Michele on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural

Hi beloved family-

For those of you with television access and interest... A quick note to announce the airing of my interview with Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural.

God has a sense of humor because HE knows how much I like video cameras (run screaming very fast in the other direction)... eeeek.

Mar 02 - Mar 08 - Daystar, Cornerstone, NRB, and Regular Cable
Mar 16 - Mar 22 - Sky Angel, Church Channel, Miracle Network, God TV, Faith, GLC and INSP

Much love on my way home to an internet abyss in Sudan,

Michele

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An Awesome Time Down Under

I don't even know where to begin... except to say the last 2.5 weeks in Australia have been life changing. God branded OZ into my heart.

I first want to thank my dear sister and friend Katherine Ruonala (right) of New Day Ministries for hosting me and making this time such a precious one for me. Katherine, thank you for sharing your home, your time, your friends, your heart, your wisdom and life with me. It means more than you know. I love you!

I arrived to a plethora of adventures with Jesus. All heck broke loose at home and it was a time of practicing trusting that God really did know what He was doing in sending me there in such a season. I was so far away from where I call home at a crucial time. Our Sudan team is amazing and I was so blessed to see how Jesus led them. Check out some of their stories on Jennie-Joy's blog.

I have learned much in these last few days. I believe I will be processing for months what Papa has done. It has been a deep revelatory time, as well as a fun time of ministry and being with new family and friends. And YES there was of course the BEACH!!!! And if you know me, you know how much THAT means to me!


I was privileged to share at a number of churches and ministries during my time in Queensland. It was such a joy to see what Papa was doing. Everything in me rejoiced to see such an outpouring of His Spirit under way. I have never seen such hunger in the Western world. It humbled and provoked me to go deeper in my own hunger for Who He is.

We saw ears opened, chronic autoimmune disease healed, knees restored, pain leave, hearts touched, visitation released- it was just an honor to be present where God was doing so much and share what He put on my heart to release.

My most precious memories undoubtedly of this trip though will be times when His Presence came like thick weighty glory honey. It was so heavy at times all I could do was lie under His weight. Of all the manifestations of His reality, I do think this one is my favorite. When you don't know what realm you are in, He is so real that you wonder if you will live to tell about the encounter.

I am ravenously hungry for more of Him. I learned more the power of praying in the Spirit- not just in meetings but every day. The gift of tongues surely releases His mysteries to be made manifest around us! There are several messages Papa put on my heart and I will share them in other posts.

If you are interested in hearing one wild night of ministry when angels brought mantles into the room check out the mp3 here. (You can download the audio file by right clicking on the word here and selecting save file as or follow the link to listen online.)

And if you are ever in Queensland, Brisbane area on a Friday night and you want more of God: you seriously need to check out New Day Ministries' Glory Gathering.

Thank you to all who prayed and stood with us in this last month. Your prayers have made all the difference and we thank Jesus for you.

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Glory Gathering Glimpse

Take a glimpse of God moving at a recent Glory Gathering last year! This is what I was totally spoiled by God to get to soak in for the weeks I was in OZ. I just had to share a precious friend of mine and Holy Spirit's with you. Enjoy as Pastor Katherine Ruonala sings the song of the Lamb.

Testimony of Hearing Improved

From one of the meetings in the Brisbane area, OZ:

After praying for a precious woman with two hearing aids:

"...there definitely is a noticeable difference. When I arrived home at midnight I was so excited that I phoned my son, and I was able to talk to him with out my aids. Before I could not hear the dial tone... I have had to use my aids during ministry, as voices tend to get very low at times. What I have noticed that the strain of hearing has gone, and I am grateful that my hearing is sufficient to communicate well. Yesterday I went to my audiologist and she confirmed that there has been a measurable improvement, and she adjusted my hearing aids accordingly. Praise be to our Father God."

YAY God- may it increase and be made complete!

Noise Canceling Headphones

I have been introduced to a worshipping travelers favorite invention next to ipods. Noise canceling headphones. Oh my goodness, turn a little switch and the noises around fade away and all you hear is the worship music. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

So I started realizing Papa wants to give us a spiritual set of noise canceling headphones... spending time in the secret place with Him is like that. His weighty glory honey Presence causes the noise of our circumstances around to fade very far away in the light of His face.

Selah-pause-think on that.

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Holy Spirit, My Friend

It is no accident Papa sent me to the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit to learn more about the one who is our Comforter, Teacher and the same Spirit Who raised Christ Jesus from the dead.

It has been my heart cry to get to know Holy Spirit, to know this beautiful Person of the Trinity. I am learning SO much from Him. And I am finding that as I lean into Him: all loneliness, all fear, all concern, all stress vanishes like darkness when the lights come on.

You know I really had not a clue what the gift of tongues was FOR. What was this strange language intended for beyond praying when I didn't know how or in ministry times? DUDE. It is like a seriously best kept secret outside of certain streams in the Body.

OK it unleashes the power and Presence of God, the revelation of heaven to be manifest in us! It is like flipping on the power switch! It builds up our inner man, it strengthens our faith, it is literally God Himself praying for you. I am such a Presence junkee. When Katherine asked me what I wanted to do for the day one morning, I responded without thinking, "Go to heaven..."

I love Him more than ANYthing. I love receiving prayer... when I pray in the Holy Spirit in this prayer language He has given- it is Him praying FOR me and through me. I never realized that.

So like HOW cool is THAT?

I have seen exponential increase and acceleration as I have explored this gift even in the last few days. It is SUCH a gift. It is uncapping the streams to flow. Wow God- THANK YOU. And it is available to all who desire more of Him.

Check it out- this is a great E-book friends in OZ and S Africa turned me onto- and it is FREE.

Walk of the Spirit, Walk of Power by Dave Roberson

Love Like a Riptide

We were created to be carried out into the depths by His Holy Riptide of Love:

can i live here papa?
never come out of this glory haze?
can hide a little longer
ride this liquid love wave?
your love is a riptide
carry me deeper,
deeper inside
Find me
craving Your beauty
ruined by Your eyes
take me deeper
deeper inside
of YOU…

Yummy Daddy Time

A new standard Christian greeting from OZ:

"Have you had yummy Daddy time today?"

I love what my hungry sister Katherine says- she needs not one little bit of time with Jesus- but three meals a day plus snacks.

Awaken love, awaken hunger Holy One. I never want to do anything without You.

I am hungrier than I ever have been and it is SO good! Deliciously yummy. I have been reminded again that my time with Him is the most important time I have; renewed from the inside out. And the voices of condemnation regarding that part of my journey with Him from recent days have been silenced by the love in His eyes. I know that I know that I know... the secret place is where I was created to live.

The only power the enemy has over us is deception. If we refuse to buy the lie, there is nothing he can do. For I am convinced- NOTHING in all of creation will separate me from His love. Period.

So have YOU had your yummy Daddy time today?

Grace Clothes, No More Grave Clothes

I had a pretty amazing revelation.

God wants to dress us in GRACE clothes. He is waiting to remove the grave clothes that have bound us to the death of the past. So often we try to put other peoples dresses that were not created for us to wear. They may look smashing on them but not so much on us. In fact, they become like grave clothes that bind us from walking in the grace we were created for.

Papa dismantles in order to remantle us in grace...

Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Rom 13:14

We are called to be clothed with power from on high...

I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." Luke 24:4

There is a robe of adoption Lk 15:22

We are told to put on Christ Gal 3:27, Col 3:10-12

Be it unto me according to Your Word!

Real Life Glory Carriers

So I love real people. I pray I always remain one! Real, touchable, unpretentious filled to overflowing with the love and grace of God. And ok a walking party too. Here are some of my Aussie friends who carry Jesus to the ends of the earth and who love a good time. No religion here-only real, raw and revelatory love that will open earth for an all out glory invasion of heaven.

I love these guys!!!!!

A little gal who is after my own heart and shopping taste: I have never seen anyone get so excited about pretty shoes and jewelry. Girly girls to the core... what FUN! She made my day!

Ok like THOSE are SERIOUS ribs! Arrrrrrrr.
And a seriously real, precious pastor and leader chowing down on them!
Thank you Nuno and GC Rev family for an AWESOME time!

The Glory Coast

Thank you to Carl Butel of Deep Image Design who made this gorgeous graphic for me!

I looked out from our table where we were enjoying "breakky" (aka breakfast) on the beach at Burleigh on Aussie's Gold Coast and about fell out of my seat. The beach looked familiar, very familiar and then it hit me. This beach was the reason I was in Australia.

In Nov 2008, I was talking with my dear friend Katherine Ruonala on the phone and in the middle of our conversation Holy Spirit interuppted by whispering "Gold Coast, Glory Coast. Gold Coast, Glory Coast." Now in what I can only describe as spiritual multitasking, in midcoversation I was taken to a beach that had a very distinct cityscape in its horizon and I saw a HUGE liquid golden tidal wave of glory cresting on the horizon.

There were people on the beach just gaping at it. But only those who had positioned themselves in the deep were prepared to catch the glory wave and ride it. Then I saw liquid golden geysers erupt from the beach and then inland. Each geyser produced a liquid golden glory pool that grew and grew until the pools converged to cover the region in the glory of God.

I asked Katherine if "Gold Coast, Glory Coast" meant anything to her. Hmmm, that is 40 minutes from my house! No WAY! Really? What started in a vision, ended with me sitting on the very beach I stood on in the spirit and having breakfast with new friends and family from there. Dude. Jesus is so much fun.

I was so privileged to meet some church leaders from this region and to minister at a Church called Revolution. It was a very sweet time and I am humbled by Jesus that He would allow me to actually sow into the very place I had seen. How precious is that!

There is so much more to tell about my time in OZ. So more posts to come as I have the ability to write them!

Be it unto me...

I am learning alot from my Aussie friends...

They have a charming, disarming and completely challenging hunger for more at Glory Gathering, that when ever they hear a promise or truth from heaven they need or desire you can see people all over the room reaching up and pulling an invisible reality to themselves in faith. Active receiving and you can hear echoes of "be it unto me" from all around you.

I think Papa loves that! So if you see me reach up into the air and grab some promise invisible to you, I am just putting into practice what I learned down under.

Does it work? Well ask Mary mother of Jesus. It was her line first. First time I tried it I fell out of my seat and got carpet burn on my arms. I do believe it does...

More Lord! Be it unto me according to Your Word.

In Celebration of a Life Lived for One

Patrick and his son Zion: Christmas Day 2007

The following is an excerpt of the remembrance that will be read at the Celebration Service for Patrick's life this week. We invite you to pray with our family where ever you are reading this and thank Jesus for Patrick and his life lived in love for One.

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Beloved Friends and Family in Sudan:

Greetings from Australia. It is impossible for me to return to be with you in person in time for Patrick’s service as transit is 4-5 days at a minimum. But my prayers and heart and love are all with you- as are the prayers from many people from all over the world. My heart grieves the loss of one of God’s dearly loved sons and a mighty man after His heart. But we do not grieve because of having no hope. We do not grieve because of defeat. We grieve because we have loved deeply and separation is painful. But grief and sorrow right now are only ours- JOY is all Patrick knows looking on our beautiful Jesus with no veil of time or space to separate him ever again from the One he loved more than anything.

I met Patrick my first few weeks in Sudan in October 2006. My first impression of him was of a strong gentle man who was very tall and stately in his white Nuba dress. We were having a conversation during which he stopped to take time to pray for a woman in pain who walked by in the middle of us talking. Such tenderness and faith captured my attention. He did what Jesus was doing in the moment ministering the hurting one’s needs in prayer. Over the following weeks and months, he and Betty have become some of my dearest friends and together we have prayed and stood and wept and cried out for God to move in this nation. And move He has and move He will.

Patrick was our founding director of Iris Ministries Sudan and we would not be a fraction of what we are today without his loving involvement, faithful service and wise guidance beyond his years. He loved with the heart of a father and lived out the journey of His Father’s heart in the earth. He gave all he had to give every day. His life is a testimony that has left a legacy that will bear nothing BUT great fruitfulness for the Kingdom from this time unto eternity. His ministry with the Sudanese Pentecostal Church, IAS and Iris has left a legacy written on the hearts of a generation, a legacy that will not be lost or forgotten.

Patrick is now enjoying all heaven celebrating his homecoming after a race well run. His journey brought him home sooner than anyone of us wanted to see. For we who continue here in the faith that becomes sight, we know we have a brother, a friend, a leader, a husband, a father who now cheers us on with heaven’s great cloud of witnesses. For what Patrick stood and lived for- the message of love he carried and championed even in the face of hate and threats- let us also stand and live for and continue on in to see nothing less than the revival that filled his vision fill ours as we gaze together on the face of our Jesus.

Patrick once said to me with the absolute ferocity of faith in his eyes: I will never be defeated nor will I speak words of defeat! My dear brother, I am going to miss you for a time while I can’t see you on this earth but indeed you were not defeated. God lives in your legacy and every seed that you ever planted in all of our hearts is waiting, growing, leaping forth into a harvest that will change this nation. You loved to the end. You forgave to the end. You believed to the end. You never gave up. And in that you won!

To our Iris family and all who knew and loved Patrick with us- I love you so much. I am with you in spirit. My tears are joining with yours. I will be praying with you even though I am in Australia. In celebration of Patrick’s life, even though we grieve for our loss, let us not entertain defeat or any lies of the enemy. Let us not entertain anything less than the fullness of the truth of God’s heart. He is here. He weeps with us. And as far away as it may seem right now- His joy will come again. Even as the rain will soon come to water the ground and prepare it for harvest, His joy will come and be our strength even in this place of loss. We will take time to seek the face of Jesus and let Him comfort, heal and surround our hearts in love. And then with all of faith’s ferocity, we will continue on to see His Love that is stronger than fear, cancer, curses and death itself bring Life to the nation and peoples of Sudan.

Through the Fire

Isa 43:1-3 But now, this is what the LORD says — he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters,I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.

When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.

I got a call at 2.57 am here- Patrick is with Jesus as of 6.07 pm Sudan time. Thank you for your love, your support and your prayers. Please keep them coming for our team and especially Betty in this time. I will not be able to make it back for the funeral Tuesday as travel time is a minimum of 5 days from here, but will be writing a message to be read in my absence.

Read more on Jennie's blog from the field here.

Despite a bush fire set by neighbor boys that burned our entire compound and threatened all our buildings yesterday (it came closest to burning down my house) not a building was touched and God raised a wind to blow it off our compound after 5 hours of fighting the flames. The team is in good spirits despite the challenges.

I just talked with them and they are doing well even in the middle of a stormy season. I know all of heaven is backing them up and is so so proud of their hearts, hard work and perseverance… as am I. I thank Jesus for our family there every day and miss them deeply, especially in times like these.

God is moving mightily here as well in OZ. Please keep all of us in prayer. Again thank you for standing with us in this time. We love and thank Jesus for you, Michele

On to Down Under

It has been a blessed time in S Africa. I had the chance to minister at 2 different churches and God moved mightily each time. And I had a chance to spend time with dear friends whom I was staying with. YAY God for running water too!

Things have been very difficult on the base in Sudan. Officials are trying to seize almost half our land, our Sudanese director is failing rapidly in his battle with cancer, the atmosphere is thick with violence as the LRA is still causing much trouble just to our west in DRC, the team moved 90 children and mama's into still unfinished land: it has been an intense time. I am so proud of our missionary team who are pressing into Jesus and seeing His Kingdom come in the middle of extremely trying circumstances.

A fun story on a personal note. Jesus told me to begin painting this year. Hmmm ok. In my spare time. Well the woman who came with my friend to pick me up at the airport was a professional artist. So I took my first painting “lesson” here and she said I was a natural. Then she took me to a HUGE art shop and I am now the proud owner of a full set of acrylics and water colors in top of the line quality all provided and paid for by Papa- as well as supplies to begin instructing the kids with when I return. I plan to bring 1-2 of them over to my house at a time and use art as a way for them to express their hearts and a relationship building tool.

I am completely excited about my time in Brisbane and Gold Goast; more than I have been in a very long time. There are so many promises there. Things Papa wants to do in me for me to bring home as well as to minister out of while there. I will be ministering about 6 times in various venues. I have such an expectancy- such a GREAT expectancy. I am pretty tired as well. OK that is a crazy understatement. I feel like a year of rest in the natural could not even begin to get my energy back to where I’d like it. Haha! Papa, I need a vacation in heaven and some supernatural restoration!

He is so faithful to give us what we need and I am trusting Him for all that I and our team in Sudan needs in my absence. In the midst of the storm, heaven invites us to dance. Please pray for our team and for me as I travel. I will be in near daily contact with them as possible. Thank you for loving and standing with us.

I am off to down under- as soon as I pack!

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