August 2006 Newsletter

Ministry Update

Suzie Benforado

Cluj Romania

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www.newsfromsuz.com

A CALL TO REVIVAL

At the beginning of July, our church hosted our 2

nd

annual prophetic conference.

We had about 100 people coming to each of the meetings from Cluj and other parts of

Romania. We also had pastors come from Albania and from Russia. The teaching was

so incredible and truly words of life and of the Spirit to us. It was one of few occasions

when I sensed that I was being changed right there in my chair.

The first night of the conference, all hell broke loose. Strange problems

happened all throughout the day to various members of our leadership team. Just prior

to the start of the worship, our projector mysteriously stopped working…one minute it

was working and the next a blank screen. We sent several of our intercessors to pray

urgently for the projector. Within a few minutes the projector suddenly came back on

again! During the worship, one of the neighbors became greatly agitated by what was

happening in our meeting. She began to shout

obscenities from her window. The police showed

up twice because of noise complaints, which we

later learned were called in by a Satanist. And to

top it all off, while Bill Norton was preaching, the

same agitated neighbor started spraying large

quantities of water through the windows with a

hose. Obviously, the devil was hopping mad at

what we were doing!

In spite of all the opposition, during each

meeting the heavens opened and wave after wave of

God’s presence would sweep through the room.

People received powerful deliverances, healings in their bodies, and destiny-changing

prophetic words. The weary were refreshed, the discouraged were raised up and

everyone went from there knowing they had met with God. It was really an awesome

time in God’s Shekinah Cloud.

OUTREACH TO LOCAL GYPSY COMMUNITIES

David and two young men from our church went with boldness and faith to

“I ris”, one of the poorest communities in Cluj. It is an impoverished slum area, crime-

ridden and violent, a neighborhood where mostly Gypsies live

and everyone else avoids. With an unheard of approach, they

went door to door, knocked and offered to pray for the sick in

each household. The first person they prayed for was an old

man with aches and pains all over. After being healed, he was

pain free and started bending and twisting, movements he

couldn’t have done before. Many other healings followed.

Since then a team has gone weekly to the same area.

Starting with a couple of worship songs, God fills the place

with His presence. A simple message to stir up faith is followed

by prayer. Then the miracles start to happen. A girl with hepatitis and pain in her liver

was healed; a young lady who was completely deaf in one ear and could only hear very

little with the other ear could suddenly hear clearly with both ears! A young boy came

with a cast on his broken arm. His arm was instantly restored as soon as hands were

laid on him! And there have been countless other healings and deliverances.

But the story doesn’t stop there. Gabi, one of the young ladies who saw all of

this with her own eyes told her sister, Susana what she had seen God do. Gabi must

have been convincing because her sister then invited David to come with his team to

her neighborhood, in Ira, another community of Gypsies in another corner of the city.

David asked me to join the team in ministering to this new area.

Susana invited neighbors, relatives and friends. As we started, I counted 19

adults and 15 children gathered around in her courtyard. We sang and David shared a

simple message about healing. God’s

presence was so tangible. Then we

offered to pray. The response was slow at

first. We prayed for a lady with severe

back pains. She was healed and tried out

her “new” back…with no pain and

complete freedom of movement. Another

came with a painful knee problem. We

prayed and God healed her too. You

could see the excitement on her face. The

atmosphere became charged with reactions

of wonder! The third person confessed

that she had AIDS. God touched her powerfully as we prayed. After that I looked up

and there were no longer 19 adults but now about 50! They were all straining to see

and then pressing forward for prayer for their healing too. We prayed for a lady

paralyzed on her right side and who had been in a wheelchair for years… She said she

felt heat throbbing through her right arm and leg. Many others were healed and

delivered on the spot. God had their attention now.

By the second meeting we began to hear peoples’ stories. The lady with AIDS

had gone for a blood test. The doctor marveled that this was the best result she had

ever had with her blood! The lady paralyzed on her right side told us that she had

walked with assistance across the courtyard. She demonstrated how she could now

move her foot, open and close her hand, bend her arm at the elbow and raise her arm

over her head.

THE BEST IS YET TO COME

God is exalting His name and revealing His mighty power, but also revealing

His goodness and tenderheartedness. We have seen God do so many wonderful things

and yet our hearts long for still more. We read the Gospels and the book of Acts in the

Bible, we read about past revivals, we read about revivals that are happening in various

parts of the world. We know there is so much more that can happen. And we long for

a real outpouring of the Spirit of God that changes us, that changes Cluj and all

Romania. This is not yet revival… but it is the promise that more is on the way. Like

Jesus said to Nathanael at the beginning of His ministry: “You believe because [of

this]. You shall see greater things than that. I tell you the truth, you sha ll see heaven

open…” John 1:50 As I have said many times and yet I believe it more now than

ever… the best is yet to come.

What a time to be here in Romania! Thank you so much for your part in

making my being here a reality. May God open heaven for yo u too.

Honored to be in His service,

Suzie

PRAYER REQUESTS

Pray for my relationship with God to be continually increasing in intimacy,

understanding and anointing. I want to know Him in such a way that I minister His

overflowing life and blessings to all, both inside and outside the church.

August 26-31 we host an evangelistic camp for high school students/ September 12-

17 for college students. We will host 45 non-Christian participants at each camp

and pray for an encounter with God during that week that radically changes their

lives and eternal destinations.

Pray for salvation and radical conversion of the Gypsies in Iris and Ira

communities. Pray that God raise us mature and committed leaders in each

community.

Please pray for breakthrough in my financial situation. I need God’s increasing

provision as ministry expenses increase.

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Make out your check to "Covenant Frontline International"

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