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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 15:04

Shok's Report from Ecuador - March 2012

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.

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Monday, 02 April 2012 02:56

Evidence of God and Eternity

Does the God of the Bible exist? If so, then the promises in the Bible would have to be true. As evidence that His promises are both true and reliable, consider this: Our team of 4 just got back from a week of ministry in Ecuador. Between our Ecuadorian team and our North American team we saw the kind of things the Lord Jesus said we would see when the gospel is preached.

“And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; … they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it. Mark 16:17-20 NIV84.

We saw demons both manifest and get driven out of people. Healings occurred everywhere the team split up and went. People were speaking in new tongues and getting filled with the Holy Spirit. These are the eyewitness testimonies of all of our team members.

Here are just a few of the things that occurred: Our first night Pat, Andres, Byron, Leonora and Marcel saw a guy in a wheel chair get up and walk around. Monday night Shok, Byron, Leonora, Fernando, Gardenia, Miguel and Judy saw a woman who could not walk without the assistance of 2 people (one on each side) walk without assistance after prayer. Wednesday night Fernando and I saw an entire family of 6 get saved: the parents and 4 kids. 3 of the kids were teenagers that the father complained were rebellious. All 4 prayed together to receive the Lord (including an 8 year old) and then all of them except the oldest were filled and slain in the Spirit. The oldest son and the father apparently had some issues with each other but after Fernando counseled them for a few minutes I could see that they were hugging each other and weeping!

That same evening Andres and Shok were with Dr. Freddy and had to deal with someone who, in Shok’s words, was acting absolutely crazy. Bending over, flapping his hands and arms, with eyes closed he was quite a sight. They had no power to deal with it but they commanded him to stop and for that demon to leave in the Name of Jesus. The man fell to his knees and stopped his crazy behavior.

Many places we went many people were filled with and overwhelmed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Probably 12 people got saved Monday night, and quite a few others repented of their backsliding. My best guess is that somewhere around 35-40 people got saved this trip. Many people got healed at the services and even after the services. For example, Monday night after Pat preached at the “Church Without Walls” downtown (which now has walls) we were all milling around the parking lot. We all got together to start praying for one another. One of the leaders in the church got healed of a pain he had had in the back of his head for a couple of months.

So, we went out and preached like Jesus commanded. He in turn worked with us, and confirmed the word by doing incredible things that are otherwise unexplainable. Like street signs these events point us to something: the possibility of a supernatural source for these events.

That's why God does miracles among us:

“Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” John 20:30-31 NIV84.

The events of the last week may not be conclusive evidence. But even if you don’t believe the incredible events we have seen with our eyes, you must admit that our eyewitness testimony is evidence – strong evidence - which supports the assertion that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that we can enjoy eternal life here, now, and hereafter by believing in His Name.

My prayer is, and the reason we travel, is so that you and others will believe the incredible truth that God exists and wants to give you eternal life. Have a blessed day.

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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 03:18

Saving the Best for Last - El Salvador Report

Sunday, October 16

Sunday was an amazing and full day with our team preaching and ministering at seven services! I originally had four, but one dropped off, and Jarred and Daniel had two services each. The morning started early and


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

Jarred and I left at about 7:15, and Daniel left with Albert’s mom Sonya about at 8:30am.

I went to Pastor Edwin Guzmon’s Church in San Marcos. The intense rain never stopped. I was preaching both the 8am and the 10am services. When I arrived, I discovered Pastor Edwin was in the USA and his wife, Pastora Sonya, was in charge.

We had a great 8am service with a couple hundred people, with salvation, healing, rededication to the Lord and filling of His Holy Spirit, all part of the altar call. After that service, they took me to a room in the church with 65 refugees from the great rain storm. Many were told to evacuate their homes due to mudslides.

They told me of a story of a mother, father, new-born baby and grandmother who were saved from a mudslide taking their home. They had evacuated at 4am that morning and went to the church. Around 6am the grandmother wanted to go back to protect her home. (The poor steal from the poor in a poor country to survive.) But the church pleaded for them not to go home, but eat breakfast first at the church. They went back and forth on this discussion, and finally the family stayed for breakfast served by the church. (I don’t think the family was Christian.) After breakfast, the grandmother went home – but the home was gone, taken by the mudslide!

By God’s mercy that family was saved by the church’s insistence on staying for breakfast; otherwise, they would have been destroyed by the mudslide! I bent down on that wet church floor next to a makeshift bed, and spoke and prayed with the family. The mother and dad I think grasped the blessing of being saved from the mudslide, along with their new-born child, who was wrapped in a blanket. But the grandmother could not be consoled. She had lost everything. Who knows the treasures in that house that may have been passed down from her mom or grandparents. So sad. I had to fight back the tears prior to preaching my next service in a few minutes. The face of that grandmother left my emotions rocked. I wanted to hold them and cry with them, but I had to go minister to more hurting people. Sometimes to them it is little consolation that their lives were spared, yet they lost everything. I prayed my heart out before the Lord on their behalf, then left to preach.

Sometimes we don’t understand the magnitude of a 10-day rainstorm in a foreign, poor, mountainous country. It is devastating! Loss of homes, lives, crops, income – you name it. It was overwhelming.

After regaining composure, I went into the main church service at 10am to minister to another 250 people. Why were they there? They were told by the government and radio/TV to not leave their homes and be on the roads – yet, many still came to church!

Well God met scores of people at the altar again and His power was evident. I remember several were healed immediately in the name of Jesus of heavy pain in backs, stomachs and ankles. I remember a man who received clarity in his foggy sight and the look on his face as he looked around after the Lord touched him. So many got their bodies changed by the Lord at this service.

Daniel preached at 9am at the House of Prayer (our team’s third time there this week). He reported not only wonderful miracles, but a true bonding occurring between Heart of Titus and the people of this church.

Jarred ministered at 9am at one of Pastor Juan Antonio’s church’s – Rosaria Demora’s church. Jarred also reported a great connection between the people of the church and the ministry we bring. I am so proud of Jarred. This was his second time preaching ever, and God was not only using him but moving him more into a greater understanding of the heart of Jesus for His sheep. Jarred observed families taking off their shoes, rolling up pants or dresses and crossing a 12’ stream, just to get into the church.

After a quick lunch, we split again into two churches under the oversight of Pastor Juan Antonio. Daniel preached at San Migileto and Jarred preached at Los Planes (Juan Antonio’s main church). I went with Daniel and marvelled at the work the Lord has done in him, as he is being transformed into a mighty minister for the Lord. He showed humility yet walked in the power of Christ.

Finally our last service came for the week of ministry. We were in a 4,000-member church at the invitation of Pastor Navas, who interviewed me on his TV station on Thursday of last week. Probably only 250 people were there, due to the rains. We experienced great worship and after I preached the televised service, Jarred and Daniel ministered with me at the altar. God once again touched His people with many signs and wonders. What a great time!

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.

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Sunday, 06 November 2011 11:21

El Salvador Miracles in October

Heart of Titus trip October 11-17, 2011

Here's what happened on Friday and Saturday of their trip:

Friday, October 14

Daniel led devotions in the morning, and we all had a good time of sharing. After that we went to lunch and had a great time getting to know Alberto and his sister Rebecca. This was our slowest ministry day.


	Daniel (R) with translator counseling woman at Operation Blessing free medical clinic. Many were saved that day

During the day we stopped at The 700 Club offices and Operation Blessing. We gathered the entire staff and prayed of each one. The staff included doctors, a lawyer, media people, and many general staff members. What a privilege for us to pray and minister of these amazing servants of our Lord.

That evening, Daniel and Jarred preached at one of Pastor Juan Antonio Recinos’ church missions in a very poor area. I preached to a small gathering at Juan Antonio’s church. People were responsive.

By the way, it rained the ENTIRE time we were in El Salvador! Probably there was only a cumulative time of two hours it did NOT rain the entire week – night or day included. This rain resulted in much flooding and mudslides – 26 deaths by Sunday. (Also 40% of the nation’s crops were lost by Saturday. And the rains were still going when we left. It was a national disaster!) Albert and his dad, who work with Operation Blessing, were mobilizing efforts for food, clothing, medicines and more, for so many who have lost much during this crazy non-stop rain.

Saturday, October 15

Saturday morning Jarred led the devotions. Breakfast was prepared, as usual, by the housekeeper Rosa. We left to meet Juan Antonio for lunch, then we divided up to preach at three different churches within Juan Antonio’s sphere outside the city. We drove outside the city for a good hour through the rain in and out of mountains.

Jarred was dropped off first out of Juan Antonio’s van, way out in the boonies. It was his first time preaching, and he was excited! We stopped the van on the muddy dirt road with the rain coming down and he got out, then had to walk with his guide to the church through the massively-flooded area. A small creek had formed and some of the church members had to take their shoes off, roll up their pant legs or dress and walk through the flood to get in the church. Jarred tore his pants on the brush getting to the church as well. Then the lights went out in the church! So Jarred preached his first sermon in the dark, reading his Bible by the light of his phone in a church in a flooded area. Oh, and without electricity, he also didn’t have a microphone. Wow! He didn’t care. God showed up! People responded, got healed, repented and got saved!

Then Daniel and I switched churches. I was scheduled to preach at the larger church of Maximino’s like I did in July, but we discovered it was youth and young adult night, so I thought he would be a better fit. Oh, by the way, his translator cancelled, so he preached his first church service totally in Spanish! He did great! Many young people responded and desired to walk in purity and repented, responding to God’s tug on their heart.

So this night was a first for Jarred – preaching – and a first for Daniel – preaching in Spanish!

I went to our third church with a pastor who had been preaching for 35 years (longer than my 32 years of marriage). What a great servant of God. The worship was very “country churchish,” but certainly heart-felt. I preached and then ministered to about 35 people who came forward. We had one salvation, prayed for several marriages, and had several instant healings,


Pat ministering to pastor after message in a church in San Salvador

including back pain, sinus and breathing issues, unclear eyesight, and severe stomach pain. Prior to the preaching/ministry time, there was a great drama about a gang killing a boy, enraging a brother, a praying mother, and forgiveness. It was emotional and powerful!

After the service was over at this Assemblies of God church, the pastor came up to me and asked me to pray for him. He had a stroke and couldn’t move his left arm or fingers. I prayed in the name of our amazing Lord Jesus for his fingers to move – and they began moving! Then I prayed for him to grip my hand hard, and for the entire hand to be healed – and his hand was healed in our Saviour’s name! Then I prayed for his wrist, then elbow and they started working. Then I prayed for his shoulder and whole arm, and told him to raise his arm up in praise to the Lord, and he did it! So now he has full use of his formally useless left arm! PTL!

We went and picked up Jarred and met at Maximino’s church, waiting on Daniel to finish ministering. Earlier God gave me a word to give Max and he testified that it was a confirmation to an earlier word he received three weeks prior.

After we drove home in the pouring rain, we stayed up late sharing about all that the Lord had done.

Here is Pat's journal for the next 2 days of this incredible mission to El Salvador last month:

Thursday October 13

This morning I was interviewed at a Christian television station (with the third highest viewership in the nation) at 8:45am by Pastor Navas. It turned out to be a great interview – live – with two 20-minute segments covering being a Christian businessman and missionary with Heart of Titus Ministries. We discussed our ministry’s purpose in San Salvador and also discussed our working in other countries. I really connected with Pastor Navas. After the interview, he invited me to preach Sunday morning at his 4,000 member church, but I already had an 8am and 10am service scheduled elsewhere, so I will preach at his 5pm service Sunday night instead. (Currently that will be my fourth scheduled service for Sunday, and the eighth for our team on Sunday alone!)

Jarred and Daniel left at 6am to go to an all-day medical clinic put on by Operation Blessing so they could counsel the patients. The organization, which is a sister organization to The 700 Club, is run in this nation by Albert’s dad; it is the organization for which Albert works. For the free clinic, the people had to go through “Christian counselling” before they could get their prescriptions filled. There were 280 patients and scores got saved during the one-on-one counselling sessions! The guys had a great time. We joked with Daniel because a beautiful single translator paired herself up with Daniel to assist in the counselling time. Jarred got a great translator too, but “Jerry” wasn’t as cute, according to Jarred.

At noon, I was supposed to meet with the pastor of the largest church in the nation, but something came up and he didn’t make the lunch. However, it provided a great opportunity to counsel and pray with our translator Albert, and one of his co-workers Elizabeth. Great time!

That night I preached at Pastor Romel Guadron’s church – Spirit of Life. Packed church. I ministered to about 30 people at the altar – one salvation, about 5 verified instant healings (including eyes, sinus pain, leg/knee problem with an elderly man). It was good reconnecting with Pastor Romel from our last meeting in July.

Also Thursday night Jarred and Daniel went to a youth/singles small cell group from Josue Church. Although the guys enjoyed the time, the leader didn’t want them praying over the people individually. It was weird, and they weren’t given a reason. But otherwise, they had a great time challenging the singles on how they needed to walk a Spirit-led life.

Friday, October 14

It’s Tuesday October 11, 2011 and our Heart of Titus ministry team of Daniel Howell, Jarred Bess and myself are excited to be on our way. We left Orlando in the afternoon, and changed planes in Houston Texas, and on to San Salvador, El Salvador for an amazing adventure serving our Lord Jesus. All of us had prepared our hearts for several weeks with prayer and fasting, expecting the Holy Spirit to lead us every step, and empower us to expand His kingdom throughout this great nation of El Salvador.

We were met at the airport by Albert Rodriguez, our coordinator for this trip, main translator, and the one whose house we were going to stay at for this trip. Daniel and I met Albert on our last trip in July. He was educated at Oral Roberts University in the USA, and amazingly went to school with and knew Sarah Nardella, Tony’s daughter! When we arrived at his parent’s house, it was huge and we discovered his dad, Manuel (Memo), was a congressman! So of course Daniel and Jarred started with the jokes about “Pat’s cushy missions trips.”

Wednesday October 12

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 knelt 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!

Then tonight (Wednesday) we split into two teams, with Jarred and I going to the Jerusalem Church, and Daniel going back to the House of Prayer to minister and preach. Wow, what a time Jarred and I had! Incredible time of worship -- over the top in anointing! Then I preached after Jarred gave a greeting and half the church responded.

We once again had a pouring out of God's Spirit through healing, deliverance, repentance and filling of His Spirit. There seemed to be many who dealt with unworthiness of God's great love, but the Lord lifted their hearts! Daniel reported a great time in sharing in Galatians 3 and 5, with many touched by our Lord at the altar.

Then we all met for dinner with one of the pastors from the church where I preached. We had a great night of fellowship. Now for a few hours of sleep, followed by Daniel and Jarred heading out at 6am to minister all day in prayer with over 200 medical patients through Operation Blessing. They are so excited!

I leave at 8:30am to be interviewed on Christian television as to our purposes of ministry in El Salvador through Heart of Titus -- great opportunity! Then at noon tomorrow I am meeting with one of the pastors from the largest church in the nation. Tomorrow night Daniel and Jarred tag-team at a singles cell group, and I will preach at Pastor Rommel's church that we preached at in both March and July this year.

Well it's 12:30am in El Salvador, so I better get some sleep.

Exciting report, and this is just the first 2 days! More of Pat's report to follow in the next day or 2. - Editor's note

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Monday, 21 February 2011 17:29

Going Back!

This has been a long 2 years. It has been difficult to wait ... but now the time has arrived - Emily and I are going back to Ecuador!

It was a difficult decision to put the brakes on my travels 2 years ago. Anyone who knows me knows how excited I get about these trips. I had fallen in love with the city of Guayaquil and our friends there. It and they are incredible. You will never meet a group of people who are so giving, so loving, and so generous with their time and resources.

It's hard not to like these people. They work hard for those they serve, believing that they are serving the Lord by doing so. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." [Matt.25:40]

Apparently my love for the people and for the country of Ecuador is nothing compared to the great love God has for them. We all know love is proved by her actions and God proves His love for them continually there. What a privilege it has been to see what God does for those He loves! We have seen countless supernatural healings and visitations of all sorts. We have seen Him rescue so many from so much ... it just thrills my heart.

Faith can be a very fragile thing. I for one need a lot of encouragement to keep believing that God not only exists but "that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." [Heb.11:6 NIV]. These trips have built my faith so much, and the faith of many others.

So I have the privilege of going to Ecuador tomorrow with a great expectation in my heart. I really believe I am going to see what I have seen before: God pouring out His love on His children with miracles of healing, encouragement, restoration, reconciliation and best of all, reconciliation with Him.

I can't wait to share these stories with you. God willing I'll be able to report some from down there as they happen. Check us out at www.facebook.com/heartoftitus - I'll be posting there.

God bless you, thank you for praying for Emily, Paul Madison, myself and all of our Ecuadorian friends.

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Monday, 15 November 2010 13:07

Healing, Repentance for God's Glory in Ecuador

Here's what Pat McGuffin reports from last night:

We had a great night in several ways. The service tonight at the First Baptist Church in Duran went great, with the Holy Spirit moving mightily! Several cool healings and words of knowledge as well as repentance and fresh outpouring of God's Spirit.

The pastor was very encouraged! Our team of the Lopezs, Ubillas, Miguel, Jacquie, Daniel and Marcel did fantastic.

Then we came back to Fernando's house and had an incredible team-building night. Encouragement, ideas flowing, and new people to reach out to were all happening.

Having trouble getting connected to the internet, so forgive the lack of communication.

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Thursday, 01 July 2010 13:22

TEAM IS BACK FROM ECUADOR

The team is back, tired but happy that they got to see God do so many wonderful things for our Ecuadorian friends. Emily and I greeted them at the airport last night and they couldn't stop talking about the love of our team, the miracles God did, and the growth of the good works our Ecuadorian friends are doing for the glory of the Lord.

In the next couple of days we will have their reports and photos here. Here's a sample of what I heard:

Monday night a blind woman received her sight in CEAD, our host church in Guayaquil.
Our Santo Domingo feeding program has now expanded to 3 locations in poor neighborhoods.
Judy Saez is doing much better after her second surgery.
Last weekend about 50 people participated in our Leadership Retreat in Santo Domingo. Here's a short video with Becky Blystone ministering at the Retreat:

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We also had the privilege of having with us author and doctor Frank Bruyere from South Carolina. This was Dr. Frank's first trip with us. Frank travels on missions very frequently, especially to Kenya and Ghana. He has written 9 books and is a gifted teacher. Here is a excerpt of one of Dr. Frank's teachings at the conference:

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While we are at it, let me show you just a short video of Chuck Blystone talking about how to have a good marriage:

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Monday, 26 April 2010 12:55

Ecuador Report - April 2010

Heart of Titus Trip to Ecuador

April 21-27, 2010

Pastor Chuck Blystone

Missionary Notes

Wednesday April 21, 2010

Today was an early day as we had to be at the airport by 5:00AM in order to catch the flight at 7:00. The check in was easy as Ray Watson and I both had registered on line. We breezed through security and were on the plane by 6:15. The flight left Orlando on time for our layover in Panama City, Panama. The layover there was for almost 3 hours, and after having an early lunch, we boarded the plane at 11:15 for the 12:00 PM flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador.


L-R: Pastor Francisco Loor, Marcel Lopez, Ray Watson, Pastor Chuck Blystone

Ray and I were both searched at customs. I told Ray that he should have taken a much lower profile as he looked like a drug runner. They went through all of Ray’s stuff, including his past life before Christ! Ray’s inspector finally eased up on her crusade against him when she came across the Bibles he was smuggling – well, not really smuggling – just hiding throughout the luggage in order to displace the weight – anyway, he began to tell her of the church in Vinces that we were a part of and that we were coming to help them. The Bibles changed her mind about Ray and we were off to be greeted by Miguel Saez, Drs. Freddy and Edith Beltran, Marcel Lopez and our coordinator, Fernando Ubilla. After they all hugged us, they decided we should go immediately to the embassy to get “ready” for tonight’s services. I am not really sure if I needed that much “readying” but I know that Ray was in dire need! Come to think of it, my 3:00AM shower and primping had worn off in Panama City! The cool Ecuadorian shower was very refreshing!

When we arrived, our schedule coordinator, Diana Garcia had our agendas in hand. I distinctly remember that she had called Fernando twice while we were coming from the airport to see where we were! I think she gave me time for three quick sips of water and we were off to discuss the schedules for the week! No shower yet, though!

Wednesday Evening – Preaching at CEAD South – Pastora Elsa de Loor

We arrived at the church a few minutes before the service was to begin. Fernando told me that he was given the responsibility to cover all of the Wednesday evening services of this particular church and wanted me to take his turn tonight! What a great friend to me and Heart of Titus! I found this out after the service as I had asked him to help me pray and minister to the people and he stayed back. He said that he wanted them to experience someone different.


Pastor Chuck Blystone ministering, with Marcel Lopez translating

I thought I knew what I was to preach on, but during the worship, the Lord took me to Luke 1 and told me to minister on “Being Pregnant With The Word.” The Lord continued to give me real life comparisons of being pregnant to being impregnated with the Word. He gave me many examples to encourage them to not ‘abort’ the Word of God in their life, but to let the pregnancy come to its full term so the Lord could birth their future for them. They would go through many labor pains in the process, but the Lord would be faithful to His Word that He put in them. I gave an altar call and asked those who have felt that they have aborted the Word to come for prayer for forgiveness and restoration; for those who have been discouraged and have been battling the enemy about their future; for those who needed to baptized in The Holy Spirit. Many came for ministry and the Lord touched all who came.

Thursday April 22 – The Radio Station

Today we had the morning off, enjoyed a late breakfast, and then left at 1:15 to the radio station associated with CEAD. There were about 12 people in attendance. Ray decided that we would tag-team and we both spoke about the purpose and plans of God for our lives. I ministered primarily out of Jeremiah 29:11 and Psalms 139:14-18. We encouraged them that the Word of the Lord in them would not return unto Him void, but would be accomplished in His time. Then we prayed for everyone and the Lord moved mightily. Many words of encouragement were given; some were prayed for healing in their bodies. One woman, in particular, was delivered of witchcraft. She and confessed the Lord Jesus as her Savior but never renounced those things in her life. She had prayed for a fresh in-filling of the Holy Spirit. As we prayed she was manifesting a spirit of divination and moving like a serpent as she was standing there. Ray and I both concluded the same thing and we asked her if she had participated in witchcraft and if she ever renounced it. She said that she had asked for forgiveness over and over. I taught a little about the Proverbs 26:2 and the birds and curses. The Lord showed me that we should start the process over again and begin with repentance from sin and, after she renounced the witchcraft, proceed with deliverance. The Lord set this woman free and everyone commented on the change in her countenance! The Lord was faithful! We then stayed for a birthday celebration of one of the workers and had a piece of cake! After that we traveled back to the embassy to prepare for the evening services. Ray and I would be preaching in different churches.

Evening April 22 – CEAD The Main Church

I prayed for this service this morning, knowing that I would be in the main church tonight with Sonia as my translator. Sonia Tapia is the head of the prophetic and intercessory ministry of CEAD. She and I had ministered together the first time I came to Ecuador in January 2007. I remember the Lord showing up with signs and wonders and knew that he wanted to something special tonight. He told me to minister on Luke 1:25-38, about Mary becoming pregnant with Jesus by The Holy Spirit. He showed me how to link her pregnancy with being pregnant with The Word and that, as a pregnant woman’s body changes under the demands of the baby, so our lives must change under the demands of the Word that id now living inside us. This morning the Lord told me that many have aborted His plans for their lives by not allowing Him to have charge of their lives; many were discouraged because they do not understand the process and gestation of the Word of God in their lives; and specifically, many woman needed to be set free of the guilt of having an abortion and the Lord wanted them to be restored. I found out that Dr Freddy and Edith would be in the service with me so had them pray for the woman having had the abortions. There were about 15 women who responded just to that call. The altar was packed and we prayed for all. Many people experienced immediate relief of symptoms, pain, etc. Many were delivered and many were encouraged to hold on for the Lord’s timing and their purpose to be fulfilled. It was, again, an honor and pleasure to minister at the main church.

Freddy and Edith brought me back to the embassy. Ray got here the same time and we discovered that Pastor Roberto Rios, from Santo Domingo, was coming to see us. We brought an offering for him from H.O.T. He finally got here at 11:00PM along with a team of his leaders. We talked for awhile and they shared with us about what they are doing in that part of Ecuador. They are ministering in a church as well as to street people. The street ministry has become a church in Laura Flores. They minister to drug addicts, alcoholics and prostitutes, along with the poor and destitute. They emphasized that these people have nothing when they meet them. Pastor Roberto and his church are trying to teach them how to live and take care of themselves. Most of the women keep having babies that they cannot afford to take care of, in housing conditions that are dangerous to live in, not to mention the thieves and robbers that will take anything you have, no matter how poor you are. Ray and felt the Lord telling us to pray for them. We had a couple of encouraging words for them and the power of the Lord showed up at midnight. All of them collapsed under the power of the Lord and were touched by Him. They were thankful for the offering we brought to them.


Ray Watson ministering, with Marcel Lopez translating

Friday April 23 in the morning

I thought that I would sleep in a while and after having a chance to talk with Becky for a few minutes, finally came down around 9:30. I want to make a note to say that I am so thankful for my wife and her willingness to sow me into this country as much as she does. I could not nor would not be here if she was not in agreement with me to come. Thanks you, Honey, for standing with me! I know that she will be coming sometime in the future with me.

Pastor Roberto and his team were already here beginning breakfast. We had a great meal of spiced beef, rice, fried plantain chips and eggs. I will not be eating the rest of the day! Ray and I had further discussions of the ministry of this church and how we could be of assistance in the future. They told us that their main need for the community in La Flores is water. I suggested they look into drilling wells and we talked about that for awhile. I mentioned that I know a church in Peru that has been doing that and that I would try to connect them so that they could get ideas on how they got started. I suggested that they try to get the local government to hook up with them – the church could get the work done and the officials could take the political credit! Pastor Roberto thought that might be a great idea. After an hour and a half, they had to leave and we spoke of possibly seeing them tomorrow at our Heart of Titus meeting. They really want to get to know us more. We agreed and also invited Pastor Roberto to come with us today to Vinces at 3:00PM. He mentioned that he wanted to see how we minister and I suggested he come as he would have a great opportunity tonight! I am not sure if he will or not as he is attending a pastor’s conference on leadership over the weekend. Well, I have to get ready to leave for Vinces. It is now 1:00PM. More later.

Friday evening April 23 CEAD Vinces

We traveled the two hour drive to Vinces to visit a new work that H.O.T help to start. The church had a rough beginning but the Lord has been faithful to the 35 who began the work. The church, since September 2009 has now about 200 attending. There is an excitement in the air as the people have a great expectancy in seeing the Lord move by His Spirit. When we arrived Fernando took us to see the River Vinces and the damage that the town had suffered from a flood not too long ago. The river had begun to take away the seawall that protected the city from the water. It literally washed some of the wall away and has weakened parts of the streets along the river bank. The town officials are concerned that more of the streets may collapse into the river as well, carrying some old precious buildings of history with it. The city is almost 150 years old and has a great commerce history. They are famous for the production of cacao and bananas. The cacao was sold mostly to Europe in the old days and it made the city wealthy. I was told that if you have ever eaten a banana from Ecuador, it was probably grown in Vinces.

We gathered at Dr. Manuel and Lupe’s home for dinner and refreshing before the church service. Manuel and Lupe are members of Heart of Titus, and a main link to the work in Vinces for us, along with Fernando. Vinces is Fernando’s home town. He is like the mayor – everyone knows him.

The church service started at 8PM. The worship was great. For a moment in the service, I started entering into the presence of God as heard Him talking to me – I thought I was at The Gathering Place! To our surprise, Dr. Manuel was leading the worship! He has an anointing for it!

Ray asked me to bring the main message earlier and said that he would bring a short word and then hand the service to me. Ray began to encourage them to not be offended by the past and to trust the leadership that God was raising over them. He talked about having a new heart and mind and also spoke about being in unity.

The Lord told me to speak on Lazarus and being freed from grave clothes. We had a great altar response. I asked those who needed to be saved or wanted to rededicate their lives to Jesus to come and stand off to my right so that we knew who they were. I also asked for those who needed the grave clothes to be removed to come to left and stand there. We had two people get saved tonight and about 12 recommit their lives! Fernando and Gardenia prayed for those people. There were an additional 50 to 60 people respond to being set free. I led them through a deliverance prayer and had them renounce the sins that they were aware of that hindered them. The rest of the team helped me and we commanded them to be free in Jesus’ Name! Many were falling under the power of God. Many were weeping uncontrollably. We also saw many healings: one woman had a severe heart pain that left her after she received prayer; one woman believed that she was healed and delivered of epilepsy. A mother brought her son to me to ask for prayer for him. The Lord showed me that he was called to heal the sick so I prayed for him to be used; then I received a word that there were some with back pain. About 5 people came forward and I had the little boy – his name is Alvaro – pray for these people. Every one of them felt the pain leave them! He later prayed for his father for the same thing! Then a woman came to me telling me she was going blind with glaucoma. We prayed for her about seven times and each time she saw a little better. Sensing a resistance, I asked her why she was having difficulty with receiving her healing. She told me that she told the Lord that he could heal her a little at a time. I asked her if I bought you a car, would you go down to the car dealer and take parts of the car home with you or would you drive it away. She said I would take the car immediately. I reminded her that Jesus paid for her healing. I asked her if she wanted parts of the healing now or the whole thing. She said I want the whole thing. I led her in a prayer of repentance and had her tell Jesus, “Lord, I have changed my mind. Since you have already purchased my healing, I have decided to receive it all right now. OK?” When we prayed for that time, her vision was restored! Hallelujah! We stayed and prayed for everyone wanting prayer and then prayed for all of the leadership. Many words of encouragement were given. We left the church at 12:30AM! I think we actually ministered to all who attended that night. It was a great night and the Lord gets all the glory. I prayed when I came into my room that He would seal every healing and every word of encouragement with His Holy Spirit. To God be the Glory!

Saturday April 24 Heart of Titus meeting – Miguel and Judy Saez’s home

We all met at Miguel and Judy’s home for a Heart of Titus meeting. Of course, we had to eat before we had our meeting as Judy would not allow us to do anything else! We had a great meal of pork chops in orange sauce with rice and for dessert they served us guava and coconut whipped with some cream like a jello – yes, it was very good!

Ray led the meeting by asking everyone how they were doing and what the Lord was showing them or doing in their lives. Everyone shared about how the Lord was challenging them to move higher in their call and make a difference in the Kingdom.

Ray and I had agreed earlier to pray for everyone before we went off to ministry. We laid hands on all of the team. We started with Miguel and Judy – the Lord gave us a word about Miguel and Judy raising up leaders and pastors under them for Green Camp so that they can begin to get a rest from their labors; Byron and Leonora asked for prayer for Byron as he was to have a small surgery so we asked the Lord to heal him – he was touched by the Lord; we prayed for Jacquie for guidance in her family situation – we prayed and the Lord blessed her with His presence. We encouraged her to not be in any condemnation as she has been faithful throughout this whole ordeal. The peace of the Lord came. We prayed for Fernando and Gardenia for the Lord to increase them in the working of miracles as well as the marriage ministry. We also prayed for Marcel and Byron Alfredo and asked the Lord to use them both as doctors and also in the ministry.

Saturday evening April 24 Rios de Aqua Vivos – Pastor Miguel Barrera

When we arrived at the church, they were in worship. During the worship the Lord told me to preach from Hebrews 12:1-2. I was to encourage them to keep running the race and to not quit. I had Ray give a greeting and he encouraged the people to keep trusting the Lord in all they do. Marcel and I walked to the pulpit and both had the same feeling. The pulpit was located about 40 feet away from the main congregation and down a smaller sized part of the floor plan. It look like we were preaching from the Holy of holies out into the outer court! After about 10 minutes I decided to go to the people and minister with them instead of away from them. I spoke about laying aside the weight and the sin s that distract us from running the race. I also spent some time explaining about the requirements of the law regarding sin and why Jesus died. The Lord was moving on many people and hearts were being dealt with as we spoke. We gave an altar call for anyone needing to be saved; anyone needing to be delivered of entrapping sins and anyone needing a healing. That altar was flooded. There were about 100 people in the church and about 60-70 came forward to be prayed for. There were many people that came for prayer for healing and walked away with no pain after years of suffering; Jacquie and Maggie were praying for the children and the power of God was touching them – they were praying for the Lord to bless them. Many were encouraged as they received prophetic words about their lives. Two people that I know of came to Jesus tonight! Glory adios!

Sunday April 25 preaching at CEAD del Norte – Mario Ortega Leader

This morning I spoke on Luke 1 and becoming pregnant with the Word of God. I could see that many hearts were being softened as I ministered. I also related the story of Joseph and his trials in Genesis 39 and how the Lord’s Word grew inside of him and fashioned his life for his purpose. I gave an altar call and asked those that needed salvation to come forward. I also asked those who had tried to abort the Word of God in their lives to come and get forgiveness and cleansing; in addition, I asked for those who have been discouraged because it seems that the promises of God will not come for them – that we would pray for them to be encouraged! There were about 35 people in the church and most came forward for prayer. We prayed for many different things: from financial problems to healing to salvation. One young gave her heart Jesus this morning! Hallelujah! There two that I prayed for that were healed of pain and symptoms – one with severe kidney pain and infection and the other with a urinary infection that was giving her trouble. Both women walked away free of symptoms and pain! One woman was troubled about her family and I prayed with her to trust the Lord and get out of the way. I encouraged her to stop preaching at them and to start loving on them and let the Lord speak to them. I also prayed for the peace of God to fill her heart. She had a difficult time getting breakthrough to receive peace, but she stood strong and we kept praying until the Lord definitely touched her. She stood up smiling and shining with His presence. The service closed after the church prayed for the Lord to protect us and prosper us and for the Lord to give us revelation in His Word. I received all of that, Amen!

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Saturday, 17 April 2010 16:49

Return, Revelation and Rewards - Part 3: REWARDS

This is our final installment of Ray's journal from his last trip to Ecuador.

Our trip to Vinces was about an hour late leaving but we finally got our caravan of about 16 or 17 people together and made the 2.5 hour trek out to Vinces. In our car we had Pat, Chuck, Fernando, Marcel and myself. What a great time. I had planned to listen to some music and relax but this group had other plans. Chuck and Fernando spent almost the entire trip telling jokes and cracking us up. We declared Fernando the winner of joke telling just before we arrived at Dr Manuel’s home for a time of refreshing and dinner before our evening meetings. This was a great time of fellowship with each member of this group and helped clear our minds before the events of the evening.

Pat and Lee went with several of our group to speak at Galilea Church while Tim and I accompanied Chuck to Asambleas de Dios Church. We all had some great times of ministry with several healings and salvations. During the alter ministry, Chuck ministered to one of our team member’s brother. She had been praying for him to return to the Lord and for the restoration of his marriage. God showed up and did a wonderful work in him. It is so awesome to see cleansing come forth when the Holy Spirit is allowed access to soul.

Saturday, May 2^nd again proved how great our God is and how he so much wants freedom, healing and restoration for us. We were able to help facilitate a medical brigade in Vinces, with several of our team doctors and Dr. Manuel. We had over 200 people show up for some type of treatment or medication. The doctors would provide the medicines for the physical ailments and our team would bring the medicine from Dr. Jesus for the spiritual sickness. Both venues were successful as God showed his mercy and willingness to not only bring healing of the body but also salvation and freedom to over 50 people by way of introduction to Jesus. How awesome is that!

Saturday afternoon proved to be my revelation day for this trip. It was requested that Pat provide a workshop for business leaders at the home of Pastor Cesar Guerrero. This was supposed to be an opportunity for our team and local business men and women from his church to interact with us to learn and discuss business principles from a Christian perspective to help them grow not only their business but also in their walk with the Lord. Many of these people were successful in business but very new to Christ so they were eager to hear and learn.

We had been discussing topics earlier as to what we would talk about during our meeting and Pat asked me to talk about fear in the work place. I thought what an odd topic and until the Lord reminded me of my scripture, “…do not be afraid that some plan conceived behind closed doors will be the end of you.” All of a sudden feelings and thoughts about a previous job from almost 20 years ago rushed into my mind. All of the feelings and hurts of how I had been treated when I was terminated without warning or for any cause filled me again. I knew in my heart I had laid these things down in the past and had dealt with them. I had given forgiveness to my past employer and done all the things necessary to keep me from harboring offense.

Revelation came when God showed me that while I had done things right, I had opened a door to fear after starting my next job. I made a conscious decision in my heart no one would ever treat me that way again. As a supervisor, I ruled with arrogance, harshness and strong words. I wanted my employees to know I was in charge, fear me and do it my way. I managed this way until I went through Cleansing Streams in our church in the fall of 1999. I changed, but the roots of this fear was still evident in my life and it wasn’t until this meeting I realized where I had opened the door.

I immediately repented, renounced, broke the contract and prayed blessing on myself. Instantly I felt freedom be restored in my spirit and soul. A boldness like I had never had before welled up inside me. II Timothy 2:7-8, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. So you must never be ashamed to tell others about the Lord” became alive in my spirit. I could actually sense a difference in my attitude and felt a weight lift from my body for the remainder of the trip. Our workshop was successful as each participant and leader brought forth good ideas for each of them to build on.

The remainder of this trip, Sunday and Monday were spent in El Empalme and Guayaquil speaking at several churches and spending time with our Heart of Titus team there. Monday night we met at Pastor Fernando Ubilla’s home as he hosted our Heart of Titus meeting. It is hard to comprehend that over 35 people would attend a meeting that would start some time after 10:00 pm. Many of these people were our friends from Vinces, who traveled over 2 hours to just be with us. They fed us, prayed over us, blessed us and loved on us and we returned it to them in kind.

If you have never been on a mission trip, this type of fellowship is hard to understand or even comprehend. How do people from totally different cultures come together and have such a wonderful time in the Lord? It is only through the love that Jesus gives and the closeness in the Holy Spirit, as he knits our hearts together. You talk about a reward, it doesn’t get any better than that!

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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 01:18

Supernatural Events in Santo Domingo, Ecuador

Wednesday night was our first night of ministering. I preached in a church in Vinces where there was no pastor appointed yet, but was led by a group of leaders.

I preached on "Restoration" encouraging the people that God's will is to heal, prosper, and save our families. I gave the altar call and about 75% of the congregation came forward. After the service I was taken to Dr. Manuel’s house and there I spoke to worship leaders and prayed for them. There was about 20 in attendance.


	Pastor Scott Lee near Santo Domingo, Ecuador

Friday night I preached at Pastor Roberto Rios’ church in Santa Domingo. I was compelled again by the Spirit to preach on "Restoration." I gave testimonies of Cindy's healing and also how God restored my daughter's marriage. When I gave the altar call there was a strong presence of the Lord, my translator Maria could not even translate because of such a heavy presence.

After several minutes of not being able to talk I began to minister to those who responded to the altar call. People were falling out in the Spirit. A woman came forward with her husband and said she was having a hard time trusting her husband because someone had told her that he had an affair with another woman, but the person who told her that came back later and said she lied. The wife still had her doubts so she went to a witch doctor to find out if he did have an affair. I had her pray a prayer of repentance and had her denounce her involvement with witchcraft, which caused the demons in her to manifest. I took authority over them in the Name of Jesus and she was set free. Her countenance changed from cold, angry, and withdrawn to joyful, loving and hugging her husband. Several were saved, and one was healed of a stomach condition.

Saturday afternoon I had a worship workshop with the worship leaders in participating churches in Santo Domingo. There were about 30 to 40 in attendance. To be honest I felt inadequate and intimidated because their style of music is different from ours. But I went ahead and taught on the heart of worship and afterward we worshipped together.

After the teaching I called them up so I could pray for them. The power of God was present, the gift of prophecy was operating and all the leaders went out in the Spirit except for a few. Praise God! After the service I sang a couple of songs in Spanish which they wanted to learn. It was a wonderful time getting around the keyboard and singing with them.

Editors note: This is part of Pastor Scott's journal from when he travelled as part of a Heart of Titus team to Ecuador in February, 2010. This was Pastor Scott's 2nd trip to Ecuador. He is a member of the Heart of Titus Board of Directors and pastors New Life Praise Worship Center in Apopka, Florida.

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