What a mighty God we serve. Tonight 18,000 people gathered in Mbandaka Stadium in the heart of Congo’s rainforest to attend the opening night of the crusade. Jesus saved healed and delivered thousands. From day one the counsellors were overworked recording the thousands of decisions for Jesus. There were so many people queuing to tell their healing testimony that most had wait to share on another night. My heart is rejoicing tonight as is heaven. Please continue to pray for us. As I said the closing prayer the heavens opened and torrential rain came down. It has now stopped but we desperately need the week to stay dry so people can freely come to the meetings. I have just stepped off the platform of the crusade. Tonight the crowd increased to 25,000 people. There were the most outstanding miracles I have ever seen. 4 blind people were healed. One woman had been completely blind for 24 years and was instantly healed. We have never seen miracles like we saw tonight. Deaf ears were opened stomach pain was healed. So many people wanting to testify. It was like a wave of healing swept over the crowd. People are coming from 70km away, coming down the Congo River on dug out canoes as word is spreading what God is doing. Oh how I wish you could all be here to witness this!!! The weather was wonderful but please keep praying. In the morning seminar 500 Pastors and Church Leaders were present. One Pastor of a large Assemblies of God Church in Kinshasa is originally from Mbandaka and has flown up to see the crusade for himself. He is so moved at what God is doing in his home town. He told me tonight he has 500 intercessors praying for Mbandaka.

.Many many testimonies. One soldier who was deaf in one ear was healed, a man carried into the meeting too weak to walk stood and was healed, a tree had fallen on a woman’s head causing eye damage and she said she was now healed. The Pastors came 2 hours ahead of the start of the morning seminar because they saw the rain was coming and wanted to get there early.

Holy Spirit Night Tonight we set especially apart to teach about and pray for the Holy Spirit. 47,000 people listened and then raised their hands to heaven. It was glorious and powerful as the Holy Spirit was poured out and people everywhere started praising God in other tongues. God has held back the rain all week but not the rain from heaven. It was a sight to behold. Many continued to testify of healings they have received throughout the week. One woman with very weak eye sight was completely healed.

Tomorrow is the closing service. The fire of God has started to burn in Mbandaka and will continue long after we go. The Pastors are telling us never in the history of Mbandaka have they witnessed things like this. To God be the glory. What a glorious week we have had and tonight was another great victory. The crowd grew to 50,000 and were packed like sardines into Mbandaka stadium. Next door at the hospital a daughter of one of the Pastors was giving birth but experiencing serious complications. As she heard the prayer for healing she said “I am having these babies in Jesus name” and although one was breach they both popped out healthy and are now named after team members. The attention of the crowd was wonderful as I spoke about a fully surrendered life to the Lord and following him all the days of our lives. The people praised and worshiped God in true Congolese style far into the night. Our sound team had to switch the sound off so the folk would go home. Tomorrow I speak to all the Pastors about follow up and the decision cards will be distributed among the churches for the Pastors to begin their mammoth task. Thank you for all your prayers during the Mbandaka crusade. We ended with a great victory and without the tropical rains hampering a single meeting. The RFM technical team is now transporting our equipment down the Congo River on a barge. We are expecting them to arrive in Kinshasa during the next day or so and then take the equipment by road to Matadi for the next meeting.

On the final Sunday all the team members preached in local churches the response was overwhelming, new converts flocked to every church. In the afternoon I spoke and exhorted 100 participating pastors about the importance of the follow-up work.

The crowd and the response was far too large for the handful of counselors but they still managed to register 7720 first time decisions. Each participating church will get between 70 to 100 new converts, a manageable number for most of them. Although the actual number only the Lord knows, as the total attendance for the 6 days was over 190,000.