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CRUISE MINISTRY REPORT
Sunday May 14, 2006
Naples, Italy

Today I gave Hearing the Heart of God book to Edgardo, Filipino cabin master
and witnessed to him about tongues, born again, Catholic, Anti Christ, etc. Yesterday he had heard us on the balcony speaking in tongues and he was interested. He said he was Catholic and that the Charasmatics came to Phillipines and “taught them to speak in tongues.” He was not even sure that he is born again. He is so hungry and says that working on the ship is not easy to live His life. He said his language does not reflect his faith. Later on in the day when Al returned from the tour we prayed with him and
told him he could be sure of his salvation.



When I spoke with Edguado yesterday on the balcony of our cabin I learned that he
knows the scriptures and about grace and Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Pray for him
as he is now beginning over with Christ at the helm of his life.

Natalie , Fabian’s friend 3 years in the Lord., the first night was delivered of a spirit of offense. She learned to lay in the presence of the Lord. Saturday night we showed the slide show of the visible manifestations of The glory and God had put the visible golden glory on Billie during the afternoon during her worship time. A little feather fell on the computer so we took it to the meeting to show the slides. Afterwards some folks got gold and silver in their teeth.



Friday night we shared about second day worship…the anointing and third day worship of singing the new song in the Spirit. Then Billie shared about the two words she heard in the Throne Room in 1998, “Holy” and “Worthy” As Michel played Terry MacAlman’s tape Live Worship where he sings about the two words many folks lay in the weight of His presence for a time and some had visions. One pastors wife witnessed how she had gone away from the worship in spirit and truth as the scriptures encourage us to do. She
wept as the meetings had encouraged her to return to her First Love.

And experiences in the glory.

The Cabin steward, Edgardo asked me….”You came on the cruise to be a minister?’
I said, “Yes.”
“Your life is so simple.” He could tell by the atmosphere in our cabin. It must be different from other cabins he cleans during the day. Glory to God.



Martin the young man who serves our dinner each night helps me order then serves me large portions to prove his favor and love for me.
He overheard me witnessing to Marcus and Nellie, the pastors from Insbrook, Austria and said: “Your words go into my heart and encourage me.”
Two other servers shook their heads of approval from the service desk.
Like, “Me too.”.

We must always be aware that God has ‘listening ears’ whenever we speak.

Today, Sunday morning, I stayed behind to rest and pack while Al went ashore with the others to tour Naples.

If was to witness to Edguardo. He is married and has taken this tour to make money so he can stay at home and work in the hotel in the Philipines. He wants to have his own home so he can make more money on this cruise than he can in hotel service.
But I know that it was a set up by God for us to be able to witness and teach him so that he can establish his spiritual house. Amen.
When I was teaching him today he said, “When you speak my hair stands up.”
I explained him that Paul said that the “Spirit bares witness that the words we speak bear witness of truth.”
We praise the God of all glory for this cruise and the opportunity to serve our God in this area of ministry we had never known before.

I gave my books to the Filipinos and we pray that they will read them. They were happy that my picture was on the back. They had noticed them in the other cabins and saw my picture on the back of the books. Perhaps the Spirit will cause them to open the books and He will flood them with truth that they are ready to receive.

I will write more later about the French folks who we have met.

Michel Chevalier, the other minister on the cruise, is precious and knows many of the same people we know. Michel is French Canadian and has ministered in France for
some time. He has recently moved his family to America and is living in Dallas under the covering of Mike Murdock’s ministry. He considers Mike his spiritual father. Michel is in a healing mode so please pray with us for his complete recovery and restoration. Our spirits have been joined together on this cruise and we know that it is an eternal joining. He is also recently associated with Horizon Fellowship of Churches in Europe and has placed his church here with them. The associate pastors Cedric and Samantha are friends of ours as well. We knew each of them before they were married and saw them again last summer during camp at Ashland. Glory to God.