South Africa!

Dear Friends,

WOW!!! It is amazing to see Jesus partnering with normal people (like me) to bring forth signs and wonders! Today during worship I sat down next to an older woman I had never met. As worship began I felt God's tremendous love for her and I was compelled to put my arm around her shoulders. Upon doing so I suddenly felt burning all over my left knee... I knew God was telling me something in regards to her body! I turned to her and asked if she had a problem with her left knee... did she ever! Her right knee had already been replaced because it had gotten so bad and now her left knee was in the same place. Her meniscus was totally deteriorated and there was no cartilage left. It was bone on bone, very painful. And get this! While praying for her God told me to whack her knee with my hand! Picture how weird I felt when asking her if it was okay to smack her bad knee! I would never have thought in a million years that I'd be doing something that crazy! But, I took a big gulp and, SMACK! I did it! Then I asked the cliff hanger question, “How's it feel?”. In the midst of her tears she told me how much better it felt... AWESOME! Later she told me there was no more pain! Weird, but awesome. It was hard for me to comprehend that God had just used me to heal someone... but that and so much more is happening here every day through normal people! I wish I had room to tell you of all the amazing stories of the other students here!

Recently I was accepted on a team that is traveling to South Africa for a missions trip from March 10-23. We will be ministering in churches, townships and orphanages, plus we will have the opportunity to minister at a large open air crusade. We will be flying in to Johannesburg and then taking a bus to Pretoria. From Pretoria we will be splitting up into six groups of five team members which will then be sent out all over South Africa and Namibia. This will be the Eleventh trip the school has taken to South Africa. Every trip has been heavily marked with mighty manifestations of God's kingdom through the healing of the lame, sick, blind & deaf, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and MANY lost saved! It is sure to be a time of signs and wonders!

Please consider partnering with me in one or two ways:

First and foremost is prayer. I will need as much covering as is possible before, during and after the trip. Because we will be aggressively going after territory claimed by the devil there will be resistance... guaranteed. Please, I implore you, keep me in your prayers daily. I NEED IT!

Second, I need to raise $3200 in a very short period of time. Please consider sowing into what God is going to be doing in South Africa! If you want to pay by card go to their website: www.ibssm.org   Once on the website go to the “GIVE TO BSSM” tab. Once there, it is very self explanatory. If you would like to pay by check: Mail it to: Bethel International, 933 College View Dr, Redding, CA 96003. Leave the memo blank and instead, include a piece of paper with my name "Justin Collins" and "South Africa" printed/written on it. Bethel (not in Rochester, but the Redding one) will send you a tax deductible receipt. 

Thank you so much for your love and support. I appreciate you greatly. May God bless you!

Justin Collins