Testimonies from GMA Philippine Trip 2009 Team participants -

I had the privilege to pray for people with all kinds of sicknesses. Personally I saw God heal people in wonderful ways. During the first healing crusade I prayed for a man that had a metal plate in his ankle. He could not move the foot because of the metal plate. After prayer he could move the foot without pain and he could even jump up and down without pain.  At the woman’s prison i prayed for a woman that fell and broke her leg. She was in severe pain. As we prayed the pain left and she was able to get up and walk without her crutches. During our last healing service i prayed for cataracts that disappeared  and deaf ears that opened up. One lady that had an enlarged goiter and had trouble swallowing for the last 10 years, the goiter disappeared and she was able to swallow normally again. The greatest miracle was not just the healing but the change to love these people and to be an expression of Fathers love. The ones that did not get healed know what it is to be loved and someone cared enough to pray for them. The lady in jail said to me, “no one has come to see me in 3 months, you will never know how much this visit mend to me”.
These are some of the things that happened. The list is to long. One word for this trip! “Passion” I saw how passionate DAD loves His people, no matter who you are and where you live. HE LOVES YOU!
-Deon Van Staden
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All evening I have been pondering on the impact of the Philippine trip on our lives. Yes, the healings were awesome, but I must not forget what probably impacted me more – the connecting and entwining of hearts that only Daddy can do with His kids. We experienced His hand as we would find ourselves at the right spot with the “right” person and we would begin to share hearts and His love. It would seem that we had the “right” words for each other, just what He wanted spoken. Yes, we experienced many divine moments with our brothers and sisters. The relationships that our Papa brings about make our hearts sing!
And the Spirit released a wake up call…to wake up, shine, for we were born for such a time as this. I believe many received this wake up call in greater depth, and I believe that the Lord has spoken that we are now carrying that WAKE UP CALL, to wake up the many He will take us to.
-Jane Griffith
Dec. 17, 2009 3:21 AMÂ Â Word to Jane Griffith
It’s now 3 nights after we returned from our trip to the Philippines. I cannot sleep. I keep hearing: Wake up, child. It’s your time to shine. You were born for such a time as this. I was compelled to get out of bed and write this. I hear the Lord saying:
When you sang that song in the Philippines, you were stirred deeply in your spirit. It was My Spirit calling you into a deeper truth of purpose. I was calling son, son, you are My son, one whom I have chosen to manifest My glory, one for whom all creation has been groaning to see My manifested glory shine through. Those of you, who went on this trip into destiny, received that call in greater depth. It is time for Me to launch many of My sons into the place that I designed at the beginning of the foundations. You truly have been born for such a time as this. You are of all ages, for My special purposes. Know that I have called you and am even now stirring you to walk in this truth.
You ask how. Just BE! Be who I have called you to be. Agree with the calling. You now have a deeper knowing. You know you have experienced a divine deposit, which was awakened in greater measure on this trip into destiny in the Philippines. As a man thinketh in His heart, so is He. (PROV. 23:7) Your hearts are thinking differently, more purely, more in line with My truth for you. As you walk out your days, you will continue to find yourselves thinking in agreement with Who I am in you and Who you are in Me. You will know that you have been awakened and you are carrying a wake up call. As I guide your steps throughout your days, you will release to many hungry hearts that call to arise and shine. You will tell a testimony, give a word of encouragement, or give a smile with My love, and My Spirit will quicken that one. Actually all will be done in My love, because no one wakes up into his sonship without knowing My Fathering love. Of course, all people will not respond with a full awakening. It is by My leading. Just know I will use you, carriers of the wake up call, to stir and set thousands upon thousands into My purposes to shine for such a time as this. Also know, there is no striving in it. I will guide you and you will be carriers of the wake up call.
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Where do I start?
The entire experience was supernatural.
The Lord dissolved goiters for three women.
A crippled man arose from his wheelchair and walked on the last day of ministry in the poorest community I have ever been in.
A woman had five tumors dissolve on her breast as I prayed.
Glaucoma was reversed and the woman could see clearly out of that eye.
Hearing was restored for several people.
God really glorified Himself at every turn in the Philippines. Praise His wonderful name.
Love ya,
Larry Griffith
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There were so many things that transpired during this trip that impacted me greatly, however a few touched me the most. The whole journey was so supernatural and had Papa’s love all over it! Our Filipino family really understands and knows how to honor, fear, and host The Lord’s Presence. I was moved to tears several times as the weight of His Glory was so strong during some of our soaking times and meetings together. Here are the few things that impacted and changed my life greatly:
1. Soaking: More transpired during these times in my spirit than I have words to describe. The heavy downloads of wisdom and revelation seem to be so easy to receive, because the atmosphere was so welcoming of His Presence. I realized during one of our soaking times with our Destiny family, that I belonged. Well, as daddy Leif would say, “I got it,” for the last several years of my life, so I thought. But it was not until one of our first soaking times together, it “got me!” That revelation brought me to tears and a deep sense of peace rushed through my body.
2. Family:  The Kingdom of God is truly a family business, that will be entrusted to son’s and daughter’s. That revelation or paradigm, could not have been more solidified in my spirit than on this particular trip, mainly because our Destiny Family is a prototype in the earth of Kingdom Family! Daddy Leif has learned to be a son and in return has learned to be a father and it was evident while in the Philippines. We who are blessed to be a part of this family, are so because, one couple asked a man to be their spiritual father and that man felt the amen in his spirit in May of 2006, when Paul and Ahlmira Yadao Senior Leaders of Destiny Ministries became sons and daughters of daddy Leif Hetland. I received a stronger revelation, deep in my spirit of Kingdom Family, while I was in the Philippines, with our Destiny Family!
3. Nations: This one was like a heavy load dropped in my spirit, a good heavy load! I carry the nations in my heart, especially the most unreached peoples. Our Destiny Family, who are being fathered by their spiritual daddy Paul Yadao(the senior leader of Destiny Ministries), displayed to me in such a unique way, how to be a Moses to his people. What I mean by that, is Paul understands how to receive nations, by simply climbing up to Mt. Horeb and Mt. Sinai as Moses did, in order to meet with God and to receive the “blue print from Heaven,” on how to father a movement and disciple nations!  Jesus told his disciples in Mt.28:19, to disciple nations. Being in the Philippines with our Destiny Family and leaning and gleaning from our brother Paul, I received such an impartation on how to receive nations like I have not previously.
There were so many amazing physical miracles/healings and salvations that happened while in the Philippines as well!  Two physical healings that stick out, were the first of it’s kind for me:-) I prayed for a lady at one of the meetings who had a broken/degenerative disk in her back and had neck problems and also had kidney stones. I released Daddy God’s Love over her and then decreed and declared her healing and she was miraculously healed!!!!! The next lady who I prayed for had the same exact problems, I kid you not and she was miraculously healed as well!!!!! Come on, only Daddy God can set something up like that.  What a kiss from Papa!!! Another powerful testimony that comes to mind, is when we went to Calamba. This is where we were able to minister to the college of business students. Our brother Todd Bevan, preached an anointed message and gave an alter call to receive Jesus.  I would say 200 students said “yes” to Jesus and wept when they received His free gift of Love!!!!!
I am so thankful to Papa for giving me such a wonderful Kingdom Family! I so love and appreciate daddy Leif and our Destiny Family and I am excited to see what is on the horizon!!!
Blessings!
Tariq
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Hello My Brothers and Sisters,
The Philippines trip truly is indescribable in words to articulate all the workings of the heart in the GMA, Destiny and team. The very Heart of Papa God for His family and Kingdom culture on earth was revealed to us and His heart for all of us to Restore all nations, we ‘got’ to partake in this together.
The Kingdom culture of honor and covenant relationships was apparent and shown to us in their every day lives inside and outside of the church. The Lord did a deep work in my heart and a weaving of all of our Hearts throughout the entire trip. The serving from the Destiny family was beyond any expectation and displayed the very heart of the Kingdom family to each of us. Seeing the reality of everyone at Destiny crying out for the nations and contending to be filled with the Glory of God so they can reveal to others to change lives and nations. To see in practice that the key to Kingdom culture is soaking, for revelation as they wait on the Lord and obtain what is needed from Heaven in their every day lives was absolutely supernatural and amazing. The deliberate effort for family and covenant relationships was shown in their loyalty, honor, worship and purity.
The Lord moved mightily in the outreaches and conferences by displaying The Father’s Love with healings, gem stones, miracles and almost everyone at every place we prayed for got healed and give the glory and honor to the Lord.
Thank you to GMA for taking us as a team, for loving us and to the Destiny family for serving and loving us as family, the trip forever changed my heart, my view of the Kingdom, increased us together as Family and solidified who I am as a daughter and the unity in the Body of Christ as we usher in the second coming of Christ and go to all nations.
Blessings and love,
Wendy
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To my brothers and sisters,
The “Culture of Love” is still resonating deep in my heart as I return to California, my new mission field. I have shared with four groups of brothers and sisters already this week about our experiences in the Philippines and i will be heading out to the Midwest for two weeks to visit friends and family. I take with me some new revelation about God’s family. The Filipino family have taught me much about the love of God, spiritual Fathers and Mothers as well as sisters and brothers. So much so that i am praying about returning to Paul’s church for one month just to learn more about this culture of love. I am humbled to have been a part of this incredible team.
While I was there, I personally saw at least forty people healed that I prayed for. I know the rest of the team experienced the same thing. The most memorable healing was the lady in the care unit at the women’s correctional Institute. She was lying on her bed when we passed her. We almost passed right by her. She told us that she had a heart attack a year ago. She was very weak and could hardly sit up and she was not able to open up her hands. She was also very pale and had lost half of her hair. She reminded me of my mother. As we prayed for her, she sat up in her bed and began to move her arms and open up her hands. I asked her to get out of bed without our assistance. She did, and began to walk around the room moving her arms and opening her hands. Her color returned to her face as she kept saying “I feel like I am dreaming”, over and over again. She cried and hugged and kissed us as she thanked us for this miracle.
Another man I prayed for had some paralysis to his right arm and he was in pain. I prayed for him and five minutes later he was walking by me carrying a large bag of rice. He looked at me and said  ”Look Robert, I can carry this bag”. He was so lit up and excited about what God had just done for him. That week, three more were healed of arthritis in their knees, sore eyes, Asthma, head aches, hearing problems, fevers, colds and many others. Our Father is so loving and he cares so much for His kids.
Thanks again for the privilege of traveling with the GMA family and Destiny Ministries. I speak highly of you where ever I go.
Robert Jones
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I have been given the privilege of traveling to fellowship with the Bride of Christ in many nations over the past 12 years. Â And the two words that come to mind in describing my trip to the Philippines with Daddy Leif and the GMA team are: family and intentional. But never have I seen such a working model of the family among the Body of Christ as what I experienced among our brothers and sisters of the Destiny Church in Los Banos, Philippines. I saw how faith, mixed with intentional sitting (soaking) before the Lord can cause us to receive the downloads of fellowship and heavenly strategies to bring about transformation in us and then through us to a world lost in the darkness. Â Unlike most of what I have witnessed in or own country over the years, I saw how Paul and the Destiny leadership have taken prophetic words over their lives and ministry and are co-laboring with the Spirit of God to become the safe resting place of those very words. Â They do not just hear the word and passively wait for it come to pass. Â Instead, they actively put the word into the action of laying before the Lord for His direction and then doing whatever He reveals to prepare themselves for the delivery of that same word. And, the ongoing culture in which this is all set is nothing less than FAMILY, sharing life on every level with one another (not unlike the testimonies of the 1st century church).
My life has been impacted and changed forever. Â And I know that the seeds of what were imparted to the GMA team will bring a great growth and harvest in our home churches, as well. Â May the Bride continue to “lean forward and lean back” in the eternal waltz with our Bridegroom as we prepare for our soon wedding feast.
-Katherine Rody
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Praise the Lord!
We have seen and experienced a lot of the miracles that Papa did to us and for the people and for the most part they documented.
Something that I see only Benny Hinn does was before our eyes where the lame walk, tumor gone, this one particular 13 year old girl who can’t hardly speak or stutter and then able to straightened and then speak clearly. Praise the Lord. Tumor melting at the healing line or from rock to marble to sand and then become like pepper and just a black spot.
For me personally is to see the love manifested, compassion, unity and how the anointing flows to each and everyone of us. The nameless, faceless people like us, and we are just flowing in the grace God has given Daddy Leif to lead us. The foolishnessof God that confound the wise-dancing the waltz is amazing. People falling and shaking in the power of the love of the Father.
My gratefulness,be privileged and honor to be part of the team. See all of you loving my people gives me more motivation,energy, drive and compassion to come back to my own country and be a full time missionary.
To have the understanding of father and son relationship as last days new wine skin that Father God wants for His children to learn and live by. The revelation of that and seeing that unfold not just reading it but experiencing it with the Destiny family and GMA family. The culture of honor- which if I will read the book that was just released will be easily understood because I see it in real time. Amazing. Before it got publish, you are living it, seeing it, that’s cool.
I know that the miracle starts with me. The grace to love on people. The teaching I taught on “Seeing yourself as God sees you” is a reality that I can teach more effectively because I see how God sees me and how He sees all people. That I can truly love God with all my heart and Love my neighbor as I love me.
As an Evangelist I can preach not just the Gospel of Salvation but the Gospel of the Kingdom.  This is a new journey, new destiny, Kingdomized as we word it out. Again 2/3’s of the name of God is “GO” and one third is “D” which is Destiny for you and me.
I’m so glad to be a Filipino and Filipino American, but most of all to be a son… A son of the King who died for me.
Charger
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Janelle, you are soooooooooooooo right when you say that much was deposited. I will start with this and try to keep it as short as possible. I am still processing everything the Lord has done and I believe it is going to take days maybe even months to do. I believe what was deposited will last forever because I am forever changed.
In going to the Philippians I thought I was on a mission for God but I soon found out God was on a mission. What I mean by that is before arriving to the Philippians I was looking through the lens of a orphan spirit so my mentality was that I had to perform. Doing Doing Doing to be accepted. The first day there I heard the word enjoy. This is not something an orphan spirit does at all. It wasnt long into the trip. ( First soaking time ) the Lord did an intense work in my heart. All I can say is I have a revelation of the Spirit of Sonship. I truly am looking through a different lens and I like what I see. This one thing I leave the Philippians knowing is I am in the beloved and the beloved is in me. I am in a whole new arena in the Kingdom of God. I can now minister from a place of rest of being in HIM. I seen many healing’s from the death hearing to the blind seeing and the lame walking. The greatest miracle to me was going from a orphan spirit to the spirit of adoption. I am forever grateful to the Philipino family who has said yes in their hearts to the Lord. The DNA of the Kingdom of God was shown to me in a way I had never seen before.
We have already begun to have soaking times in our house. I can truly say because of the change in my heart it has changed the atmosphere in my household. My wife can already testify to this she is amazed at the change. Only God knows the extent of the impact it will have in our region.
I want to thank all those at Destiny for the acts of kindness and the service of LOVE. In all my missions trips I have never seen a culture that honors and a culture of family like yours. I believe with all my heart the Lord was allowing me to see a portion of the blueprint of heaven.
Thank you Leif for allowing me to go and be a part of the GMA family. You ALL are a true BLESSING.
There is much more I can testify about but I think I got the main point across.
Love
Rodger
The trip to the Philippines has been one of the most significant mission trips I have ever been on. The Filipino culture is rich in family structure and honor. This was one of the first things I noticed. They servied us with the service of Christ, like I had never seen before. Their acts of kindness were something that definitely won my heart over. I believe the Lord was allowing me to see part of the blueprint of heaven in the realm of the family of the Kingdom of God. God is definitely on the move in Southeast Asia establishing His Kingdom.
We, as the team of GMA, were able to minister to many of the Filipino brothers and sisters. We saw many healed of goiters and after being healed giving testimonies of what the Lord had done with sincere tears of gratitude running down their cheeks. Many deaf ears opened, some blind eyes healed, and some first time salvations. It was so amazing to see the hand of the Lord at work. I am still processing all that the Lord has done in and through me.
Even though I saw and witnessed all the above miracles, one of the greatest miracles that happened was to me. I went to the Philippines with an orphan spirit thinking that I have to do works to be accepted in the Beloved. During the first soaking meeting we had the Lord came so powerfully as I laid on the floor and the Holy Spirit began to show me about sonship. When I got up from the floor, the onething I knew is that I am in the Beloved and He is in me. No longer do I have to strive to please HIM because I am already accepted.
The Lord has highlighted that Sons of God are lred by His Spirit. I am truly in a whole new walk with the Lord with the revelation that has been given. There is much to process because there was much deposited within the heart. For this reason it is important that I guard the well spring of Life and allow the Holy Spirit to move me. It is like I have just gotten saved all over again. I have an understanding that you don’t get the Kingdom the Kingdom gets you. Since I have been back, the atmosphere of our house has already changed.
-Rodger McKm