Three of PTL's interns in a Muslim jail

As many of you know, we run a Bible school called ”School of the Crusader” in many parts of the world. One of them is located in Ethiopia. We have 12 students, crusade interns whom teach personally, but who also live out that teaching in real life. They receive 50 USD per month from PTL and evangelize 5 days a week. Then they fast on Saturday and go to church on Sunday.

Right now all twelve of them are in Shashamene, the religious center of rastafari, with a huge Muslim population. When I was in Addis Abeba two weeks ago, we agreed that their main task would be to invite the rastafari and Muslims to PTL’s crusade the first week of March.

On Saturday three of them visited a MOSQUE in order to witness and pray for the sick!!!!!! Chaos ensued and all three of them were put in jail. They were released yesterday.

I talked to our Africa director today, and we agreed that he needed to ask them to calm down and simply invite people to a “peace and healing” conference the first week of March. But they are totally committed and totally crazy. When we pray together there is no end to the tears or the prayer! They have just completed their first two exams on the content of the PTL crusade manual, so they know just what needs to be done.

It makes me so humble to get to be a leader for these young evangelists who are willing go to jail for telling people about Jesus.

New Bible school in Israel

This Thursday we are starting our new evening Bible school in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, a stone’s throw from Simon the tanner’s house. This was where Peter fell into a trance and had the vision of the sheet coming down with all the animals on it.

Our focus is going to be evangelization. Our focus on Jesus continues to grow stronger. Paul writes to the Ephesians about how important it is to have the “right faith” in Jesus. At the same time, we can see that Jesus is under attack. The most serious threat comes from within, when Jesus is described inaccurately, and other other things come into focus instead.

So one of our goals leading up to 2020 is for everything we do to always lift up the name of Jesus in a very clear way. For example, we are now working on a new studio background for our TV program, and we want the name of Jesus to be clearly visible

We receive many suggestions, and many people want to work with us, but the Lord has spoken clearly that we are to stay powerfully Jesus-focused and our pathway is the salvation of the lost. He has told us to stay out of church politics. Unfortunately I fail at that at times, and every time my tongue slips or my pen gets ahead of itself, things don’t turn out well.

The staff that PTL has received is baptized in FIRE, the fire of the Holy Spirit, and that is our commission, in Israel as well.

I know that the day has already arrived, and that events are already underway, so that they will “look on him they have pierced,” and that is why I am thankful to God for the grace to be a part of this prophetic movement.