$15,000 Matching Pledge for Hosanna Radio
Amazingly, this matching pledge was made to MFH last month. Upon hearing this offer, I was momentarily stunned! The phone call came as I was sitting at my computer one evening and struggling with the thought of how we would raise enough money for all the necessary equipment required to increase our radio coverage to the entire Southeast. However, our God already knew that the need existed, and He knows the desire in our hearts.
We are praising God that He has given us experts in the field who understand our objective and are putting together the right system to achieve our goal. The work will begin within a month or two. We so covet your prayers as we prayerfully move on, trusting the Lord for every part of this project. If you feel that God is speaking to your heart concerning this project, then please consider being a part of this matching pledge that God has provided for us.
Two of our grandchildren (Emma Grace, 14, and Harrison, 12) will be getting a little taste of their missionary heritage this summer in Haiti. They are the children of our daughter, Cheri Jimenez. They will be joined by two of their friends (Holly and Steven Drake, ages 14 and 12). These four young people will be helping Pastor Salomon doing crafts with the juniors at camp Bossier during the first week of July. Please keep this grandma in your prayers as I attempt to give them a little missionary experience that will have a spiritual impact on their lives.
As stated before, Pastor Salomon needs much prayer support! The senior weeks of camp present the most intense spiritual battles. The counselors deal with young people who have been exposed to all kinds of occultism and Voodooism. These poisonous influences penetrate the soul and require so much time and spiritual energy to confront and do battle “against the rulers of the darkness.”
Last year’s battles were intense! Outward manifestations came almost daily in the services as the campers were singing, reading scripture, and praising God. This happens because unsaved campers come to camp already infiltrated from the spirit world. When these evil spirits begin to sense that a young person is under conviction, they manifest a brutality by throwing the person to the floor and uttering loud cries. One camper from a witch-doctor’s family had satanic claims on his life from relatives that he would follow his father’s profession. The evil spirits spoke out as he was on the floor and said that the young man belonged to them. After much quoting of scripture and prayer, the evil spirits were forced to leave. Another camper, who had left the environment of her Christian home, got involved in the world and became a target for evil spirits. As the counselors were praying and quoting scripture over her, the spirits spoke out and told how they had waited for a long time to inhabit her but her father’s prayers over her every day in the home had prevented their occupancy. Once she was out of the home and became involved in worldliness they found entrance, and now stated that they had no intention of leaving. WELL, we want to report to you that the spirits were forced out by the Word and by prayer and she was set free — praise God!
The method of purging and liberating these young people from Satan’s power differs depending on their level of spirit involvement. Pastor Salomon has trained his counselors well to know what to do and how to do it when dealing with these cases. The afflicted camper is carefully carried from the service to another location and dealt with through prayer and scripture. Please pray that God will give us more spiritual victories this summer.
Our deep thanks to God for your prayers and your support,
Tom and Sarah Bennett
