Salvation for Elizabeth

Last night we were able to minister to at the Fresh Fire Youth ministry in Paramount, CA. I was able to make so many great relationships, but there was one in particular that I know will stick with me. I met Elizabeth before service, and she was amazing. So, of course, I found her after service as well to tell her that I would love to see her in our Masters Commission this next year.

As I was talking to her about Masters, she changed her expression from a look of curiosity to the -I don't want to hear about this- look. She then told me that she just started coming to church and wasn't saved or anything. She wasn't really even sure if she was going to stick around. I changed the direction of our conversation and asked her what she thought about God from what she had seen that night. She told me that she wasn't sure.

About a year before she came to Fresh Fire Youth, Elizabeth went to a Mormon Church. Her experience there destroyed her and her relationship with God. To put it in layman's terms -Stupid people did stupid things and stamped God's name on it. I apologized to her for what had happened, from the bottom of my heart, and I told her that that was not the God I serve.

I went on to explain to her who my God, and the God of the church we were at, truly was. Afterward I asked her if she wanted to know Him...really know Him. Her eyes began to water and a look of relief came about her face as she said, "Yes."

Then and there I was able to lead Elizabeth to salvation. I am still ecstatic.

Brittany Kirkendoll
Crossfire Masters Commission

Miracle - Salvation Story

On Sunday morning, I got the incredible opportunity to pray with a young lady named Elise to accept the Lord for the very first time. I was really excited to see the genuineness of her heart towards the things of the Lord. She explained to me how she had seen our television program before but never really been to church. She told me how she had told her husband that morning that they were going to go to church today. They opened up the phonebook and chose to come to Crossfire. She was glad she did because she said that during the worship time, she felt something that she had never felt before. She told me how she felt God for the very first time and that during the message, she knew that this was something that she wanted in her life. Praise the Lord! By the time the service was over, she was ready to accept the Lord. I was able to explain to her what it means to be a Christian and pray with her. Seeing the sincerity in her renewed something within me for the lost. Praise God for this wonderful new rebirth in Elise. Please keep her in your prayers as she learns day in and day out what it means to be a Child of God.

Kristy Taylor
Crossfire Ministries

Miracle - Showing His Faithfulness (Luis)

Allow me to tell you about what God is doing in my life. About a month ago while attending church at Crossfire Ministries, God Himself led me to a brother whom I had never met before. I approached him and asked him his name. His name is Dennis. I introduced myself and my wife Laura. After the service, we talked for awhile and he told me that he had just lost his job and was just here attending the church service. He also told me that he had decided to give his life to Jesus and was going to get baptized on the week of February 3rd. I asked him to tell me how I could pray for him. His request was for strength and for a job. My wife and I agreed to pray for him. The week finally came for him to get baptized. Dennis got baptized that day and also testified to us that God had blessed him with a full-time job. Not only was he blessed spiritually, but financially as well. Glory to God! All I can say is to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ with all of your heart. Be a miracle for someone else and see what God will do for you. All of the power, honor and praise belong to God. Praise the Lord!

Luis & Laura
Springfield, OR

Miracle - From the Mouth of Babes (Isaac)

God is cool and He loves all of us. He died for us. He came back to life so we can live too.

Love, Isaac Age 7

Miracle - Call to Missions (Elisheba)

God is so Awesome!!! Lately my daughter Lila has really been on my heart. Last weekend, all of my girls (Lila, Megan and Andrea) and I got to attend a conference called Generation Unleashed. At this conference, Andrea and Megan seemed to be touch by God but Lila did not seem to get it. Also, there were some other things that had me concerned as well. So over this last week I began to pray for Lila that God would break through to her and that she would know the reality of God in her life. This morning God answered my prayers in a very powerful way. Toward the end of worship three different prophetic words were given. I paid close attention to the first two but on the third I got distracted by some people that I saw come in. After I went and said hi to the people who had come in, I looked back up to the front and I realized that the word that was being spoken was being spoken to Lila and two other girls. I immediately tuned in to what was being said. It ended up being a powerful time of ministry for the girls. When the ministry was over I went up to give Lila a hug. We stood there for a little while worshiping together. Then I asked her, "what is going through your head right now?" She looked at me and it seemed as if she could barely get it out, but she said, "I feel like God is telling me when I grow up I am going to be a missionary to Brazil." When she said that I was overwhelmed by the Spirit of God, because I have always felt called to the nations. In 2001, I had gone to Youth With a Mission in Chico, CA. While I was there, I was in a prayer meeting where we were praying for Brazil. During the prayer meeting some things were happening in the Spirit that are hard to articulate. I guess the best way to put it is that I was birthing things in the spirit for Brazil and in that prayer meeting it was prophesied that I would be a mother to Brazil. Of course at that time I thought it meant something like I would go to Brazil and start an orphanage or something like that. But when Lila said that she felt called to be missionary to Brazil, that word that was spoken to me 7 years ago became extremely clear. I think it is so awesome that God not only answered my prayer for my daughter, but He also ministered to me by showing me that the word that was spoken over my life had not died, it is just going to play out a little differently than I imagined.

Elisheba, Springfield, OR

Miracle - A life Rescued (Rebekah)

I was born June 17th, 1987 destined to live my life exactly how I did. I
lived in an abusive home growing up. I was raised Jehovah’s Witness for
about nine years, and I knew even at the age of nine, that that was not the
spirituality for me. After my mom and dad divorced when I was ten, my mom no
longer claimed to be a Jehovah’s Witness. I was then raised by my mother for
eleven years in witchery/paganism. I never got the sense of Jesus in my life
at this point.
April 20th, 2004 I gave birth to the most amazingly beautiful baby girl.
Whom I named Annahbelle Renee. She deserved the best. My husband and I
got married about six months after she was born, and later I gave birth to
another amazing child, my son William Edward. I began going to college April
of 2006 for a nursing degree. Unfortunately, I never even completed a semester.
While I was in school I trusted my husband to take the very best care for
our children. That was not the case though. When I found out that he was not
taking care of them and instead mal-nourishing them I took them from him and
took them to the doctor. At this time my son was labeled as failure to
thrive and hospitalized. He weighed 9lbs. My little girl and an ear
infection in both ears and was very sick. At the time my daughter was about
2 and my son was 6 months old. DHS then got involved. They were taken away
from my custody. At the time I though it was the worst thing that ever
happened to me and sometimes it still feels that way. The truth is that that
was one of the best things that happened in my life. I know it sounds
obscure, but it truly was. I was unfit at the time to take care of them. I
was very young-minded and still didn’t understand the meaning of family. It
was the best thing for them and I realize that now.
August 29th, 2007 my family; including my mother, brother and his fiancée
(who is pregnant), sister, her baby, my aunt, her two children, my
Father-in-law, and the family dog offered to take me on a vacation. No
strings attached, just bring myself and some clothes. I couldn’t turn that
offer down. We all crammed in this 7 person van (by taking all the seats
out) and hit the road to Mexico. After three weeks of traveling around
Mexico we finally got to the free zone in Belize. My mother wanted to cross
into Belize but I did not have a passport so we couldn’t, instead we headed
back towards the Ciara Mountains on the East Side of Mexico. We arrived in a
small town in Tabasco and planned to stay for the night. That night my
mother told me that she was taking all of us to live in the mountains for
the rest of our lives. She stated that she wanted to create a tribe there
with all of us. Being pregnant, and sane, I wanted nothing to do with the
idea. I told her that she could either help me get back to the United States
or she could just leave me in a foreign country that I had no idea where I
was or how to get home. The family banned together to decide that they were
not going to help me at all. No food, water, or money. They abandoned me. I
was lost, alone, and heart broken. I began on my way home guessing the
direction I should go. Suddenly, on the date of September 28th, I felt
completely safe. At this point in my life I still had no idea about Jesus.
The next thing I knew I was being hailed by a local police officer. I had no
idea how to speak Spanish at all, so communication was out of the picture.
All I could say was Embassy. The nice police officer put me on a bus to
Villermosa which was the farthest he could send me because he was using his
own money. On the bus two Mormon missionaries came to talk to me about God.
They asked me if I have ever considered becoming Mormon. I told them that if
there was a God, He will eventually find me. I arrived at Villermosa with
again no money, food, or water. Somehow I was able to bum enough money to
get to the City of Mexico and eat and drink! From the embassy, they got me on
a bus to Dallas, TX because I had a childhood friend that lived near there
in a small town called Eustace. After I had arrived in Dallas, I began
hitchhiking to Eustace. The first person to pick me up hooked me up with a
ride with a young man, that some of you were able to meet, named Dustin.
That night he took me to a non denominational Christian church. It was then
that I knew where I belonged in this world. I was then that I knew that
there was a God and that I had found Him.
Thank you Lord for all you have done in my life, good and bad. I would not be
the person I am today if it were not for both good and bad. The bad has been
just as much as a blessing as the good. I now live at a Women's home through Crossfire
Ministries and I have a Christian support system.

I hope that my testimony was heard and helped.

Thank you,
Rebekah L. Dodds

Miracle - Salvation for My Family (Kimberly)

I don't know were to begin, Nov. 26th 2007 (my birthday) my daughter Amanda (23 years old) was killed in a car wreck. Something you never think would happen to you or your family. The pain is so unreal at first. I cried so hard when I received the phone call telling me that she had died. Then out of no where I felt such a peace and a voice saying she is ok, everything is ok. I knew for sure she was with Jesus. Out of such pain came such love and closeness between my family and Jesus. Just last night another daughter was saved. Today 3 of my daughter's and 2 step daughter's were baptized at Crossfire during the baptismal service. This has been my biggest prayer is that all my children get saved, Thank you Jesus for hearing my prayers. It is so important to pray for others because God does do miracles. God bless you all! With Jesus all things are possible.

Kimberly Wallace

Salem, OR