What a joy it is to return home safely from our 1 week long trip of sharing the Gospel in Ecuador. Truly He was with us every day and brought us safely to our homes last Friday. PTL.

	Shok preaching at CEAD, Guayaquil, Ecuador, with Michelle Ubilla translating, and Tony in right corner

Thank you for all your prayers and support that you gave us in making this trip possible. We spent 5 days of daily non-stop preaching, counseling and sharing the Good News wherever we went. From morning till afternoon, we were counseling our brothers in Christ, who are getting ready or are ready to become leaders in local churches or in their home groups. Just as Jesus commanded them to go and multiply and share the good word, we also encouraged them to develop themselves and grow and expand His Ministry by the power of the Holy Spirit. God has been doing incredible things in the lives of these disciples and blessing them. At the same time, the enemy has attacked them vigorously, as he cannot stand to see the success and growth they are having. Please keep them in your prayers that they would be of one mind and one spirit. The enemy loves division so we must press in to God, lifting up His standard and live at peace one with another.

At nights, we all went in different directions and visited different churches to preach. Our message was according to Matthew 10: verse 8 ..Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons, freely you received, freely give..

Matt 18:19 & 20 ...Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you;

...So everywhere we went, we shared this message. PTL Amen As a result, we had many salvation's, many healing's; including one man who came in a wheelchair and left walking, one lady who came could not walk and had to come forward with two people holding her, she got healed and walked on her own. I prayed with a 6 year old boy who wanted to give his life to Jesus. We prayed many prayers for re-commitments, and restorations among young families. Pastor Tony had an entire family come and repent, ask for forgiveness and gave their lives to Jesus ( The father had 4 adult children in a state of turmoil and they left with weeping, crying and hugging each other).
So you see what our God did and it was amazing to be used by Him. The key is being obedient and to yield ourselves willingly saying "Lord what can I do for you today?" and He will guide you with delight. Amen

I could write pages but I would recommend that you visit our Blog page at www.clermontconnection.org or check out the Facebook pages of www.Heartoftitus.org or the website and read the step by step details of what the Lord did. God continues to do a GOOD WORK in me as well, conforming me into His likeness daily, I am so grateful for His mercy and grace. Glory to God!

Again thank you for all your prayers and support. Abundant blessings be yours as you serve the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind & body.

Tony and Emily are heading back to Lima, Peru.  They are going to minister in the churches of our friends in the San Martin de Porres district in the northern part of the city.  The highlight of the trip will be a Marriage and Family Conference hosted by the Rose of Sharon Church pastored by Pastors Max and Nelly Garcia.

Fernando and Gardenia Ubilla will be leading the conference with us.  They will be coming from their home in Guayaquil, Ecuador.  Fernando and Gardenia have a ministry in Ecuador called "Marriage for Life".  The Lord has blessed them with a very fruitful ministry, preaching on the topic in their city an average of 4 nights each week. 

The conference will be start this coming Thursday night, February 16, and will end on Saturday. The conference will be during the day and then the Nardellas and Ubillas will be free to minister in the churches during the evenings. 

Please pray for the strengthening of marriages and healing of wounded hearts.  We also pray for a rekindling of the relationships we have had with our Peruvian friends. Finally, pray that the Lord will provide the resources for the marriage booklet and materials we desire to publish, for the lunches we desire to feed the conference participants during the conference, and for the churches of San Martin and surrounding areas to be refreshed and strengthened in the Holy Spirit.

	Jarred Bess (R) on a bus full of counselors in El Salvador

After we concluded we went out to eat with Albert and Juan Antonio and his wife Esmeralda at Pizza Hut to recount the week. 

The next day we came home.  Overall on this trip I was impressed in the growth of our relationships with the pastors and the churches, with the growth of Jarred and Daniel as ministers, and the growth in the churches through the addition of new souls and strengthening of faith through signs and wonders the Lord allowed us to see.  I am still bewildered by why God gives me, of all people, the opportunity to serve Him and walk in His power.

October 14, 2011 - Hi all, We are having a great time in El Salvador -- salvations, healing, deliverance, counsel to pastors and filling of God's wonderful Holy Spirit. See the two video testimonies of healing -- one lady's hand didn't work and another man was healed from sever sinus problems. More later.... pat

Lady's finger gets healed

Man's sinusitus healed

October 12, 2011 - Well we just completed our first day of ministry in El Salvador, and what a day it was! It started early with our first service at the House of Prayer Church at 9:30am. Daniel Howell and Jarred Bess gave a greeting and did a great job helping me minister at the altar.We enjoyed the two-guitar worship team that played in amazing latin style as we worshiped our Lord Jesus.

After the worship, they had testimony time with many people getting up and sharing what God had been doing in the last few days. Fantastic time! Next we were called to a time of prayer and the whole church kneeled and prayed for about 25 minutes. We walked around and prayed over many. By the time everybody had soaked in prayer, the preaching time was wonderful and I found everyone was engaged and ready to respond to the Holy Spirit's prompting at the altar. Salvation, repentance, filling of the Holy Spirit, deliverance and healing were all part of our time.

Jarred and Daniel both had many people healed, as did I during our prayer time. I got two of those on video testimony. One was a lady who couldn't move her fingers on one hand, and the Lord healed her! The other was a man plagued by very bad sinus problems who was now able to get a full breath. He was excited!

In just a few more days (October 11) Daniel Howell, Jarred Bess and Pat McGuffin will be traveling to El Salvador for the third Heart of Titus Ministries trip there this year. Excitement is mounting for both the North American team and the pastors in El Salvador preparing to receive them.

Street view, San Salvador

During the exploratory first trip in April Pat and Tony "spied out the land" to

Pat and Tony in San Salvador, April 2011

see what opportunities God would open; He opened the doors wide in serving over a three dozen churches.

In July Pat and Tony were joined by Daniel Howell and by Dr. Byron Lopez and his son Marcel from Ecuador. Even though many obstacles were

	The El Salvador team: Marcel Lopez, Pat, Daniel, Tony, Dr. Byron Lopez - June 2011

encountered, the team once again saw many salvations, healings, deliverances, restoration of marriages, and help to pastors throughout the capital of San Salvador. And again, more doors opened with many other churches and Christian leaders in the nation.

On this upcoming trip, we will be expanding our ministry with dozens of churches who fall under the leadership of Pastor Edwin Stephen Guzman, continue working with the two dozen or more churches under Pastor Juan Carlos Recinos, and reach into many other churches through a new relationship with Alberto Rodriguez who works with the 700 Club and Operation Blessing.

Please be praying for this important missions trip to serve our Lord. May the Holy Spirit show His power for life change to a very needy nation. 

We went to "spy out the land."   What we found is that Costa Rica is a beautiful country, as we have heard many people tell us. Lush green hills, clean villages, tremendous vistas only begin to tell the story.  On the spiritual side 10% to 16% of the population is evangelical.  The church appears to be doing well and, as some pastors told me, poised for revival.  

I had the privilege of going to Pastor Alejandro Arias' wedding.  I first met the new Mrs. Arias, formerly Rebekah Wright, on a Skype call 3 or 4 years ago.

Rebekah with Alejandro to the right after the ceremony

 Alejandro was staying with us for a few days in our old home in Apopka and he had been talking to Rebekah, his Australian girlfriend, nearly every night. So we met her over a Skype video call. Yes, the world is changing!  And how incredible is this young man, who at the age of 23 has already preached in over 40 countries, and found a Spanish speaking wife in Perth, Australia.  With God all things are possible!

While there we stayed at a hotel with a beautiful view. Not easy to find but worth the effort.  To the lower right is the view from the hotel restaurant.

	View from Restaurant at Best Western Paradise Inn near San Jose, Costa Rica

You can see all of downtown San Jose (the capital) and some of the suburbs from this location.

We met some wonderful people. Below is Paul and I in the backyard of a family in a suburb of San Jose called Atenas.

The Alvarez family is just beginning the adventure of starting a home group. The patriarch of the family is named Ricardo. I wish I had a picture of him and his family. We made a strong connection with him and he is asking for our

Paul & Tony near Atenas, Costa Rica

counsel as they get started.  Pray for them that they would prosper in their hearts' desire to feed and care for the sheep.

Another wonderful connection was with Pastor Gerardo Bogantes.  A labor lawyer by day and a pastor all the time he has a tremendous burden for bringing unity to the youth of his city. He is planning an event for the youth on New Year's Day 2012 called "Dia Uno" [Day One].  I told him I would pray for this

	Pastor Gerardo Bogantes and look at that burger!

event so if you would also pray for the youth and this event I know he would really appreciate it.  

I preached in a couple of churches during this 4.5 day trip. Below is a photo of me preaching in Cartago, about 45 minutes south east of downtown San Jose (but 2.5 hours during rush hour from our hotel!)

That Thursday night in Cartago I preached on "faith without works is dead."  I challenged everyone to consider that the evidence of their faith should be works of love and service to God and each other.  The Lord touched quite a few that night. One woman was healed of what they call gastritis, another had

Tony preaching in Cartago, Costa Rica

pain in her bones which disappeared, all in the Name of Jesus.  Prophetic words flowed freely and Paul in particular was "spot on" with his words. 

I gave a woman a word in Spanish.  Paul then, without knowing what I said, gave her nearly the same exact word (I translated for him).  She was grateful for the encouragement and edification.

We ate after that service some of the best empanadas ever! The drive home was quite interesting.  We followed the pastor and his wife in our rental car.  When we got to downtown San Jose about midnight he took us through the center of town -- through the "red light district"!  Paul and I couldn't wait to get through there - it was a very long 10 minutes or so. 

Sunday morning I preached in Santa Ana, a church planted about 27 years ago by Pastor Jose Luis.  Very warm church of 200 or so.  I preached on the love and faithfulness of our Father God, starting with his promise in Isaiah 35 to cause streams to flow in the desert.  

I didn't give an altar call for salvation but at least one gentleman, the last I prayed for, got both saved and filled with the Holy Spirit.  Just before that I prayed for his young wife for healing of pain in her lower abdominal area. When I was done she just smiled. I asked her if the pain was the same, worse or better.  She said it was better.  I asked her how much better and she said all the pain was gone.  I asked her who healed her and she said, "Jesus healed me."

Before I prayed for this couple it broke my heart to pray for so many who were separated from their spouses. One woman was so overwhelmed with grief as we prayed that she just collapsed to the floor crying loudly.  So much pain... may God restore these homes! 

One of the highlights of the trip, besides hanging out with Paul, was to hang out with Skip Olmstead.  Skip and I both serve on Pastor Alejandro's

	From right, Paul, Skip and Pastor Alejandro

ministry board but this was the first chance I had to spend some quality time with him. He's on fire for the Lord. It's so good to meet people who are excited about our Lord and His coming Kingdom.

We had our typical logistical issues.  The main roads are very modern but once you get off the highways there are no street signs.  Even the locals didn't know their way around that well.  For example, I was supposed to preach Sunday night. The pastor sent someone to pick me up at the hotel. He kept calling the front desk asking for directions and then finally called and said he gave up. In his defense we were having a wicked thunderstorm and fog had rolled in over our part of the mountain where I was staying. 

I am looking forward to going back and following up on the connections the Lord helped us to make. In a few weeks Pat McGuffin is leading a team consisting of Daniel Howell and Jarred Bess back to El Salvador, our third trip there this year.  "Central America is for Christ, and Christ is for Central America!"

To see more pictures of our trip click here. 

 We are heading to El Salvador the day after tomorrow.  We have been told that 150 pastors will be coming to our breakfast and mini-seminar on Saturday morning.  Also, the 3 day conference has been changed to Monday - Wednesday instead of Tuesday - Thursday. 

The theme of the conference next week is "Mighty to Save." 

¹⁷ "The LORD your God is with you, 
   he is mighty to save. 
He will take great delight in you, 
   he will quiet you with his love, 
   he will rejoice over you with singing.” Zep.3:17

Please pray for us, and also if the Lord so leads you to partner with us on the cost of these conferences we would greatly appreciate it.  

 Pastor Roberto Rios is coming to Clermont TODAY.  He has been at a church conference in Miami and will be coming up to the Orlando area to visit with us for a few days.

L-R Tony & Emily, Maria & Roberto Rios, Gardenia & Fernando Ubilla, in Santo Domingo, Ecuador

Pastor Roberto pastors a church in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, a growing commercial center about 6 hours north of Guayaquil at the foothills of the Andes Mountains.  He is well known in the area and currently serves as the president of the local evangelical pastors council. 

Heart of Titus helps Pastor Roberto and his wife Maria with 2 feeding programs in poor areas of Santo Domingo.  Visit the page on Facebook with hundreds of photos of feeding and teaching children by   clicking here. 

If you would like to visit with Roberto check back here or email us.  We are going to try to get a meeting for this coming Monday night. 

 This video is so good I wanted to post it again:

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 It is about 1:30 in the morning and we are packing to leave here at about 8 a.m. to start our trip home.There is so much to tell about our trip, we don't have time to write it all down now.  But let me tell you just 2 stories that happened tonight: