FMI Missions

The team’s last night in Sawla was spent sharing the love of Jesus in the market.  As we unloaded the bus, a crowd immediately formed, ready to watch and listen to the message we were bringing that night.  First, the dance team performed a praise dance, to the delight of the crowd. We then held a competition, where three brave young men were selected from the crowd to join the dance team as they danced!  The crowd then voted on a winner- everyone was delighted.

The team then showed two dramas, including The One, and Lawrence and Mike preached the message of the Gospel. Many excitedly responded to the call and came forward to pray to receive Jesus as their Lord! Soon after, Michelle and Andy spoke about God’s power to heal the sick, and invited those with physical ailments to join us in prayer to receive a touch from our King Jesus.  Many testimonies of healing were given after the prayer.  One young man was on his way to the pharmacy that night because he had symptoms of malaria, but after seeing our drama, came forward for prayer, and was instantly healed!  He even testified that his fever left immediately.  Praise God!

Dylan then led some others in a prayer to renounce witchcraft, and they were powerfully set free from demonic oppression. Jamie was also able to pray with a young Muslim girl to receive Jesus!  This precious young girl was deeply touched by God’s love and grateful to come to know Him. Thank you Jesus for invading Sawla with your compassion!

The next day, the Lord continued the work He started the day before in Kingdom Bible School.  Andy taught on the joy of the Lord, and how Holy Spirit loves to fill us up with overwhelming joy. The team felt led to have all the students go through a fire tunnel in order to receive more of the fiery presence of God.  Members of the team formed a physical tunnel,  lining up on either side and extending our arms for the students to pass through.

The students passed one time through the fire tunnel… then twice through then, during the third time through, some of the leaders broke out in uncontrollable laughter! Our very own Pastor Stephen, one of the pastors of the Life Christian Center church branch in Sawla, could not get up off the ground because the Holy Spirit was bubbling up inside of him as he roared with laughter. He later shared that this was a completely new experience for him  never before had he experienced the joy of the Lord in this fashion. What an incredible demonstration of how God loves for us to taste of His goodness!

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Missions 2010 – Ghana

After a powerful outreach many joined us on Sunday for worship on our land from the various villages, including Nyege, together with the Kingdom Bible School students.  A powerful message was given by pastor Bill and also a number responded to receive Christ as their Savior.  One young boy, of his own will, gave up a juju fetish that had been given to him from a juju priest for protection.  Praise the Lord!

Intimate times of soaking have caused many of the students to experience God’s Presence in a new way.  They share with excitement in their voice as they testify of Heavenly blessings.  Many are excited to see what God will do next as they continue to soak in His Presence.

Hearts were transformed as the team prophesied over some of the students.  In a desire to show His love, the Holy Spirit released many prophetic words revealing to the students that He still speaks today.

After a time of teaching from the puppets about soaking, the Lord demonstrated His Presence with gold dust on many of the student’s hands.  They gathered in mass to show what God had done.  Expectation is increasing with every sign and wonder.

The jealous love of the Lord is being poured out over the people of Sawla in Northern Ghana.  Frontline Kingdom Bible School has begun its second year of teaching and equipping pastors and leaders.  People are gathering from villages all around to hear of God’s great plan for their lives.  With over 100 people attending, the school has doubled from the previous year and more are joining every day.  We have seen God’s love lavished upon the students as the receive during times of impartation, teaching, and soaking.  Students are having amazing experiences as they share about receiving supernatural peace, great love, and even gold dust appearing on their hands.  They are being set free as God delivers them from different forms of bondage.  He truly has come to set the captives free!
The Lord has creatively expressed his love through drama, dance, worship, prophecy, and some very entertaining Scripture reenactments.  We are excited as God continues to reveal what He has in store for the Sawla region.

Our first night in Ghana was very powerful.  Many people were gathered for the service that night at Life Christian Center.  Powerful praises were lifted up and many were expecting God to move.  Individual prophetic words and words and words of knowledge began to flow as our team stepped out, desiring to show the supernatural love of God practically.  Hearts were encouraged by messages from Heaven. Pain left one man’s side and women testified of back pain being healed.  Many came forward to receive more from the Lord.  A powerful time of prayer followed as Rick called forward all the children so that the  team and the people could pray into their destinies.  There was an amazing flow of the Holy Spirit and the Lord used us all in a supernatural way. Ashley delivered a powerful word about salvation coming to the daughters of those present.  Several received God’s heart enabling them to forgive those who had wronged them, bringing freedom to their own hearts.  As the service closed, many were still receiving from the Lord.  It was a great way to start off our ministry time in Ghana.

Michelle Oliver and Mike Wheeler returned to Ghana this June to facilitate the legal needs of Frontline and its investment in the development of the land in Sawla.  Michelle is an attorney in Cleveland and Mike is in law school in Akron.  Frontline was given a 29-acre tract of land in Ghana’s Northern Region to develop as a gift from the former-Muslim-chief of Sawla four years ago.  At that time, God gave the leaders of Frontline a vision for the development to include a worship center, school, medical clinic, agricultural sustainable development initiative, and children’s home.  We believe this center will become a hub in the Sawla region for the people here to receive both physical and spiritual nourishment.  Frontline has already been connected with a top-notch architect and a contractor who have drawn and mapped out blueprints for the center’s various buildings, and we continue to prayerfully move forward with the execution of the building project.
Michelle and Mike are working with our Ghanaian Lawyer, Dr. Yeboa Amoa, to finalize the land and building agreements.  Further, they are extensively networking to develop relationships with business and legal contact in Ghana, since we know the connection between Frontline and Ghana is for the long term.  The Lord even opened up an opportunity for them to meet a Justice on the Ghanaian Supreme Court.  In the northern region, they have been working with various regional authorities, land ministers, surveyors, and other integral players in order to finalize Frontline’s title ownership under our NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) status.  May God continue to receive all the glory and honor as this incredible project moves forward.  Land once owned by a Muslim chief is now being used to transform a region through the powerful name of Jesus Christ.