24 HOURS WITH HEIDI

I'm a bit late with the blog today - there is such a lot happening!

A couple more pics for you - although one conference is pretty much like another when it comes to photo's.

I need to report on the whole of Wednesday and most of Thursday - we are catching a short break in our room before the evening session with Joshua Mills - he is an amazing young preacher with songwriting gifts, but he is best known for moving in some staggering creative miracles and suddenly finding himself transported in the Spirit just like Philp in Acts 8:40. You could Google him if you are interested - but be warned - just like most of the other guys I have come to respect in ministry, there are some critical people out there who think he's a false prophet!

The three sessions from Heidi were outstanding (I'm bringing back DVDs and audio files)

She is a lady who has lived through incredible dangers and persecution but has seen God move whole villages to receive Christ - WHAT AN INSPIRATION. She prayed for us a couple of times and we will be able to keep in touch with her as we prepare the River Church BIG Year Team for the visit to Freetown next May.

This afternoon we sat next to a young lady from Juna, Alaska. I knew that My good friend Eric Cowley had taken meetings in Juna so I aske if she knew him. She nearly fell off her seat - she had not only heard of Eric but he had minstered many times in her church and had been a tremendous blessing. She was shocked that we were sitting together - so we ended up praying for each other.

Although I am not seeing anything dramatic in Mo yet, today has been much more settled - thank you for praying and for sending emails. What I can say is that the whole experience is like sitting in a warm bath - the sense of God's presence and His peace is just wonderful - we both feel very safe and very loved by the Father - IT'S BEYOND WORDS!

LOVE - TERRY & MO

MEETING HEIDI BAKER

Iknow it's sad - but yesterday I weighed in at Weightwatchers - Toronto

I lost half a pound - which isn't bad after a diet of muffins and cookies!



Well - we finally got to meet Heidi late last night. We were heading for the lift in our hotel late last night when Heidi and one of her team arrived in the lobby. God's planning that we are in the same hotel I'm sure!

Last week Andrew Sesay (her leader in Freetown) was with Heidi so we were able to share about the BIG Year team visit next May. I asked her how her husband (Rolland) was doing (he was healed of dementia a few weeks ago). She is going to tell the full story this morning.

Most of yesterday was hearing amazing stories of what God is doing in remote places around the world. We were introduced to the expression 'Extreme Mission' - this is not just about lots of walking and sleeping under the stars and eating wierd food - it's about arriving in a hostile village - having rocks thrown at you - shouting out 'bring us your deaf and blind' - seeing them healed in the name of Jesus - seeing whole villages become Christians as a result - planting a church - moving on to the next village. THIS IS SUCH CHALLENGING STUFF.

We have met people who have seen heavy rainfall arrive out of season as a direct result of their prayers - others who routinely see severely disable / deaf / blind people totally healed in an instant. We are getting all the prayer and input on offer by making sure we are in the front row - YOU KNOW ME!

Today is the end of the Mission School and the start of the main conference so we will hear Heidi speak twice - please pray that we get ba chance to speak with her again and for her to pray for us.

GOD BLESS - TERRY & MO

MISSION SCHOOL - DAY 1

Today has been a down day - I'm determined to stay positive because whenever we go away there are usually a couple of days when Mo's responses make it quite difficult to cope. Yesterday Mo refused most of the food and seemed quite depressed all day except for the times when people were praying with her - and there has been plenty of that! We took some time out between the afternoon and evening sessions so we could rest and find some suitable food for Mo.

There are about 250 on the School of Mission from all over the world and we have met some lovely people from the USA / Netherlands / Austria / Germany / Ukraine / Australia / and we haven't met them ALL yet! There will be many more at the main conference which starts tomorrow afternoon.

Yesterday we had sessions covering 'fund raising' - 'planning for an overseas team' - and one from John Arnott about reaching the nations. They were all excellent with plenty of practical stuff as well as time to pray for each other.

Heidi arrives today and will be speaking at the evening session and in the morning tomorrow

Please pray that Mo will have a more settled day

Love - Terry & Mo

A NORMAL SUNDAY AT TACF

Sorry - no pics today!
It has been a lovely gentle day before what will no doubt be a fairly hectic schedule next week.
The highlight was the unusual start to the day. We were told that if we arrived at the church about 9:00 and put our names on a list some of the 'prophetic team' would prophesy over us.
That may seem very strange if you have never experienced that kind of thing, but we found it just amazing. After about a 10 minutes wait we sat in a circle with three of the TACF prophetic team (two were teenagers in training!). The leader explained that each of them would bring any words or Scriptures that God gave them, it would be recorded on a hand-held cassette machine and we would be given a copy.
The leader started by saying she saw us standing at a waterfall and that God wanted us to enjoy a time of refreshing - WOW - she had no idea we had visited Niagara the day before but we were really touched by her words. The other two gave us helpful Scriptures including the one about - 'rising up on wings like eagles'. There was a word for Mo about her having a sweet and gentle spirit. Then came the big one - the leader looked at me and said 'I see you painting - you are an artist - you are taking up paint brushes - I see you painting on a large canvas'. I was beginning to lose it at this point because at the end of September I signed up for some acrylic painting classes and I have literally just completed the first large canvas I have ever painted - the theme is 'Let There Be Light' - Creation Day 1. Maybe there's more happening here than I realised.

After coffee we went to the morning meeting and got some more prayer followed by lunch in the Church Cafe. After resting in the afternoon we went for more healing prayer for Mo in the evening - people were so lovely and gentle in how they prayed.

I wonder what will happen tomorrow - Heidi's Mission School starts at 9:00 - can't wait!

Thanks for praying - Terry & Mo

DAY TRIP TO NIAGARA

HI ALL YOU BLOGWATCHERS

We have had an amazing day - probably our one and only 'tourist' day. We boarded a coach at 7:00 this morning - what a nice touch that God should provide the founders of 'Fuego' with a tour company called 'Chariots of Fire'. The driver had a great sense of humour and it was great to be able to see some of the Ontario countryside during the 90min drive to the falls at Niagara. The autumn colours are at their spectacular best - gold / yellow / orange / flame red - and we saw black red and grey squirrells.

At the falls we went up the Skylon Tower which gives amazing views over the falls. Then we went on one of the 'Maid of the Mist' boats - I wondered about the wisdom of exposing Mo to this (she's not great with boats) but she absolutely loved it. We all had plastic capes to wear but we still got soaked!

We are back in the hotel and snacking on Starbucks sandwiches and tea. We will walk down to the church in a few minutes just to check where it is. Tomorrow we will go to the morning meeting before the start of the School of Mission with Heidi Baker on Monday.

Love to you all - Terry & Mo

HI - IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE IN BLOGGERLAND?

A lot has happenned since our last blog in the summer - after our return from Sierra Leone in May Mo seemed to be suddenly getting worse - but that is sometimes the way with Alzheimer's

I was beginning to feel very despondent and wondered whether Freetown had been our last overseas trip together - but - as usual with us - God was busy making much better plans!!!!!!!!

In September I heard about a conference coming up in Toronto where Heidi Baker would be speaking - the best tribute I ever heard about Heidi was from Bill Johnson of Bethel (Redding - California) who said "When I grow up I want to be like Heidi!" Bear in Mind that Bill may well be just about old enough to be her Dad! Heidi and her husband Rolland have seen over 8,000 churches planted in Africa in the past ten years - around 50 people raised from the dead - and just recently Rolland was amazingly healed of terminal vascular dementia - THAT GOT OUR ATTENTION BIGTIME!

We are making plans to take a team from River Church, Maidenhead to work with Heidi and Rolland Baker's team in Freetown next May.

Beacuse of Mo's condition we live on State Benefits (Thank you Mr Brown!) so we have no spare money, but we began to pray about going to the conference. After a couple of weeks we received a large cheque from someone who owed us money and I thought this is it! But God said we were to give most of it away - sometimes I wonder about God! We didn't argue but I didn't feel good about it. THEN during the next six weeks God restored back to us five times what we had given away - more than enough for us to go - HALLELUJAH!

The day I began to make plans to go to Toronto, Mo began to show some small signs of improvement - she seemed to be just a bit more aware of what was going on and was giving us some 'cheek'! Some of the lovely people who help me to care for Mo noticed the difference too!

SO - on Friday 23rd October Air Canada will be taking us to Toronto where we will have two Sundays in the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship as well as attending the conference.

This is us enjoying our first ever upgrade on the flight to Freetown last May - if you like you can pray that Air Canada will do the same.

If I am able I will add some Blogs while we are in Toronto - so do log on to www.fuego.org.uk and check it out - some comments from you would be great - especially if God gives you something to share with us.

PLEASE PRAY FOR US

MUCH LOVE - TERRY & MO

WALKING ON THE MOON

SOMETIMES WALKING WITH GOD FEELS LIKE WALKING ON THE MOON
You wonder how you got there, why you are doing it, and if it's really happening!

If, like me, you receive prayer letters and information from Mission Organisations and people in Christian Ministry, you may sometimes wonder either; if they EVER have any problems like normal people, or if they are ALWAYS in difficulties, especially financial ones!

It reminds me of the 'glowing' Christmas letters that some of us send out in which we cover up all the problems and difficulties of life with a broad sweep of success and triumph.
I guess the same can be true of bloggers.

Right now I don't mind admitting that Mo and I are going through the toughest time of our lives as we approach our 40th wedding anniversary on August 9th, which happens to almost coincide with the famous moon-walkers.

For those of you who don't know anything about us, we have been in full-time Christian Ministry for over 20 years, but everything came to a shuddering halt in January 2005 when I was diagnosed with serious Lymphoma cancer and Mo was diagnosed with Alzheimers. I was suddenly, completely and wonderfully healed in March 2005 through the 'laying on of hands' and 'anointing with oil'. I wish I could say the same for Mo. The Alzheimers has been stable for quite a while now, but seems to be suddenly getting much worse.

Earlier this year we launched our new ministry under the name of 'Fuego', believing, that in spite of all the outward indicators, God had much more for us to do in reaching nations. What is happening with Mo right now, and the frankly disappointing response and lack of financial support from all but a few of our friends has meant that I am losing confidence in our ability to break through into the place I believe God wants us to be. I am carrying a big financial burden because of the cost of our last trip to Sierra Leone, plus all that was involved in the setting up of 'Fuego'. Hopes and dreams are crumbling fast and I am hanging on to God like never before.

I am enough of a realist to know that it is uinlikely that anyone will ever read this blog, but if you are the exception, please pray that we may get the physical, spiritual, emotional and financial breakthrough we so desperately need. We want to walk on the moon!!!!!!!!!!!

Terry & Mo Murphy - www.fuego.org.uk

"Expect great things from God. Attempt Great things for God."
William Carey

Phillipians 4:19-20
"And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. Now all glory to God our Father forever and ever! Amen."
The Apostle Paul