Greetings beloved in Jesus. Thank you, dear friend, for all you have done to stand with us and know we are serving the Lord together. For all the many things we go through, Jesus is Lord and we praise Him for His goodness.

     I am in tears as I write to tell you how good our precious Jesus is. He is our everything and we trust Him completely.

     As you know, David has been through many physical adversities through this past year. He finally reached a point last year when he decided surgery was a must to find relief from the pain he was suffering.

     First he had a shoulder replacement in November 2025; followed by hip replacement surgery in April this year. After he was healed of those, he went for surgery just recently for a ruptured disc in his lower back. Through everything, God has touched him; brought him healing and he is recovering. I am praising God because it wasn’t so simple when these happened, but God intervened.

     Particularly this last surgery, it was supposed to be a simple 45-minute surgery and immediately after surgery he was supposed to be up walking and back to work after the weekend. But something happened.

     While in surgery when the fragments of his disc were being removed, his Dura was cut. It is the tissue that covers the spinal cord and nerves and serves as protection. The cut was stitched back together. The fragments were more scattered and greater than originally expected and altogether his surgery was almost two hours.

     Because his dura was injured, he had to lay flat on his back in bed for two days. This allowed his Dura to heal but caused other problems that could have been avoided if he were able to get up and walk. He was in more pain than ever; which prevented him from walking even after two days. He swelled up something awful and then developed afib, heart arrhythmia. The doctors feared he had a blood clot in his heart.

     His simple back surgery that should have lasted 45 minutes and an overnight stay at the hospital ended up being 5 days.

     Because he could not get out of bed and walk, they were going to send him to rehab/skilled nursing. With an irregular heartbeat and the medication to correct it wasn’t working, they scheduled him to have a shock treatment. Things were critical.

     Each time they came in to talk to us, it seemed more dire and after they would leave, I laid hands on David and we prayed.

     Finally, on Sunday afternoon they said the hospital worker will come in on Monday to go over where he is to go and what our next steps should be. I sought God. God heal him. Lord, just heal him, I prayed.

     After a couple of minutes, a cardiologist came in and said he just looked over his readings and his heart has reverted back to rhythm. He will still get an echo cardiogram to check his heart, but his heart is fine.

     That night I prayed quietly because David had been having such pain and difficulty. I prayed, “Lord, I need a miracle. I’m not asking for favors, only a miracle. I cannot take care of him and still do my job if he is not at home. We need a miracle. He has got to walk by the morning.”

     Monday, he started to sit up, as he had been; at which time I told him, “You have got to walk. It is only you and I and I asked God for a miracle. You have to walk so we can go home.” He carefully and slowly made his way out of bed, holding onto a walker and began walking around the room.

     The surgeon arrived and said you can go home. The physical therapist came in and saw him walking and told the nurse, he has passed physical therapy, he can go home. The nurse practitioner came in a checked his heart and said he is beating normally and his blood pressure is normal, he can go home. God still does miracles.

     He has not returned to work just yet and is still using a walker; but he is so much better, walking more easily and feeling stronger and pain is minimal. God is so good.

     Some friends stopped by to visit and told him of all the surgeries and struggles he went through over the past few years; and now that they are done, he feels like a new man ready to get up and serve God. David said that is what he is expecting. That is why he has gone through what he has because he is ready to get up and serve the Lord.

     At the end of August David and I drove up to Ohio where he grew up. He had a 50-year High School Reunion. We stayed with his sister-in-law, Carolyn, who was a total blessing to us. But David had ulterior motives for going. He was determined to visit his biker buddy and lead him to Jesus.

     David had been witnessing to him. He was a retired VP of an outlaw biker club. He and David knew each other from his teenage years because motorcycles were their way of life. His friend was as far from God as anyone could be, involved with anything and practically everything that an outlaw biker club consisted of.

     While there, another biker showed up which God sent because Scooter was not home, but his friend knew how to get ahold of him and knew where to find him. We followed. They smoked heavily. Their language was filthy, and all the while David and I were telling them about how good God is. His friend, Bill, allowed me to pray for him and his motorcycle. We ran out of time and said we will be back tomorrow and we’ll bring KFC. They were happy.

     We showed up the next day with chicken, they had the table ready and we all ate. Bill ate 4 pieces saying he never gets to eat good food like this. Scooter says, I’ve been looking forward to this. A bologna sandwich gets really old.

     I witnessed to Bill; he was kind but said he was not ready to get saved and left. We visited a little then David pulls out a bible and says, here, I bought a bible for you. Scooter says, you bought me a bible? David opened it and pulled out a prayer he had printed for him. David says, this is a prayer to get saved. David looks at me, my que to preach. Scooter, you know you are not well. You have lived a very sinful life, and you are on your way to hell. We too, were heading to hell until we got saved and Jesus wants to save you today. You know what David used to be, you can see what the Lord has done for him. He wants to do that for you.

     Scooter says I know where David was and I see what God has done for him. Then he asks, can I think about it and call you and we can do this over the phone? I said, why wait! We are here now. He looks at David and says, “Give me that paper.” He looked at and read it with a trembling voice. I asked him, “did you read it, or did you pray it?” He said, “I did both!”

     When he realized that he was saved, he said, give me that paper, I want to go see my mother and tell her. His mother is 96 years old.

     He then says, if only I could stop smoking. I said, “Scooter, when we were here yesterday you smoked like a chimney. Today we are here longer, and you haven’t lit up once. He said, yes, I noticed that. I haven’t wanted one.” I told him he now has Jesus inside him and when he struggles with troubles or addictions, the Lord will give him strength to overcome.

     I know I’ve taken more time to share what the Lord has done in and through us, but God did such incredible things I believe God will bless you in them as well.

     Our reports from our ministers overseas are always filled with praises of salvations, healings, baptisms and provision. There are times of struggles and persecution but presently, our pastors have been victorious because God is moving in their midst.

     We have three operating orphanages, a fourth under construction and needs funds to finish. We have incredible feeding centers where hundreds of people are fed, in the center, the Leper colony, through our churches and in the village feeding all the children.

     We have two bible schools teaching and training men and women in ministry. They are grounded upon the Word of God equipping them to effectively and with stability to preach and lead people in a life of Jesus.

     We have a sewing clinic that trains women to sew. We have women on a waiting list every 16 week course and they receive Jesus by the end of the course.

     Our pastors, workers, evangelists walk their roads, ride their bikes, drive their vehicles going to places hard to reach to lift the name of Jesus and God is moving.

     Thank you dear friend. You are a blessing, a help and encouragement to us and to our ministers overseas. We greatly appreciate your prayers and are so grateful for your wonderful support. I truly love to hear from you. I love and pray for you daily. God bless you.

                                                                                                                 With love in Jesus,       

                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                 Sis. Heather Becker