A telemarketer called this evening. She said, “I’m calling about your timeshare!” I (Emil) said, ”We do not own a timeshare! “ She said “Yes, you do with your wife!” I said, “We have never owned one!”The Lord said, “Ask her if she dies tonight, will she go to heaven?” So I asked, “Can I ask you a question?” She hesitantly said, “Ok, sure,” so I asked her if she died tonight, would she go to heaven? I heard her conversing with someone quietly in the background and then she hung up!

Sometimes we just need to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit because who else is going to talk to a telemarketer about Jesus? If they are telemarketers for worldly things, then we can be telemarketers for Jesus! Give it a try—you’d be surprised! I have led a couple of people to the Lord, simply by talking to them about Jesus!

Emil received a new assignment from the Lord last week in addition to the Roadside and our Friday night home group! He is preaching this Sunday and next Sunday for the pastor of two churches: Trinity UMC in Webb, about 10 miles away, and Faith United in Sioux Rapids. We have attended the Webb church off and on this year, when we aren’t on the roadside being the church on Sundays! He was asked last week by the pastor if he would consider being her back-up preacher, to preach every 4-6 weeks. She is a high school teacher in addition to her pastoral duties and so is extremely busy and rarely gets a weekend off. This will allow her to have some badly-needed R&R with her family. Emil was honored to be asked and accepted! We believe it will be a great partnership.

It’s so important to know what God is saying about everything in our lives! When we believe in Jesus and listen to Him, we can live in discernment. Emil and I have learned through the years to always ask, “Lord, what’s the truth about this [situation, person, decision, etc]?” After all, He IS truth! Once we get His heart and direction, we can walk in faith in what He told us and not be influenced by anyone but the Lord. We don’t want the world’s opinion, only His. In fact, when He set out the Free Prayer ministry to us 20 years ago, He said, “People don’t need another opinion, so you are never to give them your opinion. You are only to ask Me what I want to say to them. They will stop with a specific prayer request, but I have something to tell them that will set them free. That’s what I want them to hear.” We have seen incredible things over these many years because God ALWAYS goes directly to the heart of the matter in EVERY situation and heals it, setting people free to hear Him, believe in Him, be filled with His incredible love for them, receive their healing, whatever He wants to happen in that encounter with Him! He is so good and so awesome! Being led by Him, we walk in freedom!

The Holy Spirit led our Friday night home group! We always pray for His presence to intensify, and Friday night His presence was strong from the beginning and only got stronger as the evening progressed. There were miraculous deliverances and healings and the Lord had a specific word for every person there! Joy and praise went home with each person and continued to be shared with each other Saturday and into Sunday! God is so merciful and gracious. He sees us!

We were surprised to find our testimony of our new trailer published in the June Voice of the Covenant magazine! It was completely unexpected! One person read it and looked up the ministry on the internet, subscribed to our newsletter, and wrote us a very encouraging email because of it. Thank You so much, Lord!