The following testimonies were given from people who attended the meetings held May 15-17.

• John’s hearing was damaged due to being around loud machines. He was wearing a hearing aid. During prayer he felt the power of God go through him and he can now hear all different pitches of sound.
• Sandy was diagnosed with MS 10 years ago. She wasn’t able to walk up stairs and had lost some feeling in her legs and feet. She was prayed for and was able to climb the steps and feel her feet and legs again.
• Catherine had a stiff nect that stopped her from moving freely. She was prayed for and her neck pain began to leave.
• Doug had arthritis pain for 30 years. The pain began to leave and he could walk without pain.

The following are testimonies given by individuals that attended the special meetings held on May 9-10 at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Albany, Oregon

• Kassy had a growth on her neck for about a week. During the service, the growth totally disappeard from her neck.
• Diane had a painful bone spur on the bottom of her foot for three years. She was a hair dresser and was in pain all day. During prayer the bone spur was removed and she now has no pain.
• James came to the meeting with Flu symptoms that he had for 2 1/2 weeks. All congestion went away immediately.
• Loretta had pain in her knees and was in a wheel chair. Her knees were touched and the pain began to leave.
• Paul had knee pain for the past few months. They were hurting bad this night. Someone prayed for him and all of the pain left his knees.
• Crystal had sharp pains in her ovaries due to a cyst. Someone prayed for her and the pain left.
• Courtney was born with a curvature of her spine. During the meetings, she could feel her spine began to straighten.
• Patty had deteriorating bones in her back due to an accident many years ago. The pain left her back and she could now twist and lift her knees and bend her back with no pain.
• Ricky had nerve damage in his shoulders for a year that caused constant burning. The pain totally left his shoulder.
• Gene had damaged nerves due to falling down an icy stairway 20 years ago. He couldn’t raise his arm to worship the Lord. Jesus touched him and all of the pain went away. He is now worshipping with no pain.
• Judy had nerve damage in her left knee and Firbro for 25 years. All of the pain left.
• Aubrielle had pain in both ankles for 6 years. She says that all of the pain left both ankles.
• Mari had pain in her back, right foot and abdomen. She tell us that all pain left her body during the meeting.
• Carol had lost some vision in her eyes three years earlier. After prayer her vision began to improve and she could see details in the bricks in the auditorium where before she could only see a form.
• Erika had pain in her knees from a running injury. She was touched by God and all of the pain left her body.

Well I had been having lower abdominal pain and I was getting kind of scared because I’m 7 months pregnant and all these negative thoughts were coming to my mind. Anyways I had this pain for about 1.5 days and then it was to the point where I thought that “Oh my gosh please Lord protect my baby” and I was just crying. My husband got up and he prayed for me and like 1 minute passed by and the pain was gone and I was able to get up again and walk. Thank you Jesus!!!

Gabby M., Yakima, WA  – Submitted March 25, 2008

I had osteoarthritis in my thumbs for about 2 years, when a woman prayed with me and "asked me if there was anyone I felt unforgiveness towards. Immediately I thought of a particular person. She asked me if I would like to forgive her and I immediately wanted to do that as the holy spirit greatly convicted me of the wrong attitude and I didn’t want anything to stand between me and god. By the end of my heartfelt prayer my hands had stopped hurting and I had full movement in both of the joints in my thumbs.

"I was interested to see how my hands would feel the next holiday I worked. As a floral designer I had been unable to even wrap stem-wrap around a wire. Arthritis is death in the floral industry. I worked three days straight with only a few breaks for coffee and my hands were like they were before I ever had arthritis! There is only a slight swelling or small bump on my left hand that never went away but it is not painful in any way nor does it affect any mobility in that hand. That was three years ago and I am still healed.

"I always think God left the ever so small bump there to remind me of the wonderful thing that happened [* * *], that he cares about the smallest details in my life and loved me enough that he didn’t want me to walk around with the unforgiveness or the pain. Wow!! What a loving father we have."

Linda G., Albany, OR  -  Submitted March 25, 2008

Ear half deaf since childhood opened when people laid hands on and prayed in Jesus’ name.

"Since I was a kid, I have been half deaf in my left ear. I have typically had to do a combination of lip reading, listening or replaying the cadence and sounds in my mind to gather the words that someone had spoken. If that didn’t work, a lot of times I’d just ask people to repeat. The times it would be worst on my hearing was if I was trying to listen and there was additional noise on my right side. Then I’d hear the right side instead of the left.

"I met Obii at the Thursday night home group [of VCF Albany] at Jack and Phyllis’s home. I was trying to hear her but due to a lot of noise in the room with all the people I had to keep asking her to repeat herself. I felt bad because I couldn’t replay the cadence and recreate the words because I hadn’t become used to her sounds. I finally apologized and explained that it wasn’t her accent, it was my hearing. She quickly told me not to speak into it and that God wanted to heal me. Well the meeting started and after we were done, John and I had to leave and she asked me if we’d be coming next time because she wanted to pray for me. So the next week, nothing happened, we said hi…continued with the meeting and God was moving and speaking through all of us but nothing with my ear or prayer. I figured with normal life and all that things were busy and other topics had come up and it wasn’t something we’d deal with then. (yes, I thought it’d been forgotten but I’d had it for so long so it was not a big deal.)

"Well Obii was hearing God last night and said there was healing for last night. A woman came up for prayer and Obii started praying for her. John and I have family members who are in great need of prayer due to cancer and other tumors so I was praying for them and agreeing with Obii regarding God’s timing for healing. Well it was awesome because as I was praying I noticed that there was heat on the left side of my face around the ear and jaw area. I leaned into it thinking it was cool and God was in that spot of the room. Within a couple minutes Obii asked me if she could pray for me. She and a gentleman in the room laid hands on me and were praying. Well to try and make the long story a tad bit shorter, I wasn’t sure if it worked but it seemed to. So we all sat down and I noticed that my good ear was a little foggy; almost like a slight sheild was on it. By the end of the meeting I realized that I was listening to a conversation going on across the room (on the left) and that I could tune in to hear their words…not sounds, but words…but wait, there was a conversation going on in my right ear from the kitchen and I could hear their words too. I played a bit and tuned in back and forth! It was really amazing. Well when John and I got in his jeep, he turned on the heat and I looked alarmed because it sounded funny. It was really loud and I was concerned it was something else wrong with the Jeep. Nope, that’s how it always sounded. We then realized that I can hear fully! It’s totally cool and amazing! Big YAY’S for Obii and Huge YAY’S for God!!!"

Cheryl D., Corvallis, OR