Newsletter May 29th, 2006

Dear Friends,

We've never been this way before!  God is doing a NEW thing.  What a powerful visitation we had from the Lord this past week!!!  God put together the speakers He wanted here and He did such an amazing work in us.  Special thanks to Tracy Dorn and the dozens of volunteers she recruited and organized.  We had the best run and the most powerful conference ever.  We have it captured on DVD and CD and is available to anyone that couldn't be there and to those that didn't get their sets during the conference.  We will share more at the end of the letter.

Nancy Majeira, leader of HUB Ministries, shared a few words at our conference and last night she had me share at their HUB meeting with Georgian Banov.  We made a pledge of unity to work together to bring more of the fire of God to the Chicagoland region.  It was a powerful time of rededicating our ministries to God and His Kingdom in the Chicagoland region.

Back to our Heal Your Body, Lord Conference.  Every speaker was alive with the most powerful anointing I have ever seen on them.  James Goll, a leading prophet in the land, started us off with tremendous energy and a powerful prophetic word for many of us that really gave us a major head start in the conference.  Brenda and I were given very accurate and extremely encouraging words through this man who did not know us at all.  He came because Che Ahn asked him to, and God told him to say "yes".

From a powerful beginning, momentum only increased.  With Georgian Banov leading worship most of the first two days, we entered into a special place from the first night on.  The sweetness of Jesus' presence was more intense than I have ever felt before.  When Georgian spoke on Thursday night, it was one of the most off-the-charts meetings I have ever attended.  This is one wild and energetic man of God, who can get his message across in a way you can't forget.  YOU HAVE TO GET THE DVD!!!  This message must be SEEN, not just heard.  You'll know what I mean when you see it.

Dr. Che Ahn shares with tremendous apostolic wisdom, but he also spoke with the most powerful anointing I have ever witnessed on him.  The testimonies and wisdom revelation he shared in his three sessions were outstanding and on Friday night we had dozens of people reporting physical healings and several people accepted the Lord as Savior.  There was tremendous joy and rejoicing in the house that night.

Bobby Conner brought the right flavor for the topping on the cake.  With his prophetic clarity and unique humor, it was a recipe for dessert after the rest of the banquet.  He prophesied spiritual winds and fire to fall in the Chicagoland region and miracles in unexpected places.  We love this friendly giant.

In addition to Georgian Banov, we had a wonderful team of worshippers to help lead us into the presence of God.  Rick Cornwall and a team made up of Elgin House of Prayer worshippers and a few others moved us deeper into the heart of God.  On Saturday the worship team from Eagle Rock Fellowship in Peru, IL, led us with their unique and powerful brand of worship.

Not everything went perfect and some people may have struggled with a variety of issues, but we know that we met with our God in a most unusual way.  We give Jesus praise and honor for visiting us and giving us vision and strength for the future.

My brand new book - RESURRECTION - A MANUAL FOR RAISING THE DEAD arrived on Thursday and we did a book signing along with Che Ahn on Friday and Bobby Conner on Friday.  I believe we sold about 50 of the new books in those two days, with orders for more also coming in.  

Brenda and I shared the Saturday afternoon session and God gave me more revelation as we shared on raising the dead from the story of Elisha.  Brenda was amazing, as usual, in what she shared with the crowd.  

One of the greatest miracles for us was the fact that Che Ahn took up a special offering for us for our trip to Africa.  We felt that Brenda and I and our son, Timothy, were to go this summer, but we didn't have the funds and the deadline was here.  We were waiting for a miracle.  When the offering was taken, we were in shock with the love that people showed to us and when the offering was counted, there was more than enough for the trip and also for many other expenses we were dealing with.  We are so very greatful to God and the hundreds of people who sacrificed for us and God's Kingdom.  May you all be quickly rewarded with your own needs of every kind being met with a miracle of God.

We are able to give a discount on the DVD and CD sets for those who don't have them yet.  We will ship for free in the USA.  Canadians please add $5.00 for shipping and 10% for exchange.  The ten DVD's will go for $75 U.S., and the CD's for $40.00.  Individual sessions will be $10.00 for DVD's and $5.00 for CD's.  Some worship sessions are also available, including one session with Georgian Banov.  

We now get ready for a flurry of home meetings before we head for Washington State and the wedding of our beautiful daughter, Andrea, to her handsome prince, Harvey Smith, from Calgary.  Both our daughters have followed in their mother's footsteps and married internationally.  It is always our desire to promote unity and international relationships.  Our children seem to have picked up the banner.  Even our son's wife, who is American, grew up in the Philippines with her missionary parents.

This letter is too long, but we are so full of things to share right now.  May you all experience God in a powerful way this week, and may you be healed and set free and motivated to share the love of Jesus with as many people as you can.

We love you all so much!

Ben and Brenda, Tim and Nathan

Newsletter May 15th, 2006

OPEN HEART MINISTRIES
15648 Bombay Blvd
South Beloit, IL 61080
www.ohmint.org

Greetings Saints,

THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR BRENDA

Brenda feels like her weekend of ministry was very blessed by God.  He showed up at every service in a powerful way and she had the strength to pour out the love of Jesus on scores of people in the three services she ministered in.  We know your prayers made the difference.  Brenda has today to spend with her parents and our daughters and grandchildren.  

Tomorrow Brenda goes to Seattle to catch her flight back to Chicago.  Wednesday we minister at a home in Lake Zurich and Saturday and Sunday we minister in Dixon at the Dixon Foursquare Church - 103 E Morgan St.  Please keep praying for us.  We feel the need for increased intercession as God takes us to new levels of opportunities and challenges.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to minister in a couple of homes and build relationships with some wonderful friends.  It was a very special time for me.


NEW BOOK UPDATE

On Sunday morning, I put the finishing touches on my new book - RESURRECTION - A MANUAL FOR RAISING THE DEAD, and sent it to my friend Jeff Doles to format it.  Pray for him that he would find it easy to design the cover and format the book quickly.  I am hoping to have the first printing before the conference is over.  Carole Robbins, who proof-reads my books and catches all my little boo-boos, shared that the truths revealed in the manuscript really touched her and she is excited about what God will do with this book.  

Would you pray for an anointing to go with this book and for it to reach a bigger audience in God's timing.  I believe that when people understand the truths expressed in this book, it will revolutionize the church and the Kingdom.  

HEAL YOUR BODY, LORD CONFERENCE

It's almost here and people are contacting us from everywhere for information.  There is no registration so come early.  Jim Goll will start us off on Wednesday, May 24th.  He will also speak Thursday morning.  Georgian Banov will be leading worship Wednesday and Thursday and speaking Thursday night.  Che Ahn will speak Thursday afternoon and Friday morning and evening.  Bobby Conner will speak Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and evening.  Brenda and I will minister on Saturday afternoon.  I think we'll have a surprise or two for you also.

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED

A number of people have responded to our cries for help.  We still need more, especially in the child care department, but in other areas as well.  We welcome you to contact Tracy Dorn at teej1265@yahoo.com.

BROCHURES ARE STILL AVAILABLE

You can also write Tracy to ask for brochures, either by email or regular mail.  You can save us some expense if you print extras yourself.

Thanks for all your love and prayers and support.  We are so much more effective with you than without you.

PRAY FOR OUR AFRICA TRIP

We are waiting on God for everything to fall into place for us to go back to Mozambique the end of June.  We still need some breakthroughs, so we do appreciate your prayers for this.

We love you all,

Ben and Brenda, Tim and Nathan

Newsletter May 8th, 2006

OPEN HEART MINISTRIES
15648 BOMBAY BLVD
SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080
www.ohmint.org

Greetings Friends,

Just a quick report and prayer request.  We ministered in Glenview, IL, this weekend and did a three session Prophetic Ministry seminar at the home of Dr. Daniel Shin.  We were totally blessed by the kindness and hospitality of our Korean hosts and friends, and they responded in a wonderful way to the ministry and teaching.  

As usual, we find people very hungry for more of God and very desirous to be used by the Holy Spirit.  We witnessed dozens of people activating their gifts in awesome ways and people were deeply touched as they received encouraging words from their brothers and sisters.

On Wednesday, Brenda flies to Washington State.  Her father is failing fast and we know the end of this journey is almost over for him.  Brenda wants to pray with him one more time and make sure he is totally ready for eternity.  His journey has not been easy, and the enemy robbed him of such great potential, but we believe he will be with the Lord when this journey is over.

Brenda is also speaking at Covenant Church in Spokane, where Ken and Valencia pastor.  She will minister on Saturday morning and in two services on Sunday morning - Mother's Day.

I will be trying to finish my next book titled Resurrection - A Manual for Raising the Dead.  

Please pray for us!  We need as many intercessors as we can get.  The enemy is always trying to take us out one way or another, and we would be in big trouble without prayer.

We love you and appreciate you all so much!!!

May God show His love and power to you all!!!

Ben and Brenda

Newsletter May 5, 2006

OPEN HEART MINISTRIES INT
15648 Bombay Blvd.
South Beloit, IL 61080
www.ohmint.org

Greetings Saints,

We trust that you are experiencing great revelations of the love of Jesus for you in these exciting days.  We want to request your prayers for many needed miracles for the following events.

PROPHETIC MINISTRY AND THE HARVEST SEMINAR

Tonight and tomorrow in Glenview, IL

BRENDA IN WASHINGTON STATE NEXT WEEK (May 20-16)

Brenda will be ministering to her family, helping Andrea get ready for the wedding and speaking on Mother's Day in Ken and Valencia's churches in Spokane.  They now have a fast growing sattelite church in North Spokane in addition to their eight year old church in Spokane Valley.  Pray for health and strength and great wisdom and prophetic clarity.

HEAL YOUR BODY LORD CONFERENCE - May 24-27

James Goll, Georgian Banov, Che Ahn, Bobby Conner, Ben and Brenda Peters

Hosted by Christian Fellowship Church 3419 Walkup Rd. Crystal Lake, IL 60012.  

We do have some conference brochures available.  You can request them from Tracy Dorn:

teej1265@yahoo.com.  

Or you can ask us for an email version and you can print your own.

Tracy is also looking for more volunteers to help put on the conference.  Please email her at the same address above to find out what is still needed.

FLURRY OF HOME MEETINGS

After the conference we have many home meetings in the Chicago area.  They can be very exhausting and we appreciate your prayers for this season.

ANDREA AND HARVEY'S WEDDING

We are excited and thankful for this upcoming event.  Please pray that all goes well with plans and our necessary travel.

TRIP TO MOZAMBIQUE

Our plans are for three of us in our family to go, but we need God's clear confirmation.  Nathan iwll be in Kansas City doing the teen internship at the International House of Prayer while we are gone.

SUMMER TRIPS WITH HOUSE OF PRAYER TEENS

We are planning on going first to Albany, New York in late July and then to Orlando, Florida in mid August.  Pray for wisdom and grace for those who are helping us in these journeys.

We love you all, and need the strength we get from your encouragement.

RESURRECTION - A MANUAL FOR RAISING THE DEAD

This is the title of the book I am working on.  I am hoping to have it ready for the conference.  I trust it will be a wonderful blessing to the body of Christ.

God bless you all with more than you could ask or think!!!

Ben and Brenda, Tim and Nathan

Newsletter May 1st 2006

OPEN HEART MINISTRIES, INT.
15648 Bombay Blvd.
South Beloit, IL 61080
www.ohmint.org


Greetings Faithful Saints,

We just finished an amazing conference in DeKalb. Not only was Bobby Conner's ministry incredible, but every session was powerful, no matter who spoke. There were four of us speaking besides Bobby. Revelation was flowing and everyone got ministered to in special ways. Most people received prophetic words and most of the team giving the words went to new levels of prophetic flow.

We are clearly seeing that God is moving in America. He is equipping and empowering us for the awesome harvest which has begun. In just over three weeks we will have Bobby back along with Che Ahn, Georgian Banov and James Goll.

The conference theme is Heal Your Body, Lord, and will be in Crystal Lake at the Christian Fellowship Church. We will try to get all the info on our website asap. Most of it is there now. There will be no preregistration or fees to attend, but seats will be on a first come, first served basis. It will be announced in the Elijah List as well as other websites, so we anticipate a full house.

In the fall we have two more exciting events coming. First Heidi Baker will be with us for the Sunday night service at Christian Fellowship on October 15, which coincides with the conclusion of the HUB conference in Naperville, where she will also minister. We had no intention of being at the same time, but Heidi chose to give us one night while she was in Chicago and that was the only possibility. I believe Rolland will be speaking at the Sunday afternoon HUB meeting.

Secondly, we will have Shawn Bolz and JoAnn McFatter for a conference the last weekend in October. In addition, Jennifer and Jonathon Toledo will be back with us as speakers and as teachers for children's ministries.

MAY SCHEDULE:

This week is full of private appointments until Friday and Saturday when we minister at the home of Dr. Daniel Shin, in Glenview, IL.  We will be teaching our prophetic ministry and the harvest seminar.  He is open to a few extras.  If you are interested, email me for information.

On May 10 Brenda flies to Washingto for six days.  She will be speaking at Ken and Valencia's church on Mothers Day, Sunday morning, and ministering to some folk on Saturday morning as well.  Of course, Brenda will be visiting her parents and the rest of our family while there in Washington State.  

Brenda has been feeling considerably better.  We appreciate your continued prayers.

I will be staying here with Tim and Nathan, and have an open schedule for that week and weekend.

On May 17 we do a home group in Lake Zurich and on May 20 and 21 we will minister in a Foursquare Church in Dixon, IL.  

Please pray for us that we would clearly hear God's voice and walk in His ways and His provision.

God bless you all,

Ben and Brenda, Tim and Nathan