International Missions Reports

Picture above : Evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes, hospital chaplain Inara Shivare and pastor Leonid Filimonov.

Evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes visited Latvia from the 17th to the 19th of December 2010. He visited churches in Dobele, Jurmala and Kalnciems. In addition, he visited schools and hospitals in Jurmala. Altogether, 125 people have been saved and many have testified of healings.

Hospital visit in Jurmala.

Hospital chaplain Inara Shivare welcomed Rev. Leonid Filimonov and evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes to freely preach the gospel and pray for the sick in the hospital. It was amazing to see the commitment of the hospital priest when she was actively involved in praying for people to salvation and healing. Over 50 people invited Jesus into their hearts at this hospital. Pastor Leonid Filimonov handed out Christmas gifts from the ward to patients. The patients were very grateful and happy for this.

Christmas Closing at schools in Jurmala.
Picture above: from one of the Christmas completions at a local school in Jurmala.

Picture above:Pastor Leonid Filimonov handing out gifts to the children.
Jurmala Evangelical Church where Leonid Filimonov is pastor, arranged Christmas games and Christmas gift distribution to children and parents at two schools in Jurmala.
The Christmas game had a clear proclamation of the gospel. Asbjørn Skjortnes held an appeal after the Christmas play and Christmas songs. Together, in the two schools, there were about 70 parents who said yes to Jesus as their savior.

Sunday Service in Jurmala Evangelical Church.

Asbjørn preached from the 2nd chapter of Luke about the angel who appeared to the shepherds in the fields of Bethlehem. The message from the angel to the shepherds was that the gospel is a great joy to all people. The focus of the preaching was that the gospel is not just for especially religious people, but that the gospel is given to the whole world. All people can share in the joy of what Jesus did when he came to earth as our Savior. Although this was a Sunday morning meeting with teaching for the church, still 5 people were gloriously saved.

Many testified of healings in the meetings.

In all the meetings, both in Dobele, Kalnciems and Jurmala people testified of healings. Many people with pain in the back and legs testified of healing. A man told me that all the back pain disappeared after prayer. Too short legs grew out.
A woman with bad eyesight told that she could see clearly and read her bible after prayer.
Two young girls testified that their short legs grew out and the back pain disappeared after prayer. A young boy testified that he had had to stop playing football as a result of his back pain, the boy was completely healed after prayer. All the pain had disappeared.
One man testified that his hearing was restored after prayer and he heard every word clearly. God’s mercy and grace was revealed to the sick and the churches were strengthened in the faith.

Women with severe pain in her left shoulder and arm was healed.
Picture above:Asbjørn pray for a woman with severe pain in her left shoulder and arm. She could not lift her arm before prayer.
Picture above: Here we see the woman lifting her left arm after prayer. She’s been completely healed after 3 years of strong pain.

A woman in the Good News Church in Dobele had not been able to lift her left arm for 3 years, because of severe pain in her arm and shoulder. After prayer she lifted her left arm in the air (see photo above) and all pain was gone. She had been completely healed.
Evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes will continue its meetings once a month in Latvia. In the spring of 2011 he will also visit churches in France and Belgium. In the fall of 2011 he will visit churches in Ukraine and Russia. Please pray for a big harvest in Europe so that the churches can grow.

Follow Jesus Ministries would like to thank all our loyal partners .We wish you and your families a good Christmas holiday and a blessed rich new year!

In the service of Christ to the unreached

Gunlaug and Asbjørn Skjortnes

Asbjørn Skjortnes preaches the gospel of God’s grace in Krasilov, Ukraine.

Evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes visited the Rock of Salvation Church in Krasilov, Ukraine from the 9th to the 12th of October 2010.

Several received Jesus as their Savior.

Pastor Yuri Fasichnik and evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes greet all those who have come forward and prayed the prayer of salvation in one of the meetings.

It was Pastor Yuri Fasichnik who had invited Asbjorn to come and hold meetings in the evangelical church. The focus of the preaching was on the gospel of God’s grace. The response to the preaching was very positive. In each meeting, people raised their hands as an indication that they would accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. During these four days, about 60 people made ​​known that they would say yes to Jesus. (see photo above).

Many sick were healed.

Young boy showing the sign of victory and saying that all back pain is gone after prayer.

A man is witnessing excited that all back pain is gone after many years with pain ( see photo above)

In each meeting, people testified about lots of healings from back, neck, and leg pain. A young boy testified that all the pain in his back had disappeared (see picture above).

Two women said that they had received their hearing back after prayer. An elderly woman had trouble walking because one leg was shorter than the other and this also resulted in great pain. She was very surprised when she discovered that after prayer her legs were of equal length, all pain was gone and she could walk normally without a cane.
Another woman testified that she had had tinnitus for many years and that it disappeared during the preaching of the Word.
A man testified excited after prayer that all back pain was gone after many years of pain (see picture).

God’s grace and mercy for salvation and healing was evident in these meetings and the church was strengthened in the faith. All glory to Jesus!

Picture above: St Barbara Church in Aachen, Germany, where the meetings were held.

Asbjørn Skjortnes preaches boldly the gospel in St. Barbara Church.

Evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes visited St. Barbara Catholic Church in Aachen from the 22th to the 25th of April 2010. The campaign should have started a few days earlier, but because of the ash cloud from Iceland, the flight had been postponed.

The focus of the preaching to the church was that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes forever. What Jesus did in biblical days he still is doing today.

The meetings had been published well in advance and the expectations were great. (See poster above).

Many were saved and healed.

Asbjørn Skjortnes prayed for many sick people in St, Barbara Church in Aachen.

The response was fantastic. In each meeting, several people were saved and many testified of strong healings. We will especially mention two women who had to be helped forward for prayer. Both of them were suffering from severe pain due to arthritis. After prayer they testified that all pain was gone and the joints were soft and movable.
A man testified that his crooked fingers straightened out and all pain disappeared after prayer. The man had suffered for many years from pain in his muscles and joints. Now he was completely healed.
Many also testified that their back- and neck pain disappeared after that a too short leg grew out by prayer. Others testified that they were first cured and then received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

God confirmed His Word and revealed his glory during this campaign. We continue to ask for a large harvest in Europe.

Evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes and Pastor Leonid Filimonov

From the 14th to 17th of August, 2008 evangelist Asbjorn Skjortnes and pastor Leonid Filimonov visited Lithuania and Ukraine.

Leonid Filimonov is the pastor of the Living Word Church in Yourmala in Latvia. He has his heart in reaching new people with the gospel and has been opening doors for the gospel of grace, both in Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine.

It was with great anticipation we went to visit these churches. The first church we visited was a Pentecostal church in Vilnius, Lithuania. Then we visited churches in the towns Slavuta and Peremishel in Ukraine.

The focus of these meetings has been to proclaim Jesus’ finished work on the cross and the Lord confirmed His Word of grace with signs following.

Many people were saved and testified of healings.

At all the places we visited there were a great hunger and anticipation to the Lord. It was wonderful to feel the joy and enthusiasm for the Gospel. In total, about 30 people were saved and added to the churches.

Many testified of healing from the pains in the back, neck, hips and legs. Several visually impaired also testified that they saw clearly after prayer.

I would also mention a man in the church in Slavuta, who was paralyzed on one side and the mobility impaired, he testified to complete healing by prayer. We rejoice in God’s infinite mercy and goodness because of what He has done to the people!

Prayer for the sick in Russia.

Asbjørn Skjortnes preaches the Gospel boldly in Kondopoga, Russia.

Many people were saved and healed in the meetings in Kondopoga, Russia.

Here we see people lifting their hands as a sign that they want to receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord in Kondopoga, Russia.

Greenland missionary Yngvar W Andersen and evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached throughout the world, as a testimony to all nations, and then shall the end come. (Matthew 24:14)

It was with great curiosity and excitement I planned to go on a mission trip to Greenland together with the earlier Greenland Missionary Yngvar W. Andersen. It was wonderful to travel with one, who knew the conditions in Greenland so well.

Aqqalu Berthelsen was our interpreter. He is an accomplished Bible teacher who lives in Nuuk.
Greenland is known as the world’s largest island. It has an area of 2,176,000 square kilometers. The island is the home to a total of approx. 57 000 inhabitants. The capital is Nuuk (Godthab), where about. 17 000 people live. There is considerable social deprivation in Greenland including a lot of alcoholism, suicide and involvement in the occult.

The miracles already began in Kangerlussuaq.

The trip went from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq. When we arrived at the airport in Kangerlussuaq, Yngvar began to witness to a man in his 30s who came from Iceland. He had severe pain in his back. We prayed for him and he was instantly healed, the pain disappeared and he was really surprised and amazed at the power of God. Yngvar gave the man an address to a pastor in Iceland, which he promised to contact.

We went from there to Ilulissat where we stayed. The associate pastor, named Joseph, came and visited ut. He had reduced hearing on both of his ears. We praied the prayer of faith for him and his ears were instantly healed. He was very happy and excited and decided to arrange a healing meeting on Tuesday next week when we came back to his city again.

Upernavik

In Upernavik we had house meetings where we taught the Word of God about church planting, leadership and also prayed for the sick. Several were healed. One woman was instantly healed of severe pain in her shoulders and back. We also held revival meetings in the community hall where people were saved and many were healed.

We also experienced to be stopped in the street and invited to pray for a couple who were sick. They were healed and would also give their lives to the Lord.
In Upernavik, there is no church, but Tom and Susanne Ostermann has taken the responsibility to collect the new believers in their home. The goal is to establish a church.

Big hunger for the word of God in Greenland.

Prayer for the sick in Greenland.

We came to Kullorsuaq by helicopter. Pastor Niels Nielsen welcomed us with some of his congregation. They had started to build their own local church, but it was not yet ready so the meetings were held at the home of the pastor. It was a great hunger for God’s Word. The meetings began at 19.00 in the evening and continued until about 02.00. o`clock at night. We taught about the believers privileges and rights in Christ and about the function of the local church. There were many new believers present in the meetings and many were instantly healed of pain in the back, neck, shoulders and some were delivered of anxiety and fear. A child who was three years old with severe stomach pain was instantly healed and stopped crying.

We ended the meetings by praying for the church and urged them to reach more places with the gospel.

A hunter by the name Abel had been saved only one year. He was so excited after hearing the teaching, that he decided to travel 400 kilometers with his dogs -to Thule, Greenland’s northernmost city to reach them with the gospel and plant churches.

Ilulissat

Many people were saved and healed in Greenland.

On the way home we held a healing meeting in one of the churches in the city. Many people were saved and healed. The people received the Word of Christ and God healed people instantly on a large scale in front of our eyes. This is a church that lives in the revival and was started by a Danish missionary couple, the Nederby Jessen family for more than 10 years ago. I am grateful for what the Lord has done on this trip, so many people have been saved and healed.

God is good and the revival goes forth in Greenland.

Evangelist Asbjørn Skjortnes is preaching the Gospel i India.

Jesus said in Mark 16:15-18: “ Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons ;they will speak with new languages; they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
At Jesus’ command, we held meetings in churches and a campaign in India to reach the unreached with the gospel.
India is a very populous country on approx. 1.014 million people. Of this, 80% Hindus, 14% belong to Islam and only 2% are Christians. Of these, there are even fewer, which is born again believers.

Asbjørn Skjortnes prays for the sick in India.

The meetings and the campaign was organized in collaboration with the Rev. CP Thomas, who has been in service for over 40 years. He has organized campaigns of all time for both TL Osborn, Morris Cerullo and John Osteen. He has a big heart for reaching the unreached with the gospel.
CP Thomas is now traveling mainly to the Hindus and organizing campaigns among them, with the intention to start churches. And the results have been astounding. Many Hindus have been saved and he has founded over 200 churches.

Meetings in Cochin and its surrounding area.

The initial meetings were held in churches in Cochin and its surrounding area. This is the same area, as the Apostle Thomas came to approx. 52 AD and founded the first churches in India.
In these churches, I taught the believers to reach the unreached with the Gospel and planting churches. I also ministered to the sick and very many were healed.

Here I want to mention some of the miracles: A man had a paralyzed hand, because he was injured in a car accident. He was instantly healed after prayer and lifted his arm normally. Another man was paralyzed in the right side and went completely awry, he was instantly healed and straightened up!