Every Day, Joyce is thanking God for His Goodness. She shares what happened for her during the time of her husband’s death and the miracles God provided daily!
On Tuesday May 4th, the doctor called me to the hospital from work because Arthur was getting much worse, and he thought he would not last the night.
I stopped at the VLF office and saw pastors Dieter and Diana there. They immediately came with me to the hospital.
Diana drove my car and she put money in the parking meter for 24 hours.
Arthur had a private room, I anointed him with oil, and pastors Dieter and Diana and I prayed for him, and Diana sang to him.
He was resting comfortably. Pastor Diana arranged for people from VLF to come and stay in the private room with us.
I called family members and they came later in the afternoon and evening and said their last goodbyes.
Later that night pastors Dieter and Diana visited again. Diana led Arthur in a prayer for salvation.
On May 6th 2010, in the morning about 5am, Arthur passed away peacefully.
I called Dieter and Diana and they arrived soon after.
They took me out for breakfast in Westbank, and filled my cars empty gas tank and later gave me a gift card for $100 worth of gas.
They both came to my house that day, and helped me find an affordable funeral director for the cremation.
Diana made a list of all the information needed for the funeral director, who later came to
my house and finalized all the details of the cremation.
She also made a list of all the people that I needed to call. It was a very long list, and I contacted most of them that day, and made appointments where necessary. The cremation details were all taken care of in a less than an hour.
Lenore Hendricks came to my house to gather photos for the DVD to be seen at the memorial service.
Rob and Mandy his girlfriend came later that afternoon. I said to Mandy that I needed money for the funeral director by May 10th at 11 am, but I had no money.
I said that I might have to take up a collection or try to borrow money from some of my brothers, and I laughed.
Mandy offered to lend me the money and whatever extra that I needed.
I was surprised. She said that she had just sold her house and received the money from the sale of it 2 weeks ago. So that was a real miracle and a great blessing for me.
On May 7th 2010, Sophia Kassay who speaks fluent Hungarian, was able to contact Arthurs family in Hungary and tell them the sad news of Arthurs passing away.
She also ministered to his two sisters and led in a prayer of salvation which they prayed with her.
I needed help to find the wills, so I said to the Lord, where are the wills, help me find them.
And the first place I thought of is where they were, right in front of me in a case on my bedroom floor, so that was a miracle also.
I will write some more later. – Joyce Salga. Thanks for sharing Joyce! We believe with you for more daily miracles and blessings coming your way!
Just a little praise report from class this Sunday. I am so proud of our kids!
I started teaching about prayer and having the whole class share what they know about prayer (with a little help from victory bucks) and our kids came out with some really amazing and insightful answers. Answers like: “Praying is just talking to God” and “All you have to do is pray and God hears you” “When we asked Jesus in our hearts all we did was pray” “God even cares when we pray for a new bike or help with homework.”
We also happened to have a new girl Kalyn in our class a very sweet young lady who her Mom said was “shy” well not with the friendly kids in our class. You would think that she had known everyone for years… well the love of God makes everyone comfortable.
Well what this is all leading to is Kalyn excepted Jesus into her heart on Sunday! As a class we asked her if she had ever asked Jesus into her heart to be her best friend and she didn’t think so. So I asked if she wanted the whole class to pray with her she excitedly said “Oh Yes!” So our whole class without any argument prayed with her and it was an awesome moment.
I really hope this blesses you as much as it has me. – Teacher Lindsay
*(just a side note: this little girl is Joyce Salga’s ‘adopted’ granddaughter)J…Praise God for family salvations!
Anna VanDuyn is out of the hospital as of last night! Her blood pressure came right down to normal.
I was blessed with money to add to my wardrobe and accessories! …(you ladies will appreciate this!) After sowing some money into someone else for some clothing and accessories, immediately the day after, I was blessed with money specifically to go towards wardrobe and accessories! God is so good …ALL THE TIME! – Pastor Diana
Arthur Salga is in Heaven, healed and whole! On Tuesday night, May 4th, Pastor and I went back into the hospital to visit Joyce and Arthur as the family was gathering. We had prayed earlier that day that there would be assurance of Salvation for Arthur. Ten minutes before we got to his room, he woke up, alert and clear minded. He spoke and even joked with his sons. He had not been that way for a couple of days. They had sedated him quite heavily with morphine earlier…so we know this was a miracle for him to be so alert and awake! We were able to take that window of opportunity and pray the Salvation Prayer with Arthur. He is now Born Again and living with His Heavenly Father in Heaven!
On Friday night, Sophia Kassay come over and helped Joyce with calling family members in Hungary. Sophia speaks fluent Hungarian. Both of Arthurs’ sister’s in Hungary said the Salvation Prayer. On Saturday morning at the Ladies Tea, Joyce Salga’s son’s girlfriend, Mandy, also received the Lord. Praise God for family salvations!
At the meetings this weekend, Nicole Moore went up when Dr. Bob Lemon asked people to come up if they needed healing in their bodies. She had been dealing with pain in her knee. As she was prayed for, she said it felt like there were knives poking and prodding her knee… almost like ‘surgery’ was taking place. Later Nicole had absolutely no more pain and hasn’t had any problems since! Monday she had a great time playing soccer!
In Safeway the other day, I ran into someone that I had worked with at Teen Challenge many months before. It was a short conversation and this gentleman told me things were going well with him etc… We exchanged a few words, and there was a phrase I reminded him of, just in passing as we were talking. It was just a couple of words, nothing that I thought was really that significant. A month later, he called me and left a message. He had been reading a devotion that day that made him think of me and the words I had spoken to him that day in Safeway almost a month ago. He admitted that he had lied that day at Safeway…that things weren’t going well at all. On the message he left, he wanted me to know that he had readmitted himself into Freedom’s Door (Short Term Recovery House)… and that he was now in fact doing well…” I praise God for those random meetings, those divine appointments. One Word surely can make a difference! How important is it to take the time to ‘chat’ with people? – Diana Tripke
Rob, and Jeff, and I went to the dog park a couple weeks ago. Before leaving I heard the Holy Spirit say “take two salvation booklets,” and so I did. I just went about my business, hanging out at the dog park and then right before we were going to leave a mother and her daughter showed up. We ended up talking and I knew they were going to accept Jesus as their Lord! This was a divine appointment. I then offered the Word to them and both the mother and daughter, Natasha were saved! I could see in their faces that they felt loved by Him. – Lynn Gervais
Dr. Bob Lemon will be ministering this Friday, 7 PM, Saturday 9:30 AM (Ministry of Helps) & 7 PM, Sunday at 6 PM at CRC.
(Childcare for 9 & under is provided for all evening sessions)
Get Ready….
· Pray that Dr. Bob has freedom of speech this weekend. Pray that he is able to speak out what the Holy Spirit has for us and needs to be imparted. Get in a position to receive!
· Pray that when Dr. Bob opens his mouth, every WORD ‘hits the mark’ for EACH person that is in attendance! Ephesians 6:18-20 Utterance given to me so mysteries given, boldness, Colossians 4:2-5
· Pray that each person’s heart is ready to receive… ears to hear… understanding opened to receiving. Ephesians 1:17-20 NO distractions!
· Be at the meetings and arrive at the meetings early. Be in an attitude of ‘expectation’.
· Come with your smile. Greet and Meet. You are representing Jesus as well as Victory Life Fellowship at those meetings. Come not only to receive, but to give too! There will be visitors. Make sure to welcome Dr. Bob’s wife, Marybelle! We also have Pastors Rick & Linda Sharkey from Spokane Christian Center visiting!
· Be ready to ‘give’ Dr. Bob the very best financial gift you can. We will be taking up offerings on Friday & Saturday evening that will cover expenses for bringing him into Canada as well as sowing into his ministry; Harvest Fire International. Sunday evening offering will be as usual.
“In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around. The body we’re talking about is Christ’s body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn’t amount to much, would we? So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pride fully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t.”
Romans 12:4-6 The Message (MSG)
I was at the dog park today with my missionary dog. I met a young guy out with his dog. We walked and talked together for a while. I knew I was to share with him. Turns out he goes to a Christian school and is in grade 9. He attends church with his family and is born again. As we were talking, he spoke about his oldest brother who was having problems. I asked him if he knew, that as Christians, we have authority over the enemy. He didn’t know much about that so I shared about the power and authority we have in the name of Jesus and also shared about the blood of Jesus. I asked him if he knew about the Holy Spirit and speaking in a heavenly language. He said he had heard about it. By then, we had met up with Mike, Nicole & Sam. Mike & I shared about the power of the Holy Spirit. Right there in the park, I put my hand on this boy’s shoulder, and we prayed. He received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and spoke out in tongues. He lifted his hands and we encouraged him to keep speaking out. Praise God! He gave me his address and it turns out his family lives about 2 minutes from our house. I will be inviting them to the Easter outreach (he has 3 younger siblings) and to our next Life Group! – Mike, Lesley, Nicole, Sam & Gunner (missionary dog)