Praise the Lord, glory to God what a trip for God, God gets all the glory and honor for what He has done in the  lives of people during our Evangelistic trip to Barrow and AFN in Anchorage.

First it was awesome time in Barrow. I watched God at work in peoples' lives right in front of me, weeping before God and getting healed from past hurts and be delivered from sin and from the devil's hold on their lives. I was there for 5 days and on Friday I decided to have a few testimonies on what God has done for them during the revival. It was powerful and awesome to see what God has done for them in just 2 days and there were more but we didn't have the time for all of  them to testify what God did. There were time when we were all laughing and joy of the Lord was powerfully present that I couldn't even stand to preach or speak, we just let God have His way every night.

 

I remember My late elder brother David Salmon told me number of times how he teaches and in spirit, he see the word of God would go right into people hearts, and in this revival I've seen it again and again. Christians were hungry hungry, not starving but hungry.

Thank you Jesus every night over hundred people come to revival, people get saved and delivered. I remember one night 2 person walk in they were kind of high on alcohol, but God touched their lives and one of them really got saved and keep standing at the altar, praise God.

I believe God is continuing to work on people lives in top of the world  Barrow, so keep Barrow in your prayers so.

I thank you and honor you Pastor David and elders and the congregation at New Beginning church, Church of God for having me to come and minister at your church. I have the most respect for you and all your people at your church for reaching out to the lost. God bless you and God will reward you mightily sooner then you think. Thank you again.

 

On Oct.19 Monday  I went back to Fairbanks to get ready to go next day the 20 to Anchorage for AFN Outreach Revival. I only had one day to get ready, we started Wednesday the 21st. Every year I would arrive at AFN 2 or 3 days before and really do some foot work, like putting poster all over Anchorage and making about 4 thousands handout poster.

I really work hard at inviting people right on the street, make sure I have all the equipment that I need and worker that I need to help me with sound system, meal, coffee maker, preacher to help with praying but this year everything was in place when I got there to AFN. God provided all these people to help.

The first night Wednesday as I was setting up my amplifier and tuning up my guitar.7pm came around there were about 15 people. I was thinking man I didn't do too much foot work this year that's why is like this, then I remember what I said when I first start traveling for the Lord, even if I get one person to my revival I will give everything I can to this one person.

As I was decided to start at 7:30,suddenly people started coming in by the time 7:30pm there were over hundred people by 8 pm there were no more chairs to give to people. and I tell you every night was like that over hundred people, and the altar was full every night.

Just to brag about Jesus this couple came to revival and they give their life over to Jesus and they came every night and every night God would touch them and heal them. You see this couple were living on the street. One night we were praying for people who need job and they came forward. Sunday was our last night and I was heading back to Fairbanks on Monday but things keep coming up so I decided to stay another night, well on Monday this couple went to work, God rewarded them with a job at the same time.

Every night God presence was strong we can't even stand or minister. People would start crying as we minister the word or even in the worship people start weeping and getting delivered during the worship time. All the way through the revival people were getting saved and delivered at anytime not just at the altar call, just anytime.

Every night after the preaching, teaching, altar call, deliverance, getting filled with the Spirit, laying of hands, healing. We have a hallelujah time we would rejoice until midnight with dancing, clapping hand singing and just have a joyous time in the Lord. Even at this time people were getting set free from bondage, this one young man came up the microphone and said all my life I've been stiff neck person, I would just sit in church, not do anything, but he said tonight I want to break that, so he start dancing and dance all over the room. he was set free and he worship God every night.

This year I like to thank Pastor Mike Curtis and Evangelist Leonard John for teaming up with me to AFN outreach revival. We all took turn preaching every night. We all minister in music and preaching and also we pray for hurting people every night and I like to thank a church in Anchorage for paying the bill for all 5 nights. They don't want to be mention here and also in the revival. I respect that they were blessing to us and I like to thank all of you for your support and prayer. You see when we work together God reward us by having the lost to come to the cross and those who are sick get healed and those who are possessed by the devil see deliverance, broken heart get healed, homeless find a home in the heaven. Alcoholics find a new wine to drink, drug addicted, get new addiction, sinner become a "soner". God give us a new word while I was there. the word "soner" just like saying I'm daughter of God.

Hopelessness is replaced by hope, hate is overtaken by love of God.

I'm so blessed as I think back on what God did in people lives during my 2 weeks revival. And I'm so thankful for you to help me year after year. We've been to 91 villages so far and we minister to thousands of people who were hurting, thank you and thank you and thank you for helping me.

Please keep praying for me and my family we're doing good we like it to see it that way.

I thank my wife Margo for praying and encouraging me to go and preach the gospel to all the nation here in Alaska and also for our children for supporting me. I remember one of our boys saying this "we our sharing daddy with people we don't know"

Well God bless you all

Right now I'm just kicking back ,working on traditional drums and piling wood for our home.

Love you all

Evangelist/Pastor Gary Simple