808,190 Recorded Decisions in Karu/Nigeria

Tonight was the final meeting of our Gospel campaign here in Karu, Nigeria and the attendance peaked at 450,000 people! Watching the multitudes streaming onto the field by the thousands one pastor said, “It looks like the Children of Israel entering the Promised Land”. As Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke preached the Gospel tonight, the people were absolutely captivated and they responded with such eager enthusiasm that when they prayed, calling upon the name of Jesus for salvation, it seemed as if the ground was trembling.

A young man brought a diagnosis from 2006 that said he was HIV positive. But after receiving prayer last night, he went for another test this morning. He also brought that report and I read it to the crowd…”HIV Negative”!

Many other amazing miracles took place you can see a few of them in the attached pictures. Tomorrow night is the final meeting here in Karu and we believe that Jesus has saved the best for last. Please continue to pray.

Hold on to your hats! When we arrived at the field tonight we saw how piles of stolen belongings had been surrendered by thieves to be turned over to the authorities. Also, many idols and witchcraft items were brought to be burned! Once they went up in smoke I began to pray for the people breaking every devilish curse in the mighty name of Jesus and amazing things began to happen! Demons started manifesting, healing was spontaneously breaking out all across the field and many bondages were instantly broken. An insane woman suddenly came to her senses. Cripples began to walk, people blind, deaf and dumb were instantly healed. The crowd of 250,000 was ecstatic; dancing and singing for joy. It was holy chaos…I wish you could have seen it!!

Residents in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles, with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness.

So says Daniel Kolenda, an evangelist with Christ for All Nations, a Florida-based ministry founded by Reinhard Bonnke that has been leading crusades across Africa for more than 30 years.

In an email report about CfaN’s Karu crusade this week, Kolenda said a woman who had been crippled by a spinal cord injury rushed onto the platform with her crutches raised over her head. Another woman who had been deaf for 20 years reportedly was able to hear, and a young man who was unable to use the right side of his body for 11 years was miraculously healed…..(Continued)

Tonight the crowd nearly doubled to 200,000! The power of God fell in an extraordinary way and miracles began to take place even before I had finished praying for the sick.

As I was praying I saw a young woman running to the platform with crutches raised over her head. I immediately called her up to the platform. She came with her sister and they told me that she had been crippled by a severe spinal cord injury, but suddenly the power of God came over her and she was totally healed. They wept and embraced as they told the story.

We have just arrived in the city of Karu in Nigeria where the people have been waiting for our arrival with great anticipation. It is officially the beginning of the 2010-2011 Crusade season and we are so eager to jump back into this unprecedented and historic harvest of souls taking place on the African continent.

The pastors told us today that our coming now is especially significant to them because it was in August of 1910 that the first missionaries came to this region…exactly 100 years ago this month! Although it is rainy season here in Nigeria and we technically consider this our “Out of Season” crusade, we all have a sense that the timing of this event has been divinely orchestrated.

Just a few hours ago Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke finished preaching the Gospel here in Kiev, Ukraine and the response was overwhelming. This concludes our final open-air evangelistic meeting here and, as usual, we are returning home rejoicing with the many souls that found salvation and healing this week through the power of the cross. Thank you for your ongoing prayers and financial support. We need them now as we look forward to the beginning of the crusade season in Africa that is quickly approaching. We are co-laborers together in this historic harvest.

We often say that the Jesus of Africa is the same everywhere. Today we saw the evidence of this here in Kiev, Ukraine where we have just concluded a full day of dynamic ministry.

This morning began with the Fire Conference where evangelist Bonnke and I preached in the stadium to pastors and church workers who gathered to receive the Fire of the Holy Spirit (see attached pictures). We laid hands on 7,000 people and the Holy Spirit fell in mighty power. We pray that the Fire may go out through these leaders and spread across the nation.

This evening was the first of the Evangelistic open-air meetings. We preached the Gospel and the altar was packed…standing room only. Then, after the prayer for the sick, mighty miracles took place including the healing of a girl who was crippled for 3 years (see attached picture), a man who was deaf in one ear, a woman who had severe back problems (which two surgeries were unable to fix) and many more. The Jesus of Africa is truly the same in the Ukraine…and He is the same wherever you are; yesterday, today and forever! Receive your miracle by faith in His name today!

We’ve just arrived in Kiev, Ukraine and Im on my way in a few minutes to have dinner with the pastors who have cooperated to make this event possible. The Fire Conference starts tomorrow morning and the Gospel Crusade starts tomorrow evening. The city is buzzing with the news of the campaign. Posters are plastered all over town, handbills have been passed out by the thousands, the television and radio stations are inviting people to come and receive a miracle from God. Some local groups are opposing us publicly, but many others have embraced what they know will be a historic event for the city and for the nation. Please remember us in prayer this weekend as we challenge the spiritual powers over Kiev with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pray that salvation, healing and Holy Spirit Fire would be poured out in a extraordinary way and that the Ukraine will never be the same again in Jesus name. Stay tuned…

It is no side issue that Jesus walked with his disciples for 3 years. He could have just randomly selected a group of young men to send to the upper room or written his own Gospel and sent it far and wide the by hands of couriers. He could have held a 50 minute class every day for anyone to attend and in this way he would have had far more students. Instead He chose only 12 men…few enough that He could give Himself to them wholly. He lived with them day and night. He gave them more than teachings and instructions, He gave them Himself. His desire was that they would not merely be teachers or preachers about Him, but rather “witnesses” unto Him. In fact Jesus even told John’s disciples to report back to him what they had HEARD and SEEN; that is to say, what they had personally experienced……(Continued)