Rev. Sanchez

Abigail ( left) Nathaniel , Crisaundra

Greetings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus! This is your good friend Rev. Sanchez and I can't hardly contain my joy while I am writing to you today. I have waited for many years to make this announcement! My wife Abigail, our two sons Melvin Jr. who is 5 years old and Isaiah who is 3 years old, along with my mother Milagros and my wife parents Crisaundra and Nathaniel will all be traveling together to Lima Peru! We have been waiting for almost a year now and the time has finally arrived! We are super excited!

Melvin Jr.

Isaiah

This truly is an answer to pray because we have prayed for this day to come; when our children were born we already saw them walking and working with us on the mission fields. But God has a way of going above and beyond what you could ever ask or think because both our parents are also coming with us! Wow that’s three generations on both sides that will work the field of souls. God is truly a great God who gives you the desires of your heart and causes your dreams to come true. While in Peru we will be preaching, teaching, testifying and singing at Pastor Gustavo Rodriquez's Family Camp Meeting.

Pastor Gustavo & Family

Milagros

This camp meeting is a time where Families gather together to hear the Word of God and spend time around the altar praying and allowing the Spirit of God to saturate their lives.We also have family games and fellowship. Teams are formed and friendly competitions begin. There is truly a lot of joy and laughter.  This camp meeting is designed to bring families closer to God and  each other. 

Camp Games

After the camp meeting we will spend

Altar Call

a few days teaching and preaching  at the Pastors and leaders conference in Lima. Pastors are invited from all over Lima to come for teaching session in  the morning and evangelistic meeting at night.  These meetings are powerful and

 God is faithful to pour out His Spirit  upon His people in these meetings.

El Faro Church

Pastor Pelayo & Family

Our trip would not be complete without visiting Pastor Peña at our El Faro church in La Rinconada. The El Faro church has truly been a lighthouse to those in need over the years sharing the light of  the glorious gospel to all those that come. This ministry is committed to the reaching out with the love of Jesus and meeting both the spiritual and  natural needs  in the surrounding communities.   I know that our time of ministering, praying, fellowship and volunteering in the clinic we be life changing for all of us. Please keep all of us in your prayer and look for blogs about our trip this July and August. We thank you so very much and remember if you would like to give towards Peru ministry please go to the donation page  and bless this wonderful work that God is doing in Latin America.

God bless you!
Rev. Melvin L. Sanchez

Rev. Engman hugging Zambian Mother

Greetings Friends! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! Today we want to share with you a report we just recently from Lusaka Zambia. We pray that your hearts will be stirred as you read about the many challenges that our brothers and sisters face overseas. But then we pray that you will rejoice at the same time because of God's faithfulness and how lives were touched and needs were met because someone gave to help relieve the poor. God bless you as you read Bishop Misika's report!

Bishop Joy Misika & Friend

"I hereby start thanking God most sincerely, not forgetting to thank you also for continuing to extend your caring heart towards the needy in Africa, particularly Siavonga Region in Zambia.  It has been an exciting outreach traveling across the mountainous land of Siavonga as we are taking food supply to the starving souls there.  Traveling there using public transport, there are a lot of delays as it is a long distance passing through the valleys, mountains, bumpy and potholes, all these make the trip uncomfortable and tiresome. Indeed, God willing we made it.  During the period we traveled, it has been raining throughout, and all the streams were flooded.  In that area as a valley, sometimes the situation is terribly bad as the source of clean drinking water is very difficult to find. Since the villagers get their water supply from the streams, as the dirty rainwater from the high land runs down into the rivers, it makes the water unsuitable for human consumption.  I thank God, despite all these hardships, people have faith in Christ and believe that, one day God will provide all their needs and save them from any disaster or danger. Just imagine, how much delighted people felt to see field workers suddenly appear in the area with food you sent to them!  Really, they were very much thankful and excited.  Praise be to God!

It is all happiness once more, in an environment where water & food is hard to find, but the good news of

Going home with food!

hope fills the hearts of the people in the area as field workers preached God’s love to them, thereafter distributing physical food to take home for their families.  As can be seen the lady here, couldn’t wait for others, as she was in a hurry to reach home and prepare food for her kids. Glory be to God.

Reaching families just in time!

Kids, in company of their parents, also witnessing as parents receive food from our dedicated workers.  With the scarceness of food, children are suffering the most as many households in the area have no choice but to face the consequences of the food shortages.  Today, they will enjoy their meals.  God is great.

Hope!

Nicholas helping elderly woman

Many came, some of whom are elderly widows that have to care for orphans.  I always thank God for the feeding program as God’s people are being relieved of heavy burdens and assuring them the love of God to the Fatherless.  Indeed, it was a blessing moment as there were not even one left out as they came to be blessed with maize flour.  They were really blessed and took their gifts home very grateful to God and all the donors there.  I thank God and thank you so much for introducing this program, as it is a great relief to the vulnerable here.  God alone knows how to reward you and everyone who donates in any way to make this program possible."  Bishop Misika

Help put a smile on this face!

The difference you can make!

We pray this report touched your heart. their is no way to put into words the thankfulness that a person feels when their need has been met. When hope comes to someones heart it is a spring of life. Your giving has caused smiles to come to faces that based on their surrounding should be crying! But thanks to God and support from many donators we are able to report of life, hope and thankfulness. Only God will be able to reward for your prayers and giving! If you never gave towards the feeding program and would like to start this is your opportunity to help put smiles on many faces by going to our donation page and giving today or write us and mail in your donation. You know friends their is no way we can meet the needs of everyone is the world but isn't good to know that by reaching out we can sure make a difference in many lives! God bless you and thank you for your support!

In the Midst of it all!

Greetings Friends!

Rev. Melvin Lewis & Abigail Sanchez

The last few services here in Auburn, Maine have just been incredible. We are going to share with you just a few more testimonies of God’s goodness towards His people. One minister’s son was away from God, and he came to service. He had left the church over twelve years ago saying he was not sure if there even was a God. Yet as the power of the Holy Ghost swept through the house, he could no longer resist the presence of God. He came to the altar crying, and he gave his life back to the Lord. God saved him! He said, “Now I know there is a God!”

Another young man had server pain in his jaw. He came to the altar for prayer. While we were praying, the Holy Ghost hit this young man.  He went leaping, jumping and shouting because he was healed by the power of God! This caused great rejoicing in the church. Many of the saints joined in dancing and shouting with this brother. It was awesome!  As the altar call went on, many people lives were being touched. This one lady came to the altar so bound. She could not even smile. The guilt of sin and the shame of her past gripped her until she could no longer forgive or love herself. As we began to share about God’s amazing love and grace, tears began to fall from this woman eyes. The more we talked to her, the more God’s word began to hammer away at the chains that bound her to the lie that she could never be free or loved. As God’s love broke through, this woman lifted up her hands and forgave herself! Then she opened her heart and let Jesus come in. He gloriously saved her and set her free! There was a smile on her face, and she was glowing like the morning sun! God had given her a new beginning!

At this point, people were all over the altar and the church getting prayer! Our sons Melvin Jr. and Isaiah helped to pray for people with us as the Spirit of the Lord was moving! Young people were getting filled with the Holy Ghost! Children five and six years old were falling out under the power of God, crying and speaking in tongues.  Teenagers were making choices to serve God, and many were set free from the bondages of this world! God was restoring dreams in the lives of people. He was giving them a vision to work for him and to take their place of ministry in the house of God. The Holy Ghost truly had the right of way in the services. God was just moving on whoever wanted Him! There was a woman who had severe pain in her stomach. God took her pain away! He not only healed her, but he filled her with the Holy Ghost!

My friends time would not allow us to tell you of all the families God put back together, the lives He healed and filled with the Holy Ghost. God orchestrated these meetings. He was in the midst of it all having His way and getting the glory! All we can say is “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of our God! Yes, there is a river whose streams make glad the city of our God! It came and it healed me. It came and refreshed me, and it came and it washed my sins away! So I will rejoice. I will rejoice and be glad!”

God bless you and thank you for praying!
Rev. Melvin & Abigail Sanchez

Revival continues in Auburn, Maine

Praise the Lord!

We were so glad to see members from Harvest Hope Church of God in Christ in Rhode Island and Bishop Coleman and his wife at the service tonight.  Everyone was truly excited and ready for the Lord to have His way and He did not let us down. There was an awesome explosion of Holy Ghost power in the church! Many people were filled with the Holy Ghost and delivered from bondage at the altar tonight. We cannot even begin to tell you all that God has done but we will just share with you a few testimonies of how God is touching and changing lives.  

There was a lady who was not able to raise her hands or move them well for sometime but in the service as the Spirit of God began to move she was able to lift her hands.  Praise God, she was so excited that the Healer was in the house! God moved on her need and she was thankful! There was also a biker who had a long beard, biker jacket, and tattoos. This is not a guy you would want to mess with but he came into the church and when the power of God hit that building he came running to the altar with his hands raised in the air, tears filled his eyes and as the power of God fell upon this man he was filled with the Holy Ghost and fell out under the power of God! He was changed! There were two men who never really experienced the moving of the Spirit of God but when they came to the altar the power God saturated them and they could no longer contain it, they tried to stand but the power of God hit them so strong they fell to the floor shouting and crying, trembling and talking in tongues! It was a great night to be in the house of God!

My friends we just want to take a minute to encourage you today to seek first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness and the Bible says, then all these things will be added unto you. Don’t spend all night worried about your problem and then all day talking about your problem because that wont change anything. You see you can’t keep thinking about your problem and then expect change; you must seek God! And God is not attracted to fear, worrying or complaining but He is attracted to faith, prayer and praise! So today whatever you are going through seek God by faith, praise His name and know that He is able to make a way out of no way! He makes the impossible possible, He opens doors that no man can shut! Nothing is too hard for Him! God is more than willing and able to meet your need! The Bible says to come boldly before His throne! So put your situation in the hands of God right now and leave it there! He can and He will work it out for you!

God bless you

Rev. Melvin & Abigail Sanchez

"He's my friend!"

Hello friends!  This is Sister Abigail.  I preached at night on your relationship with God.  It was nice to see Pastor David Gilbert along with his family and church members from Harbor Light Full Gospel in Topsham Maine in the service. After this morning service people came in just ready for a move of God. As I preached the presence of the Lord just kept moving and moving! The anointing of God was upon me mightily and God helped me deliver His Word with power!  As the Spirit of God moved upon the church a prophecy came about how God was going to endue the church with power to accomplish His will in these last days. And how we should not be distracted by the storm because He still rides the storms and no weapon or enemy shall be able to stand in the way or hinder the work of God in this hour! It was truly powerful! At the altar call pastors and elders were praying for people all over the church. People were in groups praying! Pastor Gilbert and his wife were praying! And God was just moving mightily!  I felt the leading of God to pray for the drummer, when I first started to pray he lifted up his hands and it seemed as if their was a wall blocking his life so I told him to just surrender and as he did the power of God began to move upon him, he began to shake and tremble as the life changing power of the Holy ghost came upon him. He hit the floor under the power of God and I got down and kept praying with him until he broke through! God changed this young man life. He said “ I have never felt the power of God like this in my life! All over the altar souls were being filled and touched by God! It was a truly a great day in the Lord! Only God could do what was done today. The songwriter was right when he said “ Can’t nobody do me like Jesus because He’s my friend!

God bless you & Thank you for praying

Abigail Sanchez

"Can't Nobody do me like Jesus!"

Glory to God! This is Rev. Sanchez and Sister Abigail reporting from Christ Temple Church of God In Christ in Auburn Maine where the pastor is Rev. Alvert Jackson. Well we truly had a great day in the House of the Lord!  It was like a family reunion coming back to this church for revival. The church has grown! Everyone was excited and happy to see us. Hand shakes and giant hugs were given to us from the very moment we entered into the church. The song service was dynamic! The people of God were just singing and praising the Lord with fervency; you could feel expectancy was in the building! The choir sang till the power of God moved that congregation. Some of the choir members were so touched by God’s presence that they just had to leave the choir and begin to kneel before God at the altar in thanks for all He had done for them.

I (Rev. Sanchez) shared this morning about up coming mission trips and some great things that are  taking place on the mission fields. The church clapped and shouted just to hear how God is the same God in Africa and Peru as He is in America.  As I began to preach the Word of God about forty minutes into the message the wind of the Holy Ghost blew in that church! Elders and ministers went running, leaping and shouting! It was truly a blind Bartemaeus moment because nothing was going to stop these people from getting to God! This was their moment and they were determined to get what they came looking for from God! People were weeping, talking in tongues and crying out to God! It was a very powerful presence of God that filled that house! People were leaping in the isles both shouting and crying, it was like ocean waves glory all over that church!  The presence of the Lord swept through that house like a rushing river, it saturated everyone in His path!

Young children were baptized in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues God! Teenagers that were in a decision-making process came to the altar and God broke chains off of their lives. Screams from deliverances were heard all over the church.  One man came to the altar so bound he could not speak or move. I could tell something was binding him - I could feel the presence of demonic spirits all over him. Those demons started attacking him, they were afraid! They knew they were about to lose their power on that man! The closer I got to him the more they began to cry out! They were not afraid of me but I am the temple of the Holy Ghost and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world! I commanded those evil spirits to release that man! Immediately that man hit the floor and that powers of darkness had no choice but to release that him, he was free! Why was he free some may ask, well I will tell you why, its because there is a name that is greater than sickness, it is greater than trouble; it is greater than every army, demon, power and any name you can name! It’s the name of Jesus! Oh my goodness, I just have to say that again it’s the name of Jesus! When I am in trouble all I have to do is call on that name! When I am sick all I have to do is call on that name! When the enemy surrounds me and I don’t know what to do, all I have to do is call on that powerful name of Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Oh I dare you to take a minute and call on the wonderful name!

Well that man was not only free from demon power but God filled him with the Holy Ghost! As the meeting went on the altar was filled with sinners crying out to God and the Lord was faithful to meet them. So many people testified of healing and deliverances that we can’t help; but to glorify God!

Be sure to read our next post from Sister Abigail as she continues this report!

God bless you and thank you for praying!

Rev. Melvin Sanchez

A Mission Trip To Haiti

Greetings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus!

Pastor Kalinsky holding a Zambian baby

We are so excited to tell you that on June 27^th, Pastor Eleanor Kalinsky (Pastor of the Full Gospel Interdenominational Church

 in Manchester CT and President of World-Wide Lighthouse Missions Inc.), Adrienne Lautenbach (WWLM T.E.A.C.H. Director), along with Mable Saunders and Dorry Judd will be traveling to Haiti to partner in ministry with  Mission of Hope International.         

Adrienne (right) hugging Peruvian girl

 Mission of Hope International was founded in March of 2000, in the village of Thozin, Grand-Goâve, Haiti, by Pastor Lexidan and Renée Edmé along with their two children Alexis and A Jay.  The Edmé’s came to Grand-Goâve with a vision to positively impact the population spiritually, physically and emotionally. The first work to begin was spiritual, with a church planted in the front yard of a dear elderly gentleman named Pastor Bauvais Gabriel. He welcomed MOHI with open arms and an open heart. At this same time preparations were being made to open the mission’s first school, with preschool through 3rd grade students, including children ages 3 to 17.

   

Pastor Lexidan, Renee ( on right) Alexis (on left) &
A Jay

Pastor Lexidan was born and raised in Haiti and had moved to the US for several years prior to returning to Haiti to start the Mission. Because he is native to the Haiti, he understands all the little nuances and language that foreigners may never pick up on. Being American, Renée brings a different sense of order and accountability to the mission. Working together, Lex and Renée have brought a wonderful balance of Haitian/American values and skills to the mission field.

Many people are still in need!

After 11 years in Grand-Goâve, they are esteemed by their community and are known for being fair, sharing food and supplies with everyone, no matter their religious or political beliefs. They also are not easily taken advantage of, since Lex already knows all the tricks people are accustomed to playing on foreigners.

World-Wide Lighthouse Missions has been a proud supporter of Mission Of Hope International for many years. Pastor Kalinsky, Adrienne and the team are very excited to put their feet where their hearts and prayers have already been.

Feeding!

                        

Educating!

Adrienne recently said "I can't wait to get around the children and just hug them and love them." This truly sums up the hearts of the entire team. While in Haiti the team will take part in the St. Etienne Campus Elementary School and the Thorzin Campus High School graduations. This team will preach, teach and sing at the Annual Pastor and leaders conference that Mission of Hope sponsors. This conference in open to pastors all over Haiti and everyone is expecting a mighty move of God! Please keep this team in your prayers; we know that their hearts will be enlarged with all the things they will see, feel and experience. Every time they walk through a village or embrace a child it will be another testimony they can share of God's faithfulness. We know that God is going to do great things through them and we would like you to keep this team in your prayers. If you would like to give a towards this team's mission trip or towards Mission of Hope in Haiti please click on to our donation page and designate your donation to either mission team to Haiti or Mission of Hope. May God Richly Bless you in advance for your heart in giving to help those that are in need.