MY NEW LIFE

21 treatments further

2012-01-31T04:29:00.000-08:00

I have just had my 21st treatment in the hospital, and I have to be honest it is not so bad as I thought it would be. If it is working I dont know, wounds that were open for months are now closed, but new wounds are coming, so its not completely under control. I went to Wales for the Christmas period to be with my brother as it was his first christmas without his wife elaine who sadley passed away last june. Both Richard and I are relaxing a lot these last couple of weeks, it is very quiet in the business, always is at this time of the month. Richards health gives us also concern as he is always so tired, he is like myself under continual control at the hospital, we are getting our money's worth out of our health insurance now (joke) Couple of years ago I opened a twitter account, but never used it, these last few weeks I have been using it, have a lot of time on my hands, and have to rest a lot, so it gives me something to do and keep my mind off my illness, which cant be bad. If any of you have twitter accounts follow me, and I will follow you. For now I send you all my love and best wishes for this new year already 31 days have past, so I got it in just in time.

Puva treatment

2011-12-05T10:07:00.001-08:00

today I had my 9th puva treatment in the hospital, both my arms look a lot better and all the wounds are now closed, my legs still have a lot of wounds on them and need a lot of treatments. Friday they found a lump under my arm, and I am waiting once again to see the surgeon who will perform yet another biopsie, and then the long wait again. Today I explained this to someone as if a sword was hanging above my head and that I was waiting for it to fall. I am also going to have another scan very soon to see if everything is ok inside me. I still feel so tired all the time, and some days sleep up to 18 hours. Then only after having a wash I am ready to go back to bed. I have my computer next to my bed, and am able to keep in touch with people dear to me. I shall keep you all beter informed in future, I sometimes forget about this blog, as I have a facebook account and I write everything there, and dont know really who reads this blog, but know that some people still read it. So until the next time, God Bless you all.

Sometimes it is so hard

2011-11-07T22:28:00.000-08:00

Sometimes it is really so hard to understand why things happen in life, and why does our God let them happen. Recently after only a short illness my sister in law passed away due to lung cancer which had already spread throughout her body, I have never seen anyone go through so much pain and suffering before she passed. Only a year before her passing had we become friends once again after a very long time, this due to things happening both in her life and in mine. Since her passing I have continued to support my brother and their daughter, but I still find it so hard to believe that this was and is Gods will. I have never doubted that there is a God, but am asking myself why oh why, are we supposed to learn a lesson from so much pain?? and if so what is the lesson??? If anyone has an answer to this please let me know, I also ask you to remember both myself and my family in your prayers.

So long ago

2010-08-05T15:39:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I wrote here, God is still the main reason why I am alive today. I have overcome so many trials and tribulations, without Him this would not have been possible. It is now nearly 5 years since I saw my children. My daughter Tamarra has married, and has a daughter, whom I have also not seen. I continue to pray that God will intervene in this ongoing saga. I have a wonderful contact with my brother whom I also had not seen in more than 15 years.

Holiday in Croatie

2009-09-13T04:46:00.000-07:00

Richard and I are just back from a wonderful in Croatie. Our intentions were to go to spain in our camper, but God had other plans for us, and just 3 days before we left we had to make other plans.
I drove all the way to Austria, driving the whole night, and Richard slept nearly all the way, but took over the driving in Austria, what wonderful to see all the mountains at dawn, truely a miracle on its own, but knowing that God had created this awesome sight made it even more special to us both.

First of all we went to Umag in Istria, stayed there for 3 days and nights, just enjoying being together, and thanking God for what He had done in our lives over the last years, pulling Richard through his heart problems, attending all our neads with our Company so that Richard is now able to take a back seat and to start serving our Lord and Saviour, also that God was with me on my recent stays in Hospital, curing my double hernia, my knee operation and my health in general. It felt so good to be near Him knowing that He had everything under control.

After Umag we went to Pula this was an even beter place than Umag, such wonderful sunsets and dawns, really wonderful to be a part of all of this. Now being completely rested we went on to Porec God always saves the best till last, we came upon a camping which was literally on the sea, our camper was about 3 ft away from the water only a few rocks dividing the sea from us. We set up camp in between two german famlies, and it became very clear to us why God had sent us here. Within a few hours of being there our German neighbours came to say hello, and were very impressed by our camper, we got talking whilst drinking a cup dutch koffie, and very quickly the subject of Gods love came into discussion. These people came from the original east germany and had seen so many heartaches and pain over the years, they were only just beginning to see all the wonders outside the eastblock, after many years of living in poverty, of course I told them, that this was Gods work, at first they gave no answer, but more and more I told them that we all live in a situation just like the eastblock was when we dont have Jesus Christ in our lives, only then do we become completely free. Richard went with them on a boat ride and really enjoyed himself, I had to stay by the camper because we had taken our new dog Igentl along with us, and he is afraid of water, but whilst we were there, God took this problem also in His hands, and by the end of the second day he was walking down the rocks to the water and just letting the tide wet his paws, something really unheard of with pekingness dogs, but we all know that God can do anything, so that nothing is impossible for Him.

for the next 9 days we relaxed in each others company, Richard went rock climbing, he took so many photos, and I could see him getting stronger every day. The weather was really fantastic, no rain, only sun and it was very warm.

On our way home we decided to stop in Austria among the mountains and kristal clear lakes, although it was colder there we also enjoyed it.

We drove home in daylight, once again I drove home, as the stress of driving is still a little overbearing for Richard.

Upon our return home we found everything as we had left it, our children we pleased to see us, as were our other pets.

We both thank God for this wonderful experience, for the time that Richard and I were able to spend together, for all the things He let us see but most of all, that He brought us home safe and well after driving more than 3000 kilometers.

Time Flys

2009-08-24T02:29:00.001-07:00

Due to lots of changes in our lives, I have not had time nor energy to write anything here for some time.

God has been putting our faith to the test on every aspect in our lives. Due to Richards health problems we have had to make many difficult decisions, which will alter our lives completely.

Richard has pulled back from our Company taking only a back seat which has been very difficult for him, as he has known nothing other than his company for more than 40 years.

I have also been through a very bad patch with my health, have had a double hernia in my back which has been operated on, another operation on the 15 September, my knie has been operated on due to a torn miniscus, and also in September I will be operated on my eyes for the second time.

God has been our strength through this all, knowing that He has another plan in our lives.

We have bought another mobile home although due to our ailments have not been away yet, but God willing we will be going this week.

On the home front, I have still no contact with my own children, this is their choice, something I have to accept. Richard and I have adopted 3 grand children, Davey who is 7, Vivian who is 9 and Iris who is 9 months.

I continue to serve my loving Father growing more every day in my faith and love for His son Jesus Christ.

Richards Heart

2008-10-04T03:54:00.000-07:00

Just want to keep my friends and family up to date regarding Richards heart problems. Many of you already know that he has been not feeling very well for a few months, always very tired, and out of breath. Well he went to the doctor, and had many tests done, they came back with the news that Richard has diabetis, but could not understand where the tiredness was coming from. God spoke to me and told me that there was once again a problem with Richards heart, so we made an appointment with the cardioligist, where Richard had a few tests done. He was admitted to hosptial for a heart scan, where they pump a solution through his veins up into his heart and take photos. Well the right side of his heart is in order, but the left side was not clear because the solution would not go any further. They have now sent all these photos te a groep of cardiologists who will be looking very closely to see where the block is. We await the results, in the meantime Richard is recovering from this test, and seems to be very relaxed, knowing that everything is in Gods hands.
He says very often, "I am not afraid to die, because I know where I am going" of course we know that God has another plan in Richards life, and God will repair all the damage in Richards heart, amen.

Further we are all well and happy here, and continuing to serve our Heavenly Father, putting all our faith and trust in Him.

I want to thank all our friends especially Pastor MayJune from the philippienes, for their prayers, emails, and letters. We feel so uplifted through this all. God Bless you all, and until the next time.

On the mend

2008-06-27T01:27:00.000-07:00

It has been 8 days since my operation on my eyes. I have had a lot of pain, and also have an infection in both eyes, which I am now receiving treatment for. Yesterday I went to the hospital for control, and they were very pleased with the stand of my eyes now, and told me it will take a month before my eyes are healed, until then I must wear dark glasses, and avoid light. I can only stay behind my computer for about 10 minutes, otherwise I get a bad headache. I know that God uses these times to come even more closer to Him. I am enjoying listening to God tv and other christian tv programmas, especially to the outpouring in Florida with Todd Bentley. So many miracles are taking place there and also all around the world. I feel so blessed knowing that He has everything under control, and I have no fears anymore.

Yesterday evening Richard and I went to the diploma evening of my daughter Rachel. She passed all her exams, and we are both very proud of her. It was quit a difficult situation, as my other two daughters were there, and they do not want to have anything to do with me, so Richard and I sat at the back of the hall, as we did not want to make Rachel uncomfortable, as it is very difficult for her with this situation. I also know that God will intervene in this situation in His time. amen.

I want to thank all my friends for all your mails, cards and telephone calls since I have been operated on. This means so much to me, knowing that you are all praying for me.

God Bless you all, all the days of your lives.

Eye operation

2008-06-18T00:50:00.000-07:00

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Tomorrow June 19th I will be having an operation on my both eyes, which will, God willing, correct the muscle damage caused over the years of meniere attacks. The operation will take about one hour, the recovery period a couple of weeks. I have been given 70% chance that this will be a success, but of course they dont know that the hand of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will also be there tomorrow, guaranting a full 100% outcome, amen. This is something I have been putting off for more than 2 years, but now is the time to do it, as my eyes do not work together anymore, and this is very tiring for me, and does not help the situation. Please pray for a speady recovery that I will very soon be able to carry on with the plan that our Lord has laid down for me. God Bless you all, all the days of your lives. I love you all, just as Jesus loves you.

The last photos of departure

2008-05-23T17:40:00.000-07:00

Here are the last photos of our departure from the Philippines, both Jeroen and I want to thank everyone there for making our visit one we shall never forget.

God Bless you all and keep you safe until we meet again. Amen and again Amen

ON OUR WAY HOME

2008-05-20T04:48:00.001-07:00

Tuesday 20th May

We had very little sleep last night, people stayed until quite late, and we were both very emotional and did nothing but cry. We got up at 6.30 and I could not eat anything, I was still all choaked up after yesterday, and then a lot of people came once again to say goodbye, once again the tears began to flow. Janelite, had volunteerd to take us to the airport, she has a beautiful comfortable car, so Pastor Mayjune, Reynaldo, Pastor Felix took us to the airport. We arrived on time, and once again the tears began to flow, I have cried so much these last two days, I hurts so deep inside, leaving our loved ones behind. We had a very good flight although it was nearly an hour late.

A taxi from the hotel picked us up and brought us here to our Hotel, we have such a luxery room, something that doesnot seem to matter anymore, because our hearts are somewhere else.

We cheared up when we saw Kentuky Fried Chicken restaraunt because we have not had potatoes for all the time we have been here, and we had two portions of everything!!!! Whilst we were sitting enjoying our meal we saw Pastor Jun Minao who lives near here in Manila, he came especially to say goodbye to us, can you imagine that!!! Maybe you can begin to understand the love that we have received since we have been here. We have tried a few times to phone Pastor MayJune, but all she and the others can do is cry, so we will try again tomorrow morning before we leave with the KLM for HOME. God bless you all who ever is following this blog, I love you all. AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN

MY BIRTHDAY AND LEAVING PARTY

2008-05-19T04:31:00.000-07:00

Monday 19th May 2008
What a birthday to remember, I was already so full of everything that has taken place here, but today my heart is just so full of joy, most of the members from the church came with also other pastors from other churches, to celebrate my 55th birthday, and also to say our goodbyes. It was really so moving, both Jeroen and I received awards for the missionary work we have done here. We both received many gifts from all our family and friends here. We even received gifts for all our family members!!! Even for my daughters Karen and Tamarra!!! this really touched my heart, because they know of the situation between us. The ladies of the church had cooked for all the people about 35, we shared a meal together, and also had a small service. We prayed, sang and Praised our Heavenly Father for all the things He has done here in the short time we have been here.
Our hearts belong here with these wonderful people of God, I cannot even begin to describe the feelings I have knowing I am leaving tomorrow. I take each and every one of them in my heart. Both Jeroen and I know we will be coming back here, because our Lord has told us this, we must finish the work HE has started. This was the best birthday I have ever had in my life. So much love and kindness, what more can anyone ask for. AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN.

Body begins te feel the strain

2008-05-18T19:37:00.000-07:00

Saturday and Sunday 17th and 18th May

A rest day, Jeroen went swimming with a few friends, whilst I stayed home playing with the cats. Visitors keep us very busy, they come and go all day. My feet were very swollen from standing all day yesterday, we went to bed early because we were all very tired, and had to get up at 6.30.

Sunday morning, I had not slept at all, all night long God was talking to me, and letting me see visions, by the time 6.30 came I just could not stand up, so the others went on without me. I slept nearly 17 hours, and woke again at 19.30 they were all very concerned about me, including Jeroen, but I told them it was only swollen feet, and nothing to worry about, we have been doing a lot, and my body was calling out for rest, so I took it.

MARATHON PRAISE AND WORSHIP

2008-05-18T18:54:00.000-07:00

Friday 16th May
Today we had our 12uur long praise and worship. Bands from 10 different churches came and participated in this marathon, something they had never done here before. Jeroen went off bright and early to make sure everything was ready, while I took my time as always, remember I am 25years old his senior!!!! When I arrived they had just begun the 2nd song. Not many people were there in the morning but after lunch time the church began to fill up. Very amazing was to see the lady who was last week completely healed from her kidney decease, she was jumping up and down, and was so happy, her daughter, who I also had the pleasure of baptizing was also there, many people and pastors who had heard us speaking were also there. It was really very special, and I can tell you there is a lot of talent here in Manticao, we have made a video so you can judge for yourselves. In the middle of the afternoon, the Holy Spirit fell on many people, and they started falling on top of each other, really awesome to see. There was a meal prepared for everyone who was there, so there was a break of about an hour, in this time, I went home and changed, because I was soaking wet. Jeroen had taken clothes with him, very sensible young man. Really the music was very special, and touched our hearts once again to see how close to God all these people are. I came home at 21.30 and the rest stayed until the end, which was midnight.

ONE WAY, JESUS, AMEN

2008-05-14T04:06:00.000-07:00

Wednesday 14th May
This afternoon both Jeroen and I spoke at the University here in Manticao, the students, were all given free from their studies to come and listen to the Gospel, amen. The praise and worship team from the church were there already, and had put all the equipment in place, we first started singing gospel songs, and then Jeroen gave his testimony, he gets better and better as the days go by, he is really fun to watch, and the words are very clear, “one way Jesus” amen. Especially for these students who are now really in the middle of all the temptations of this world. His message came over loud and clear, and many were touched by his words, it is really such a blessing to work with Jeroen for the Glory of God, we are both very attached to each other, and we encourage each other every day, because sometimes it is very difficult here, seeing all the things we are seeing, I have said this so many times already, but once again, we don’t know how blessed we are living in a country that is organized, even if we do not agree with everything our government is doing. I have to ask myself so many times, why is this, why was I not born here??? Why do these people have to live like this??? I do not believe that this is Gods will, really not.
After Jeroen spoke, it was my turn, I told them many things that had happened in my life, especially how God sends people into your life to help you and build you up. I told them about my relationship with Richard, and how God was now working in his life, amen. I told them that it is not how your life begins, but how your life ends. People will never be remembered for the material things that they once had, they will be remembered by the things they do whilst they are here. I spoke about the Love of Jesus Christ, how He lived here on this earth, what for person He was, and then I told them how and why He died for us. I asked them to close their eyes, while I told them of the last hours of His life here on earth, where he was humiliated, betrayed, spat upon, laughed at, scorned, brutally beaten and whipped, so that the skin was falling from His body, that He was made to carry that heavy cross on His shoulders, (a symbol of our sins) how they nailed Him to the Cross, and put a crown of thorns on His head, mocking him, all the time, the finally the sword tearing through His already broken body, blood pouring out of his sweat glands, then I asked them to open their eyes, and told them HE DID THIS FOR YOU AND FOR ME that we will be saved, clearing the way for us to our Heavenly Father, amen. Nearly everyone was crying, even Jeroen and Pastor MayJune, then asked them who wanted to give their lives to HIM, you know, every one of these young people came forward and gave their lives to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN.

HIS WILL BE DONE, AMEN

2008-05-13T09:45:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 13th May 2008-05-13
This afternoon we had our appointment with the richest man here in Manticao, we went with a motorbike with sidecar, and arrived there on time. We were very warmly welcomed, and my eyes nearly fell out of my head when we entered this mansion, I have never seen anything so beautiful in all my life, and believe me I have seen many beautiful places, this place was fit for a queen to live in. We were offered chocolate cake and cola, and also a plate of bami which was very tasty. We talked about everything, going on here, and how the Holy Spirit was working in our lives, but of course they had already heard many things through the grape vine. Whilst I was sitting next to the lady of the manor, our Lord spoke to me very clearly and told me, that this lady was not going to die from the cancer, that was in her body, amen. She had already had a course of chemo therapy, and had lost all her hair, she was very thin, and as I held her hand in mine, I could feel the power of the Holy Spirit going through her, amen. Their son brought us home in a deluxe air-conditioned car and was very grateful that we had taken the time to visit with his parents.
This evening I spoke at the same Christian camp where Jeroen had spoken yesterday evening. There were about 350 young people there, ranging in age from 8 years to 30 years. I spoke for about 2 hours, and was translated by the Pastor who had organized this camp. I told them what Jesus had done in my life, and told them about the wonders of the cross. Making very clear to them that we can only enter the kingdom of heaven by accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. I asked for people to come forward who wanted to completely surrender their lives to our Lord, only 2 people raised their hands, but when I asked them to come forward, they all came, once again. Can you imagine what feeling this gives you???? Once again the Holy Spirit had completely taken over me, I prayed like I had never prayed before, then both Jeroen and I went down from the stage, praying with these wonderful youngsters, putting our hands on them and blessing them in the Precious name of Jesus Christ, and once again they started falling over like flies. It kept on going and going, then someone called me back onto the stage, and told me that there was a young man who wanted me to pray for his serious heart condition. I asked for a chair and asked this young man to sit there and wait until we had finished praying for these young people. The band played “Holy spirit rain down” it was really so powerful, you could almost touch His Holy presence I fell to my knees, continuing to pray for all these young people, many were in tears, many falling down, and then after about 15 minutes of praying in the spirit, I stood up and was told that the young man who had been sitting all this time in the chair, had already been healed, the young man was in tears, and said He could feel the power of the Holy Spirit going through his whole body, Praise the Lord, Hallelujah, both Jeroen and I started jumping up and down, thanking our Lord once again for His loving mercy. We were brought home by one of the leaders of the camp on a motor bike, and when we arrived home, she asked us to pray for her, she had had a lot of pain in her stomach, for many, many months, I had lost my voice at the service, but as I started to pray for her, the Lord in His mercy gave me such a powerful voice, and we prayed so hard for this lady of God. When we finished, she said she also felt the power of the Holy Spirit going through her body, AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN.
I have just heard that we have been invited back tomorrow evening at this camp, we don’t know what is going to happen, as we have plans for the whole week, but God is completely in charge, and His will WILL BE DONE AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN.

JEROEN, A TRUE EVANGELIST

2008-05-12T21:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I was not very well at all. I had a terrible headache, and was unable to speak at the Christian Camp. I told Jeroen that he had to go and speak, first of all he did not want to leave me, but I told him he must go. First of all the electricity went off, a main cable had been broken because of a storm, but praise the Lord at 8pm all the lights came on again, they said that it would take all night, but God had other plans.
Jeroen went to speak at the camp, and something wonderful happened to him. He had a spiritual breakthrough, something I had been praying for together with MayJune, he spoke as a true eveangelist, like he had been doing this for many years, all the fear and doubts about his ability to do this were obliterated by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, amen. The devil has lost this battle also, amen. When they came home Mayjune told me, that she was really touched by the power that was going through Jeroen, that many young people fell over through the power of the Holy Spirit. Her words were Jeroen was the man of the evening, amen, and again amen.
Today I am feeling a lot better, and I will be speaking at the same camp as Jeroen did yesterday, where about 200 people are attending. God bless you all, and especially Marieke, who is leaving for Engeland for a conference for the Childrens Power Clubs, please pray for her and her loving family, that our Lord will use her and bless her abuntently, amen and again AMEN

BAPTISM IN THE SEA

2008-05-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

Sunday 11 may 2008
A mother’s day I will not forget for a very long time. Jeroen is feeling better today, and got out of bed. I had been praying for him until 6am this morning, because many people have been sick here with high temperatures, and have been a week in bed!!! God is good, all the time. The service this morning in Caro de Oro City had been postponed until later in the week, but this morning I received a message from a young lady who had only last week received healing and then had given her life to our Lord and Saviour. It was her wish to be baptized and she wanted me to baptize her, amen. Of course I said gladly, so at sunset we all went down to the beach, where we had a small service of praise and worship, then we entered the sea together, with Pastor Jun from anther church and we baptized her. It was really a wonderful experience with the big waves, and the sun setting. Friends and family had brought food and something to drink, so we all sat around talking together, although Jeroen and I did not eat, only drunk something with them all. Then we returned to our home, and had a lovely meal which Aunty Bibi had prepared for us. Jeroen was very tired, but he is getting stronger, we pray that he will be in top condition tomorrow. We have many engagements this week, including a 12 hour praise and worship, another sea baptism, where people have asked from iligan city for us to baptize them, and various speaking engagements. God Bless you all. AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN.

S.O.S JEROEN IS ZIEK!!!!!!

2008-05-10T00:14:00.000-07:00

Lieve Broers en Zussen,

Ja wat een fantastisch belevenis gisteren avond, Jeroen en ik waren totaal kapot na afloop. Ik kon niet slapen, en lag wakker tot 5uur vanochtend, ik was met God aan het spreken, en Hij vertelde me weer allemaal dingen. Ook de nacht ervoor vertelde Hij mij dat mijn dochter Tamarra was ernstig ziek dat de kanker was helemaal terug in haar lichaam, de duivel heeft me zit te plagen heirover, en verteld me, dat ze dood zou gaan, en Waar is je God NU. Ik had er heel veel last van. Ik heb Jeroen gelijk verteld gisteren ochtend, en later had ik Richard gesproken om yahoo, en hij verteld me dat hij had de dag ervoor dit gehoord van Rachel, dat de kanker terug is bij Tamarra, dat ze zijn weer bezig met chemo en bestraling. Weer bevestiging wat God had me verteld. Maar ik weet dat Hij is aan het wachten tot er geen hoop meer is bij haar, dan zal HIJ ingrijpen en haar genezen, dan pas zal zij weten dat HIJ LEEFT amen.
Vanochted, Jeroen is wakker en hij is heel erg ziek, met zeer hoge koorts, en vreselijk hoofdpijn. De man van MayJune Geraldo heeft de hele week op bed gelegen met griep, en ik ben bang dat Jeroen heeft het van hem gekregen, omdat hij de hele dag bij hun thuis zit. Ik wist dat hij ziek was, en bleef uit zijn buurt. Jeroen ligt nu op bed, en voelt zich echt niet lekker in order. Ik had heel veel medicatie mee genomen, en heb hem wat gegeven, hij slaapt nu, en ik ben voor hem aan het bidden. Ik vraag jullie ook voor hem te bidden.
De afspraken hebben we afgezet voor vandaag, ik ga niet zonder Jeroen op stap, wij zijn echt een team geworden, en ik wil voor hem zijn, amen. Ze haden niet zoveel begrijp voor, maar ja, die zaten natuurlijk vol van verwachten wat Hij zou door ons doen vandaag. Maar ik heb ze verteld, dat Hij heeft ons hier samen gebracht, om als een team te werken, en as ik alleen zouden gaan, zou mijn hart ergens anders zijn, en dan bij mijn broer Jeroen. Morgen zouden we naar cargyn de oro city gaan preeken, maar dat zie ik nu niet zo zitten. Alles is in Gods handen, het is niet ons wil, maar ZIJN WIL.

Ik hou van jullie allemaal, en mis jullie zoveel. Laat de mensen weten in de gemeente hoe het met ons hier gaat, ik zie dat niet veel mensen mijn blog lezen, en die van Jeroen ook niet. Jammer is dat, maar ja, ik begrijp dat ze ook hun eigen levens hebben.

Gods zegen allemaal, en tot schrijfs.

Veel liefs

Janette

and He sent his deciples out into the land giving them the authority to teach, preach, and heal the sick

2008-05-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

Friday 9th May, 2008
This evening we had our healing service in the Assembly of God Church here in Manticao,
The church was completely full, many people came because they had heard about the miracles that had already taken place here. We started with praise and worship, then Jeroen gave his testimony, I gave the message about salvation, and talked about the authority given to us by Jesus Christ, to go out and Teach, Preach and Heal the sick and cast out demons in His Holy Name, amen. I asked for people to come forward who wanted to give their lives to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, about 20 people did this, amen. We then went on to the most important part of the evening, THE HEALING there were many people who were sick and came to the front for Healing. This was really amazing, and to witness once again what our Lord can do when we put all our faith and trust in HIM. It was the day of the hearing many people were healed from deafness, even a little girl of about 6 years old, who had been deaf since a baby, she was healed, amen, I think about 9 people were healed from deafness, one man who was deaf and blind received his sight and hearing once again. One man who came in with a walking stick, and walked with a limp, well our Lord healed him good and proper, and he was running up and down in the church, amen. Another man who was on a bedchair who was suffering from cancer of the blood, and could hardly stand, let alone walk, was also completely healed. A young lady with a goiter that is a swelling in the neck we laid our hands on her, I was holding her throat and could feel this swelling getting smaller and smaller, she said it felt like a magnet was pulling it out of her body, nearly all these people described their healing in the same way, like a magnet was pulling the sickness out of their bodies, amen. I cannot even begin to count the number of people who received a divine healing this evening, it was just awesome to witness once again the power of the Holy Spirit, falling on these wonderful people. Tomorrow we have been invited to the home of the richest man in Manticao, he lives in a very big mansion, with very big iron fences around it, his wife is very sick with cancer, and he wants us to come and pray for her. We also have an appointment in the afternoon with a group of young Christian people, what they are doing you will hear this tomorrow. For now God Bless you all, my brothers and sisters, may the Holy spirit fall upon you all. AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN

HEALING SERVICE TONIGHT AT 6PM

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Tonight we are giving ahealing service at 18.00. We are expecting many people to attend because the word has gone out that a blind women can now see, and a women with serious kidney decease has also been healed, other people who came to us with various illnesses have been healed through the power of prayer, amen. Yesterday we had a day of fasting and prayer, asking our Lord to guide us and fill us with the Holy Spirit for tonights service. Our prayers have already beeen answered and we know we will witness many miracles this evening. Mans extremity becomes God's opportunity. when man fails, thats when God takes over, for He never fails, amen. When man "gives up on you"God is ready and willing and able to step in and bring to pass a miracle in your life, because nothing is impossible with Him!!!!
Jesus is 100% good, and He came to bring life. He came to bring blessings to all who would believe. He came to bring ABUNDANT LIFE because he is THE LIFE GIVER! amen. So this evening we will be able to HEAL THE SICK and CAST OUT DEMONS in the precious name of JESUS CHRIST, because He has given us the authority to do this, and HE NEVER LIES amen.
We are prepared, we will not faulter, we will win the victory because through His BLOOD we have been saved, amen.
God Bless all my brothers and sisters all over the world, may He continue to use each and every one of us for HIS NAMES SAKE
AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN

The Blind shall see, and the lame shall walk, amen

2008-05-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

Wednesday 7th May
This morning we had our appointment with the Mayor of this city. We were greeted warmly and discussed many issues that our Lord had given to me. Lady Mayor agreed with all the things which we spoke about, and promised to give us her full consideration in all the matters. She will also perform the necessary tasks needed to make the lives easier for the people living here, amen.
This afternoon Jeroen went to the midweek meeting at Pastor MayJunes church, whilst I stayed home and prepared myself for this evenings service. We left here at 17.30 in a motorbike with 6 people. It was a very bumpy ride out into the middle of nowhere. When we arrived, we were very surprised to see that the congregation was mostly very young children, both Jeroen and myself were not prepared for this, so we prayed to the Lord that He would guide us.
Jeroen spook first and while he was speaking the Lord spoke to me and told me to go outside, this I did and saw many people sitting in front of their houses, I went and invited many of these people to come to the church as our Lord was going to something wonderful, not knowing myself what He was going to do. I took the stand after Jeroen, and preached the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour, you could see that the people were very moved by the words which He had given to me, amen. Then I did something which we had certainly not agreed upon, I invited people to come forward who were sick and needed healing, of course I was not in control, the Holy Spirit had taken over, and I became full of the Spirit, one lady whom I had prayed for earlier told Jeroen that her mother was seriously ill with failing kidneys and that all hope was lost, Jeroen told her to go and get her mother. At the same time another lady was brought to the front of the church, her son on one arm her daughter on the other, this lady was blind, and also one of the family members I had brought into the church from the street, In the meantime the other lady arrived, and was brought to the front of the church, I turned to both women and told them YOU WILL BE HEALED THIS EVENING, something I had never said before, after that I do not remember much, only that both these women were healed completely, the blind lady could see, and the other lady who when she came in could hardly walk, started jumping up and down, saying she had been healed. Everybody was crying and falling to their knees, praising our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I was completely out of it for a while, I was soaking wet, and had no recollection as to what had happened. We all just stood around praying in the Spirit, trying to understand what had happened, and what we had all just witnessed, none of us spoke, because there are no words to explain such miracles. All the Glory to our Loving Saviour Jesus Christ, who said “The Blind shall see, and the Lame shall walk again”. AMEN AND AGAIN AMEN!!!!!!

Having fun with members from the Church

2008-05-07T00:28:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 6th May
It was my wish and desire to do something with the whole church here, so I asked Pastor Felix to hire a boot for the day so that we could spend a day together. This he did, and we left early in the morning for the beach nearby, all the women had been preparing food since late last night. About 60 people turned up for this very exciting day, as none of them had ever been on a boot before, let alone sailing on one!!!! Things that we all take for granted, are all miracles to these wonderful people. What a wonderful day we had together, I went out on the first trip, with many others, we had a lot of fun in the water, teaching others to swim, as hardly any of them could do this, just seeing the children having so much fun, melted our hearts. None of them had swim suits, so they all went into the water with their clothes on. When we came back, both Jeroen and I were very burnt by the heat of the sun, we shared a lovely meal together, and had fellowship. I was really hurting, so I came back home and poor Jeroen went for the second trip on the boot with all the young children and their mothers. It really is so touching when you see how Jeroen works and plays with these wonderful people, he has won my deepest respect, not complaining about the pain he is feeling in his body, he just keeps on and on. I know he is going to find it very hard to leave these people, because he has won all their hearts. Amen. In the evening I walked around the market place, praying with people and talking to many children, I do this now on my own, because they do not feel afraid anymore. We also heard this evening that our trip to Iligan City has been cancelled due to yet another kidnapping of white people. Tomorrow morning at 9am I have an appointment with the Mayor this has been put off a couple of times, due to her very busy schedule.

The Power of the Holy Spirit

2008-05-07T00:26:00.000-07:00

Monday 5 May
I awoke at 11am I had slept around the clock, when I got out of bed to find we had visitors from Iligan City, they had come to invite us to speak at a prison in Iligan City, on this coming Thursday, I would speak to the women prisoners and Jereon to the men. These people were true Christians and had made many changes in the prison. Whilst talking with them the Lord told me that the man had terrible problems with his lungs, and that he also had a blockage from his heart to his lungs, which was causing him difficulty in breathing. I told this to him, and all what the Lord had told me was true. I asked if I could pray for him, and he agreed. So I started to pray for him together with Jeroen and Pastor MayJune and the mans wife. We prayed for a very long time, and all the time I had my hand on his back, and I could feel the warmth going through his lungs, and his heart, his eyes became very clear, I asked him to take very deep breaths, something he had not been able to do for a very long time, he did this with ease, and without pain and coughing. His wife started to cry, because many times she had prayed for him, and her prayers were not answered, I told her, that is the reason that they had to come here, and not for the prison visit. Praise the Lord this man was healed through the power of the Holy Spirit.

what a mighty Lord we serve

2008-05-04T05:46:00.000-07:00

Bright and early we left for the service in a nearby village, where both Jeroen and I spoke once again. Jeroen told his testimony and I gave the message about putting all our Faith in Jesus Christ, also telling them what He had done in my life. I spoke for 1 and a half hours, and at the end an alter call, where everybody in the church came forward, once again the Holy Spirit fell upon these people, they were falling like flies in the Spirit amen, this was once again really awsome to see. After the service a very young lady came up to me and asked me to hold her very close, she was sobbing out of control, she was so touched by the words I had spoken, given to me by Him, amen. So I took this young lady into the prayer room and she told me about the horrible sexual abuse which was taking place in her life, both pastor MayJune and I prayed with her, and she gave her life to our Master, amen.

I invited her to come and stay with us for a few days her, she has agreed and will be contacting us later in the week, amen. I thank our Lord and Saviour that He has intrusted me in doing His work here, I know that my life has been changed for ever, amen. I know that this is what our Lord wants me to do, is to preach the Holy Gospel. More Pastors came here this afternoon and all told me that I had a very special gift, and a very powerful way of speaking, that they were also very moved when hearing me speak.

Tomorrow morning at 3.30 they are all going to serande a lady who is celebrating her birthday, unfortunately I will be remaining in my bed as I have an appointment with the Mayor here and have to prepare myself for this honourable occassion. Jeroen is going with the rest of the church and then is going to play volleyball at 6am, he is really enjoying all the activities here, and making many friends, and touching all their hearts, amen. I am so proud of him and all the things he is able to do in this heat.

God bless you all my brothers, sisters and family for all your prayers and support.

contact

2008-05-03T00:47:00.000-07:00

hello my dear brothers and sisters, we have already been here nearly 2 weeks and are very surprised not to have received any messages from you all. We have now internet in the place in which we are staying, be using my gsm modem, so we can email and receive mails. You can also place comments underneath any blog you want to. It is so important for us to hear from our friends and family back home, knowing that you are thinking and most of all praying for us. Today is saturday, we are having a free day because it is still raining here, and we are all very tired from yesterdays expierences. Tomorrow we are to speak at two different churches one in the morning and one in the evening, so please pray for us that the words we speak will touch the hearts of many, and through us many people will give their lives to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This morning I phoned Marieke and Marya who both were not home, but I managed to speak with Bert and also with Mijnt, I was pleased to hear that they are all ok, and that they were attending the confrerence at the Betteld and also in Rotterdam. Working together for the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, I cant think of a better way of spending our lives, amen. God bless you all, my friends and family I remember you all in my prayers and miss you all so much.

Happy Birthday Pastor Mayjune

2008-05-02T07:45:00.000-07:00

Friday 2nd May
Hip hip horea, MayJune has a birthday she is 43 years old. This morning at 3.30 we were awoken by a serenade from many people from the church, who came to sing for the birthday, we really did not expect this, but apparently this is the custom here. MayJune was very touched that so many friends had gotten out of their beds to wish her a very happy day. Of course they all came inside and everyone had something to say to her, then we prayed together and for MayJune. They all drank cup of coffee then they went home. Jeroen went swimming with some of the men from the church and then he was busy the whole day preparing for the crusade this evening which is to be held in the market place, Mayjune went to pick up the license to do this from the city hall. Jeroen was traveling all over the place on the back of a truck telling the people all about this evening. I stayed at home and rested and cleaned my room, which was very necessary. They all came back here about 3pm and we started to get ready for this evening, beginning at 6pm until midnight. Jeroen went on ahead to help with the setting up of all the equipment, everything had to come from the church, and a big open lorry was going to be the stage. About 5.30 I walked to the market and they were not ready, so MayJune said to go home and wait as it was still far too hot. It really is very hot here, everyday more than 40 degrees, anyway I walked back home, I had not been home for more than 10 minutes, then it started to rain, the water just cascaded out of the sky like buckets of water, I had never seen rain like this before, everything was flooded within a few minutes, and they were still not back from the market place, I prayed and prayed that all were safe and that none of the equipment was damaged. Water and electricity don’t go well together, and the new drum set was also going to be used for the first time. At 21.00 there was still no word, so I went looking for them against the will of the people who were looking after me, I walked down the streets to the market, and could hear in the distance gospel music, when I arrived there everyone was sheltering under a market stall, everyone was soaking wet down to their underwear, and there were only a few people listening to the singing, but they kept on singing their hearts out anyway, and praising our almighty Lord, amen. After a while Jeroen and I returned to our house with a couple of others from the church, where they were able to wash themselves and change into dry clothes. We can all really learn something from these wonderful people of God, others would have given up and gone home, but no they stayed until the bitter end, amen.

WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL

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Wednesday 30 April, 2008
What a night, I was awoken at 2.30 am with very strange noises, coming from the roof of our accommodation, it sounded like someone was climbing over the roof, so I got out of my bed and went to jeroens room, where he was sleeping like a baby, and woke him and told him to come and listen, this he did, and he heard the same as me, he then went and awoke mayjune and another sister from our church who were sleeping on the floor down below, they also heard these very strange noises, MayJune immediately phoned the police, and they came to investigate, we all went back to bed, but did not sleep. This morning we heard that it had been a giant brown cat who was on our roof, hahahahahahaha. God has humor, really, because he had now woken everyone up here, and none of us went back to sleep, but talked with Him instead. Once again I saw the humor of our Lord, because He told me I had to buy a very large soup pan for Gijn who is a member of Berea, the church which I attend in Zutphen, Gijn always makes the soup when we are eaten together in the church, and now only has a 20 liter pan, and a 10 liter pan, this is not enough, well they have according to our Lord pans from 50 liters here, and they are very cheap. I asked our Lord how I was supposed to get this big pan home, He told me that Jeroen must carry one side, and I the other side, we were to use it as our hand baggage, and put all the things we needed for the flight inside the pan, I can really see this before me, amen. What a humor our Lord has, I told the rest here what I had heard and we all had a good laugh about it, and enjoyed a breakfast together. I was to speak this afternoon at a service, but our Lord spoke to me and told me this was not the time, so I phoned MayJune and explained this to her, she immediately came here and understood, that I only listen to Him. So Jeroen left with MayJune for the service. Just after they had left, I went to my room to start putting things on this blog, after about an hour without any warning I had a terrible pain in my stomach, I stood up and the diarrhea just exploded all over my bedroom floor I shudder to think what would have happened had I disobeyed God and gone to the church, once again, He has everything under control. Jeroen came back at 21uur, the service was 5 hours long, but he really had enjoyed himself, and was able to go on the internet at Mayjunes, amen. We all went to bed about 21.30.

TUESDAY 29 APRIL

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Tuesday 29 April
Already one whole week has passed, and now the start of the second week. The contractor came this morning, and we discussed the picture which I had drawn under the instruction of the best Constructer of all, amen. He was very surprised to see what I had drawn, as all the things which he saw were the only way in which it would be possible to put another floor on top of the church, amen.
He left and was going to contact suppliers and he will be giving us a price at the end of this week, amen, but he does not know that the Lord has already given me a price for this work, which I have only told to Jeroen, and this will then be made public when we have heard from him. We had a lot of people coming in and out today, people wanting us to pray with them, and later in the day we went to MayJunes to install some things in her computer, and to show Shirlymae how to do some things on the computer. Jeroen was in the church, enjoying seeing the and hearing the new equipment being used which they had assembled the night before, it looked and sounded really beautiful. Praise the Lord, amen. We came home about 23 uur and once again there was a lovely meal waiting for us. We went to bed feeling very excited as to what the Lord had already done, and what was yet to come, amen.

MONDAY 28 APRIL

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Monday 28 April
Our Lord awoke me this night and told me about His plans for the church here, amen. I had to get of My bed and draw a picture. The next morning I told MayJune about the Lords plans for her and her church, that He wanted to build another floor on the church, and this was to be a prayer room and also living accommodation for her and her family, not only that but that Sister Bibi. And brother felix were then to live in the accommodation in which Mayjune now lives with her family. Upon hearing this MayJune started to cry and told me that this brother and sister were told to leave here because they have no house, they are renting a place, which is very poor, but they now had to leave. They were supposed to leave before Jeroen and I arrive here, but the Lord told them to stay until we had arrived, and they were going to leave the day after we leave. Sister Bibi is Mayjunes left hand, she organizes all things in the church, the praise and worship, and many other things for Mayjune, when she is leaving here, the church loses a very valuable asset. You can see once again, that He is in charge of everything. Upon telling this we contacted the contractor who built the church, and he is coming tomorrow to tell us if this is possible. We left our home and went to the church to pray, and to thank our Lord for all the things He is doing here, amen. We then went to cargio de oro, supposedly to buy a 12 string guitar for Jeroen, as they are very cheap here. We left in the bus, and we all took our places, the Lord told me to sit next to a lady, I started to talk to her, and the Lord told me many things about her and also her brother, this lady was a Christian, and was in the middle of a missionary training at which her brother was attending. Both her mother and father had passed away, and left them in charge of their ministry. We talked for more than an hour, and she told me she had learnt many things from me, and then she asked MayJune if it were possible for Jeroen and me to speak at this missionary training which is going to end this Friday, although I know this will not be possible as we have other engagements. When we arrived at the centre of the city, we take the taxi to the shopping mall, we immediately saw a Mcdonalds, hip hip horea, we ran ahead, our guards running behind us, it was so funny to watch these people staring in the Mcdonalds, as they had never been inside one, hahahahahahahaha, for them this was way too expensive, but we all eat there and the price was the same as for one person in Holland, so 6 people eating and drinking and with McFlurry for only 6 euros, amen. We left feeling very satisfied indeed, and then went into this really massive shopping mall. We went straight to the music shop, and heard that they had no 12 string guitars that they were made to order in manila, so we went further looking around and bought some shampoo and other small things, and I also bought a sim card for my mobile telephone, so that I can make an internet connection, and use my telephone as a modem, amen. Whilst we were walking around the Lord told me to look to my right, and at the very back of a shop I saw the sign musical instruments, so I told the others to come and take a look, when we entered this store, it looked a little bit like Mediamarkt but then on a smaller scale, and with things a lot more out of fashion. We went to the back of the store, and immediately I knew what the Lord wanted us to do, I was to purchase a new set of drums and a new organ for the church here, and this was paid for out of the money which was collected in our church, amen. The total price was about 700 euros, unbelievable, but one small problem, they did not deliver, so we had now to find a way of bringing our bargains home. The people in the shop helped us to bring the enormous boxes outside the mall, and then Mayjune and Geraldo went to find some sort of transport for 6 people and these goods. They came back about an hour later bringing with them a jeep, these jeeps are normally not allowed to ride in the dark, and it was now dark, but this man would take the risk, amen. So we all pilled in the jeep, and together with our goods, we departed and started to make the long ride home. Two and a half hours later we arrived home, we put the boxes in the church, and then made the rest of the journey to our house, it was pouring with rain, and the streets were flooded. A lovely meal was awaiting our return, both Jeroen and I were exhausted, but felt very contented with our day out, amen. Once again brothers and sisters you can see how our Lord works. The drums and the organ in the church were old and very badly damaged, and He is building a new church, amen.

SUNDAY 27 APRIL

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Sunday 27 April,
This is the day that the Lord has made, amen. Both Jeroen and I spoke at the Church of Pastor MayJune, first of all Jeroen told his testimony, every time I hear it, I break down crying, because I realize what a wonderful Lord we are serving. Everyone was so blessed hearing this from Jeroen, there was plenty of praise and worship, children dancing, it was very hot and both of us had trouble wiping the sweat away. After Jeroen I spoke, and spoke about some of the things that had happened in my life, but more so about what it means to be a Christian. I spoke for more than 2 hours, and you could feel the anointing of the Holy Spirit working, I asked that people who wanted to completely surrender to Christ to come forward and that we would pray for them. Upon that ALL the congregation came forward, all of them, men women and all the children. Then something really strange happened, I felt a very sudden surge of power going through my body and went from the stage, amongst these people, and started to bless them, and one by one they all fell to the ground, even a pregnant lady holding a very young child, there were no catchers, as everyone was at the front, Jeroen began to come behind the people, and try and catch them, but they were falling like flies, he said I was foaming at the mouth and praying in Dutch, English and tongues, all together, I had completely no notion as to what was happening, when all the people were on the ground, I went back up on the stage to say one last thing, and I just touched MayJune, and she also fell over, and laid on the floor shaking. This was really awesome to see, just how the Holy Spirit takes over, filling these people. Later MayJune asked me to pray for a young man who was obviously very ill, he was on dialyses, because his kidneys were failing, and he had no money to pay for his treatments. Both Jeroen, Mayjune and myself and also another pastor from another Church prayed over him, and once again this young man keeled over backwards, I do believe that He will now intervene in this man’s future, amen. The service ended at 2.30 so 6 hours later we were able to go back to our home for a well deserved rest, so we thought!!!! The other Pastor who was in the church, had come a very long way to the Church, the Lord had told him to come, he had no idea, that Jeroen and I were preaching the gospel there, and he was very moved by everything he had witnessed, so both Jeroen and I invited him to come back with us and share a meal, which was ready waiting for us when we returned, this turned out to be two meals, lunch and dinner, the time just flew by, and our Lord began once again to speak to me, I was drawing a picture, which our Lord was letting me see, a picture of a church with very distinctive doors, with the one door a working of Jesus Christ and on the other door a working of the tree of life, He gave me a name, which I also wrote down, and then I saw a man laying in the road, by now MayJune was looking at what I had drawn and written, I told her we must do a healing service in this church, this week, this I had heard from our Lord, amen, when she looked again she started to scream and jump and down, apparently the church she knew of and the name she recognized immediately, and when I said about the man laying on the ground, she told a story of a Christian who had recently had a heart attaché and had lost all his money paying for the treatments needed, to save his life, he had lain on the road, and the church was the church of his brother who was a pastor, this man had lost his faith because of what had happened to him. So now MayJune is arranging a healing service at this church for next week, and is going to tell this man, what the Lord had let me see, amen. The other Pastor Roberto had also witnessed this and was very moved, I told him that this was normal for me, and that I was never surprised anymore as to what our Lord is doing through me, all the honor and Glory unto Him. Thank you Father for this day, this special day that You have made. I worship and adore you father, thank You for using me as your instrument, amen.

SATURDAY 26 APRIL

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Saturday 26 april today we went to the beach, again another bus ride of about 45 minutes, the weather was not all that hot, only about 28 degrees, and very cloudy, so we were able to enjoy swimming. The guards came again with us but did not enter the water. We had a lovely day, and came home again at 6 oclock it had started to rain very hard and we all got very wet. We had a meal of bread and bananas, and coffee and tea. They eat rice here every meal time, just dry rice, nothing but dry rice. Sometimes they make salt dry fish with it, but mostly its just rice. This evening we asked if we could please be alone for a couple of hours, because we are just not used to people following us everywhere, and doing everything for us. They reluctantly agreed, and left us alone for a little while, Jeroen ran around in his underpants, FREEDOM and I washed some clothes, and washed my hair, and we both rested for an hour. Tomorrow we are to speak at the church service here Jeroen is going to tell his testimony and I have to give the lesson. I feel very frustrated at not being able to have contact with my family, there is no internet here, and the internet at MayJunes does not do it all the time, and of course the time difference is very big, so the time that I could be on Yahoo they are all in bed in Holland.

VRIJDAG 25 APRIL

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Friday morning 25 april
We get up at 5 am and go downstairs, where our hostess had cooked a meal of rice and meat and vegetables for us. Very kind of her and although I could not eat at this time in the morning, I eat some fruit and had a cup of tea. We left there to go back to our home, where we were able to change and then make another bus trip from nearly two hours to Alubijid where we were to speak at a youth camp, in front of about 200 youngsters. We were supposed to be there at 8 o’clock but did not arrive there until 9 o’clock, where both Jeroen and I spoke to the children. It was so moving to see how the Holy Spirit is working here among the young children, and we were made very welcome, and received encouragement about our speaking. When we were finished we left and came home again, and we were so tired that both Jeroen and I went to bed, where we stayed until 4 o’clock. When I awoke I was so pleased to see only one guard, so I woke Jeroen up and we made the most of it, freedom, I made myself a nice cup of tea, the first since I have been here. But not allowed to have a cigarette with it, it didn’t taste all that nice. Now the fourth day without smoking. Tomorrow we have heard that there is no electricity, so we are going to the sea. I hope we will be allowed to do a

THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2008

2008-04-30T01:24:00.000-07:00

Thursday we leave for Iligan City where we are to talk to a group of young Christians. We first make a bus journey of nearly 2 hours, and then we are met with a car, and we all pile in the car about 6 of us, with overnight baggage, as we are not allowed to travel in the dark. We see that the people are staring at us and calling us Joe, this means Americans, MayJune told many people that we were Christians from Holland, and came here to help the people. We first of all went to the City Hall where MayJune and myself were able to speak to ladies who were working there, our Lord began to speak to me about a lady who was sitting there, I told her a few things, and she began to cry, so I asked to speak with her on her own, which I did, and then told her everything our Lord had told me, all was true, it broke my heart to see they lady in so much pain. Both Mayjune and I prayed for her, and she will now be helped with her problem, amen. We then went to the house of Ati Mila, a lady devoted in serving our Lord and Saviour, there was a karaoke machine there with Gospel songs, we had a lot of fun there, when the young people came about 25 of them, MayJune and Ati Mila went to the supermarket to buy some food for them. We started to talk to these young people, and once again our Lord started to talk to me, about someone there who had a terrible secret, and that she was in a lot of trouble because of it, I knew who this was, and we told them all about admitting our wrongs, and giving them over to Jesus, after a while, this young lady stood up and told what had happened to her. She was responsible for equipment which was used in a team for research, and had lost this equipment, all the other students were very angry with her, and the school had told her that she had to pay 15,000 phps for the materials which she had lost. This young lady had not told her parents, because she was so afraid of what they would do to her. I told her to stop crying that our Lord had heard her cries, and that this money would be available for her the next day. Later on she started to cry once again saying that she did not want to come to the meeting, but something was telling her inside that she had to go. Jeroen was busy with a young man, who also had problems, we felt that we were able to make a difference in these young people’s lives, just telling them our testimonies, and telling them about the importance of prayer. After they had left, we shared a meal with our guests, then another lady came she was a wife of a pastor from iligan city, and her husband was in another part of the country, so she invited us all to sleep at her house, because she had air-conditioning, so we all piled into a car once again, and left to spend the night there.

WEDNESDAY

2008-04-30T01:15:00.001-07:00

Wednesday morning, we awoke, and it became very obvious that we were not to be left alone, or travel anywhere without protection of a guard, and in the house 2 or 3 people are sleeping to guard us. Also we were not allowed to do anything for ourselves, our Vests which we only had on the plane, were already being washed by hand, as so were our t shirts and jeans from our travel.. We asked MayJune and her family to join us to eat breakfast, but they declined saying this was not appropriate, that we were guests and that we should be treated as so. This we find a little disturbing as we would love to have time alone, and do things for ourselves, but that is not allowed. So many things not allowed, not even allowed to have a cigarette, now stop laughing.

Our new home

2008-04-30T00:53:00.001-07:00

We arrived at our place which would become our home for the next 5 weeks, we were pleased to be here after such a very long journey. We both realize how spoiled we all are in Holland, now we have to make do with the bare necessitates, no toilet with running water, just a toilet in the ground where we have to put pans of water down. Jeroens shower is outside, a bucket and a plastic bowl, while my shower is a bucket in the same area as where the toilet is. Our sleeping quarters are very comfortable with the bare necessities, but we do have airco, praise the Lord. Jeroen went the first evening to the church where they were holding a birthday party for one of the young men, he tells more about this, I had found my bed, and was going to make good use of it!!!!

2008-04-30T00:35:00.000-07:00

We arrived there at 13.30 local time, and were met with a congregation full of enthusiasm and love and kisses for us both, then I saw MayJune, I ran towards her and picked her up in my arms, the tears running down my cheeks, I was so overjoyed to see this lady of God after so many hundreds of mails and conversations via Yahoo. It was very emotional for all of us, we received necklaces and there was a big banner welcoming us to the Philippines, once we had said our hellos, we were asked to step into a van which would bring us to our destination, we traveled through the country side, and had a very big idea as to what was waiting for us.

Our Arrival in the Philippienes

2008-04-30T00:33:00.000-07:00

21 April, 2008
After many months of preparations for the long journey to the Philippines, the day has finally arrived, and we leave for Schiphol together with Hans and Richard, and full with the Holy Spirit. There was no traffic on the way so we arrived on time, and went straight away to the check in, while Hans and Richard went to park the car. We were afraid that we would have to pay for the access baggage, but they let us off, saying they realize that we were messengers of God, amen. After sharing a cup of coffee and a bread roll with Hans and Richard, we said our Goodbyes and left for the departure gate. Everything went fine, and even with security and having to empty our hand baggage, we managed to get everything back in the cases, amen. The flight was very long to Manila, it didn’t seem as if it would ever end, but eventually we arrived and a half an hour ahead of schedule, no problems with the customs, we waited for our baggage to arrive on the converebelt. Baggage in hand we left to now make the trip to the other airport in Manila where all domestic flights depart. We arrived safely there, and then looked for the office of Philippines Airlines, where we made our reservation for the next part of our journey to Caigo de Oro in the north of the Philippines. We went to get our boarding passes and were told that we had to pay 200Phps each for the passes, and of course we did not have any Philippines currency with us. They instructed me outside the airport, where there was a pin machine; I walked there leaving Jereon to look after our luggage. I came back empty handed as the pin machine would not recognize my bank pas or my credit card. I told them this and they once again sent me to another pin machine, once again to no avail, I began to feel very uneasy, and started to pray, I returned to the departure hall and found Jeroen talking to an American, who after hearing our story gave us 500 Phps to attain our boarding passes. So we were able to now make our connection flight to Caigo de Oro, amen

Arrived saftely

2008-04-22T20:58:00.000-07:00

Praise be to God, Jeroen and I have arrived saftely here in the philippienes, after a long flight of more than 18 hours. We did not manage to sleep on the plane, but we made up for it yesterday when we arrived. Nearly the whole of the church was at the airport to meet us, with a big banner welkome Janette and Jeroen. I will put the photo hier soon. There is so much poverty here, and breaks our hearts to see how the people have to live. Not even a normal toilet, or shower room. Anyway this is my first blog of this very big event in my life, but I will write again tomorrow. All my love to everyone.

Baptism Gerrit-Jan

2008-04-15T13:25:00.000-07:00

This was really an honor to baptize Gerrit-Jan, what a wonderful testimony, God Bless you Gerrit Jan, all the days of your life. We love you so much brother

Hallelujah!!!!

2008-04-15T13:19:00.000-07:00

Praise the Lord from whome all blessings flow, Thank you Jesus for this wonderful day, the day the Lord has made. Richard beginning his new life with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Tomorrow Richard will be baptised

2008-04-12T09:59:00.000-07:00

Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow, amen. Brothers and sisters tomorrow is the most important day of my husband Richards life, he will be born again, going through the waters of baptism, leaving his old life behind him, and coming out of the water beginning a new life with our Lord and Saviour, amen. Nearly one year ago to the day 23.04.07 he gave his life to our Lord, amen. Since then he has been reading his bible, going to different conferences, praying a lot, and searching for the truth, he has found it, amen.
This will be a double celebration as I will be sent out from our CHurch to do mission work in the Philippienes, where I know He will use me to His Glory, amen. I will do my best to keep up my blog whilst I am there, keeping you all informed of all the good things our Lord is doing.
Brothers and sisters, please pray for Richard, that he will continue to serve the Lord of Lord, King of Kings all the days of his life. Also pray for me, for my safe passage and for the work our Lord has laid in my hands. I take all your prayers with me, and I know they will be a great comfort to me when I am missing my family and friends. God Bless you all, all the days of your lives.

23rd Psalm

2008-03-29T08:39:00.002-07:00

Meaning of the 23rd Psalm

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
The shadow of death is taken from the shadow representing darkness and gloom; it is figurative of a severe test or trial. However, my definition of a shadow is this: a shadow has no substance.
Once you are over the fear, you can walk through a shadow. The only thing that produces a shadow is when something is between the light and the surface or else there would be no shadow.
Many times, we bring on the shadows in our lives because we put something between God and ourselves. It may be him and her between you and God. It may be family or friends between you and God. It may be fear between you and God. Whatever it is, a shadow is produced.
Now let me remind you that a shadow has n o substance. It may be bigger than the object, but it can't do anything to you. Satan's ploy is to make the test or trial that you are dealing with bigger than life itself, so he tries to cast a shadow. He wants you to believe that there is no way around the shadow. He's wrong. When we get out of the way and allow the light of God's glory to shine on the situation, that shadow will disappear.
The Lord is your Shepherd. His light will remove the shadow of tests or trials in your life, but you have to get rid of what's between you and God.
The Shepherd is your protection. "...thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." The rod was used to beat off wolves that tried to snatch the sheep. The staff was used to lead the sheep back in the right direction. The staff had a crook on it that the shepherd used for sheep that strayed away. The shepherd would put that crooked end over the sheep's neck and gently guide him back to the fold.
The Shepherd will guide and lead you. You may not know where you're going or how you're going to get there, but when the Holy Ghost is leading you, you can relax under His protection.
I tell you there is comfort in knowing the Holy Ghost is leading you. Spend time with Him. He will bring you out of the shadow of tests and trials in your life. You don't have to fear any evil that comes against you. Remember: it has no substance.
Scripture References: Psalm 91:1-16; 107: 10-16; Isaiah 35:4-10

Don't wait......anticipate

2008-03-29T08:39:00.001-07:00

DON'T WAIT...ANTICIPATE!
There are times of waiting on God in every Christian's life – waiting that can sorely try the soul. A battle ensues between your desire for God's best and your natural impatience. The urge arises from within to cry out, "Now, God, now!"
The circumstances may overwhelm you. You may think you need to see the solution to your problems now... the answers to your questions now...the manifestation of your prayer requests now.
There is a time when God allows the immediate...when He moves quickly on your behalf in miraculous ways. But, there is also that season of waiting – that time when the heavens seem as brass, and your prayers seem unanswered. That's the season when the comfort of God must be to Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land (Psalm 37:34a).
When you earnestly seek God's will over your own, a season of waiting can be transformed into an experience of exaltation. You can be lifted above your situation to a place of peace free of anxiety and impatience where you glimpse God's everlasting faithfulness. He has not forgotten you. He is there right by your side.
Only then will you realize that your Heavenly Father sees what's ahead. He knows the successful end results of His careful planning on your behalf. Best of all, you will find that you are not really "waiting" at all – you are instead, anticipating!

Precious Heavenly Father, I understand now that it doesn't matter what I don't see, but what You see for me. I put all of my unseen answers to prayer into Your keeping; knowing that You are working on my behalf. Knowing I will soon see the results, I close my eyes in peaceful sleep. Thank you for those unseen things I joyfully anticipate tonight. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Your divine destiny

2008-03-29T08:38:00.001-07:00

DON'T WAIT...ANTICIPATE! There are times of waiting on God in every Christian's life – waiting that can sorely try the soul. A battle ensues between your desire for God's best and your natural impatience. The urge arises from within to cry out, "Now, God, now!"The circumstances may overwhelm you. You may think you need to see the solution to your problems now... the answers to your questions now...the manifestation of your prayer requests now.There is a time when God allows the immediate...when He moves quickly on your behalf in miraculous ways. But, there is also that season of waiting – that time when the heavens seem as brass, and your prayers seem unanswered. That's the season when the comfort of God must be to Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land (Psalm 37:34a).When you earnestly seek God's will over your own, a season of waiting can be transformed into an experience of exaltation. You can be lifted above your situation to a place of peace free of anxiety and impatience where you glimpse God's everlasting faithfulness. He has not forgotten you. He is there right by your side.Only then will you realize that your Heavenly Father sees what's ahead. He knows the successful end results of His careful planning on your behalf. Best of all, you will find that you are not really "waiting" at all – you are instead, anticipating!
Precious Heavenly Father, I understand now that it doesn't matter what I don't see, but what You see for me. I put all of my unseen answers to prayer into Your keeping; knowing that You are working on my behalf. Knowing I will soon see the results, I close my eyes in peaceful sleep. Thank you for those unseen things I joyfully anticipate tonight. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Angelo de Munk

2008-03-09T08:24:00.000-07:00

what a wonderful Lord we serve amen. This morning Angelo de Munk spoke in our church, gave his testimony which I can tell you is really worth listening to, or even reading it www.confrontu.com once again I saw the power of God and what this can do when you give your life to Him, amen. Also the message which he spoke hit home to many who were present. Really something special to me, because only yesterday I wrote a sermon which I am going to preach in the Philippines "What is a Christian" and showing the difference between a real christian and someone who is religious. This was once again confirmation for me that our Lord wants me to take this message to the Philippines. We were truely blessed to have Angelo in our middle this morning, thank you Jesus.
I have had a very busy couple of weeks, Richard is this weekend at an Alpha camp, and is really enjoying himself amoung other brothers and sisters, and he is really growing in his faith, amen. Only over a few weeks and then he will be baptized in our church, praise the Lord. For all my fellow christians who are following my walk with our Lord, please make a point this week of reaching out and touching somebody, somebody who needs an arm around them, let the love of our Lord flow through you to others. Try to make a catch for Him because we are fishers of men. We are living in the last days and it is our responsibility to bring as many people to Christ as possible, take this opportunity whether it be at your place of employment, your school, your club, even in the supermarket, there are so many opportunities out there, that we choose not to take, maybe because we are afraid of the reaction from people, take that leap of faith, step out of your boat, out of your secure place, and help save someone for Him. God Bless you all, and thank you for your prayers and mails. I love you all, just as Jesus loves you all.

I need your Help

2008-02-28T05:21:00.000-08:00

The weeks are just flying away and in only a short time I leave with brother Jeroen, for the Philippines. Dear brothers and sisters, I need your help, we are in desperate need of funds to help us with our mandate that He has given to us to forfill, amen. We need money to buy, bibles, a projector, and food for the people who come to the conferences that have already been arranged. I am asking you all to help us help our brothers and sisters in the Philippines, I hope that our Lord will touch your heart, and that you get in contact with me at janettescharenborg@planet.nl

Our Lord will never leave, nor forsake us, and I know He will answer our prayers, that the Heavens will open, and He will bestow His blessings upon us.

God Bless you all, all the days of your lives. Thank you in the name of Jesus Christ, who gave His life for you and me, that we may become free, and who the Son of God sets free, is free indeed, amen.

21 April I am going to the Phillipines

2008-01-09T10:51:00.000-08:00

So much as happened already this year, and the year has only just begon!! I am leaving for the Phillipines on the 21st of April with a brother from our Church. Last sunday in the service, our Lord spoke to me and said to me that Jeroen must go with me on this trip. So I asked Jeroen, and he has agreed to go with me, praise the Lord. We have a very busy schedule, and will be visiting many churches there and preaching the word of our Saviour Jesus Christ. We will be gone for a month and we both know that this will be a life changing expierence for both of us.
Pastor MayJune, is arranging all of the engagements. I will be so happy to be able to meet my blessed family there, and embrace them.

I am also going to speak again on the 9th of april about my testimony, at an alpha course in the achterhoek. I still recieve daily many emails from people who have read this, and have been touched by it.

May God Bless you all, and keep you safe throughout all the days of your lives.

Thank you Jesus

2008-01-03T08:13:00.001-08:00

Greater love hath no man than this,

That He would lay down His life for His friends

What an awesome statement of our Lord Jesus Christ

And how honorable it is to be called His friend.

My heart swells with emotion when I think of Him

A smile comes across my face at the mere mention of His name

There is not a moment that passes, that I do not think of Him

I am consumed by His presence,

I am “in love” with JesusMy precious Lord and Savior

When I think of all He has given for me,

His very own life for my salvation

What could I possibly give Him in return

There is only one gift which would please Him

Although to look at it,

one can see where sin had once abound

Where once ugliness, self pity, bitterness and unforgiveness had once damaged its surface, where the outer shell, appeared to be tired, weary and weak

NEVERTHELESS

This is the gift He wants, and this is the gift I give

My Precious Lord and Savior I give myself to you

And I know you will reshape me, mould me and polish me up

And make me into the gem you desire me to be

Janette

Letter from Pastor Ashknaz, Pakistan

2007-12-21T18:02:00.000-08:00

Greeting in Jesus Lord Name"

Dear Sister Janette,

I thanks Lord all the moment to have you with me in Spirtual relation,Thanks you very much for your call last night.We went to one old lady last night she is high school we made a plan with her to visit around lahore through auto car with Senta Claus we will distribute gift and will also raise money to distribuet bibles in our Village schools,

This will be real fun for all of us as we have every year,
Thanks you very much for webpage and email of brother M,I will write me after send you email, Sister in Our organization whenver some one visit i arrange plan for him or her,Like i will make for you,You need to worry about any of things here,You will have to Preach here in Some Youth seminars and also in One Open air convention, Then you will have Some meetings with Our all pastors who are doing ministry in our Chucrhes, Then you will have meetings in our women ministrys, you will also have meetings with Youth leaders,

You will have visit in Our Schools and you will have to preach in all our Chucrhes in Lahore"

I will also try my very best to give you some people with whome you can share your music expeience,This will be real fun for you,

Please give my love to your Hasband i like him in lord more then you hahahahha sorry for joke,

God Bless you hope to hear from you very soon,

God Exceedingly Bless you,

Your brother,

pastor.Ashknaz silas

Letter from MAYJUNE

2007-12-21T17:59:00.000-08:00

Praise the Lord...Greetings in the wonderful name of our saviour JESUS CHRIST, the NAME above all names.amen...........
My dear sister Janette, brother Richard and children, Its great to have a New day fellowshiping with our brethren in the Lord, This is the great day that the Lord has made and we will rejoiced and be glad in it.Amen....Halelujah....We really felt His glory that fills our hearts and in the place where we worshipped HIM, We can feel the strong presence of God, where christians gather together in a sunday service for HIM, who is the king of kings and the Lord of Lord....We can see HIS glory falls upon the place, where people praised, lifting our voices ,dancing, raising our hands to HIM and we can witnessed that people cries because of Gods goodness in our lives.amen...And on this day, We can hear Gods instructions in our lives from the heart of God through HIS faithfull servants,amen....and there's never been a time like the time when we will worship the Lord, My dear siter Janette and Brother Richard We are very sure that Karen, Tamarra, Rachel, Jolien, Marlijn and Jordi, will serve the Lord very soon, there's never been a day like that day, what a Glorious day to all of us, all promises of God are all yes and amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.He will grant our hearts desire. because we are HIs loving children.amen.....
My dear sister Janette and Brother Richard and Children, Like us,
we always cry in prayers, in our praises and in our worships, of all our cares, Haleleujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God answered it. amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You my beloved sister Janette ,Brother Richard and children, were used by God to meet our felt need for us to be happy in serving HIM, God has a heavenly purpose why YOU were used by HIM to meet our needs and our wants, FOR THE REASON that you will also HOPE in HIM that HE will absolutely answer your and our prayers about your dear loving children, amen...... God first moved in us , for us to testify to you and brother RICHARD that Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE with GOD.amen. Halelujah............. God is doing great for you my dear sister Janette brother Richard and children to all of you to be happy together and all of you will serve the LORD joyfully. Halelujah..... amen...............
My dear sister Janette,Brother Richard and children, The church were very happy knowingly that you will come here in the philippines this coming april, they are very happy to see you face to face, they want to hear your testimonies from your hearts, amen, and they are happy also to listen Gods message through you. amen....we are all excited on that day.... oh what a day that will be................Praised the Lord...... amen....my dear sister Janette, Brother Richard and children, not only in our church but many churches in the Philippines....amen. Praised the Lord, Philippines is a part of your life amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......
We love you all, you are in our hearts and in our prayers always.... amen...The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never comes to an end, My dear sister Janette, Brother Richardand children, We are always new every morning. amen.... ith God refreshing power amen...GOD BLESS YOU ALL... amen

with our love and prayers,
MayJune and Family

God is Great

2007-11-24T09:45:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I have been here, I have been very busy doing the Lords work. I have recently been to Dusseldorp to a conference of Pastor Charles Ndfion and saw many wonderful miracles take place.
I have been communicating with different pastors all over the world, 2 from pakistan, whom our Lord sent to me. Then a couple of weeks ago I began to communicate with a young lady pastor from the Phillippiens whose name is May-june, we have become very close, only last sunday terrible floods devastated her country, left thousands of people homeless, and caused many deaths. I had not heard from her in a couple of days, but when her mail came, I could not hold back the tears:
here is that mail:

Hello Sister Janette,
Praise the Lord.
Thank you for your email. I am so very happy with it, I rejoice with you. you are always in our prayers so with your husband and your children. well, thanks to God we are all fine. inspite of so many situations.amen. Last sunday we experienced a heavy floods, with a heavy rains, thousands of houses were lost due to a big storms. the names of the storms is lando, mena and nena. Nene is still damaging here in the philippines. our house , the water is increasing, we sleep in the church, we are totally disturbed, some of our things were wet, but thanks to God we are all safe, amen. many lives were missing due to the force of floods, we are crying in the church because the water is increasing but thanks to God, He controlled everything.amen. sorry for the slow resaponse, because we dont have internet in the house, we do internet in the commercial cafe, thank you for your understanding.amen. Its my prayer that God will provide us an internet to spread the message of salvation throughout the whole world,I know Our God is rich,we will wait in a right time. our priority is food, but we know God will grant our desire,amen.
We are so very happy of many miracles you see in your life, amen.amen. what you have done to HIM, He will reward us. nothing is in vain. Im so happy that you have a friend who is a pastor in Pakistan. Yes, God is doing great things thruoghout the whole world.You are an instruments used by God to connect to facilate the fast moving of the message of salvation to everyone. PRAISE THE LORD. thats the gift that God wants you to do, that the people will know the Lord. Here in the phils, yes we are a very poor country buts thanks to God, He never leaves us nor forsake us.Many times, we dont have food, we arrived from
ministry, the time is late for our lunch and dinner, we dont have food to cook, but we never regret because in all season God is good,amen. I will tell my beloved sister of our testimony next email.We are so thankful of the faithfullness of our God, we never testify to our neighbor that we dont have food,I dont want to tell them because we are preaching God is rich, we want them to know that God is able and above all, He is faithfullamen.
We love you our dear sister, we want to hear more from you. your family is in our prayers.Take care. Jesus love you. I declare good health be all yours always,

Love and Prayer,
sister mayJune

after reading this mail, the Lord spoke to me and told me to send money for food, "when thy brother is thirsty give him to drink, when thy brother is hungry give him to eat" so today I sent money via westernunion, and was able to phone my dear sister mayjune, and tell her the money was there for her to pick up. When I phoned her, she was just about to enter her church, and I could hear all the people singing, praising our Lord and Saviour, I told her what I had done in the name of our Lord, and she could not speak, she cried, and all what she could say was halleluja praise the Lord.

He didn't promise us that we would not have hard times, but He did promise us that He would walk with us: "For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper" (Hebrews 13:5b, 6a).

The reason I am sharing this with you all, is because the Lord needs us to do His work, we are His tools, so this Christmas, reach out and touch someone, whether it be a neigbour, a friend, or even someone you dont know, show them the love and kindness, that our Lord shows for us, you will be planting a seed that will grow and grow. Our Lord will bless you for doing this.

My youngest daughter has just reached the ripe old age of 18, I am so proud of her, we have lost nearly 2 years of our lives together, because of what had happend, but the contact is getting better, and I love her with all my heart, and hope and pray that we will never loose contact again.

Our pastor from church has left with his lovely wife voor columbia, for a well deserved holiday, and he will be combining this with visiting many churches in the area. God Bless him and his family, and bring him saftely back to his flock.

My friends, I am so blessed with the new life our Lord has given to me, and because I am blessed, I am able to bless others, and stand by them in their hour of need. I continue to pray for all my brothers and sisters throughout the world.

"God will empower me to meet every situation that I confront. He will lead me each step of the way, and each step will be a miracle."

Weekend of Healing in the Betteld

2007-10-27T15:41:00.000-07:00

We have just returned from a wonderful weekend in the Betteld, where we worshiped our Blessed Lord Jesus, and were filled with the Holy Spirit. Wilkin van de Kamp, Willem Ouweneel and Martin Koornstra gave wonderful sermons over healing. It was really a powerfilled weekend and many people were healed from sickness in thier bodies, but most important sickness in their souls. Praise the Lord. On the end of this wonderful weekend we came home, Rejuvinated by the Holy Spirit, and singing Falling in love with Jesus, I would not have missed this for anything. My prayers go out to all the people who made this possible, God Bless you all, and untill the next time.

THANK YOU JESUS

2007-10-10T04:49:00.000-07:00

I once was lost
But now I am found
My life was over
I was on the ground

I had lost everything
My children and my friends
I had nothing left to live for
My life had come to an end

I had so much pain
And cried my self to sleep
All my days were dark
All I did was weep

Downtrodden, depressed and alone
Nowhere to run and hide
Nobody to help me
No one by my side

Then He came
He dried all my tears
Took away all my pain
That I had inside for so many years

He changed my life
Turned it completely around
Where once was so much unhappiness
Now is joy and love abound

Thank you Jesus
I love you with all my heart
For all that you have done for me
A complete new life, a brand new start

Janette
10.10.2007

Give your Life to Jesus

2007-10-08T16:04:00.000-07:00

Give your life to Jesus

Because He gave his life for you

He will change your life completely

and cleanse you through and through

It’s really quite simple

You don’t have to go anywhere

Just go down on your knees

And say this special prayer

Father please forgive me

For all the wrong that I have done

I accept you as my saviour

And know that you are the Holy one

He always will be with you

He will never leave your side

When you are in trouble

Even in the darkest nights

So give your life to Jesus

do it now, before it is too late

can’t you hear Him knocking

open the door of your heart

for His precious names sake

Jesus

No other name is sweeter

No other name will do

Give your life to Jesus

Because He gave His life for you

Janette Scharenborg

09.10.2007

Today in Church

2007-09-23T06:37:00.000-07:00

We had a lovely service in church today. I could not believe my ears once again, it was all about taking responsibility for our own actions, and not putting the blame on others. Also the text "The sins of the father, shall be cast upon the children and the childrens children" this is a text that my grandmother said to me so many times, whilst I was growing up. You see, my mother and father were never married, my father was married to someone else when het met my mother, and his wife would not give him a divorce. In those days it was a sin to live with someone when you were not married to that person, and also they had 3 children in this relationship.
Whilst in the service, Jesus spoke to me once again, and told me about being divided in the church, God neads us just as much as we nead Him, if we are not joined together in one faith in our Church, how can we as a church help others, how can we take a splinter out of someones eyes, while we have a big piece of wood in our own eyes?? Praise the Lord, this message hit home by many people today.