Missions Prep Report
Ben Peters
Apr 30, 2007

Greetings Friends,

BIG THANKS

Our OHM team, led by Val Coltman, did another fantastic job organizing our Missions Prep 101 event. The hosts, CrossWinds Community Church, did a great job of providing for all our needs.

Our speakers, Kevin and Cynthia Ford from Florida, were sent by God to prepare all of us to take the love of Jesus to the harvest fields. Several wonderful healings took place and we were carried into the presence of God with fun and laughter and a sweet awareness of God's presence.

Yesterday, some of our worship team ministered at the Encounter, led by Pastor Theresa Forkins-Philips. Steve Schultz of The Elijah List spoke in the morning and Rich Hanson spoke at night. Both sessions were powerful and our kids did an awesome job of leading worship. It's amazing to see what God is doing with these kids. They have the pure passion that brings the presence of God.

COMING EVENTS

Brenda and I will be heading for meetings in Velatie and Albany New York on Wednesday. Please pray for us. Brenda will be doing another ladies event and I will be speaking on Sunday morning at The Shepherd's House, and ministering with Doctor Bob in Albany on Monday night.

We will be doing some private meetings, as usual, this upcoming month. The more public meetings are listed below.

May 14 - 16 will find us in Moline, Illinois, and Iowa City, Iowa, ministering in homes, a Christian School and church gatherings.

May 18, 19, we will be doing a prophetic seminar at the Lakeshore Tabernacle in Kenosha Wisconsin.

May 27, 28, we will be involved in the dedication of the remodelled facility of New Covenant Church in Elgin, Illinois.

CONFERENCES BEING PLANNED

LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN KENOSHA WISCONSIN - CROSSING OVER INTO DESTINY

Our speakers will be life-changing, although you may not have heard of them yet. Trust me, they will take you to new levels of glory. Shara Pradhan is Heidi Baker's personal assistant. Karen Dunham is becoming very well-known for her amazing ministry in Jericho in the Palistinian refugee camps. Roger and Gabriela Joyner are long time disciples of Lou Engles and come highly recommended. Vance Murphy and Lisa Bourland, of The Father's House, both have powerful messages and ministries. Healings are sure to happen and the fire of God will fall. Plan on making it your Labor Day Weekend vacation. We will get motel information asap.

OCTOBER 24-27 IN CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS - THEME NOT YET DETERMINED

We will have a return of last fall's powerful team. Shawn Bolz, Paula Benne, Jonatan and Jennifer Toledo and Gary and Sarah Morgan will release a brand new prophetic flow into the region. Keep these dates open, please.

APRIL 23-26, 2008

We have scheduled Georgian Banov and expect to have several others return, probably to the same venue in Elgin. We are going after Rolland and Heidi Baker as well.

Thats all for now. Please pray for us. We are always in need of more of God and His grace and power.

Much love to all in Jesus,

Ben and Brenda, family and team

Sid Roth Show, and April 23 update
Ben Peters
Apr 23, 2007

Greetings precious saints,

It's been an amazing week for me and I don't have time to share much right now. I'm at the Portland, Oregon airport heading home, waiting for my flight.

Many responses are already coming in via e-mail regarding our appearance on the Sid Roth IT'S SUPERNATURAL show. Most are requests for prophetic words for people desparate for a touch from God.

This show is carried on many different stations around the world. To find out where you can see it, go to www.sidroth.org. Then click on "IT'S SUPERNATURAL TV SHOW" at the top. Then click on schedule and check out the various stations and networks. Cable subscribers might find it on the INS network. It's also on at least two DIRECTV sattelite channels and the Dish Network. In the Chicago area, it's on a local station tonight. It's WJYS TV CHANNEL 62 AT 7:30 PM.

Spending the week with Rolland Baker and others was an awesome affair. We got to have a private visit with Akiane and her family and view most of her originals on the walls of their home, mostly in the basement, where she works. She was working when we arrived behind closed doors and we just soaked in the amazing atmosphere of God's presence. It had me in tears and then we got to visit with Akiane herself. Rolland was immensely impressed with her wisdom, knowledge and godly character that was revealed in her conversation with us. Akiane also had a two-week old baby brother. She is now the middle child with two younger brothers and two older brothers.

After visiting Akiane, we went to the home of Terry and Jerry, where most of the Idaho gemstones have fallen. Terry immediately began to manifest gold dust all over his bald head and his neck and shoulders and arms. He is so full of God and we were immensely blessed. Then we saw the gemstones again close up. Rolland also saw the bush plane of his dreams and made the down payment to be on the waiting list of these special planes. It was a totally amazing day.

Now I'm ready to go home and my plane has arrived.

God bless you all!

Ben and Brenda, family and team

Update from Oregon
Ben Peters
Apr 19, 2007

Greetings Saints,

God has been very good to me. While Brenda and the family have had a little down time, which they have enjoyed, I have been with Rolland and Heidi Baker in Albany, Oregon. I've also had the privilege of being at the Elijah List studios and bookstore, while they did an interview with Rolland Baker.

I was blessed to hang out with Steve Shultz and Denny Kline along with Rolland and Ingela, and know that God was further connecting us with others in preparation for the harvest that is now upon us. Keep praying as I get to go with Rolland to Idaho to check on the company that builds the plane he needs for the bush in Africa.

Have you ever thought that we are called to preach the Gospel (good news) of the Kingdom, and that the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy. The good news we preach is that the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand - that is: righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit is at hand, or here at the threshold right now.

It couldn't be about our righteousness, because having to strive to be righteous is not good news. But if He just puts it on us for free, then that's really good news. Furthermore, our assurance of His righteousness on us creates the peace that we need, which then releases the joy of the Lord. Let's receive His Kingdom in our hearts. Remember, Jesus said, "It's your Father's good pleasure to GIVE you the Kingdom. He loves to give us HIS righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

REMINDERS

Brenda and I will be on the IT'S SUPERNATURAL show next week, starting Monday in some places and networks. Check it out at www.sidroth.org. You can actually watch it on the internet any time after Monday rolls around.

Next Friday we'll begin this years Missions Prep 101 course especially for those wanting to go to Mozambique or Israel as part of our team. We expect to have a new DVD and a new book about Iris Ministries for the weekend.

Remember that everyone is invited and we will have a special speaker on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

God bless you all,

Ben and Brenda, Family and team

Missions Prep 101 Reminder
Ben Peters
Apr 13, 2007

Dear Friends,

This letter is mainly to remind everyone interested in missions trips this year that we will be doing only one weekend of our Missions Prep 101 course. We had originally scheduled this weekend April 13, 14, for the Mozambique crowd and another later for the Israel crowd.

Instead we will all only meet once - two weekends later, April 27, 28. This is for both those wanting to go to Mozambique and for those wanting to go to Israel.

BIG THANKS

I am filled with thanksgiving to God for all of you, but especially for those who took part in supporting our Ever Increasing Glory conference. I know many of you made great sacrifices serving and giving financially so we could pay our bills and bless our speakers. God will bless you all for your sacrifices!

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please pray for all of us in leadership of Open Heart Ministries. We need God's wisdom, love and power. That sounds a lot like "Power, love and a sound mind." Please pray for us.

Also, please pray for health and healing for a baby named Jaden, and a young man named Daniel in military training.

Pray also for Brandon who has just arrived in Iraq after having already served in Afghanistan. God used him there and will also use him in Iraq. Pray for revival among the military and in the people they serve there.

Also keep praying for TheCall Nashville and the coming revival in America. Also pray for the release of divine technology which will finance Kingdom harvest.

BE REFRESHED, BREATHING IN THE FRESH OXYGEN IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF HIS LOVE

Much love to you all!

Ben and Brenda, boys and team

WE EXPERIENCED EVER INCREASING GLORY
Ben Peters
Apr 8, 2007

GREETINGS ON THE GLORIOUS RESURRECTION MORNING!

EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE OVER THE TOP

It began Tuesday evening at the Church in the Word facility in Elgin Illinois with Ingela Larsson, following worship led by JoAnn McFatter. It was Ingela's first time speaking in a major Christian conference. She had spoken many times to crowds of horse lovers as an expert in "Natural Horsemanship", but never to a crowd of Christians. Her love for Jesus was quickly manifested and most of the crowd came forward at her invitation and met with Jesus at the front. Many were quickly touched and moved on by the power of His love. Ingela has spent much time with Rolland and Heidi Baker in Africa, and just finished over three weeks on their ministry team in the U. K.

Wednesday evening, Georgian Banov took us to new levels of joy and love for Jesus. It has been reported that he is accompanied by a whole band of "Joy Angels", and we all enjoyed the joy. What a precious brother! We'll surely have him back as often as possible.

Thursday morning Dara and Rada Adams blessed us with an amazing testimony and teaching. From "down under" in Australia and then three months in Mozambique, they carry a unique anointing to bring people into new dimensions of waiting on God and being touched by His powerful presence. Again many people were touched.

Thursday and Friday afternoon featured powerful workshops by Ingela Larsson, Georgian Banov, Ryan Wyatt, JoAnn McFatter, Darin and Rada Adams and Jeff Jansen. Fortunately, they were all recorded on CD and DVD, as we couldn't attend them all.

Thursday evening Ryan Wyatt shared some incredible revelation and moved quickly into releasing signs and wonders and healings. There were many testimonies of healings, including restoration of partial sight to a blind eye. We trust that more healing has occured since that moment.

On Friday morning, Brenda shared from her heart and was as anointed as I've ever heard her. Many thanked her for her honesty and transparency that let's them know that God uses imperfect people. I shared briefly about communion (being "Good Friday"). Without the elements, we imparted the substance of communion - the gifts of the Holy Spirit (represented by the bread) and the flow of the Holy Spirit (represented by the cup) to operate them. I have the teaching in my book, "God's Favorite Number".

Friday night was indeed Ever Increasing Glory. Jeff Jansen shared on signs and wonders and then began to call them through words of knowledge. Amazing things began to happen and testimonies came thick and fast. Even well-hidden spirits of infirmity were exposed and expelled by the presence of the glory of God. It was an awesome night.

May we all continue to walk in Ever Increasing Glory until Jesus visibly returns. Our deepest thanks to our awesome, amazing team of volunteers. They took care of so many details that I didn't even know about. You guys are THE BEST!!!

Those who couldn't attend or forgot to order CD's or DVD's can still order them. I don't have prices at this moment, but will try to get a discount from Greater Dimensions for those who order now.

BRENDA AND I WILL BE ON SID ROTH'S "IT'S SUPERNATURAL" SHOW

It's finally going to be aired on TV from April 23 - 27. You can check www.sidroth.org for the schedule and locations. It's on at different times during the weak on different networks and stations. If you can't get it on TV, you can watch it on your computer that week or any time thereafter. Please pray that many will be impacted by the show.

You can also read an article of mine that they published. Go again to www.sidroth.org and click on "Exclusive Articles and Resources" just above Sid's head on the home page. Then click on "Gentile Debt to Israel".

For our itinerary please check our website: www.ohmint.org. Meetings are added frequently and some should be added in the next ten days or so while Ingela Larsson and the Adams are stil in the area.

May you all have an amazing Resurrection Day celebration!

Much love to all,

Ben and Brenda, family and team

EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE BEGINS TONIGHT.
Ben Peters
Apr 3, 2007

Greetings Saints,

We are very excited about tonight. Our opening night speaker, Ingela Larsson, who flew in from England just for this conference, is an amazing woman of God. She has ministered personal healing to both Brenda and me since being in our home. A close personal friend of Rolland and Heidi Baker, she carries a strong message of intimacy with Jesus. Let Jesus touch you through this precious vessel. JoAnn McFatter will be with us the entire conference. She will take the worship to a new level, along with our Elgin House of Prayer worship team.

The second service will be Wednesday evening with Georgian Banov. He is well-known as a speaker and musician. I guarantee you that it will be impossible to be bored while he speaks. On Thursday morning, Darin and Rada Adams from Australia will share. They bring a passion for intimacy and a healing anointing. People are always healed in their meetings. They also come with some great Australian humor.

Ryan Wyatt, whom many have enquired about, will speak on Thursday evening. He brings some amazing revelation and glory anointing. On Good Friday, Jeff Jansen will take us to a new level of glory in the evening service. The miracles that he experiences today are very phenomenal. You will probably see things you've never seen before.

Friday morning Brenda and I will share and Thursday and Friday afternoon all the speakers will be doing special workshops you can chose from.

GENOA GLORY

This past weekend we were extremely blessed to be part of a wonderful time with the good folk at Genoa's CrossWinds Community Church, let by Pastors Jim and Ruth Freund. Brenda was the main speaker at their ladies retreat on Friday and Saturday. Ingela and several others also shared some things on their hearts. The response and hunger for Jesus was very strong and rewarding.

On Sunday morning, I had the privilege of ministering to the whole church. What an anointing I felt, as I depended on the Holy Spirit to serve the truths that He wanted to reveal to hungry hearts. For me, it was one of the strongest and most precious speaking anointings I have ever experienced.

MISSIONS PREP 101 IS CHANGING COURSE

If you hope to go to Israel or Mozambique with us in 2007, please note: We are changing our schedule and dropping the first and last weekends. We will try to accomplish everything that needs to be accomplished in one weekend - April 27, 28. Other single get-togethers may happen to help people prepare to get visas to Mozambique, etc., but the only required weekend will be April 27, 28. Those going will also need to read our required books, etc. For information please write me at benrpeters@juno.com.

May God bless you all and keep you in the center of His wonderful will for your life. May He anoint you for your awesome calling and prosper your journey into your Kingdom destiny.

We love you all!

Ben and Brenda, boys and team

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RE: MOZAMBIQUE TRIP

Ben Peters
Mar 30, 2007

Greetings Friends,

IF YOU ARE HOPING OR PLANNING TO GO TO MOZAMBIQUE WITH US IN JULY PLEASE LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY.

WE ARE CONSIDERING CANCELLING OUR MISSIONS PREP WEEKEND, APRIL 13, 14, AND COMBINING IT WITH THE NEXT TRAINING SESSION APRIL 27, 28.

We don't seem to have as much interest this year. Many of our people are going to Israel this year and can't afford the time and money for both trips.

Anyone wanting to go to Mozambique can still go, but we may cancel this one weekend of training.

Tonight and tomorrow, the Genoa Foursquare ladies are hosting a ladies retreat where Brenda and others will speak. Pray for a great move of God among the ladies. On Sunday morning we will speak at the morning service. The new name of their church is CrossWinds Community Church. They have a new location and a beautiful new facility on 13100 CHERRY ROAD, NEAR THE WATER TOWER IN SOUTH GENOA.

Next week on Tuesday at 7 pm, we begin the EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE at CHURCH IN THE WORD in Elgin, Illinois, just north of I-90 and east of Hwy 31 back behind the big motels. Go to our website for more details. www.ohmint.org.

God bless you all! Don't forget to write if you want to go to Mozambique this summer.

Blessings,

Ben, Brenda, boys and team

BRING IT ON, JESUS

benrpeters@juno.com
Mar 28, 2007

Greetings Friends,

We're getting ready for the EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE, and all we can say is, "Bring it on, Jesus." We are as excited as we've ever been for a conference. The good news is that this is the first of three major conferences that we will do this year. We may also have three or more international trips before the end of the year, after doing our three Missions Prep 101 weekends. I'm glad God is renewing our youth like the eagles, because we are certainly not slowing down any after passing the six decade mark.

The conference begins Tuesday evening, April 3, at 7 pm in Elgin, Illinois, at Church in the Word off Hwy 31 and I-90. Check our website for details. It's www.ohmint.org. Click on conferences and then click on conference brochure at the bottom. Here is the schedule of speakers and breakout sessions:

EVENINGS at 7 pm: Tuesday Ingela Larsson

Wednesday Georgian Banov

Thursday Ryan Wyatt

Friday Jeff Jansen

MORNINGS at 10 am Thursday Darin and Rada Adams

Friday Ben and Brenda Peters

AFTERNOONS at 2 pm

Thursday Breakout Sessions

A. Ryan Wyatt – Receiving Revelation

B. Ingela Larsson – Horse Theology

C. Georgian Banov – Living Supernaturally

Friday Breakout Sessions

A. Jeff Jansen – Moving in Miracles

B. Darin and Rada Adams – New Paradigms in Church Gatherings

C. JoAnn McFatter – Prophetic Worship

RECENT EVENTS

The last week or so has been packed with divine appointments. Brenda ministered with at least three team members at the Church of God Ladies Retreat in Chicago, last weekend, while I took part in the Blow The Trumpet in Zion conference in DeKalb. We also joined with The Well on Sunday and were blessed by the ministry of Lee and Betty LaCoss. Both of us were given encouraging words. One word was that we were called to connect the known with the unknown and that that impact would be from coast to coast.

UPCOMING EVENTS

After the conference we will begin our Missions Prep 101 course. The first weekend, April 13,14, will focus on Mozambique. This is open to anyone who wants to attend, not just those planning on going this summer in mid July. We will be teaching things that will apply to America as well as Africa. CrossWind Community Church of Genoa will host all three weekends.

The second Missions Prep 101 weekend will be April 27, 28. It will be for all those going to Africa and those going to Israel. We have a very special couple, Kevin and Cyntian Ford, coming to share and minister to all of us.

The third Missions Prep 101 weekend will be May 11, 12, and will focus on those going to Israel in late September/early October.

SID ROTH'S "IT'S SUPERNATURAL" TV SHOW

We finally have the dates for the airing of our first appearance on American TV. It will run from April 23 - 27. You can check www.sidroth.org for program schedule. We'll update when it gets closer next month. They will be selling our Prophetic Ministry book on the show.

PLEASE PRAY

Several friends are fighting cancer. Pray for Larry, Ben and Donna. Also pray for Haydee, who coordinates our intercessors website and newsletters. She is in Taiwan and has had some pretty hard hits from the enemy. We still need more intercessors and we need them to pray for each other continuously.

That's all for now!

God bless and keep you all in His perfect love,

Ben, Brenda, Tim, Nathan and wonderful team

P.S. You won't want to miss Tuesday, the first night of the conference, with Ingela Larsson. Trust me!!!

WE WIN!
Ben Peters
Mar 19, 2007

Greetings Saints,

We trust you are all being blessed by God and growing in grace and love and in the power and anointing of Jesus, the Anointed One. And remember, whatever comes against us, in the end, WE WIN!!!

VERY MUCH WORTH READING

For those who don't get the Elijah List, I encourage you to visit the website: www.elijahlist.com and read today's article by Lou Engle. Make sure you click on "more" at the end of the segment of the article to get the rest of the story.

WE MUST WAKE UP AND CRY OUT TO GOD FOR A MIRACLE IN OUR NATION!!! The stakes are so high and we believe we are on the threshold of a great revival. God is giving us the choice again to choose blessing or judgement. The people of God, called by His name must respond to His call and fulfill His purpose so He can respond with rivers of Living Water and Heavenly Fire falling on our sacrifice.

TheCall Nashville in 07/07/07 will be an extremely significant event. I encourage every Christian to make plans to come and add your voice to those crying out for God's help for America.

COMING EVENTS

BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION CONFERENCE IN DEKALB, ILLINOIS

This begins this Thursday on the campus of NIU. I will be doing a workshop on Saturday from 1 - 2 PM. I will also be ministering on a prophetic team and have a booktable as well. Leonard Jones of Morning Star Ministries will be doing worship for the conference.

NORTH SIDE CHURCH OF GOD LADIES RETREAT IN CHICAGO

Brenda will be ministering to the ladies at 5145 N Broadway on Friday evening and Saturday.

GENOA FOURSQUARE LADIES RETREAT NEXT WEEKEND, MARCH 30, 31

Brenda will do this retreat again. It's kind of been an annual event for several years now.

EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE IN ELGIN, ILLINOIS APRIL 3 - 6.

This will probably be our best conference ever. DON'T MISS THE FIRST NIGHT AT 7 PM. LOCATION IS: CHURCH IN THE WORD Just north of I-90 (Northwest tollway) and just east of Hwy 31.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please keep praying for Pastor Larry in Moses Lake, Washington. He's still fighting cancer, but feeling tired of the fight and needing prayer.

Pray also for another young man named Ben who has been given another negative diagnosis related to brain cancer. He is a very special child of God and we'd like him to stay around awhile.

Haydee Chang, our Intercession Coordinator, just arrived in Taiwan, after much opposition. Her husband, Joshua, who had been there for several weeks had also been severely tested with the loss of wallet and passport, was waiting for her and they are enjoying each other and their son, Troy. Please pray for great fruit from this trip where the enemy has really harrassed them.

Pray for the quick development of our Sending Center and pray for the Missions Prep Course, which we will be starting the weekend after our big conference. We want God's choices for this assignment.

God bless you all richly,

Ben and Brenda, boys and teamGreetings Saints,

NEWS YOU CAN USE Ben Peters Mar 14, 2007

Greetings Saints,

I’m trying to make up for lost time on my only day without a meeting this week. Yesterday I sent a message called, "Buy Some New Shoes". I got some good feedback from a lot of people – mostly all women. I hope the men are not too mad at me.

After we share some of the major upcoming events, we want to pass on some political information which we consider very important. We may upset some of our readers, but I can’t over-emphasize how important this is. The media is only focusing on a few candidates, but we look for Heaven’s help to raise up the person who will cooperate with God who wants to bring revival to His church and this nation and the world. Those who read this from other nations can pray for us because whatever happens here affects the whole world and the expansion of the Kingdom of God on the earth.

UPCOMING EVENTS

MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT (MARCH 15) WITH LISA BOURLAND AND OTHERS IN WHEATON, ILLINOIS

We’re waiting for more details. Let us know if you want to come and need directions.

BRENDA MINISTERS AT LADIES RETREATS

MARCH 23, 24, at Church of God 5145 N. Broadway, Chicago

MARCH 30, 31 at Cross Winds Church in Genoa, IL.

BEN SHARES AT BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION CONFERENCE – DEKALB, IL – Hosted by Tom May.

March 22 -25 at NIU in DeKalb, IL Ministries include Leonard Jones of MorningStar Ministries of North Carolina and Suzy Wills Yaraei from Holy Spirit Adventures, also of North Carolina.

If you like to register and be a part please call, 815-519-5212, or contact: lashawnw@tbc.net .

EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE – APRIL 3 – 6 IN ELGIN

Hosted by Church in the Word off HWY 31 and I – 90. This will be another incredible time with speakers like Georgian Banov, Ryan Wyatt, Jeff Jansen and introducing Darin and Rada Adams from Australia and Ingela Larsson from the United Kingdom. Worship with JoAnn McFatter and the EHOP youth worship team. This will be another off the charts conference. Check our website: www.ohmint.org for details.

WARNING: DON’T MISS THE FIRST NIGHT!!!

MISSIONS PREP 101 For Mozambique and Israel. 2^nd and 4^th weekends in April and 2^nd weekend in May. Check website itinerary for details.

POLITICS (I KNOW – I’M ON DANGEROUS GROUND, BUT THAT’S NOTHING NEW FOR ME.)

I WANTED TO COPY SOMETHING FROM SENATOR SAMUEL BROWNBACK’S WEBSITE, BUT IT IS NOT WORKING SO I WILL RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHECK IT OUT YOURSELF AT

www.prayforbrownback.com.

YOU CAN LINK FROM THAT TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND CLICK ON THE PICTURES AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT.

BRENDA AND I AND MANY OTHERS, LIKE LOU ENGLE, DUTCH SHEETS, AND JOHN SANFORD, BELIEVE HE IS GOD’S CHOICE FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. IF YOU DISAGREE, WE LOVE YOU ANYWAY AND PRAY THAT GOD’S WILL BE DONE.

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO START SEEKING GOD NOW SO WE HAVE TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE MEDIA WILL NOT PUT THEIR WEIGHT BEHIND A STRONG CHRISTIAN, SO IT’S UP TO GOD’S PEOPLE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE, IN MY OPINION.

Thanks to all of you for your wonderful support of this ministry. We always appreciate your kindness and love, shown in so many different ways.

Be blessed in the arms of Jesus,

Ben, Brenda, boys and team

Get Some New Shoes Ben Peters Mar 13, 2007

Greetings in Jesus' Love,

It's been ten days since my last letter and they have been some of the busiest and best days of our lives. Some of the busyness has been extra company and private meetings and many trips to the airport to pick up people, but we have also had an intense weekend of ministry for the Chicago River Church and a large home group in Fox Lake.

Everywhere we go now we sense a new level of anointing and transition. We know we are entering into new territory and we've never been this way before. It's exhilerating, sometimes exhausting, but tremendously exciting.

For example, this Sunday morning at Chicago River Church, meeting at Trinity College, they took Brenda out to minister to the kids. She ended up staying there for over two hours, not only ministering herself, but getting many teenagers involved in prophesying as well. They prophesied to the young ones and then to each other and finally they and some of the children prophesied to Brenda. She was blown away by the prophetic flow of these kids who were prophesying their first time ever. One of the tall young men told her how her words had touched his heart and changed his life, which really blessed her. She left feeling very excited about what God is doing for today's youth.

NEW SHOES

Meanwhile, the Lord was giving me a message from the encounters that both Moses and Joshua had when they were told to take off their shoes because they were on holy ground. I believe that there was great symbolism in the taking off the shoes, along with the concept that the shoes are dirty from the journey.

The shoes they were wearing represented their journey of forty years in the wilderness. Moses had kept sheep for forty years and Joshua had wandered with Isreal for forty years. Their shoes represented the wilderness experience and they were now about to enter into their destiny. Moses' destiny was to bring Israel out of bondage, walking right into Pharaoh's court, and Joshua's destiny was to bring Israel into their promised land. I felt God was saying we need new shoes now for our new journey into destiny and the fulfillment of the vision that has been delayed in the past.

Prophets are telling us that this year is very significant. It is forty years this June since the Six Day War, when Israel possessed their possessions in Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights. There is coming a new release of spiritual possessions to the church as well as to the nation of Israel. This year 2007 will be a year of spiritual breakthrough for Israel and the church. It is a year of breakthrough in natural blessings as well.

ANOTHER BIG NUMBER FORTY

Brenda and I will have been married 40 years this summer. We know that our greatest ministry and our highest destiny is now upon us. Compared to the future, our past will seem like wilderness wanderings. Some amazing doors are opening to us and God is putting together an awesome team around us that will expand and multiply what we do. Finances, which have often eluded us, will flow through our hands to empower the younger generation and older saints as well to do the work they are called to do without being worried about provision.

Brenda has already got her new shoes, but I haven't had time to shop yet. I will be getting some new running shoes, because I intend to run the next forty years for Jesus and His Kingdom. That would make me 100. I might slow down a bit for the next twenty and let the young 80 year olds do the running.

Speaking of running, I better get on the road. We have three appointments today and I'm running late.

God bless you all with abundant grace, wisdom, anointing, intimacy and provision.

Your Servants and HIS!!!

Ben and Brenda, boys and team

Ministry Update 3-3-07 Ben Peters Mar 3, 2007

Greetings everyone,

I want to start off by saying how much Brenda and I appreciate our amazing ministry team. They have worked tirelessly and donated hours of sacrificial service, personal finances and moral support to us month after month. They have accomplished major miracles, namely getting Brenda and me somewhat organized. They have also kept books, communicated with other leaders, prophesied for hours, designed and printed brochures, worked my book tables and shared their testimonies and much more. Thanks so much all of you! I won't mention any names lest I miss some of you. You will be rewarded in this life or the next. So far all your rewards have been "out of this world."

Thanks also to those who have supported us with your words of encouragement and kindness. We have also been blessed by some who have been able to help us with financial support. We are extremely grateful to you all. God has used you to save us from many a potential disaster. May God meet all your needs and encourage you as you have encouraged us.

BUSY LIFE CONTINUES

We had many wonderful divine appointments and ministry opportunities while in Florida for a week. We shared a couple of times at the IAM Convening in Dover and then we headed for Orlando to the House of Hope, led by our very special friend, Sara Trullinger. We ministered in a wonderful church on Sunday morning and then Sara treated us to an afternoon and evening at Disney World. Brenda had really wanted to go, but had given it up as it didn't seem like it was going to happen. Then Sara gave us free passes to any and all of the various parks. It was a fun afternoon and evening together.

Since getting back to Illinois we have been busy catching up on things at home. Brenda has been working with our team doing a ladies retreat at Freeport, Illinois, for the last two days. While she was doing that, I began to write another book that was prophesied in Florida by a new friend from Oregon. It's a book on how to write a book. Almost everywhere we go people have books waiting to be birthed by they don't ever get around to writing them. Writing books has become so much easier these days and God has a lot of information and creativity He wants to release to His church. I want to help people produce their dream.

OUR AUSTRALIAN FAMILY IS BACK WITH US

Many people earlier expressed interest in having the Adams family for meetings. They are more than ready to bless any group or church that has open dates that fit into their schedule. Brenda and I highly recommend them. God has already used them greatly and our team loves them. They are back from a trip to Abbotsford, B.C., and Kansas City, Missouri and ready to serve again in the Midwest. They minister with us this weekend on Friday and Saturday and then at Geneva, Illinois for two services on Sunday. Brenda and I will minister at the Chicago River Church on Sunday morning at Trinity University.

EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE - APRIL 3 - 6 at CHURCH IN THE WORD in Elgin, Illinois

This looks like the most amazing conference ever. Our speakers and worship leaders all carry an unusual anointing. You may not have heard of some of them, but I guarantee that they will bless your socks off. You can find the details and brochure on our website: www.ohmint.org on the conference link. You can load the brochure and print as many copies as you like.

MISSIONS PREP 101 IS SHAPING UP FOR APRIL AND MAY FOR AFRICA AND ISRAEL

These sessions are open to everyone, but we do require them for those wishing to go with us to Mozambique or Israel. The classes for Mozambique will be April 13 and 14 and April 27 and 28. The actual trip will begin about July 13 and last about 10 days. Those wanting to go to Israel at the end of September need to attend the April 27 and 28 session as well as May 11 and 12.

We would love to hear from you if you are interested in either of these trips. If you have written previously, please write again as we may have lost track of your previous letter.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

This week will find us doing a variety of private meetings. On Friday and Saturday we will be doing a private retreat for the Chicago River Church, but the Sunday morning service will be public. Saturday evening will be a home group in Fox Lake, Illinois. The following Monday, March 12, we will be doing a public meeting in Bloomingdale for the Bloomingdale Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship. It will be open to all.

That's all for now. Have a great Sunday with Jesus! We love you all!

Ben, Brenda, Tim, Nathan and our awesome team

Road Report 2-22-2007 Ben Peters Feb 23, 2007

Greetings Saints,

It's 2-22-2007. While driving today I looked at the car's digital clock. It read 2:22. We know that Isaiah 22:22 talks about the key of David so we can shut and no man open or open and no man shut. But I also checked some 2:22's in the Bible. Several speak of fruitfulness, blessings and revival, like Joel 2:22. But my favorite is Mark 2:22, and Mark is also book #2 in the New Testament.

Jesus said in Mark 2:22, "No man puts new wine in an old wineskin." Instead he needs a new wineskin for the new wine. Tonight's speakers (Gary and Sarah Morgan) at the IAM conference here in Dover, Florida, spoke on dressing for the season and realizing we are in a "Kingdom season", not a traditional "my ministry" season. God is encouraging us to get ready for the New Wine and get rid of the old brittle wineskins that have already served their purpose.

QUICK REPORT OF PAST TWO WEEKS

The conference in Idaho was off the charts. We were so blessed to take in some of the best worship and speaking available anywhere. Every meeting was an adventure. Many people were healed and we were all tremendously encouraged and challenged to pursue Jesus with more passion and believe for the greatest harvest ever. We met many wonderful people and renewed some old friendships. It was great to spend some time with Kari Browning, Shawn Bolz and Paula Benne, as well as so many others. We also so enjoyed Shawn and Paula's interview with Akiana, the child genius artist and poet.

Last Sunday I ministered to New Covenant Church in Spokane, pastored by Jim Leuschen. What a sweet time we had! The message of keys to revival in the west was so well received. Much love was flowing.

After spending a few days with family in Washington, including Brenda's dad, who amazingly is somewhat improved from last November and is now able to feed himself and speak a little, etc., we flew into Florida and are now attending our International Apostolic Ministries Annual Convening. We again are have a precious time with dear friends, like Dr. Bob Paeglow, from Albany, NY, and many other friends as well. Tomorrow, I will be co-teaching a session on book-writing with Jeff Doles, which I will enjoy doing very much.

COMING MAJOR EVENTS OF THE OHM CALENDAR

Our EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE is coming soon. It's just about five weeks away and will run Tuesday night, Wednesday night, all day Thursday and all day Friday, April 3 - 6. Our speakers include Jeff Jansen, Ryan Wyatt, Georgian Banov, Darin and Rada Adams and Ingela Larsson. Worship will be led by JoAnn McFatter and the Elgin House of Prayer worship team. Location is The Church in the Word, just off Hwy 31 and I-90. Check our website for details. You can now download the brochure and make copies if you like. It may be slow, but it should come up for you.

Our MISSIONS PREP 101 classes will be held in Genoa at the Cross Winds Community Church. The sessions will run Friday evening and Saturday morning and afternoon. We'll get those details in place shortly. For those going to Mozambique, please plan on the second and fourth weekends in April. Those wanting to go to Israel with us, please come the fourth weekend of April and the second weekend in May.

Brenda will be speaking at three ladies retreats in March, starting in Freeport on the first weekend. Check the OHM calendar for that and the other events.

It's getting late, so I must sign off! We love you all!

Ben and Brenda, boys and team

REVIVAL HUNGER GROWING EVERYWHERE
Ben Peters
Feb 2, 2007

Greetings Everyone,

It's been a little while since our last letter. There's a lot to cover, but I'll try to be brief. We've had some awesome meetings and we have some great things coming soon. I'll share a bit about this past week first. By the way, we have been extremely busy and have not been able to keep up with emails like we usually do. If you didn't get your letter answered please feel free to write again in case I don't notice your last one. If you are waiting for your year end donation receipt, it should be on the way. We have a few left that should go out tomorrow.

ADAMS FAMILY JOINS US
On the 23rd of January we picked up the Adams family from O'Hare. Their five kids and one extra young lady enjoyed seeing and touching snow for the first time. Most of us would rather go without those privileges by now, but the kids thought it was wonderful. Since they plan on staying about 9 months, they needed a vehicle, so we spent some time shopping, but nothing seemed to be the "right" vehicle. This past weekend someone gave us the name of a Christian dealer in Wisconsin. It was a divine appointment. The Christian dealer, not only wanted to bless the Adams, but he received prayer from them and was visibly touched by the power of God. The result was the Adams purchased a beautiful maroon-colored Trail Blazer at a very low price, with the promise that they would buy back the car when they were ready to return.

We have had several meetings with Darin and Rada Adams. These meetings revealed a deep passion for intimacy and a mature anointing with signs and wonders. They had spent 3 months in Mozambique with Heidi and have the same passion to be with Jesus and be used by Him. They will be spending more time in Illinois, but travelling to many other places as well. They will also be sharing at our April Conference.

PROPHETIC CONFERENCE IN FREEPORT
Again, we have to say that God showed up and the anointing on the ministry was beyond expectation. The attendance was exceptional and the response was wonderful. When the activation time came, many people prophesied for the first time in their lives. That was incredibly rewarding to us. One lady who had never prophesied previously was encouraged to share what she was hearing or seeing. She shared with the Adams that she saw a maroon vehicle like a van or SUV. Two days later we were at the dealership in Wisconsin and they drove up a maroon Trail Blazer for the family to test drive for two days. What an amazing God we serve!

Several testimonies have come in declaring what a blessing the prophetic conference was to them. Some have asked for one like it closer to their home. We are glad to fit these into our schedule if you want to host one of these.

INGELA LARSSON SHARES TWO DAYS WITH US
Most of you will not know who Ingela Larson is, but she is well known in horsemanship training circles. She is also the one who was used miraculously by God to bring horses to Mozambique for Heidi and Rolland Baker's children. She loves adventure and journeyed with Rolland and others into the very dangerous Congo, where people are dying every day and their only hope is Jesus. The story is totally amazing. We met Ingela in Mozambique last July and Brenda couldn't stop prophesying over her there. We had her minister in a small house group on Tuesday morning and it was very powerful. We have invited her to speak at our conference in April and she has accepted.

PAUL BENNE VISITS CHICAGO THIS WEEK AND NEXT
We were disappointed that Paula would not be able to come for our April conference, but she had to come to Chicago for other things this week. She did speak in Lake Bluff two nights ago and we will be hosting her at the CrossWind Community Church in Genoa on Tuesday evening at 7 pm. CrossWind is the new name for the Genoa Foursquare Church. They have a brand new facility at 13100 Cherry Road in Genoa. Don't miss this one special night if you can possibly make it! Paula is one very special lady being released into the body of Christ in this hour. Our EHOP youth worship team will be leading us in worship again.

EVER INCREASING GLORY CONFERENCE TAKING SHAPE
Our Spring conference will bring us wonderful speakers and a change in location and schedule. Because of schedule conflicts we cannot use our previous location in Crystal Lake. They have been awesome hosts for many past conferences, but this year's planned events are both coming on holiday weekends, which don't work for Christian Fellowship Church. In the mean time God is giving us favor with another great church with a great facility - Church in the Word in Elgin, Illinois. This facility is just off of Hwy 31 and I-90.

The first meeting will be on Tuesday evening, April 3, at 7 pm. The second will be on Wednesday evening at 7 pm. On Thursday and Friday we will have services at 10 AM, 2 PM and 7 PM. The speakers will by Ryan Wyatt, Jeff Jansen, Georgian Banov, Darin and Rada Adams, and Ingela Larsson. Worship will be led by JoAnn McFatter and our Elgin House of Prayer Youth Worshippers.

WRAPPING UP
We minister tonight and tomorrow in home meetings. Next weekend we will be in Dixon on Saturday at 6 pm, and Sunday at 10 am and 6 pm. After that we'll be in Washington and Idaho and then central Florida, where the tornadoes just hit hard. Please continue to pray for us.

Haydee Chang has been working hard to bring the Intercessors together and get them to work. She does have a weblog for prayer requests, etc. We'll try to update that info in the next newsletter - hopefully just a few days from now.

God bless all you wonderful people!

Ben, Brenda, boyd and team

WE DID IT! Ben Peters Jan 21, 2007

Greetings Again!

DR. BOB WINS!

Thanks to all who voted on the CBS webpage for Dr. Bob. He got the most votes of the three choices. Reporters will come and spend Monday and Tuesday with Dr. Bob at the clinic and then he will be on the Friday night evening news on CBS, probably near the end of the program. You can check the times in your area.

POWERFUL ANOINTING BLESSES SKOKIE AGLOW MEETING

Yesterday was a great day for ministry. With the help of four of our awesome prophetic youth, we ministered to about eighty to one hundred people who showed up at the Holiday Inn in Skokie yesterday. Fortunately, God also showed up in a special way. Brenda was on fire, as usual, and her words touched many hearts and challenged everyone to go to the next level of surrender and anointing.

Along with the four youth who came, we made three ministry teams and gave everyone personal ministry that wanted it within 90 minutes or so. As normally happens, many tears were shed as people heard from the loving heart of the Father. It was also so good to see many of our dear friends again that we don't see all the time.

ADAMS FAMILY WITH US FOR TWO WEEKS

Yes, the Adams family from Australia, via Iris Ministries in Mozambique, will be with us, arriving on Tuesday evening. This is an apostolic team that has seen great miracles through their ministry. They spend three months with Heidi in Pemba and will now spend nine months in America before returning to Australia to help establish Iris Australia.

They will minister Saturday night in Freeport where Brenda and I and team will be doing a prophetic conference on the weekend, but they are available for other meetings during these following two weeks. If anyone is interested in having them come, please don't hesitate or it may be too late. Give us an email if you are interested.

SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK DECLARES HIS CADIDACY FOR PRESIDENT

Our family, along with leaders like Lou Engles, Mike Bickle, Dutch Sheets, John Sanford and many more are excited that we will be given a choice to vote for someone with such strong family values and Christian character. Senator Brownback is strongly pro-life and pro-God. He is an extreme underdog according to the experts, but let's see what God will do if we do our part.

We believe that many prophetic signs have pointed to such a man becoming president in the next election. Will you get excited with us? Today, Sam is at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. We heard him speak at TheCall Dallas three years ago. He may be at TheCall Nashville on 07-07-07. Please pray about going and taking as many youth there as possible. It will be a major opportunity to change the spiritual climate of Music City, USA. The music from Nashville helps to set the spiritual atmosphere of the nation. If we can change the atmosphere, we can change the nation.

Much love and many blessings to you all,

Ben and Brenda and The OHM Team

LET'S VOTE FOR DR. BOB Ben Peters Jan 19, 2007

Greetings Friends,

I trust you are all surviving the nasty weather many of us are experiencing these days. I got a letter this morning from Peter Whitehouse, a co-leader with Dr. Bob Paeglow of the Capital Region Prayer and Healing Center. For those who haven't yet heard, Dr. Bob is a good friend and one of our heroes. He has recently been honored by a national medical association, People Magazine and Good Morning America for his humanitarian work, serving people in the ghetto of Albany, NY, with love and compassion.

In my latest book, Holy Passion, I wrote the first chapter about Dr. Bob, as an example of what you can accomplish with passion that comes from intimacy with Jesus. I share a lot of details that you won't get from the media. (I highly recommend the book!) But at any rate, it looks now like we could help him get on the CBS Evening News. Peter Whitehouse gives us the instructions below.

By the way, the Israel team will be returning this afternoon and we're excited to hear all the stories. God has given our team incredible favor and open doors in Jericho, Bethlehem and Palestine. I do know our boys played basketball twice with the refugees in Bethlehem. Details will come later. For those concerned about Tim, he is fine. Peter and Anthony also got hit, but I believe they are also OK now. Tomorrow, we will be at the Skokie Aglow at the Holiday Inn at 5300 Touhy in Skokie at 11:00 for lunch. Ministry will start after 12 noon. Lunch is $14.00.

BE SURE TO VOTE! God bless you all! Ben and Brenda, family and team

Dear Friends

Dr. Bob is being considered for a spot on the CBS Evening News in their "Assignment America" segment. After the news tonight... through tomorrow (Fri and Sat) you will have the opportunity to vote for Dr Bob online. If he receives the most votes, they will feature his work on the CBS Evening News. National exposure can bring much needed finances to our ministry.

Please vote for Dr Bob tonight or tomorrow by going to cbsnews.com... then click on Evening News and look for the "Assignment America" vote. There will be a choice of 3 stories. Whichever story gets the most votes by 12 a.m. ET on Sunday is the winner.
Thanks for your help.
Peter Whitehouse

The Fire is Spreading Ben Peters Jan 16, 2007

Greetings Saints,

Since my last newsletter I had the privilege of attending TheCall Relaunch in Fort Mill, S.C., along with our friend, Joshua Chang. At the same time, our son, Tim, was and still is in Israel with Vance Murphy and Lisa Bourland and another group of over thirty people. When I saw the ad for TheCall Relaunch, I felt God was saying that this was His plan rather than our all going to Israel. Since God hadn't provided for Israel, I knew that this was His perfect will.

FORT MILL, S.C. (HOME OF RICK JOYNER'S MINISTRY)

So Joshua and I flew to Charlotte and crossed over into South Carolina. This event was another extremely powerful and significant Divine appointment in a series of recent God evemts in our life and ministry. The messages by Lou Engles, James Goll, Dutch Sheets, Ray Hughes Stacey Campbell, Mike Bickle and others were filled with the fire of God. It was not just "another conference." It was totally impacting and life-transforming.

I went with the desire to meet Lou Engles and invite him to come to Chicago to hold a future "Call". I found out that after the Nashville event on 07/07/07, they were planning on doing a number of regional Calls. Then they will do another Washington D.C. Call in 2008, before the elections, where they expect up to a million people coming to meet God and call on Him for forgiveness and revival.

My desires were fulfilled very quickly as I encountered Lou in the hallway on Saturday morning and introduced myself. He knew of me from Che Ahn and very quickly expressed great interest in having a "Call" in Chicago. On Sunday morning, Mrs. Engle (Therese) noticed Joshua Chang, who had been in the market place meeting and asked if she could talk to him. She ended up inviting us both to her house on Sunday afternoon. There in Lou Engle's living room, we talked with him for some time and then he asked us to minister with him to a group from Brooklyn, NY, who were starting a Justice House of Prayer there. We immediately bonded with the folks from Brooklyn and left feeling like Lou and Therese were old friends.

The bottom line is: Lou Engles believes we will have a regional call in Chicago, and we will be involved in some way in getting it started. Someone just prophesied to us that we would be involved in much more than the Sending Center in the near future. This may be a part of that. Whatever you want, Lord! We are Your servants. Your vision is our vision.

ISRAEL

Information has been somewhat sketchy, but we have heard that our team was the first group allowed to be baptized in the Jordon at the Joshua crossing site in over 40 years. 1/11/07 was the date the Israeli's had allowed people to come and celebrate Joshua's crossing the Jordan. Of course, this is in Palestinian territory and probably required extra security.

Meanwhile, our son, Tim, had not been feeling well and yesterday, Monday, he actually passed out and when nurse, Jill Ruh, checked his blood pressure, she called the ambulance. He was very dehydrated and spent the day in the hospital. Last we heard he was doing much better and headed for Bethlehem.

The team has accomplished much already. God has given them the places they need for new bases for their House of Prayer, etc., in Jericho, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. They say there have been many more Divine encounters as well, which we are waiting to hear about. Please pray for them. They come home on the 19th.

ITINERARY

Our website has been updated. You can find it on our website: www.ohmint.org. Click on itinerary and change months as you need. Click on the event on the calendar for more details. This weekend we will be doing a Skokie, Illinois, Aglow meeting on Saturday. Those wanting to come for lunch at 11:00 AM will be charged $14.00. If you come after noon for the ministry time, there will be no charge. The location is the Holiday Inn at 5300 W Touhy in Skokie.

Next weekend, January 26-28, we will be doing a prophetic conference in Freeport, Illinois. Meetings will be Friday evening, Saturday morning and evening and Sunday morning.

On February 9, 10, we will be in Dixon, Illinois. Meetings will be Saturday evening, Sunday morning and evening.

PRAYER REQUESTS

First of all, please pray for Bridget Muszynski/Zornow, who lost her husband to cancer over a week ago. She was a tremendous trooper, trusting God to heal him, yet still trusting God when Randy was taken home. There were many smaller miracles that God did do, keeping him alive for some time, but in the end she suffered the loss of a precious husband. Bridget will still need much support and love from the body of Christ. Please let her know you love her if you can. Her email address is: rgbwz@sbcglobal.net.

Secondly, pray for Pastor Larry Bryce from Moses Lake, Washington. He is a younger man, in apparently great physical shape, who was recently diagnosed with a serious case of cancer. He is following some good advice regarding his diet, etc., but desparately needs a touch from God soon.

We are still hoping that more of you will join the ranks of intercessors who have already written Haydee at openheartprayer@gmail.com. We are looking for those who will commit to pray for the needs that people send in as well as our leadership team and all the other intercessors.

CHICAGO SENDING CENTER

God continues to lead us to develop the Sending Center to prepare laborers for the harvest and send them forth. God has highlighted some Scriptures and illustrated to us the need for the "Sending" part of preparation.

Most denominations do a pretty good job of sending and supporting their missionaries after they train them, but many other more independent ministries have left that part undone. We were made aware of that again after a gal we knew was trained for six months and then went home to do her best to serve God with her training. She was feeling very alone and forgotten. Her church let her do her thing, but they didn't father her in it. When Brenda prophesied to her over the phone she wept and sobbed. It was the confirmation that she desparately needed. She was trained well, but nobody sent her anywhere. That is, nobody took the responsibility to see that she fulfilled her destiny after they trained her.

Jesus said to His disciples, "As the Father has sent Me, so send I you." (John 20:21) Jesus prepared them and gave them directions and His provision to go. Paul wrote, "How shall they preach unless they be sent?" (Romans 10:15) Sending involves fathering and financing. That's what the Sending Center is all about. We will do our best to disciple like Jesus did and then be involved in sending and supporting them.

Of course, the problem has always been finances.

Where will the money come from? I believe it will come in several ways.

1. Christians will change priorities as they see how exciting the harvest is. They will spend less money on themselves and pleasure and more on the harvest. It will be like the book of Acts when people voluntarily sell possessions and give extravegantly. God will bless them with eternal rewards as well as earthly blessings.

2. God will do creative things. People will be given new technology and give the profit from ministry to the harvest. New businesses will be developed especially for Kingdom financing.

3. Corporations, CEO's and government agencies will be moved on by God to show favor to those with pure heart ministries. Large grants will be given and miracles will occur that give ministries great advantages.

4. Many others will give the little bit that they can and much will come in as a result. It will take both the two penny donations and the two million dollar donations to make it happen. We can't make it happen, but God will.

I trust you are all having a wonderful New Year, experiencing new things in the Kingdom of God. He never planned for Christianity to be boring or the same ol', same ol. It was meant to be new every morning, just like His mercies.

We love you and thank you for your support!

Ben, Brenda, boys and Open Heart Ministry team

Special Announcement - Felito speaks tonight in Lake Bluff, IllinoisBen PetersSep 13, 2006
Greetings Friends, including new subscribers,

We just picked up Felito at O'Hare. He came directly from Africa where he has been Heidi Baker's Director of Outreaches and led hundreds of westerners including us into the bush to do outreaches, healing the sick and winning Muslims by the hundreds and thousands.

Felito will speak tonight at Grace Covenant Worship Center, located at 906 Muir in Lake Bluff, IL. which is located north of Chicago, close to Lake Michi gan, east of Mundelein and Vernon Hills.

Last night Brenda and I ministered to about 35 folk in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was wonderful to see so many young people among them and watch God touch them, leaving many of them weeping. Many were from Pentecostal churches, but had not experienced personal prophetic ministry before.

Please pray for us as we will be extremely busy doing our own meetings and taking Felito to his. Right after that we have our big conference in DeKalb. Be sure to check the itinerary.

Also, please pray that miracles will happen that will confirm God's plan for us regarding going to Israel next month. God is so GOD and He is full of surprises and miracles!

Thanks for all your prayers and encouragements, and support of all kinds.
Much love from the Peters and team,

Fresh Anointing in Woodstock, IL

Fresh Anointing in Woodstock, Illinois
Ben Peters
Sept 10, 2006

OHM - http://www.ohmint.org/

Greetings Saints,
We just completed a prophetic and healing conference at New Life Christian Center in Woodstock, Illinois. What an anointing on the meetings! Team members, including many youth, joined us for each of the four services and helped us minister to the many people who attended. We saw several people activated for the first time in prophetic ministry and many took it to a new level. Everyone, including Brenda an d I, learned something new and we were all greatly blessed. Physical healings were also reported.

This morning was a powerful service! The anointing fell during the worship, and the youth were brought to the front for prayer and impartation. God blessed the messages that Brenda and I shared and there was a lot of ministry going on among the people. It was really an awesome time in the presence of the Lord.

NEW VISION
On Saturday, during worship, I saw this vision: I saw the building representing the church we were in joined in a circle with 12 - 14 other churches or ministries. It was like they were holding hands and facing together the presence of God in the middle of the circle. It was like other visions where God was at the top of the mountain and people gathering in a circle around Him. I didn't see any mountain this time. It was like the churches or ministries were already up there in the presence of God

All of the churches and ministries were bowing down and worshipping God together. Then I saw a group of people coming towards the back door of the church and they were coming fast. They were running with passion and determination towards the entrance to the church. They didn't wait for one another to go through the narrow door. Instead they just bombarded the entrance kind of side by side and their bodies tore open the entrance and widened it considerably.

They did not come and sit down in the church, but they kept running through the church and tore open the front of the church which was bowing towards God, so they themselves could get to God. As they passed through to get to God, I saw the shape of the buildings had changed. They now were in the shape of covered bridges. These ministries had all become bridges to God. They provided a covering for people to pass under, but they did not try to hold them - they encouraged them to keep going towards Jesus and their destiny in Him.

These people coming into and through the churches were mostly young people and they all had passion. They knew they had a destiny if they could just get to Jesus and get their marching orders. The churches and ministries helped them and covered them with prayer and encouragement.

I believe the vision was not only for the New Life Christian Center of Woodstock, Illinois, but it is for all those who are crying out for unity in the body of Christ and the power and revival which that unity will release. May God create a deeper hunger for the presence of God that will cause people to run towards Him. And may we as Christian churches and ministries be willing to be covered bridges for them.

We have many great meetings and conferences coming up. Please check our website: http://www.ohmint.org/ and clic k itinerary. For details, click on the event.

God bless you all!
Ben and Brenda Peters and team

Reminder and Prayer Request

Reminder and Prayer Request
Ben PetersSep 08, 2006

Greetings everyone,
We want to remind those in the Chicago area that we are starting a four-session series at New Life Christian Center in Woodstock tonight at 7 PM. The location is the corner of Hwy 176 and Dean St., just west of Hwy 47. The meetings are open to all and continue tomorrow morning at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM, concluding on Sunday morning at 10 AM. If you can't make it please pray. You can see our schedule on our website: http://www.ohmint.org/.

Also please pray for us as we seek God's perfect will regarding our immediate schedule. Pray for obstacles to be removed. Brenda's dad is stable again and eating better. Thanks for your prayers for him and baby Samantha, who is doing fine, last I heard.

We have one other major prayer request. We ministered to a 20 year-old Italian young man, named John. . They just discovered an inoperable brain tumor and his father just died of a brain tumor about four years ago. The mother is really struggling and John is already losing his balance. We are going to pray for him again early next week if it works out and we would appreciate your prayers. John is standing on the promises of God and has an excellent attitude. He said that God told him, "You don't know how to live until you know how to die."

To avoid overcrowding at Christian Fellowship in Crystal Lake on October 15, when Heidi Baker is with us, we are asking people to email Tracy Dorn regarding their intention to attend that Sunday night service at 7 pm while HUB is finishing their conference with Rolland Baker. Last time the crowd was greater than the fire department would have approved. So please email Tracy at teej1265@yahoo.com. Let her know your names, addresses, phone number and email address please. There will be no charge, but we will limit the number inside the building this time. Remember, you can hear Heidi earlier at the HUB conference which will be at the Chicago O'Hare Crown Plaza this time. You can check http://www.hubministries.org/ for details.

God bless you all!
Ben and Brenda and family and team