Sam

There is thanksgiving in my heart that I am saved and have the joy of the Lord. I would like to tell about the time that the Lord healed my back. It went out and I was in very bad shape. I was trying to carry my five pound bucket of tools and my back hurt something terrible. Then I tried to climb up the scaffold where I had to be working and I could hardly make it.

I went home and called my dad on the phone and he prayed for me. The Lord healed my back and I can prove that. About eight years ago, Brother Earl put me in charge of getting crews together to help people when they moved to or away from Medford. For everyone that moved there or came from there I was able to carry boxes and furniture and help them move.

One more thing, my daughter-in-law is crippled and the Lord healed my back to the extent that I could lift her out of the wheel chair into the car and out of the car into the wheel chair. I just want to thank God that He has healed me many other times besides.   — Sam Jensen

Angie

Jesus brought me into this Gospel through Sunday school when I was very young. When I was fourteen years old, He spoke to my heart and let me know that it was now or never, His way or no way, all or nothing. I'm thankful that I gave Him my life that night. I have never regretted it. He also sanctified me, and right before my senior year in high school, He filled me with His Holy Spirit.

Like many young people, I had plans for my life, but it wasn't very long before I realized that sometimes those plans get changed. When I was in my late twenties, I began having physical problems that continued into my early thirties. When I was thirty-three years old, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and it had hit me very hard! For several years, I watched as my independence was slowly chipped away, and my ability to do everyday tasks declined. I didn't make plans because I never knew what I would be able to do from one day to the next. Yet, as my life changed, and things I had taken for granted changed, my Jesus did not. He was right there the whole time. Every time I knelt to pray, He would hold me, carry me, and fill me with His strength. Even when I could not get on my knees, He let me know that He was there. His presence was overwhelming, and He took me through areas that I never would have been able to go through alone! I am thankful for that.

In 2002, while on my way home from camp meeting, I made a promise to the Lord, that if He would heal me, I would stand up and testify. He heard that promise, and He healed me completely. The time since then has been incredible! I have done things that I had not been able to do in ten years. The medications that I needed just to get through the day are no longer necessary. I figured if the Lord could heal me of the disease, He could take care of the withdrawals from the drugs, but I had no withdrawals—no side effects! I don't know why He healed me, but I do know that I want to do His will and to be used of Him. — Angie Waddell

Cindie

When I was six years old, I asked Jesus into my heart and he gave me peace. He has since sanctified and filled me with his Holy Spirit, and recently, He has healed my body.

My husband and I came to camp meeting this year, needing a specific prayer answered. He had been suffering from an illness for several years, and it was slowly worsening. There is no known cure and the medications were no longer working. We were at a crossroads, and our only hope was for the Lord to heal him. The Saturday night before camp meeting my husband came into our cabin and said, “We've got to pray.” We were desperate for the Lord to undertake and remove this affliction. That night we earnestly sought the Lord together. For a time, there seemed to be a cloud between us and the hand of God. We could feel the enemy resisting us, but we continued to cry out to God to give us victory. At about 1:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, the cloud disappeared. The resistance was gone, and the Lord was there. The Lord came down in that little cabin and touched my husband. We knew a battle had been won and we had the victory!

That same Sunday evening, I started having terrible abdominal pain. It continued throughout the night. It would lessen for a short time and then come back more severe over the next few days. I was anointed and prayed for by the ministers, and still the pain continued. By Wednesday morning, we decided it was time to see a doctor. She ran several tests but could find nothing wrong. She finally sent me away with high dosage pain medication. That evening the pain came back, and the medication did nothing to lessen it. I could only curl up in a ball on my bed and cry. We asked people to pray and headed for the emergency room. 

We were in the waiting room for two hours and the pain continued. We spent two more hours with the doctor while they ran more tests.  As a final test, they were getting me all set up to do an ultrasound. It was then that the pain lifted and was gone completely. I knew people were praying. All of the tests came back negative and we never knew what the problem was. I was still very weak the next morning and unable to eat. I went to morning teaching and the Lord prompted me to testify of my healing. When I stood to my feet, before I spoke a word, I felt my strength return and knew that the Lord had truly undertaken for me. It was at that point that I knew this mysterious illness was a direct attack from the enemy, as a result of our Saturday night victory.

We wondered how much this emergency room visit would cost and were not sure how we were going to pay for it. Yet, we felt confident that the Lord would undertake in the financial part of it too. He had undertaken for my husband and for me, and we knew He was in control. There was no doubt; this was more of a spiritual battle than a physical battle.

The hospital told us that I could send a letter to the financial department and ask for assistance, or to at least make monthly payments. My bill from that visit totaled over $1,300.00. We sent the letter to them, and in return we received a new bill from the hospital stating that my bill had been paid in full. Our balance was $0.00.  They also said they would pay any follow-up bills for the next four months, which thankfully, I did not need. 

I have had no stomach problems since that day, and the Lord has undertaken completely for my husband. Now we can say with more confidence than ever, “That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven” (Matthew 18:19).   — Cindie Baltzell

Ryan

I am thankful that the Lord saved me and sanctified me two and half months ago. He completely changed all my goals and my desires.