Marooned in Manila no more!
For some time now we have basically been marooned in Manila, because our vans have gotten older and less dependable for traveling distances to do mobile ministry. We just came across this exceptional car (pictured above right) that was perfect for our mobile ministry. It will carry up to 10 passengers, or a staff of 6 with all our supplies and equipment for a mobile pastor seminar.
It is a 2003 Mitsubishi Adventure Sport Addition; loaded and in brand new condition with only 24,668 miles on it. It has front and rear air-con (needed in this climate when you are carrying large numbers of people). It was a seaman’s car that he only used a few times a year. It was too good to pass up. I’ve been praying for a car like that for some time now, because we didn’t have a good traveling vehicle. Wouldn’t you know, it was my favorite color also. God is so good!
Because of the urgency to acquire it while it was still available, a banker friend of ours loaned us the $8,000 for it. We really can’t afford payments on it, so we want to lift it up to you, our partners to pray about helping pay this off so that it can be the blessing God means it to be to this ministry. This car will enable us to take the Stealth Evangelism Program to pastors that can’t afford to travel here to take the training. The farther away they are from Manila the less money they have to work with. Most cannot afford to come here, so we need desperately to go to them and make this priceless training available to even the poorest of pastors in the islands.
Please pray and ask the Lord if He would have you help us to pay for this awesome tool immediately. You can help change these pastor’s lives forever and help bring countless souls into the kingdom wherever we go. Amen? You can give conveniently online through our website at www.dunamisinternational.org or send your gift to Revival Fire Ministries International, PO Box 30487, Amarillo, TX 79120.
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Left: Pastor Angel Santonia at Dunamis in July Center: Members from his congregation attending the Stealth Evangelism seminar at their church in August Right: His members during workshop part of the seminar.
Pastor Santonia’s compelling report
from second generation training
Well, this is a report you need to read for sure! Pastor Santonia has articulated what having a Stealth Evangelism Seminar in his church meant to his members that took the course that he taught after having been trained himself only weeks before in July. It’s an accounting that will captivate your imagination as you see the pictures that recorded both the class and the practicums with his members going out witnessing one on one and seeing 711 people come to the Lord in just two days of training and exercise. This is our fruit from training pastors to fish, Amen?
Top left: One of my members witnessing during the practicum.
Top right: Another one of our members leading school girls to the Lord on the street. Bottom left: This lady asked Jesus to come into her heart then requested that we start a Bible study in her home. Bottom right: After receiving the Lord, this lady came to our church last Sunday, September 4th
Stealing souls from the smoldering arms of hell
“Are you born again?”…”357 Magnum”…and a short prayer…these are the only weapons that the trainees have as they cross the threshold of the enemy’s realm. Weapons that are concealed at first but once revealed, they can steal hundreds and even thousands of souls from the smoldering arms of hell.
They were used to evangelism, they were used to winning souls, but what they were not used to is this very concise yet effective way of witnessing. That is what the “Stealth Evangelism” seminar has taught them and changed them into more effective and efficient leaders and reapers.
They have heard many things about Stealth Evangelism and how effective it is from us who had already attended the seminar. They were very blessed and inspired by our testimonies but not until they experienced it themselves. They realized that it’s not that easy, the workshop was really wearing; they have to repeat every part many times. They felt that their energy failed them but on the other hand, they were happy because they were learning a lot, and very excited to practice it for real. After the lecture, they received the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
It’s already three in the afternoon, and the time came when they were going to share what they’ve been practicing a hundred times. They were grouped into two; they were instructed where to go, but still, they can’t seem to move… they were too nervous! What transpired next was the best thing that they did; they prayed and asked for the covering of the most precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Their first try was the hardest, but after that, everything went smoothly as planned. As expected, everyone has a different experience to share and to cherish. They met different types of people with various attitudes and beliefs. One of them was invited to enter the unbeliever’s house, stayed there for a while, and after chatting and her accepting Jesus into her heart, she even asked for a Bible study to be conducted in their house together with her family members. (See her in picture above.) There were also many instances that after praying, the newly-evangelized believer burst into tears. There are some instances that after prayer of acceptance, the recipient would request a prayer for their needs like healing, blessing in the family, jobs, and some even asked for counsel or advice for some family problems; others texted that there are already answers to their prayer requests. Not at all times were they warmly welcomed, there were also times when they were rejected, persecuted, and taken for granted. But they know that the enemy is trying to prevent them from going out. But the most important thing is, they were able to win 711 souls in just two days which we really thank God for. Since then the trainees continue to share whenever there is an opportunity and people are getting saved.
Last Sunday, September 4, 2011, there were new people who came to our church. (One of them is pictured above.) There are still others who have expressed their desire to come while others are looking for the opportunity.
After all, 711 souls is not a period but a comma, there are still more souls to win, more friends to have and more lives to surrender to God and His Son Jesus Christ. As Dunamis’ goal goes, “Win the Philippines, Win the World!”
Rev. Arcangel L. Santonia
Senior Pastor
Light of the World Christian Center, San Pablo
Blessings from Manila! Our family has been here for two months now, and we’re so grateful to Jesus! We want to thank you for your prayers and financial support for Dunamis International School of Missions. Without your help, there might not have been a door open for us to come here. Only the Lord knows! So, thank you!!!
Until I heard from the Lord in the spring of 2010 to come help Pastor Tony, we didn’t know we were going to be missionaries. When we heard the call from the Lord to move to the other side of the world, we were surprised! Now that we’re here, we see how the Lord was preparing us over the years. We even helped support Dunamis International for years since Tony and Calli first moved over here to begin this work God had ordained for them to do.
I’m convinced the Lord wants me to encourage you about doors He has for you! Let me remind you that your heavenly Father has good plans for you! As in Jer.29:11, “…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jesus is our Hope and our Future! That’s good news!
The Lord just brought this verse to me today, and I believe it is for you, too. Prov.18:6 “A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.(KJV)” Whether thru prayers or financial support, those gifts were opening doors for our future use! Hallelujah! Our motivation in giving has been that He gave all for us. As I used to sing in church growing up: “Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe, sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow!” I appreciate the NIV translation of Prov.18:6, “A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.(NIV)” Jesus is the WAY, and he makes a way for us. He uses our gifts to do so, too! Whether the Pooles, the pastors, rich or poor here in the Philippines, the Lord has brought us before multitudes of great people!
You are also great! [Please receive this as from the Lord: you are great, My child! My anointing in you remains!(I John 2:27) My Holy Spirit never leaves you! (John 14:16) You are fully-equipped to advance My kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven! Breathe in the atmosphere of heaven, yes, breathe it in as much as you desire, for the kingdom of God is within you! You are My ambassador right where you are, and I will work all things for good for You! I WILL RESTORE!!! You can trust me, My child.]
The Lord is opening doors for you, and I want to encourage you to faithfully call them forth! Your prayers and gifts are deeply appreciated. Please know they are opening doors for you! Be strengthened with a passage the Lord so moved in my heart a few years ago. It’s Rev.3:7-8 “…These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut…” We here at Dunamis bless you in the mighty name of Jesus, and we call forth the prophetic destinies the Lord has for you!
In Christ, Steven Jean Hill
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38 Pastors Trained in August
During the last 2 classes we trained pastors from Laguna, San Pablo, Pasig, Calamba, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Los Banos, Bay City, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite. They won 2119 people to the Lord. Isn’t that a praise the Lord? Plus they are all going back to their cities to train reapers to bring revival to their churches. Here are a couple of testimonies from those classes.
Stealth Evangelism…
will surely bring millions of people to Jesus.
…I was challenged after Pastor Tony Poole shared about the story of the forgotten person who died and never heard the Good News. What I’ve learned is there are millions of people all over the world who need to hear the Good News. I can use this tool wherever I go. Thank you for training us. Today I am not shy, but bold and strong because our Lord Jesus is my mouth piece. Stealth Evangelism is an effective and subtle technique that will surely bring millions of people to Jesus. – Pastora Maria Loreen Dalisay, Freedom Church, Cavite
Great treasures….in this training!
I just want to thank the Lord! When I attended Dunamis Evangelism Program it created more excitement in my heart. With the “Stealth Evangelism” I found a simple and yet powerful and effective tool for bringing souls to the Lord. During the first practicum I was quite nervous because I’m not used to one on one evangelism. I do evangelism through crusades and mass evangelism. But on the second day of the practicum I felt a deep compassion for the lost, that’s why I had boldness in sharing the “357 magnum”. Especially when I encountered two young boys whom I shared and I saw in their eyes the seriousness while listening to my presentation. When I come back to our church I will share with our leaders the great treasures that I found in this training and encourage them to undergo training and use this tool in our church to evangelize, so that we will reach our goal of 300 souls by 2012. For that matter after taking the class my goal has gone up. To God all the glory! God bless Dunamis! – Pastor Medel Trinidad, Filipino Full Gospel International Ministries Christian Church, Santa Rosa
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Help Us Secure a Permanent Presence
in the Philippines!
Join the Dunamis Founder’s Club
The Founder’s Club was created to secure the permanent presence of Dunamis International School of Missions in Manila, Philippines. The Dunamis Mission Center has a mortgage of $250,000 against it. We, the leadership of Dunamis, have been seeking the Lord for an answer for the debt so that the funds that we receive monthly from our partners can be better utilized in the reaching of the lost both in the Philippines and worldwide.
We have accomplished much in the 8 years we have been here in the Islands, but we need to do more. We are constantly asked to bring Stealth Evangelism to other parts of the Islands and other nations all over the world, holding seminars for pastors and leaders that cannot afford to travel to Manila. Our heart breaks as we are forced to tell them that we can’t come right now, but maybe some time in the future. I’m telling you, that TODAY is the Day of Salvation and we need to be going now to wherever there are pastors that will avail themselves to be trained and in turn, train their members in Stealth Evangelism. This will insure their churches will have perpetual soul winning and discipleship flowing through them for years to come.
These are perilous times in the world today with economies shaking and the uncertainty of what the future holds. But we can make sure that no matter what happens in the financial world that this ministry in the Philippines will prevail and extend to reach the lost in every nation that we are able to touch.
You have an opportunity to make a huge impact with your seed in a ministry that is reaching a huge number of souls every year. Please step forward and help us get this debt paid so we can move to the next level in reaching the world with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. If this mission center was paid for we could do so much more every month to train pastors all over even in other nations. We have had many invitations from pastors and leaders from Benin, Nigeria, Brazil, France, England, Italy, India, Myanmar, Saudi, Dubai, Thailand, Columbia, Libya, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, all over the US. Just about everywhere they hear about Stealth Evangelism. Honestly I believe it will go all over the world when we get our new video completed. So please help us take this wonderful Kingdom building tool to the world.
You can be a part of continuing this work for years to come through your gift of $1,000 or more. Through the sacrificial giving of 250 Founders the mission center will be paid in full this year. Your pledge can be paid in one lump or monthly payments designated to “Founder’s Club”. This must be separate from your regular monthly giving. Please don’t discontinue your current monthly support, monthly overhead continues, Amen? Upon the paying off of the note and to honor the occasion and those that participated we will display the Founders names on a beautiful plaque here in the mission center in Manila. All gifts are tax deductible!
Please pray about becoming a part of the Dunamis Founder’s Club. Thank you so much for all your prayers and support. You can do it today by clicking on one of the Donate Now buttons and you can even set up a monthly payment plan on it. Make sure and designate founders club on your contribution.
Thank you, Tony & Calli