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Friday, 25 June 2010 16:26

Pat and Team Arrive in Ecuador (We hope!)

Pat McGuffin, Chuck and Becky Blystone and Dr. Frank Bruyere left yesterday for Guayaquil, Ecuador, where they were scheduled to arrive late last night. We haven't heard from them so assume all is ok.


	Pat McGuffin with Pastor Francisco Loor, our host in Guayaquil

This morning they were scheduled to start the 5 hour drive to Santo Domingo. Please pray that they have a safe trip with good fellowship along the way.

Ecuador Report - April 2010, Part 2

Sunday evening April 25 Preaching at Bautista Primavera – Pastor Emidgio Mariduena

Fernando drove us from the embassy to the church. We arrived a few minutes late as the pastor was in the middle of encouraging the people. He welcomed us warmly and had Fernando introduce us. Ray began with a word of encouragement from Isaiah 61:7 and encouraged the people that the Lord would restore His blessings to the people and that there is a double portion for them.


Ray (left) & Chuck (center) ministering at CEAD, Guayaquil, Ecuador

I spoke on John 11 and “Lazarus Come Forth!” The Lord wants us to be freed from our past and He wants the church to be the ministers of freedom – ‘Loose him and let him go.’ He wants the grave clothes to come off so that our hands and feet are free to worship Him, serve Him and do the work of the ministry; so that our feet are free to spread the Gospel and so that our steps are ordered by Him. He wants our face free so that our ears can hear His voice, our mouth can sing His praise and speak His Word and our eyes can see the vision He has for us. He wants the stench of sin and death to be removed from us so that we can spend time with Him and have His aroma on us. The Lord moved on the people. There were over 100 people in attendance and most of them came forward for prayer.

The Lord did miracles tonight like only He can! There was a word of knowledge given that the Lord was healing left leg ailments and conditions. Several people responded and He healed them all of pain and symptoms. I


Man healed of arthrosis removing brace from leg, Guayaquil, Ec.

prayed for a man that was suffering from arthrosis in his legs – deterioration of the bones and joints. The Lord healed this man. He began to bend his leg in ways that he was not able to before and removed the brace. He walked out of the church without it! People with back pain and nerve damage healed! The pastor’s wife was healed of spine problems. The doctors said there was no cure. But the Great Physician healed her – no pain! The Lord touched everyone that came for prayer. He is Great and He does miracles so great!

After the service the pastor invited us to dinner right down the street. So Ray and I had a chance to talk with him for about an hour. He is 75 years old and has never been to the doctor. He said that he loved his life and the fact that he was called to be a pastor. He said that he will pastor until the Lord takes him home. He said that he was not afraid to die, but just not ready yet, because he has more to do!

Monday April 26 Administration at CEAD Main Offices 11:00AM

After a great breakfast, Ray and I were taken to the new CEAD offices in downtown Guayaquil. We were going to minister to the administration staff that usually consisted of about 20 people if could get them all together. This did not include any pastors. Ray and I both shared on having a purpose. I spoke out of Psalm 133 and Hebrews 9 and talked about unity and covenant. I taught that we have been chosen by God and it was His idea to make a covenant with us and that His Word will come to pass. I discussed the aspect of leaving a will and how the benefit to the beneficiaries can only come after the death making the promise. I shared about the covenant meal in Psalm 23:6 and also mentioned David and Jonathan’s covenant in II Samuel. Covenant is so powerful; it can reach to the next generation as it did with Mephibosheth. David searched for him to honor the promise made to Jonathan, Mephibosheth’s father.

Team ministering together:

L-R: Dr. Byron Lopez, Marcel Lopez, Chuck Blystone, person getting healed, Pastor of church, Fernando Ubilla.

We then asked for those who wanted prayer for any reason. We ministered to all and the Lord touched the hearts of everyone. I remember it being a special sweet time of ministry. Many were crying as we prayed, the Lord confirming the Word with His presence. I met a man and wife there that I had ministered to for the first time in 2007. He said that I had given him a word that the Lord would open his wife’s womb and give him a child. He said that he saw me last year to confirm the word. I had remembered him then. He also said that I told him the Lord would give him a warrior son and his wife was holding the baby. She looked like she did not want me to pray for them anymore! The Lord is always faithful to perform His Word!

April 26 Evening Main Sanctuary CEAD

Ray and I were both to speak tonight but the schedule was changed as Pastor Loor was finally in town after being away for three weeks. We were contacted in the afternoon that they had added back two services to accommodate us. Since Ray was in charge, I let him make the decision as to what we would do. He decided to bow out and let me speak at the new 6:00PM service. I spoke on Psalm 105:19-24 and the spiritual battle that Joseph went through to get to his purpose. I paralleled it to the Christian walk and how we must go through many test because of the Word of God inside us. I encouraged the people to pass the test and stop blaming the devil for everything.

We had an altar call for whatever needs were there. If they needed a healing; if they needed deliverance; if they needed encouraged or if they needed filled with the Holy Spirit. There were about 300 people there and about 150 came to the altar. I prayed for many for healings and the Lord touched them: backs, necks, stomach problems, intestinal problems, deliverances, etc. I prayed for one woman who was healed of macular degeneration. The Lord restored her sight!

What a wonderful night of ministry! It is truly humbling to see the Lord touch people when I pray. I guess it is because I know who I am and what He has to deal with all the time.

Saints, be encouraged! If the Lord can work through me, you have a wonderful future ahead of you if you desire to be in ministry in any way. I would like to thank the Lord for His faithfulness to His Word and to me for allowing me the opportunity to be an open vessel. I would also like to thank my wife for being in agreement with me to go and minister. I cannot wait for the next time that we travel together again. That is the best! I would also like to thank Tony and H.O.T for allowing us to be a part of this great ministry and for Pastor Sam Hinn for blessing my trip as well!

Until next time – God bless you and your house!

Pastor Chuck Blystone

Enterprise, FL

Return, Revelation and Rewards - Part 2: REVELATION

This is Part 2 of 3 installments of Ray Watson's journal from his last trip to Ecuador in May 2009.

Revelation began before our group ever left Orlando. I took this trip with 4 other local guys, Pat McGuffin our trip leader, Chuck Blystone, Tim Frazier and Lee Welton. I really believe God brought the five of us together on this trip as a divine appointment for us as a group as well as individuals. We had never ministered together before but it was evident throughout the trip God had a plan and it was good.

About a week before we left, we were meeting at Pat’s house for prayer and overall trip coordination. It was during this meeting God changed my focus of this trip and I made a commitment to really open myself up to what God had in store. He had already planted a theme in me, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God …” Matt 6:33. While at this meeting I shared a scripture from Isa. 9:11-14 “The Lord has said to me in the strongest terms: “Do not think like everyone else does. Do not be afraid that some plan conceived behind closed doors will be the end of you. Do not fear anything except the Lord Almighty. He alone is the Holy One. If you fear him, you need fear nothing else. He will keep you safe.” I brought it as a word of encouragement for Tim and Lee but Chuck felt it was directed more to me than them and I needed to address areas of fear in my life so God could accomplish in me what he wanted. I realized then God was ready to complete some things in me if I was willing to be obedient to him.

On Thursday morning after we arrived we were scheduled to go and minister to the staff of the local Christian TV station, ENLACE TV. This has always been a great time of ministry on past trips and I felt this would be the case today. The staff here seems to open up and receive like thirsty vessels allowing God to pour out his blessings on them.

Each of us gave a short greeting and word of encouragement followed by a short teaching by Pat McGuffin, our team leader. After this Pat allowed Lee to share part of his personal testimony of how God delivered him from drugs and restored him from his attempted suicide. What a powerful time. You could see the barriers each staff member had placed around themselves come down and immediately come to the place where God could touch them.

We divided our team and began to pray for the needs of each person. God was good. Freedoms, healing and restoration came forth as the Holy Spirit filled the room and fulfilled his promise that if we seek him first, everything else will come. I was blessed to have Tim minister with me and Pastor Miguel during this prayer time. I was so encouraged to see Tim take in all God was doing and when it was his turn to pray, he was ready and full of faith that God had equipped and empowered him with for this moment.

Tonight I was scheduled with Lee to preach at 7:45 pm at the CEAD Church in Duran outside of Guayaquil. Due to some transportation issues, we did not arrive to minister at this open air facility until 9:00 pm. I continue to be amazed how these people will be patient and wait an extended time to hear what God has put on the heart of someone they don’t even know.

After we arrived, I met Pastor Jaime Fienco. He was very gracious and gave us 30 minutes to speak to them about what God had place on our hearts. We would have gotten more time to minister but he informed us he had to go and meet with a family in his church whose young daughter was murdered that evening. I asked Lee to bring a short greeting and then shared for a few minutes on my theme of “Seeking the Lord “. We prayed blessings on the pastor and headed back to the embassy for some much needed rest and preparation for our trip to Vinces the next day.

Friday, May 1^st proved to be a great day. Our agenda for this morning was to be open so we might get an opportunity to go to the Indian Market or site seeing but God had other plans. Instead we got the honor of spending 5 hours with our host pastor Francisco Loor and hearing his heart.

He too, is very concerned with the things going on with the government and the threats that seem to be coming against the local churches. As part of the government plan to bring churches under a national foundation, it has been proposed to provide financial aid to some of the most poor pastors and churches. This is a clever way to bring these pastors and churches more dependent on the government rather than looking for the blessing God wants to bring them. Many of these pastors are struggling financially, spiritually and relationally. In the natural it will be very easy for these pastors to accept this “charity”, but clearly the long term goal is control. We must continue to lift up the pastors who are often times in the trenches with no help and very limited resources. After listening to our friend and host for more than an hour, we were able to pray over him, speak over him and bless him. As we finished, the Lord gave me a scripture in Prov 16:1-3 for him. It says “We can gather our thoughts, but the Lord gives the right answer. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines the motives. Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed.”

In the afternoon, Pastor Loor took us on a trip about 45 minutes from the embassy to visit another one of his visions. It was the beginning construction of 10 villas at a resort area where he wants to bring his leaders and spouses to for training and marriage conference weekends. This could be a great opportunity for Heart of Titus to come and share, to bringing spiritual healing, fresh anointing and renewal of marriage bliss to these leaders. The whole team embraced the concept and is looking forward to our return here.

NEXT INSTALLMENT: PART 3 - REWARDS!