News  &  Praise

Issue  #15

Rev. Johnson A. Feyisetan

Nigeria

Holy greetings to you from my

family and all the Love Lines in Nige-

ria to all the Love Lines families

around the world.

Despite enemies, the work of God

is moving well in Nigeria. Thanks to

God for giving us open doors. Six of

our counselors and I went up to a

mountain to pray and fast for seven

days.  We prayed for you and all of

your ministry staff at the headquarters

and for all of the Love Line centers. I

tell you this so you will know how

committed my counselors are to the

things of God.  To the glory of God, I

didn’t collect one penny from the

counselors because God said that I

should sponsor that time together.

It’s our prayer that 2004 will be the

year of marching to glory in Jesus’

name.  I’m encouraging all of the mem-

bers of Love Lines world wide to be

faithful to God’s work this year be-

cause I heard the voice of God telling

me, “Son, I will reward those that are

faithful with me this year 2004.”  I’m

praying that all of us directors and

counselors and members will be obedi-

ent to the end (Isaiah 1:19,20). 

Nigerian Love Lines Crisis Center

is open 7 days a week.  After calling us,

at least 200 people came to our church,

home or Love Lines office for prayer

and counseling.  They were touched

with the power of God.  About 561

people were filled with the Holy Spirit

through the phone calls and visits.

Since we started our center I have

come to see that many people are dy-

ing without good counseling. This

work has changed my family and me.

There is joy in working with the

Lord, as you know.  Praise God a

crown that will never fade away is

waiting for us (1Peter 5:4).

Tanya Prikazchikov

Chicago, IL USA

We are happy to let you know that

we are starting a center in Krasno-

armeysk, Ukraine. Recently, a lady

who was raised from the dead came to

Kiev for training when I was there.  In

a short time she was able to sign up 32

people to work as phone counselors in

Krasnoarmeysk.

Although they lacked knowledge

in our ministry area, they had a great

love for Jesus and a desire to serve

others.  Our teachers from Kiev gath-

ered for prayer every night before they

left to begin their training classes. God

provided a house with a phone for

them in a poor area of downtown Kras-

noarmeysk. The people there have no

money so Love Lines in Kiev blessed

them with training materials, Christian

books, a computer and money for the

teachers. They will be opening the first

week in February 2004.

Last summer Love Lines in Kiev

experienced great difficulties: several

counselors left, some people stopped

giving financial support and the land-

lord raised the cost of rent twice.  In

addition, they had a new director and

no finances for advertisement. But,

praise God, they overcame. Now they

have 26 very good phone counselors

who are on fire for God and have a

love for people.  God has been faithful

to provide finances. They are begin-

ning another training session and are

making plans to raise money to buy

their own place so they will be able to

expand.

Rev. Rusan Pathak

Jamshedpur, India

Christian greetings from Love

Lines Crisis Center, Jamshedpur, India.

In the year 2003 we received 514

calls from 409 people.  Two new fami-

lies are coming to our Worship service. 

Sixty-five men, women and children

received healing and follow-up prayer.

Nineteen young people were

helped to continue their studies; twen-

ty-nine marriages were restored; forty-

eight potential divorces were averted

(the couples are now living together

with their children); twenty-five peo-

ple received salvation. One was blind,

two were in prison; seventeen people

were filled with the Holy Spirit; eighty-

one people found some kind of em-

ployment and seventy-three gave up

liquor.  In addition, we spend time in

the homes of forty elderly people.  One

man was very discouraged after a long

illness.  He had given up hope and

worried about his future.  Then he re-

ceived Jesus as his Savior and was

filled with the Holy Spirit.  Now he

says, “I am not an orphan. My Heav-

enly Father will take care of me. He is

so faithful to me. He loves me.” 

A woman lost her husband in an

accident. Love Lines Jamshedpur help-

ed her spiritually and financially.  She

and her daughters are now living with

hope as they grow in Christ Jesus.

Agbor Enow Aaron

Cameroon, West Africa

Early in the year we used our mo-

bile phones effectively, but as calls in-

creased, we decided to install two fixed

phones.  We struggled to secure a fixed

line that was kept very busy. We also

installed one fax/answering machine.

Several testimonies have resulted

from our telephone counseling. A

young cadet army girl was relieved

from training because she became

mentally confused.  She was delivered

through prayer and counseling and is

now worshipping in church.

We became a source of comfort to

a family who lost their loved one to

HIV/AIDS as we contacted and con-

nected several relatives who were situ-

ated idely in the city. A mother with a

young baby lost contact with her hus-

band when he was transferred to an-

other city. We helped her to find him.

A man whose first son died shortly

after graduating from the University

received inner strength through prayer

and counseling before his son’s body

was carried home for burial.  Our

prayer is for God to send us more

counselors to carry out this very im-

portant work.

Lhunkhohao Haokip

Manipur, India

Loving greetings in Jesus’ name

from Churachandpur. I thank God

who helps us to report on our 2003

telephone ministry through Agape

Christian Museum Centre’s joint work

together with Love Lines Crisis Center

(USA). 

Thank you for inviting us to the

Second International Conference in the

USA. In 2003 we had 339 salvations

and 1700 people filled with the Holy

Spirit. Our open times are seven days a

week, seven hours a day. 

A  man from Bijang accepted Jesus

Christ on February 8th. He confessed

that his past life had been wretched

and wicked but now that he is filled

with the presence of God he is experi-

encing great happiness and hope for

the first time.

A man from Mongken said, ‘Today

I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior

which gives me peace of mind, rest and

real hope for all eternity,” and a man

from  Kamdouveng testifies,  “I ac-

cepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior

and He delivered me from death and

sins. From today I will serve the Lord

in whatever the Lord gives me to do

with all my talents and wisdom.  I

thank the Lord. Alleluia! Amen!” 

Such testimonies are many.  We

thank the Lord and give Him the glory

forever.And we thank Mr. Dan

Morstad, who started Love Lines, and

all his co-workers.

George Ababio

Kumasi, Ghana

Greetings in the precious name of

our Savior. Praise God for the im-

provements we have seen as a result of

counseling families at Light House Cri-

sis Center.  By the grace of God, a bro-

ken marriage was restored.  A sister

called about her husband who resorted

to drinking and staying out late. She

heard of the center and called for help.

Through prayer and counseling

the man stopped drinking and through

follow up calls, he made a decision for

Christ. They are now living happily

and in peace as a family.

A man, whose successful business

was experiencing financial difficulties,

called the Center.  We counseled him

to pay his tithes, to pay his taxes and to

be faithful to God’s work. The man

reported back to the Center that his

business started growing up again and

he promised to give monthly support

to Light House risis Center.

Light House Center also helps

hurting families.  One counselor, who

is working with parents whose chil-

dren are going wayward, has helped

the parents to see that when they come

together, the children will come into

obedience.

A woman who wasn’t attending

church made a commitment to Jesus,

then went to church with her husband,

received baptism and their children

began to go to church with them. 

Our counseling team is mobilized

and the Director’s training materials

were very helpful. Money continues to

be one of our greatest setbacks.  Since

bowling fund-raisers do not work for

us, I am working out applicable meth-

ods of fund-raising in the near future.

Jim Thurston

Chili

Thank you for the information you

sent on telephone counseling.  I will

soon be using your materials to extend

the telephone ministry in a new area

and direction.

It is an internet chat line. We are

not setting up a new organization, but

are using your ministry in a new way. 

The Lord has blessed us with one of the

largest Spanish speaking Christian

web sites in the world.  Over 700,000

people a month have visited us from

over 130 different countries.

On our site we have a chat room

where hundreds come in daily (it is

like a telephone crisis center and it is

up and running).  It operates so that

you can talk either publicly or pri-

vately with just one person. Many peo-

ple share very great problems, both

Christians and non-Christians.  They

are looking for someone to listen to

them. 

Last year over 8,298 people invited

Christ into theirlives, and we coun-

seled 38,468 people, but we didn’t have

any special materials or training until

someone from your organization con-

tacted us recently. It resulted in our

acquiring the necessary training mate-

rials for our staff to be more effective in

our chat rooms. We are reaching

390,723 people on our weekly mailing

list.  Soon we will begin to train our

staff in how to use your materials to

help people who come into our chat

room in their time of crisis.

Thank you again for your phone

call. I had forgotten about your minis-

try after Amsterdam and that call has

made a great difference in our ministry.

Damaris Faulkner,

Manager, Global Missions

Incredible reports have been com-

ing in from our sister centers for the

year 2003.  So far, we have heard from

31 centers in 15 countries.  The follow-

ing statistics indicate the wonderful

way the Holy Spirit is using the tele-

phone-counseling ministry at this time

in history to reach hurting people. 

Total number of calls: 64,054; salva-

tions: 13,665; counselors in total: 471;

number of hours open per week: 2,625;

filled with the Holy Spirit Baptism:

10,976; people followed up: 6,667. 

I would like to concentrate on

ways in which your centers have been

publicized so that your community is

aware of your services.  Please write to

me and share how you have advertised

the work of your center.  I will share

later with everyone a list of the ideas.

Plans are in the making for our

second International Conference of

Christian Crisis Center here in Minne-

apolis during October 6-13, 2004. 

Those who send us the requested re-

port for 2003 are eligible to attend.  You

must request an official letter of invita-

tion.  Many sessions will be offered

about how to operate a telephone crisis

center, including such topics as: re-

cruiting and training volunteers,

scheduling, paper work, follow up,

turnover of volunteers, public rela-

tions, TV and the Internet, and many

ideas about fund raising.  Time will be

given for interaction between the par-

ticipants.  We want participants to

share pertinent information about suc-

cessful strategies for operating their

centers.  There will also be special

times of worship, devotions, and the

prophetic.

The conference is FREE.  Your

board and room will be provided for

the days of the conference.  We CAN

NOT PAY for your transportation to

and from Minneapolis.

Please let me hear from you soon.

        Damaris