AS
John the Revelator listened to the praise response of the multitude around the throne in Revelation 19:6, he described it as “the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings.” Those words perfectly depict the roar of praise that went up from the more than 400,000 people who gathered in the tabernacle area for the 2002 Wara Crusade, March 9-10. The Eleventh Annual Wara Crusade was especially blessed in every measure.
During the Saturday healing service, Pastor Rick Maricelli preached a great faith-building message, and we witnessed many notable miracles. Several people testified to being healed of blindness, including one man who had been blind for sixteen years. He was not instantly healed during the prayer for healing, but as he was eating his lunch about one hour later, he suddenly was able to see the food that he was eating. He returned (without anyone to lead him) to testify of his miracle. A young child, less than two years old, had never been able to stand by herself. She was instantly healed, and was able to stand upright without help. Two demoniacs were brought—one bound with chains and another with ropes. Both were delivered and filled with the Holy Ghost.
SUNDAY
morning, while Brother Jim Stark was preaching, the entire crowd of over 400,000 inside the walls,
and thousands more outside, bowed with their faces on the ground and cried out to God in repentance. After a lengthy time of repentance, Brother Doug Klinedinst preached a short time on the oneness of God and then gave instruction to those who needed the Holy Ghost. An estimated 114,000 people testified to speaking with tongues for the very first time. In addition to the main crusade services, the General Sunday School Division sent Brother and Sister Bob Morgans to conduct services for the children. In two days, they ministered to more than 70,000 children, and at least 30,000 of them received the Holy Ghost.
THE
conference was blessed with great preaching from crusade team members Daniel Garlltz, Eli Hernandez, Tom O’Danlel, and David Ward. Brother Tekiemarlam’s wife, Sister Mary, recorded many of the miracles that took place. These include four blind people healed, aparalyzed woman healed, demoniacs delivered, a woman with an issue of blood was healed as she stepped onto the crusade ground, and several children were healed of various diseases.
ONE
of the miracles of the crusade is that it rains during the final service every
year This is usually a very hard downpour that lasts about an hour The Ethiopian saints say that this is a sign of the blessing of the Lord. When Brother Billy Cole and his small team went to the first crusade in 1992, the conditions were quite primitive, and the local population was hostile to the crusade. One year they hired witch doctors to sacrifice seven cows to place a curse on the crusade. Now, all the local farmers plan to plant their crops just before our crusade, so that they can take advantage of the rain that everyone in the area knows will fall at the close of the last service. This year, it rained so hard that we could not leave the platform to go to our bus for about an hour. |
