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July 07

A big Hello to our precious and missed friends……

** Over the last months on and off together with Jesus for Cebu we traveled to the North of Cebu island to conduct evangelistic outreaches, it is a place where there has not been much evangelism and where most of the people worship the Santa Nino, a small man with curly hair……..

** Around 900+ people were born again!!!!!!!!!!! Praise God!!!!! What is even more amazing is that God began to heal almost everyone: the blind, the deaf, rheumatism, asthma and many others were healed from various ailments…..Also many came later with doctors reports of their healing One lady had a cancer tumor operation the next day but the tumor was not there anymore……..God is so good AND REAL… Leesha and Jasmine were deeply touched also: they also were helping to pray, Jasmine was also praying when God healed blind eyes, knees that were reumatised, and lungs healed from various deseases… She was part of the drama team and now she wants to become an evangelist…Please pray that God will continue to touch her heart in deep ways………
 

** In the afternoons we walked through the different villages inviting the people to the outreach, in the evenings we held the outreaches at different basketball fields……..

** Now there has begun different bible study groups in the different villages with the new disciples…. We went to Mindanao which is a strong Muslim Island and were able to encourage different churches there, in a pastors meeting we emphasized the importance of intimacy with the Abba as foundational to all of our ministry endeavors…

Brian evangelizing Leesha praying with Jaja	People coming to Jesus…
	** 18 bible study groups have Started now in the areas where so many were healed ** The churches in Mindanao are growing. And we hope in the future to go and hold an evangelistic crusade there. Please pray for Gods wisdom in that…

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     In Mandaue there were around 1000 slum houses burnt down, and many had no food or place to sleep.  Along with various churches we were able to deliver food, clothes and sleeping mats to them and many were helped... Leesha and Jasmine were handing out leaflets of the gospel to them and we with the others were distributing the food and the clothes in different bags…..

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Some short updates……

** The street children still come often to our house and some of them have been able to come to the church, coming forward with tears in their eyes to be prayed for…Please pray for them, we were able to get an old bus in our district removed where sexual abuse had been going on near our house…

** Because we had spoken out against it different people were angry with us , and threatened to kill us, but we thank God for His protection against any retaliation…

** In the juvenile prison here in Cebu we were able to share Gods love, distribute bibles and pray and counsel them individually, God is moving there………

** We were also able to bring six large garbage bags full of clothes from some people to distribute among the lepers, Johnny died, an old good leper friend…

** An older leper woman who is blind is going to come and stay with us for a week, she doesn’t have anyone,

please pray that God will deeply touch her…… We go there still regularly and feel as though Jesus is strongest present when we are with them more then at any meeting or conference… His eyes always seem to look back at us through their broken outcast lives….

** Around the area where we meet for The House of Prayer was a lot of prostitution going on. While the Mayor was in the area one time a prostitute approached his car, this got him really

** We are currently counseling some pastors who are in crisis situations, we are really needing God and  His wisdom in all of this….. Please help in prayer in this…angry and he decided to issue an order to totally shut down the places of prostitution, strip bars and drug peddling around the area of the house of prayer… Thank you Jesus!!!!! We do minister to some who come to the 24/7, also gays, pray for wisdom… There have been some major transformations And healings regarding some gay people!!!!!…

** Mirte and Jasmine led 32 people  around our neighborhood to the Lord. Please pray for God’s  Preservation and protection of Jasmine’s heart as she grows Into the teenage years. She  really has a heart for evangelism……………

** The House of Prayer is now coming together six times a week in order to pray for the city and region……….. Our goal is that this will  eventually go on 24/7, pray that God will bring the workers in for this………..
 

** We did a seminar out in the village of Danao close to the North of Cebu and the Were really glad when the Holy Spirit just fell on people and they began to speak in tongues for the first time. All the children were crying and even some four year olds were deeply touched… To be honest it is so beautiful to see little children worshipping God with tears flowing from them….  His presence came so tangibly and there was not a  dry eye in the place and many were set free coming to the front wanting release from various addictions.. That night God healed 40+ people from various sicknesses….Thank you Lord!!!!!!!!!

** Finally, with the House of prayer we recently finished a three day fast with the Cebu pastors on behalf of this city. A lot of youth came forward to cry out to the Lord for His Spirit to move…

** We also recently had a Cebu house of prayer conference “Back to first love” conference, and there were many tears We also hosted a healing sexual sins conference, and many pastors and people came forward for prayer, there was a real vulnerability among the pastors… Thank You Jesus…..
 

***If you would like to support this work you can do it In the following way***
You can send a check written out to the name Brian Longridge to the following address:
John and Carol Stiegler, 586 East Ferry, Buffalo, NY, 14210.
For bank transfer: Brian Longridge, Bank no: 773930264, HSBC Bank (if you need routing no: 021001088)

Very much love and blessings from Brian, Mirte, Jasmine and Leesha….

(pray for Rebecca as she is studying for nursing at Mirte’s parents)

Something to think about:

“ The only hope for an increasing Christ in us, is a decreasing self….”
“ The fuller a head of wheat becomes, the lower it will bow”
 

“There are no great people…just ordinary people running after a Great God…..”
Love and Miss you all so much!!!!!!!!!!!