some wonderful stories about my beloved friend Pat that I had not heard before…
We headed to the airport again and caught a short flight to Piura, which is in the north of Peru. It was a warm summer evening when we got off the plane and walked across the tarmac to the small airport terminal. There was a car and driver awaiting us to carry our luggage and we hopped in for a memorable ride to the Hotel Imperial, a place that Rick Wilson, Joshua Anderson, Kevin Ford and I called our resting place when we were here last year.
At the first meeting here in Piura, we met our friend Pastor Lionel. The music was loud and lively and the people were excited to see us again, along with many new faces. Marco and I preached on the Kingdom authority within every believer to protect their destiny by telling the devil, “Satan! Get out of my life!” The devil is to blame for sickness, pain, people abuse, robbery and poverty. The believer must take their position against the “father of lies” and command him to “Get out of my life!”
Kevin began to use the scriptures like words of knowledge, reading Matthew 8 where Jesus healed the leper, the paralytic, and the fever of Peter’s mother-in-law, thus he called for people with skin conditions, mobility issues and fever to come forward. Every person was healed that we ministered to. Demons were cast out of a young lady that came from a couple of towns away. She needed to be set free and she heard to some men were preaching the gospel in Piura and setting people free. Satan went out of her life when we commanded them with the voice of liberty in Jesus’ name.
The meeting was very powerful and we then were taken to Chiffa (Chinese) for our first meal in Piura.
We are looking forward to a very blessed time in Pirua for the next two days of ministry and fellowship with the ministries here.
Day eight in Peru was a “heaven on earth” experience. We began the day by going to the property where the new church is being built. We video taped the pastor praying specifically for Judah Praise Center’s building program and then all four of us apostles from the US picked up dirt and we prophesied [...]
Day eight in Peru was a “heaven on earth” experience. We began the day by going to the property where the new church is being built. We video taped the pastor praying specifically for Judah Praise Center’s building program and then all four of us apostles from the US picked up dirt and we prophesied over the ground and prayed for the pastors and the church, annunciating growth in every way and their effects upon the city and the region.
We then went for a spiritual tour of the city of Ica which was nearly destroyed by an 8.1 earthquake only 3 years ago. The Roman Catholic Church has produced a false Christ of control and manipulation over the people and those churches were all damaged beyond use in the earthquake. None of the known living churches in the city suffered the debilitating damages that the Roman Catholic Churches did. We saw the anti-christ figures, statues and monuments along with the strong Freemason influence everywhere in the city. I heard the Lord say that He has sent me here to face this giant of anti-christ in this land.
Rick & Joshua went to the city of Chichen to minister. The lady pastor was suffering from a spinal injury and in great pain. I told them to do what ever needs to be done to get that woman of God healed. Once they were made aware of who the pastor was, Rick went directly to her and began to break the power of the devil over her that tried to take her life. He spoke alignment and healing into her body and that pastor was completely healed in the name of Jesus Christ! They reported that as far as they could tell, every person that they laid their hands upon received their miracle healing through the power of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God!
The evening service was once again totally full with even more people standing out in the streets trying to hear. Kevin and I got to the church a little early and watched the people coming in with an excited and happy look. Worship is very lively in this El Shadai Church of Ica, Peru. They have a really good anointed sound with a breakthrough power to it.
I preached on the false antichrists that the religious presented to the people in the days that Jesus walked the earth. The pharisees said, “Give us Barabbas” meaning another son of the father or a false christ. I then called the people to come out from under the power of those false christs and break every other representative of some kind of religion away from themselves and their homes.
I called for repentance and telling them that the real Christ was present to forgive them of their sins and set them free from sin and Marco led them into the total commitment to Christ. About 100 people came forward to commit themselves to the Lord. But then the most wonderful thing began to take place. I felt and knew that the Lord Himself was present with us. The people prayed and many wept but all were tremendously moved by all appearances.
We did not pray for the people individually but let the Lord Himself touch the people. They did not leave the front. No one left the church at all. Everything seemed to be in slow motion and one of the stingiest anointings that I’ve every felt was present to heal, deliver and set free.
We then felt release to ask the people what happened to them during all of this, here’s what they said:
The first one was a young man who saw Jesus in hills, calling him out to the people to minister to them
A lady saw Jesus Christ in the front of the church and smelled a beautiful fragrance
An older man saw 5 flashes of light come down from heaven into the room
A woman experienced Jesus coming and hugging her, wrapping her in His arms
A young man said that Jesus spoke to him personally, saying, “You are not here by accident.”
A lady whom I watched for sometime during the evening who was rather bent in her stature testified that the Lord Himself, came to her and took away all the infirmity in her body. He blew on the back of her neck and her body straightened and the pain went away completely.
Another lady had a tumor in her left breast completely disappear
A lady reported that a tumor in the left breast is disappeared in the presence of the Lord. She also was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst which she was feeling the pain of and the Lord took all that pain and she knows she is healed
A lady was healed of chronic pain as Jesus came Himself and hugged her and said, "I will never forsake you!"
An older gentleman had a vision of this city under a bright light which then became brighter.
A woman’s spinal column was healed and straightened and she said that for the first time in many years she is standing without pain going down her leg and even her feet very hot and burning but Jesus took it all away.
A woman had two tumors on her breasts and they both disintegrated while standing there.
Another woman has an appointment for surgery to remove a tumor from her breast and they may have to remove her breast completely, but Jesus touched her and the tumor is no longer there and there is no pain what so ever.
A man had oppression in his head the Lord grabbed his hand and the paralysis was healed.
A lady had an ovarian cyst she felt a physical touch right where the cyst was and it is now gone
Another lady had pain in the hip and spine for years. While she stood the Lord Himself touched her hip and now she can move it and she jumped to show off her healing. Her family was elated! Then she told us that she also gall stone but the pain is gone and she will now not need any surgery.
There is a feeling in the air here that revival may have come to this great people. We are excited to see what tomorrow will bring.
Day seven started very early for us as we set our alarms and awoke at 5:30 am to get coffee and fruit for breakfast and then into the wild taxi rides to the airport in Piura. We had quite a wait for our plane to come but eventually we boarded a Boeing 737-200 bound for [...]
The church overflowed out into the street ... People listened to the freeing Message of Gods love from the marketplace and healing has begun to flow in the streets & restaurants after the meetings !
Day seven started very early for us as we set our alarms and awoke at 5:30 am to get coffee and fruit for breakfast and then into the wild taxi rides to the airport in Piura. We had quite a wait for our plane to come but eventually we boarded a Boeing 737-200 bound for Lima. In Lima we collected our luggage and were met by Juan Carlos and taken by Vantaxi to a nice apartment to have lunch and organize our luggage for the trip to the south. We then got into the wild taxi’s again and were dropped off on a Lima street where we waited for a bus to take us south. This wait was a cultural experience in itself but soon we boarded a full bus with spanish movies being played for a 4+ hour ride to the southern city of Ica, Peru. We were met at the bus stop by the pastor and a couple of taxi’s and went the to pastor’s home where we put our luggage down and hurried out the door. By now it was about 8 PM and church had started at 7 PM, so the people were in high praise and at the end of the second song I was introduced.
Oh how the Lord rescue’s us! I was nauseated to a critical state from the bus ride and the whole day’s travel was fatiguing but I preached the inheritance of the kingdom and there was such a breakthrough in the spirit! The people began to be healed immediately and I’m pretty sure that every person who came forward by the word of knowledge was healed of the infirmity that they brought unto the Lord this night.
One woman had been missing a piece of her leg bone following an operation and for years has limped with pain. I measured her leg and it grew out to normal so quickly that we almost missed the first measurement of the leg length. She stood to her feet and her body frame was straight and she walked away normal and praising God!
The folks in the middle came all the way from Argentina for healing and they received it last night in the meeting ... Her back had been in pain her spine was out of alignment and he needed hip surgery .. Not any more... Praise God
A woman from Argentina came to the meetings having traveled all day. She had a hip replacement but a mistake was made by surgeons that left her body frame crooked. Marco and I laid hands upon her and watched God manipulate her body and she became pain free and walked straight. She wept for joy, thanking Jesus with such grateful tears.
The church was so full that the people were standing in the street to hear the meeting and watch from afar. I felt so bad from the travel and so involved with the meeting that I did not even bring my camera to the meeting so I’m sorry but we don’t have any photos for this meeting. We will get testimonies and see more of the meetings that will follow, however.
We are once again thinking that revival could happen here in Ica, Peru. I will write more about this place in tomorrow’s report, since I will have actually seen the city in the daylight and with a view from a rested state of mind and body.
Speaking of rest, we all slept long and well last night. I think we all dreamed important dreams that we have begun to converse about. We are all well and happy to be in Peru. We feel that it is like we have a front row seat watching the Spirit of the Lord form a nation for His glorious intentions. It is well with our souls…
Day six in Piura, Peru on Wednesday, 23rd February, 2011 and the sun is shining we had a delicious fruit breakfast again. The fruit is Peru has so much more flavor that anything that we have in the US. We did mostly administrative things today and prepared for the meeting. In the afternoon, a lady [...]
Kevin Ford praying for people
Day six in Piura, Peru on Wednesday, 23rd February, 2011 and the sun is shining we had a delicious fruit breakfast again. The fruit is Peru has so much more flavor that anything that we have in the US. We did mostly administrative things today and prepared for the meeting. In the afternoon, a lady from the church who owns a large turkey farm brought us a big meal of turkey, chicken, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and breads and we went into the hotel restaurant to see this big spread that was similar to a Thanksgiving meal in America. This was a labor of love by this lady.
In the meeting we began with testimonies. We started by hearing from a lady who had been deaf in her left ear completely and had digestion problems. The night before we prayed for her digestion problems by breaking the power of the devil and her hearing came back into her ear as well as healing to her digestion. She also said that the joy of the Lord came upon her for the first time in her life and she laughed uncontrollably. She said that every time she thought of this during the day she would begin to laugh again. This was a great testimony to start with.
Pastor Marco taking people's testimonies at the meeting
This lady said that her husband came with her because of the miracle that took place in her and he is suffering from the results of a stroke with paralysis in his right side. Kevin pulled him up out of his chair and told him to straighten his right arm out and his arm straightened immediately and he began to laugh and talk and walk. A university professor also testified that he had received healing from multiple things in his body and all pain that was crippling him was gone. He had not been able to move his shoulder for a very long time, I think years, and he swung his arm around free to show the people. But, he said the greatest thing to him was a joy that he began feeling and has remained the whole time that we have been here preaching.
We found ourselves praying for a lady that had nerve damage in the face of a lady as well as having an injured spine. We were told while we were praying for her that this was the lady that brought us the turkey meal today. She had delivered the meal and set it up for us but was not there when we came into eat so we actually didn’t know who she was until we were laying hands on her. The pain in both her spine and her face disappeared by the mighty name of Jesus Christ and we blessed her and her entire household. She was very happy, indeed…
We watch the older women in the wheelchair that we prayed for the night before, stand all by herself and even cross her legs and the people praised the Lord with shouts of joy for they knew she could not move her legs when she first came to the meetings.
After numerous other testimonies we began calling people out by words of knowledge and watched the Lord heal, deliver and liberate many. I sealed the meetings with a prophetic prayer for the pastors and the people and the region of northern Peru. We said our good byes with lots of kisses, hugs and handshakes.
We left the church and went to a restaurant near the city square for a salad and then into the crazy taxi’s to back to our hotel for a short sleep before leaving the city of Piura.
Our first day in Peru began after our flight arrived late into Lima near 1 am. We met with Marco, Juan Carlos & Jonathan who took us to a hotel very near the airport. We were able to sleep for about 2 hours and then went back to the airport to catch a flight from [...]
Peruvian Taxi
Our first day in Peru began after our flight arrived late into Lima near 1 am. We met with Marco, Juan Carlos & Jonathan who took us to a hotel very near the airport. We were able to sleep for about 2 hours and then went back to the airport to catch a flight from Lima north to Chiclayo. Chiclayo is a very pretty city with the hot pacific humidity of summer and it was a beautiful day! We placed our luggage in a hotel and were taken to a place for breakfast near the middle of Chiclayo. This was our first time to actually sit and talk of our work to be done and hear from Marco about the plans that he has made for us.
Breakfast in Chiclayo
A short nap was reasonably refreshing and then we were off on another Peruvian drive through town to an afternoon leadership service of about 40 people. The woman pastor’s name is Esmerelda and she does a great work among the people of the city, evangelizing and healing the hurts of many abuses. She seems to attract quite a number of youth and children by serving the families. Esmerelda asked me to speak to the leaders about evangelism. I felt this was the word of the Lord to me for the north regions of Peru.
Apostolic team with Pastor Esmerelda and a pastor of a church that Rick Wilson is preaching in this weekend. I did not get his name.
During that leadership meeting I preached on the 2 Corinthians 4, how the minds of the unbelieving are veiled so that they cannot receive the glorious light of the gospel of Christ and Ephesians 2 how the prince of the power of the air has bound the people. I divided the kingdom of darkness from the kingdom of Light distinctly and the anointing began to work amongst the people as we could actually see several were visibly moved and a few manifesting from demonic strongholds in their own lives.
There was a row of about half a dozen little girls from 8 years old to about 12. They sat on the edge of their seats listening to me preach and were very involved in the service. One particular little girl who was wearing glasses was crying and took her glasses off and handed them to her mother. Marco asked her if Jesus was healing her eyes and she shook her head to answer yes.
This girl saw Jesus appear and heal her eyes!
This little girl said that she saw Jesus on the platform with Marco and me while we were preaching and He had a dove above His shoulder and He was smiling. The Jesus burst into a light that was brighter than the sun and her eyes were healed. The mother told Marco that her sight was very bad and she was nearly blind and the doctors did not believe she would grow out of it. Josh, Kevin, Rick, Marco and I went around the entire room and commanded the devils to loose their grip upon the people and there were numerous miracle healings throughout the room.
We went to lunch, at the same restaurant that we ate breakfast in and the guys got to experience peruvian fries. They were amazed that a potato could taste as good as that and it has been the topic of many discussions.
After relaxing at the restaurant a bit we went back to the church for the evening service. The place was filled with some standing around the back of the room. No one counted so I’m afraid I cannot say what number of people were attending the service. It was more than three times that of the leadership meeting but how much more is anyone’s guess.
Before I preached, we asked Marco to ask for testimonies. This was so very powerful:
- First was the little girl who had her eyes healed. She took the microphone like a pro and told everyone the story of how Jesus appeared to her and He healed her eyes.
- Then several of the other little girls in the room came forward telling of similar healings of eye problems. One had “dry-eyes” and was totally healed, while another had her eyes straightened as they moved somehow to the right. I did not see this but the little girls mother told us with hand movements about her eyes moving to the right.
- A lady who had come to the afternoon service in severe pain in her lower back that radiated trough her hip and down her leg came to me and I sat her in a chair as she watch Jesus adjust her back by lengthening her right leg. I told her to stand up and tell me where the pain is now. She stood and jumped around and could find no pain in her body anywhere. As she ended her testimony she jumped off the platform and danced about and the people gave forth a great sigh. There were a few other testimonies but I was distracted and have now forgotten them.
I preached on Luke 10 how Jesus saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning and we started praying for the people. I don’t think anyone came into the service with pain or illness who was not healed. A woman with ovarian cancer was brought to me. Marco questioned her and I curse that wicked spirit of death and hell and commanded it to leave her body. She fell upon the floor and writhed a bit and Marco told me that he strongly sensed that the spirit went out of her like a cloud of smoke being blown away by a strong wind.
We finally got back to our hotel and unpacked and slept for a good 4-6 hours and awoke to beautiful blue skies, sunshine and the pacific breezes in the air.
July 19th, 2010 – Arequipa & Lima, Peru Early morning in Arequipa was divine. The sun coming up over the volcanic Mt. Misti was something to remember. We loaded up the van and went to the airport where the pastors both met us just to say the last good bye. This was a very moving [...]
July 19th, 2010 – Arequipa & Lima, Peru
Our Peruvian team led a Kingdom invasion into Peru!
Early morning in Arequipa was divine. The sun coming up over the volcanic Mt. Misti was something to remember. We loaded up the van and went to the airport where the pastors both met us just to say the last good bye. This was a very moving moment. They handed me money and gifts and thanked me profusely for the work of the kingdom of God that I brought to their church and their family. Their sister was delivered. Their mother was healed. Mirko’s wife was healing. Mirko’s father-in-law listened to me preaching on the radio and was convicted by the Spirit of God and came to the evening service last night and came forward, giving his life to Christ for the first time. Something that the family has prayed for years, as you can imagine. There is much rejoicing in the City of Arequipa because of the great things that God has done there.
The flight to Lima takes about an hour, so within a couple hours of being with the pastors in Arequipa we were found ourselves seated at a breakfast table with close friends of Marco and Malena who are Arab’s that were born in Israel. The man was actually born on December 24th at midnight in Bethlehem and his mother named him the Arabic word for “star”. He is a really warm and funny guy. They are like parents to Marco and Malena.
I’m now resting at Juan Carlos & Aida’s home. We will be going to the Inca Market after a nap and then to the airport where where I’ll catch my late night flight to Houston.
July 16th, 2010 – Arequipa, Peru I’m writing this from the ancient city of Arequipa, Peru. We got up at 3 am and started our travels here, arriving via a flight from Lima. This city has over a million people and is in the mountains at about 6 thousand feet above sea level. The sun [...]
July 16th, 2010 – Arequipa, Peru
A view of the mountains of Arequipa from my hotel
I’m writing this from the ancient city of Arequipa, Peru. We got up at 3 am and started our travels here, arriving via a flight from Lima. This city has over a million people and is in the mountains at about 6 thousand feet above sea level. The sun shines here all the time and it is a beautiful day. My hotel room is over the city square with a window that opens out onto the street called San Francisco. I already have some great photos. The square has pigeons by the hundreds that land on the people and beg for food. Our hotel is on the city square and they are celebrating 470 years this weekend. Wow, that’s a lot of history.
I think that I am here at just the right time. The Pastor is a lady who is be persecuted and the Freemasons are directing there anger at her. They want her gone but she isn’t moving. So, I’m going to give them the revelation of the Table of the Lord and start casting out demons where ever possible…
The Lord showed me that there is much schizophrenia in this place because of the idol worship and the Pastor said that her own sister an sister-in-law are both schizophrenic and their family is suffering from it. So, this weekend I will be doing some serious warfare.
Anyway, I will be preaching in a revival service tonight and there should be some lightnings to report later…
So, we went to the Church right after a meal on Friday afternoon. The leadership of the church was gathered in the foyer of an old theater. I taught on the heart and making sure that they maintained their heart cleansed from all evil and then the servant heart of the Lord would come to them bringing freedom, light and life to their souls. We began laying hands on everyone. They brought several demon possessed people in also, in order that we might cast the demons out of them. Many of the leaders had demons to be cast out as well for as soon as we laid our hands upon them they began to manifest. We rested and came back to the church and the people filled a large theater.
The healing wonders of God were too many to write about. It seemed that the power of God was present to heal deaf ears. Every person that came to me with deafness began to hear immediately. I had it in mind that I would need to work a bit but that was not the case. I simply touched them and began to pray and they would flinch and Marco would ask, do you hear and they would say yes. Some cried but all smiled with the brightness of the sun.
A loud demon began manifesting in a woman to the side of the Theater and I knew one of the girls was involved so I left what I was doing to go check. It was Kylie who cast the devils out of a woman and she was doing real good. She was very happy because it was her first time to cast out demons all by herself. It was really fun to see.
