Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We hope you are enjoying this season and reflecting on the astounding plan of God to send Jesus to be born as baby boy so we could be reunited with Him now and forever!

So great to celebrate Christmas in Japan with our daughter Danielle, Cody, and our grandson Asher.

Lorena teaching the children English with Bible stories in East Timor

We recently spent a month in Timor-Leste, a small, independent, and economically challenged country nestled among the Indonesian islands. Due to religious persecution, many missionaries share the Gospel and discipleship through humanitarian aid and education. God is moving powerfully, especially among the youth. We were privileged to pray with many in the international, nondenominational church and witness Jesus heal numerous beautiful people. This display of God's glory and power was exciting and new for many of them. Truly, God is good!

From Timor-Leste, we journeyed to the Philippines, where we were blessed to engage in meaningful fellowship and ministry. Our time was enriched through our involvement with Kids International Ministry and Iris Global, alongside our dear missionary friends, Gene and Teissa Nicole.

 Brian is delivering a message to the congregation 

at a church in Manila.

We are honored to be pictured alongside the 

dedicated leaders of that church.

Moments captured during an outreach at a government free clinic in 

Manila, where lives were powerfully touched by the Lord. 

While Brian taught the men, Teissa and Lorena were invited to minister to this group of  pastors and pastors' wives at the end of their retreat. The Holy Spirit moved powerfully with refreshment, encouragement, and different types of healing. What a wonderful God we serve! 

Having fun proclaiming the gospel on the streets in the Philippines.

Onlookers watch and listen to the Gospel message

"We’ve never seen the power of God move so easily and mightily before!" (Lorena)

We enjoyed a wonderful month in Thailand teaching and helping at the Spirit of Revival Evangelism School in Bangkok led by Ryan and Audrey Aitkin This was followed by a large crusade with the same ministry in Omkoi. Above is a 2 min. video we made about the crusade and our experiences there. 

We’ve never seen the power of God move in people’s lives in healing, salvations, and deliverance so easily and mightily before! Many have received dreams, visions, and prophetic words from God about a revival coming to Thailand.

We believe it has begun!

After the crusade, the spiritual hunger and fire continued as Brian and I taught and ministered at a church in Chiang Mai. The pastor and his wife had just graduated from the Evangelism School in Bangkok and helped with the crusade. After the church service ended, we prayed for almost all the church members and saw many more healings. The Holy Spirit is really moving in a special way in Thailand at this time! A few days later, the pastor sent us a follow up on one of these healings

Somsak

Somsak suffered with intense abdominal pain from an intestinal issue. He had been unable to eat solid food for some time. As we prayed, Somsak described feeling as if chains were breaking off his stomach. Somsak is now pain-free and enjoying all his favorite foods again!

 Thank you for your continued prayers.  We are getting great reports from Mozambique, which we'll tell you about in the next newsletter.  

Prayer Requests for Thailand

 We have some very exciting news. Tomorrow we will be heading to the mountainous province of Omkoi, in northern Thailand, with a group of about 50 on-fire Thai believers to prepare for a huge crusade in this city of 50,000 unbelievers (mostly).  The crusade will be led by Spirit of Revival Ministries, with Ryan and Audrey Aitkins. We’ve known them for years and speak at their Evangelism School every year.  We’ve been with them these last two weeks as they finished up their current school. Everyone is praying and fasting for this coming outreach in Omkoi, many of whom have had visions, dreams, and prophetic words about what amazing things God is going to do – salvations, healings, deliverances like never before.  We would love your prayers too! 

Could you please pray for the following:

1. Our team – spiritual protection, anointing, health…

2. The people in Omkoi – salvations, healing, deliverances

3. The local pastors in Omkoi – we have been given the assignment of training as many as 100 local pastors on how to disciple the new believers from the crusade.  (Many of these pastors will be walking a full day’s journey from even higher mountains above Omkoi, where they mostly have small house churches.) 

Teaching at the School of Evangelism in Bangkok 

Thank you so much!  We’ll be posting on facebook during the crusade (if we have internet).  If not, you’ll see it after the crusade.  

First Harvest School in Cambodia!

We had an incredible time ministering at the very first Harvest Missions School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia! I had the opportunity to dive into topics like culture and language learning, the power of perseverance with 'If you don't stop, you win,' and how to hear God's voice. Lorena inspired everyone with her sessions on children’s ministry, the power of joy, and the story of Lazarus. What an amazing group of passionate missionaries and eager students! Tomorrow, we’re off to Thailand, filled with anticipation for what’s next!

worshipping and enjoying the glorious presence of God

Teaching at a neighborhood discipleship group

   

The Iris Phnom Penh Harvest Mission School Gang

A neighbor enjoys his delicious chicken feet!

The awesome students from 6 nations!

I was blessed to see these new believers healed!

Far left: She was beaten and couldn't walk without great pain.  Jesus took all her pain away and now walks fine. Middle: Filled with stress and anxiety, this lady had neck, shoulder, knee, and leg pain. As God lifted her anxiety and stress, all her body aches and pain disappeared.

We love you Jesus - you are so loving and kind.  What an honor to serve you and see your glory and power poured on all who come to you.

75 Year Old Witch Doctor Finds the Truth!

 

Just one month ago, Rosario, a 75-year-old witch doctor, and his 65-year-old partner, Elena, made a life-changing decision: they chose to give their lives to Jesus after reading our booklet, Truth. This booklet shares the gospel and reveals the truth about a person's value and identity as seen through God's eyes.

 

For their entire lives, Rosario and Elena had served as the community's witch doctors, collecting money and engaging in practices that kept them and their community bound to darkness. But as they discovered the truth of God’s love and forgiveness, their hearts were transformed. With the support of the local pastor, they gathered all their witchcraft paraphernalia and, in a powerful act of faith, burned it all in front of their house.

 

Not only did they embrace their new faith, but they also took the beautiful step of asking to be baptized and married. We are thrilled to report that, this past weekend, they celebrated both milestones, marking a fresh start filled with hope and purpose!

Seminars, Distributions and Conferences our teams conducted in August and September

 

Crossing Continents

 I hope you had a wonderful summer! After we last wrote to you from Nepal, we headed home to Redding, California, but not before stopping in Japan on the way to see our daughter Danielle, Cody, and little Asher!  Ash is growing so quickly, now 19 months old. You might remember we spent 3 months taking care of him last year when he was 6-9 months old, while Danielle started a new job at the Christian International school. Missing family, friends, and home are difficult sacrifices missionaries face, but we are also blessed when opportunities come along where we get to visit and be with you a bit! 

After leaving Redding, we went to an all-expenses paid missions conference in Mexico, then on to Arizona, California, and Washington before flying back to Thailand two weeks ago.  Next week we’ll be ministering at Ryan and Audrey Aitkin’s Evangelism School, attending an international church planting conference in Bangkok with CMC, then flying to Cambodia to speak at the Iris Global Missions Training School. We covet your prayers for what’s coming up, that we may be fruitful and impactful as we minister to all these precious students. 

 

 We have been deeply moved lately by the words in 2 Peter 1:2: "May grace and peace be yours in ABUNDANCE through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord." As we come to know Christ more deeply, we are filled with His boundless grace—grace that covers every failure, lifts every burden, and empowers us to live in victory. His peace surpasses all understanding, guards our hearts and minds, and gives us strength and courage to face every trial life may bring. Hallelujah! May we all be filled with his joy and shine as lights in this world of darkness, excited to share the beautiful hope he puts within us!

 

We so appreciate your friendships, support, and prayers.   Please let us know how we can pray for you as well!

 

Lots of Love,

 

Lorena and Brian

Pictures from Australia

Sunset in Alice Springs

Swimming Hole in Alice Springs

Beautiful wild birds in the outback (our frontyard)

The mission school in Alice Springs

Sunday morning worship 

Free lunch after church

Beautiful sunsets every night in the outback!

One of many "gaps" in this beautiful Northern Territory

Aboriginal church members preparing kangaroo tails for everyone - their special delicacy!

Shabbat meal - all church Friday night potluck with communion before our Saturday day of rest. 

These colorful cliffs scrape off into fine dust, forming natural paint colors when added to water. Only aboriginals are allowed to touch these walls.  All others will receive a huge fine if
caught touching them.

Ghost Gum Tree

Brian had the honor of praying with this girl to receive Christ.  
After church she got immediately baptized!

Church kids enjoying the baptismal afterwards.

The mission school gang

Wild Aussie parrots in our frontyard!

Sunday church - growing each week with aboriginals from 5 different tribes living in this town. Many move here to enjoy an education for their children and free medical care.

The Beautiful Outback