News Letter December 20th

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Greetings Saints and a Very Blessed CHRISTmas!!!

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!  And He is up to so much more than we can imagine.  As the angels and prophets and intercessors anticipated His first coming, so they are anticipating His second coming.  We believe Heaven and Earth are interacting more than ever before and we look forward to what He is birthing in our day.

MEETINGS WITH MURRAY SMITH
We have had a very busy week since we wrote our last newsletter.  Murray Smith has returned to Canada, but while he was with us we were blessed to see God use him at an even higher level than previously.  

We had meetings in Genoa and Freeport, IL.  The Peru, IL, meeting was cancelled because of winter storms.  In Freeport we met in a coffee shop and ministered to many people we had never met.  We did a lot of team prophetic ministry with Murray and Brenda alternating, while I and a few others did the backup words.  People were very blessed and through it more new doors have opened to us.

SKOKIE AGLOW
On Saturday, Brenda and I ministered to the Skokie, IL, Aglow meeting.  It was another awesome time.  There was a very strong anointing there and some very special friendships were renewed.  Everyone got ministered to by either Brenda or myself as well as by others on the team.  

GRADUATION SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY
Sunday morning at about 4 am, we left for Kansas City to attend a graduation service for Rebekah Garcia, a friend from Farmington, NM.  She completed the six-month internship at the International House of Prayer and was powerfully transformed there.  We got to hear from some of IHOP's leaders.  Mike Bickle would have been there, but he was sick, so we didn't see him.  We also spent a couple of hours in the Prayer Room, and enjoyed the rich presence of God there.

LUNCH WITH WYLL STAFF
Tomorrow we meet for lunch with a group from a Christian Radio Station, WYLL, and we will be ministering to them during that time.  Pray for a freedom in the Holy Spirit to minister to some who have not been involved with prophetic ministry before.

ONETHING EVENT IN K.C.
After Christmas, we will be going to the Onething Conference at Kansas City from December 28 - January 1.  It should be a wonderful event and we hope to see many people we know there.

CONFERENCE AT PAL BOK WITH CHE AHN - January 5-8.
Brenda and I have been invited to speak at Pal Bok Presbyterian Church along with Che Ahn at a conference they are hosting in their facility in Vernon Hills.  We consider it a great honor and would love to see many of our Illinois friends there.  Che Ahn will be doing most of the speaking until Saturday morning and we will be doing everything from Saturday afternoon on, as he returns to California on Saturday afternoon.  That will include Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday morning and evening.

JANUARY TOUR IN NEW YORK STATE
We are booked in Albany, NY, from January 13 - 16, with Dr. Bob Paeglow and his associate Peter Whitehouse.  We will be doing a prophetic conference and ministering to the staff of the clinic, house of prayer and healing rooms.

On Tuesday we will minister to a church in Oneonta, NY, and on Wednesday to a church in Herkimer, NY.

BACK IN ILLINOIS
On Sunday, January 22 we will minister for the first time in Dixon, IL, for the Sunday morning service at THE WORSHIP CENTER at 11 AM.

On Friday, January 27, we will be in a home meeting in Woodstock, IL.

THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE REMEMBERED US WITH PRAYER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT THIS DECEMBER AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  WE CAN CONTINUE ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE LISTENING TO GOD AND HOLDING UP OUR HANDS IN THIS MINISTRY.  WE LOVE YOU ALL IN JESUS!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

BEN AND BRENDA AND FAMILY