Home from Teaching at Shiloh Place’s Agape Reformation School

ars-02_2008.jpgWe had a great week of ministry teaching at Shiloh Place’s Agape Reformation School. I taught on how to walk as a son to receive our inheritance and on how to preach experientially. Cyndi and I together taught on ministering Father’s love in missions from our series “The Value of Cross Cultural Ministry.

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Check out Agape Reformation article http://www.shilohplace.org/Downloads/Articles/Article26-EnteringIntoTheAgapeReformation.pdf

Robert Hartzell’s materials www.fountainsoflife.org

Robert’s home!

Robert’s home from Venezuela. He’s a little tired, but well. The whole trip was wonderful he said; there’ll be a full update soon. Thank you all for praying…..God bless.

30 Hour Famine Over

Darren with the youth group at Beaches Chapel completed their 30 hour famine for World Vision last night by breaking the fast with tons of food brought by parents. Many of the kids came back for 3 or more helpings. They had times of games, prayer, worship, and yes, even some sleep and raised almost $5,000 for World Vision. Blessings to leaders Kelly and James along with all the volunteers who helped make this a success.

Update from Robert in Venezuela

Greetings

Today was the last day of the conference. The church here is a worshipping church which really seems to help people to be open. We had a tremendous ministry time today as most everyone in the conference was weeping as God touched them. There was a very successful business man who cried in my arms for at least 15 minutes.

We also saw some physical healings once again. Several women had pain in their chest and stomach and were completely healed. One kept poking herself in the stomach showing the pain was gone. Another lady has had a foot problem for seven months receiving weekly injections for the nerves and unable to move it, she was in tears as she showed all of us how she could now move it. This has not only been one of the more open places I’ve been recently but also one of the hungriest. On top of the meetings I have done 6 one on one ministry sessions with 6 more after the service in the morning.

One of the sessions was very interesting. It was a lady who has lived in Venezuela for about 20 years but is from Cali, Columbia. In her childhood her dad would always talk in favor of leftist guerilla groups and as a teenager she joined one! She was involved for a number of years. At 18 she became pregnant and her mother refused to help her with the child, thinking she would then just return to her activities with this group “19 de Abril”. She had fallen in love with a Venezuelan and so moved here. Four years ago (16 years after coming here) she became tired of never having any peace and always having nightmares from her time in the guerilla group and all the things she had done. She got saved in the church we are working at. One thing interesting that she said is that she has seen in the Bible that we are not supposed to take advantage of the poor, which is part of what these guerilla groups do. They get people stirred up and against the government on the basis of their poverty. As I ministered to her today she forgave her dad for influencing her in that way and received healing over the regret she had over how her life would have been had her dad influenced her toward an education.

Thanks to all who have been praying. We have also had a lot of warfare over this event. I have never seen more sound system problems in my life. Then after the service the pastor will check and find nothing wrong. My Spanish has also gone well which was a big concern of mine as it has been two years since teaching a conference in Spanish.

Keep Praying!

Blessings in the name of the Lord! God is doing awesome things down in Venezuela, Robert reports. The encounter is going well, the prayer ministry is going well, and the healings are going well too!! PTL! There have been numerous physical healings along with emotional ones. Many are being restored to wholeness. The people are very sweet he says and it’s a wonderful time. The main prayer request is to pray against the warfare that’s still going on, mostly through the sound equipment and little distractions (little foxes!). Darren is also at church with the youth group doing a 30 hour famine for World Vision. So please keep praying!

Please pray for Phillip Miles

Many of you know that we are team members and teachers of Shiloh Place Ministries, founded by Jack & Trisha Frost. Phillip is the son of Bishop Houston Miles, and Trisha’s (widowed) pastor as well as many of the team’s up in Conway, SC. (last year Jack went home to be with Father God) He’s in jail in Russia after trying to bring in some hunting shells for his pastor friend there. Pastor Miles has been in and out of Russia for more than 25 years. Please, please, please pray for his release. They’re supposed to detain him for 60 days then decide about a trial. As I think about this, I think about what if this ever happened to Robert and it causes me to pray much harder. Thank you for all your prayers. If you want more info you can go to www.christcommunitychurchonline.com.

Safe Arrival in Venezuela

jerry-y-miok-morris.jpgI got an email from Robert saying he arrived safely in Venezuela. Apparently the water was off (like the DR!) so he took an “army” bath to clean up. He’ll be staying with Jerry & Miok Morris, missionaries who have been there over 25 years. Keep praying!

Take 2!

Well, Robert sat at the airport for a few hours yesterday, but with all the bad weather here and in Miami, he ended up coming home. He needed to be in Miami by 8pm in order to be on the 1am flight to Venezuela, but there was no way he’d make it with such a long delay. Because of the bad weather delay, American Airlines switched his flight to this morning at no charge. PTL! So he left, in reality, this morning. He called from Miami and said all is well so far. He should be there tonight @ 11pm. With all the warfare this trip’s had, I’m believing it’s going to be a prosperous one! Pray for many souls, signs and wonders! Blessings!

Robert leaves for Venezuela

robert-airport-1.JPGHello. Darren and I sent Robert off this afternoon to Venezuela. Originally his flight was to leave this morning, but it got rescheduled to 5pm. He’s connecting in Miami but his next flight doesn’t leave untill 1am Wed. Please keep him in your prayers because he gets in about 5am, then has one-on-one prayer ministry sessions at 9am! He’ll be there a week so I’ll try to keep updates coming fairly regular. Till next time……blessings!

Visit from Bulgarian pastor & family

stephanov.jpgWe just had a couple days visit with Bobby & Rali Stefanov. Robert held a conference in his church a little over a year ago. They’ve been in the states since October and they’ll be leaving in April after finishing up their intinerating. They joined us for our midweek service last night which was a Night of Praise. They love worship too so we had a great time! Afterwards we had a late dinner at Sneakers where the kids thoroughly enjoyed the many TV screens! They left today for North Carolina, then New York, a few other stops and eventually to California where his mom lives. Their kids are Joanna (12),  Samuel (9), and Theodore (4). Please pray for them and their precious country.