VCF

COMMUNITY LUNCHEON
Report by Kelly Klassen
Oct. 2013

I went to help feed lunch to the street people at the Anglican church yesterday. It was amazing. Everyone pulling together as a family to get the place ready. We had kids and adults all pitching together getting the tables in place and covered, getting the coffee started, preparing food in the kitchen, etc.  There were about a dozen of us. I stood outside with Betty for a while talking to those who came early. We were just loving on them telling them how loved they were and listening to their stories, offering prayer where we could. What we try to do is not to give them Jesus but to show them Jesus.

Inside the tables were set and the serving tables loaded with food. Baked potatoes and chili with the fixings and ice cream and cookies for dessert. (A meal put together by chef Lois) As the doors opened and the people filed in down the stairs, I thought I would play worship music as I usually do. Releasing the presence of Jesus through worship makes a huge difference in the atmosphere. It was great to see the Wilson kids serving food alongside Sterling. I played for maybe 20 minutes and seeing that Betty was upstairs by herself I decided to go up and join her. We offered to pray for people as they left and blessed them as came in and as they went on their way. Most of them got excited when we told them there was ice cream for desert.

Then a guy named Luke came in a wheel chair. There was no way to get him down the stairs so we made him a plate and brought it to him upstairs. I sat down with him while he ate lunch and we talked. He had lost 20 years of his memory with a brain injury in 06. He could process thought perfectly and was very bright but it put him in the wheel chair. I asked his story and told him how God loved him. Betty came back up with a couple who had finished lunch with their daughter and informed me that the father wanted prayer for his stomach because he had stomach cancer and was in a lot of pain. I prayed for him speaking affirmations over him that I was getting from Holy Spirit. One was that he had a very large heart of love for others and that he wasn’t able to love on others the way he wanted because the pain was hindering him. His wife confirmed that. I called for the pain to leave in Jesus name and asked him if he felt anything. About this time Betty and I both felt the presence of the Lord on him so strong and it was obvious that he was doing something in him. He said that the pain level was quite a bit better. As we were doing this their daughter (12 year old) went over and gave Luke a big hug. That was amazing because she didn’t even know him to my knowledge. I affirmed her and told her special she was. Her mother said the things we were speaking over the father and the daughter were correct, that he really did love others alot and that they had 7 kids and also fostered. The family then left and Betty went downstairs. Luke said he didn’t have proper function in his left hand and that it would be great to be able to use it so I prayed that the Lord would heal his hand and give him better use of it. I told him that there were many people getting healed by the Lord and that I would love to see him healed completely and that we were still learning and growing in what Jesus is doing. I sensed that the Lord was working in him to give him more mobility. Then Luke left and I went downstairs to get some lunch. I sat down at a table with a couple other guys and asked one guy about his story. We talked freely about God and his love. It seemed so natural to tell him that when we believe, Holy Spirit comes in and lives inside us and we are able to release his love to others. Thank you Lord for these great people and your love for them and for using us bring your kingdom to them.

Then it was time to clean up and as I was driving home I knew that I had just spent the whole morning with Jesus. That’s where his heart is.

Kelly Klassen

KAMLOOPS WELLNESS FAIR
Report by Jerry Lee
Oct. 2, 2013

Once again I was amazed at how much God wants to encounter people with His love.  There were so many divine appointments in which we saw lives being touched and people realizing that Jesus loves them and that He is the answer to the God shaped vacuum in their life.

One such encounter was with a lady who had been watching from a distance all weekend because she had a table and was selling a product at the fair. I saw her approach our area and stood there waiting for the opportunity to be invited in for a session.  The other people who were part of our team were on the outside of our tables talking and inviting others to participate did not notice her.  When one of the members of our prayer group invited her in, she was relieved and nervous at the same time.  We asked her what her desire was and she indicated that she was overwhelmed with life and high anxiety to the point she could hardly function.

Sally (not her real name) is an only child and she has a mother who is dying of some terminal illness.  Her mother lives by herself while Sally lives with her boyfriend who does not understand her emotional turmoil and, as a result, is verbally abusive to her.  Her mother’s needs are such that she demands attention from Sally constantly while Sally is not able to deliver.  Both Sally and her mother are also in financial need.

We discovered that she loves to sing and in her past life had even been part of a worship team at a young people gathering for about 3 years.  Her only contact now is with 2 friends, one goes to a Mormon church and the other a believer.

As we continued to listen and then prayed (she was comfortable to receive prayer in Jesus name), we encouraged her that God really cares for her, gave her some specific words to bless her and as she was ministered to, she wept and allowed us to love on her.  I believe that this encounter with the Holy Spirit comforting her will again draw her to back God, her Father, in a much more intimate relationship.

In another encounter, we had the opportunity to bless one of the volunteer organizers of this event.  She was curious at what we had to offer.  We told her that we would hear from Heaven and tell her what we saw.  Each one of us gave her words that were not only accurate but they all fitted together.  She was delighted and overwhelmed that the words came from different people but they were true. I believe there is a smile on God’s face when believers are united and work together to proclaim the Kingdom.

When we allow the Spirit of God to flow through us, it not only brings life and healing to people around us but life also flows into us as well.  I felt very much alive and blessed! The weekend provided an opportunity and privilege to be the church outside allowing love to flow to hearts that are hungry.

REPORT BY JOHN WIENS

Hi all

Bill, Jerry and I had an awesome time in Kamloops Wellness Fair.  In our group we saw a young girl from India come into relationship with Jesus and we also blessed her by praying for Holy Spirit filling.  We saw a lady who had rods in her back with pain level of 15 come down to less then 5, she was touched by Jesus, and the a lady who had a detached retina in her eye who couldn’t see our faces clearly before ministry and after she could read the board where the menu of things we offered from a good distance away, plus she had a infection in her chest that cleared up.  We also saw many others get visibly blessed and expressed their thanks for the insight we shared with them.  We help connect a few people with a body of believers in town as well.  It was a very rewarding day for all of us.  This is  a very great place to release the love Christ.

I sure Love Christ being my life living in and Thru me and I sure love living in and thru Him, this is a most fun life to live.

Love you all,
John Wiens