news letter for july
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Our visit to IHOPTRANSCRIPT
To Our Wonderful Friends,
We thank you all for standing with us in a difficult
time. We will be in the states till the end of September to
not only establish a relationship of accountability with a
ministry here, but to register our ministry in the US under
the name Kingdom Expansion Ministries
International. We are thankful for each of you. Knowing
you are with us in spirit and ready to receive us when we
return is a huge comfort.
Paul told the Philippians that he had learned to be
content when he had everything he needed or when he
suffered lack of the basic necessities. He knew that in
either situation God was with him and had given him the
grace to be at peace knowing that God was
enough. Surely the Philippians remembered how God
had shaken their local jail when Paul and Silas
were locked in shackles at midnight years earlier. God
set them free because they sang songs of praise to God,
though they had been beaten and thrown in the prison.
We had expected to enjoy the Finnish summer with you
all. The warm and pleasantly dry air of Finnish summers
is a joy to us after the 14 years of hot humid Florida
summers where day after day walking outside feels like a
sauna. Though it is hot here, God is good. The hottest
days occurred while we were away. We helped our
daughter and her family move from Florida to Missouri;
near Kansas City. They moved there to be a part of
International House of Prayer (IHOP). We spent three
weeks with them, getting them settled. While there we
met several leaders of IHOP and were blessed to sit in on
Healing Room ministry sessions and training sessions.
IHOP partners with ministries in many parts of the
world. We learned that they are partnering with YWAM to
incorporate a 24/7 prayer initiative with YWAM's new
camp north of Oslo, Norway. IHOP's 24/7 prayer has
been used by God in local, national and international are-
nas. They have begun an effective ministry to help
pregnant women choose life instead of abortion by
connecting them with eager adoptive couples. They are
also taking the lead in helping children, teens and adults
escape the human trafficking market. They call these
efforts, works of justice. And they surely are.
God has shown me He wants 24/7 prayer in
Scandinavia and Healing Rooms as well. I
believe we are to partner with these ministries
in Finland, Norway and all of Europe, as He
leads us. God gave my son a dream before we
went to IHOP, in which we were buying an old
hotel somewhere in Scandinavia. When I
walked into IHOP's prayer room and saw the
Healing Rooms along the walls, I remembered
my son's dream. Needless so say I am
excited. They are experiencing incredible
miracles in those healing rooms.
Acts 10:38 “how God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power,
who went about doing good and healing all
who were oppressed by the devil, for God was
with Him."
Jesus does not cause us to be sick. The devil
does. Jesus delivers us from the devils work
in our lives. That is His will and the proof that
His Kingdom has indeed come.
We are glad to report that in Finland the name
of our ministry has officially been changed to
Kingdom Expansion Ministries. Thank you all
for helping us bring the reality of God's
expanding kingdom to Finland, Norway and all
of Scandinavia. You are all an important part
of what God is doing in our ministry, as well as
the ministries you are a part of in your areas.
Praise God for each of you!
Kevin & Deborah Martin