Newsletter - Mozambique Bound

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

Dear Friends,

MOZAMBIQUE - HERE WE COME!

In a few hours we will be heading out to O'Hare Int. Airport for almost two weeks in Africa.  This is a trip with great promise from the Lord.  Pray that Brenda, Timothy and I and the other fourteen Lovers of Jesus will not miss any opportunities to express the Father's love to the precious people we will meet in Mozambique.  We anticipate awesome miracles again, but we expect the unexpected as well.  

Please thank God that He is keeping us safe, strong and healthy.  We take Jesus with us as our Great Physician and Protector.  Also thank God that He is keeping Iris leaders from fear and distraction while they are receiving numerous death threats and other hostilities from jealous Muslems in the region.  Thank Jesus that He is going to be greatly honored and exhalted in the nation of Mozambique.  Also, thank Jesus that He will be leading Nathan into a new dimension of Jesus' love as he attends three weeks of Teen Internship at Kansas City International House of Prayer while we are in Africa.

WHAT A WEDDING!!!

Our daughter Andrea and Harvey Smith were married just a few days ago on June 24.  It was a glorious occasion and very blessed.  They are right now an extremely happy married couple.  Harvey is so perfect for Andrea and we rejoice in the goodness and mercy of God.

Special thanks go to several members of our Chicago ministry team, who gave of their time, finances and energy to cater and serve the most wonderful reception.  People have commented on how awesome it was.  They worked like you can't imagine and had a great time, with incredible unity.  We thank God for that.  

Thirty-three years ago, we got to know Pastor Robert and Helen Smith, after I came home from six weeks of incredible glory in Argentina with Elmer Burnette, my spiritual father and mentor.  I determined to bring him to where I pastored, but our church was very small, so I asked the  Pentecostal pastor in the neighboring town to co-host the meetings in his facility.  

For several days we worked together to host some glorious meetings in Pangman, Saskatchewan, Canada.  During that time our two churches were united and two bacame one.  Also during that time, our daughter, Barbie, and Smith's daughter, Carolyn, were dedicated to the Lord as babies by Elmer Burnette.  Now, thirty-three years later, our daughter, Andrea, and their son, Harvey, have joined together and two became one again.

GLORY OF GOD IN COEUR D' ALENE, IDAHO

What an awesome service we had on Sunday morning!  Yes, Brenda and I spoke there and ministered to people at the altar, but before we said a word, during some awesome worship, we had a visitation from Heaven.  God has been doing signs and wonders at The Gateway Christian Fellowship for some time.  That morning however, was the first time that a 50 carat Heavenly jewel appeared in their church facility during the service.  Our friend, Tracy Dorn, who administrates our Chicago conferences, and has had many visitations to Heaven, saw an angel fly across the front of the building and drop the jewel beside the pulpit stand.  

There had already been a dozen of them of four different colors land in the yard of one of the church members.  He also saw the angel and the jewel and ran up to retrieve it.   He is another one that is also being constantly sprinkled with gold dust, which we saw, and Brenda got some to put in her Bible.  Anyway, while I was speaking later, another jewel was added to their box of jewels, all about 50 carats, perfectly formed like a diamond.  That was at least the second one that had been added inside a closed box.

At least two gemologists have looked at these gemstones, purple, red, pink and clear like diamonds, and don't know what they are.  They are one-third heavier than other gemstones by specific gravity measurements.  They are a wonderful sign and wonder.

I spoke on the significance of these signs from Heaven.  The gold comes first and represents God's glory.  The temple was overlaid in gold, because it was to be "extremely magnificent, famous and GLORIOUS throughout all countries"  (I Chron. 20:5).  The gold dust, gold fillings, etc., which have been occuring for years, are a prophetic sign of the coming of His glory which will cover us and be "seen upon us" (Isaiah 60:2), as we are the living stones in His temple (Eph. 2:19-22).

The glory of God is His Presence.  He is asking us to seek His Presence like never before.  When His presence comes, His glory comes.  

The jewels are prophetic of His extravegant gifts as a wealthy bridegroom would give to His bride.  These jewels represent the many spiritual gifts and blessings that Jesus, the passionate Lover of His bride, is bestowing on the church right now.  The way the jewels were multiplying is a sign of how His gifts are being multiplied in the church.  The presence must come first - then the gifts will flow and multiply.

There was more revelation, but I must get busy and get to Africa.  If you can get to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho soon, you may get to see the jewels that we saw and there will probably be more by then.  If you are near northern Illinois, Kari Browning, the co-leader of The Gateway, will be with us in DeKalb, IL, September 21-23, along with Jeff Janzen and Paula Benne.  They have all been used in the glory realm.  Check our website www.ohmint.org itinerary, and the Elijah List as well for details.

Keep trusting God with us for ever-increasing glory in His beautiful presence.  And thank you again to all who keep us going with prayer and support.  

We love you all!

Ben and Brenda Peters and family