We will seek what's in the good, behind in life, beyond in truth,
We will seek what's in the good, behind in truth,
Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord!
Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord!
The New York Church visit their sister church in Papua New Guinea for an annual rally or outreach.
Thank you, this means so much!
For the 200 locals from the Port Moresby assembly, this was like a homecoming, a family reunion.
Many of them had walked for hours carrying children just to be here.
Ironically though, these two groups of people had never met before.
They had to speak the other's language except to say hello.
The short flight from the country's capital to Medeng in the southeast
and the subsequent drive here to the church campsite
was just enough time for the Australians to prepare for the official welcome.
God bless!
Welcome Pastor Jeff Luck.
Thank you very much, praise the Lord.
Good to see you sister, Alec.
God bless you.
Praise the Lord.
God bless sister, praise the Lord.
Pastor Jeff Luck from Golbin in New South Wales organizes these trips each year
and is one of the few who understands just how much hospitality means to the brethren in Papua New Guinea.
Handshakes and greetings heartfelt are the beginnings of never-ending friendships.
For some of the Australians, this type of welcome was a new experience.
Lovely to come out, darling.
Nice to see you.
Hello sister.
What name belong to you?
Sister Deanne.
Well that's pretty overwhelming.
It's really wonderful.
I think that they're really sincere and so when they're talking to you,
they're looking right into you.
They really, they just love you and they're welcoming you to their home
and they shake your hand and they say, come in, they really mean it.
They're just so happy to see you.
I think they've been anticipating us coming with such excitement
probably equally as much as us coming here and it's pretty wonderful.
Nice to see you.
God bless you.
Thank you.
How about that for a welcome?
Amen.
My goodness me, that's overpowering and just wonderful.
Would we do this?
They mean it, don't they?
It's from the heart.
It's just amazing.
It's actually like being at somebody's birth.
You know the birth of somebody's baby?
No, that type of thing or being with someone when they're spirit filled again.
It's wonderful.
Amen.
It is just amazing.
Just amazing.
I've been hearing about this stuff for years and years
and to actually come here and experience it, it's just amazing.
This is only the first day so, boy.
Little did they know though what was waiting around the corner.
Of over 300 people, men, women and children had been seated in silence to surprise the group.
It was a moving experience for the Australians
who had been travelling for 12 hours by this stage as one by one they made their way to reserve seating at the front of the tin shed hall.
I welcome you all to our side, the brothers and sisters in a revival scholarship throughout Australia.
Thank you.
In the scriptures, Jesus commands his followers to go out unto the uttermost parts of the world and preach the gospel.
In Papua New Guinea, the journey is made quicker with a few trucks and a few songs.
You need to can go free, hallelujah, in the name of the Lord, praise the Lord.
Help me Lord, help me, help me Lord, you need to can go free.
Come up, the blessed gainer, you need to can go free, hallelujah, the King of us in me, praise the Lord.
Help me Lord, help me Lord, you need to can go free.
It's the first day of outreaching for the National Rally which is being held over three days in the township of Madang.
On this occasion the location for the outreach is a small village market place outside the main township where the notorious Beetle Nut is sold.
Nothing had been officially publicised, however news travels fast and curiosity is a national pastime.
Papua New Guinea is regarded as a Christian country, most of the people here at least believe in God,
which makes preaching the gospel and speaking about the Bible relatively easy.
And the task is made even more straightforward when you bump into old friends and in this case relatives.
That's why I'm explaining to you where I'm staying and as of next week onwards I'll be down at the public tank at the centre.
Wonderful.
So if we, I've got free time.
Is she coming down?
Yes.
Oh lovely.
And then I'll come and see them and then they'll come down and see me.
Wonderful.
Come down and listen and you'll listen to them now, eh?
Yes.
We start up the singing?
What's worth.
Praise the Lord, what a blessing.
Like the culture and lifestyle here, the humility and willingness by the people to listen took some getting used to for the group of Australians more accustomed to rejection.
You can receive the Holy Spirit and you'll speak in another language, another language, not so a language that other people can hear.
It's only you and the Lord knows that language.
It's like just talking to you and the Lord, like you're talking to Natalie and I, it's like you're just talking to the Lord.
That's your own language.
Would you like to have that?
Yes.
No one else can understand what you're saying and you can ask him anything and he will provide it for you.
And it's how you can know that God's real.
Rather than seeing it on paper, just written out on paper, you can have it inside of you and know that it's real, from God, it's from God.
There are more than 25,000 members of the revival church in Papua New Guinea, a movement started by this man, Pastor Godfrey Wippen.
It's his seventh national annual rally.
When we came and started the way back in 1982, 1st of September 1982, it just got started in my village and it just went out like that because of healings.
Firstly, my mother was healed.
She was at the point of death and she was healed by the Lord.
The next day she was up and about, you know, and then many, many more people came and they were healed.
So that news got spread or spread right around the country.
And now the movement is growing big and many, many people are leaving the churches and they're coming here and they will come.
We are going to have a very big movement here.
There's no doubt.
This is God's way.
Two days before the start of the rally, Godfrey makes his way north of Madang by four wheel drive.
Two village chiefs or councillors, as they are known, have heard about the rally and the movement sweeping through much of the country and have asked to speak with Godfrey.
You councillor, God bless you. God bless you. God bless you.
Councillor Kamulo is the village chief responsible for more than 500 people in the lowlands north of Madang.
At first he is friendly but reserved upon meeting Godfrey.
This is not the first time missionaries, black or white, have promised his people social and spiritual transformation and to date without any success.
Well, something 500 men married. 500 men married, yeah.
All together in that long tribal place.
Unlike those before him, Godfrey has been personally invited to the village by the chief.
Councillor Kamulo from the Yibab village has heard about the changes in other villages who have acted upon the message that Godfrey is preaching.
Within minutes of the two men meeting, Godfrey is free to speak directly to the people and waste no time in telling them about the miracles that are happening and the good life that they can have.
The people on my side are blessed. Inside clean, outside clean. They believe God has a plan of saving people too. They have personal experience of God.
About 45 people have indicated that they would like to go to the rally and all have their leader's blessing.
Living here is typical of village lifestyle throughout Papua New Guinea. Although poverty is rare, diseases and sickness is common and despite an apparent sense of well-being, many of the people are in need of help, spiritual and physical.
We have a very big revival movement in this country now.
In fact, many people in this country see a big social revolution taking place here. That's what I described.
Why I say that? Because you see people who had no sense of purpose in their lives before. They were nothing. They were nobody.
They were just simple village people who do not know what's happening outside and what the Western civilization brings.
And today, when they come to the Lord, they come to the fellowship, they are completely changed and they have a bigger, broader understanding.
Personally, they have a sense of purpose. They know what life is all about and what to do, how to look after themselves, build their gardens, make better housing and the surroundings and so forth.
And at large, they also are able to know the outside world, what's going, what is expected of them in the community, you know, and like the government of the country. They can now follow law and order very easily, you know.
And our people in this country look at revival movement and they describe it as social revolution.
Galuun Kassas has a very keen interest in the progress of this social revolution.
He's the deputy head administrator for the Medang province and so far likes what he sees, not only in respect to people in rural areas, but also in the townships.
Basically, I have an open mind on religious issues. I don't take sides. I have an open mind. I understand the life and how things happen and how people behave.
And therefore, I think spiritually, if we allow these activities to go ahead, we may be able to reduce some of our social problems in the country and in the province by having people involved in spiritual activities.
That is my view on the whole matter. I don't support any denominations, say, take sides, but I think I believe in to improve the social being and the lives of people in the country and in the province.
Galuun's motivations for social change may be politically driven, but his observations of the changes that are taking place are also personal and first-hand.
In 1994, his wife Helen was diagnosed with a severe case of adult diabetes.
Six months later, after speaking with people from the revival movement, she was healed.
All my domestic work, I cannot help it. No one is here to help me. I feel dizzy. I have to go to bed.
Early, three times a day, I have to inject myself with the injection.
In the morning, lunch, shower, and in the evening. And I was very worried who's going to help me.
At the same time, I used to cry because no one is here to help me.
And as soon as I repented, baptized, and received the Holy Spirit, I'm instantly healed.
Now, I am more than happy that God saved my life.
It was a physical healing that impacted on the entire family, and one that Galuun acknowledges to this day.
Instead of sleeping in bed, instead of resting, she could go out fishing or gardening or go out walking.
And from there, I learned that she had improvements in her life.
Godfrey has made his way to the second village called Bai, where a further 30 people have indicated that they would like to attend the weekend's rally.
This village is much smaller, and the people are quick to mob Godfrey even before he meets their leader.
As Godfrey waits for the village chief, he meets the village Catholic leader.
This particular village was established 30 years ago and has been of Catholic denomination ever since.
Perhaps surprisingly though, the Catholic leader is encouraging the people to attend the rally.
He said people are ready. People are ready. 35, 36. There are more now.
Since our arrival here, more people are indicating to come. We may have two truckloads, I think.
Good. Praise the Lord.
Those in the village who can read and those who can't study the leaflet promoting the rally.
Miracles Still Happen is the theme and its accounts of miracles which have spread throughout the land from village to village that are causing the revival in this country.
The people see things happening here. Miracles, for instance, spiritual miracles, healings, divine healings.
They can see maybe someone from their tribe or from the clan or from the family who was lame before.
He's now come and one of our pastors or one of our members of the fellowship pray for them and they are healed.
He hopples about and he goes back and says, Hey, hey, hey, I've been healed.
And he says, What's that? That's just right. You were this and that and now you're healed. Tell us what has happened.
These people prayed for me and the Lord has healed me.
So, you know, with this is quite an eye open and people just come.
They said, Yeah, I am sick, too. I want to go, too. I like the type of life, too.
So they just come, you know, and no one can stop them.
Eventually, the village councillor appears and the two men confirm that transport shall be sent from Medang to pick up 30 to 40 people, including the councillor, to attend the rally.
I mean, I think that the way you may like him now, the way you may like him, you know, behind him.
But now revival is the only answer to your spiritual life now.
Amen.
Council leaders, all over something me, I'm leading people on seven strong bloating. I mean, I said, I mean, bring him to the salary and by all the case in talk blog, God nobody can feel him. Life.
I mean, we're going to stop a lot of passing in our case. Some of the highly more some really one of them kinds. Good.
Pushing way blow up. Life. All time. I mean, you know, I mean, I'll get it. You mean, we'll go to something.
Now we play cameras. A boom. And we play like you see through plus something.
I mean, we play. That's a lot of some body, you know, God good play. I mean, he's not long making what we play. Stop. All right. We play. You know, God. We play. Stop.
I mean, we play. Come on. God. Long. Good. I mean, we'll stop all time. That's last me play. Come on. Plenty. Six months. I'm pretty much ready. Plenty. Me play. Come on. Talk. Stop. Life. All time. And me play. Come on.
Stop. Life. Okay. Work. Work. Work. Community. 56 year old counselor Arnold Daku has seven children of his own, but he's like a father figure to the entire village and feels personally responsible for their lives, especially their spiritual ones.
And me, I will send me to talk. So I will. But I can talk to me to go and I'm through. You mean must go inside. You must give him strong.
God. Now, all that something on the ground by finished. Now you mean by seven time. God. Now kiss him all guys strong and make him walk. Less of a body. I mean, learning kind something. The body walking. Business. And by got a soul by leading me. God's by giving. Now lost spirit to me.
To an outsider, it's perhaps hard to imagine that people who live in such idyllic surroundings with plenty of fresh food should be so desperate for change.
In the Western world where stress is becoming a killer, the simplistic subsistence lifestyle of these people is considered uncomplicated and refreshing. It's even envied.
But the truth is that these people in the untouched jungles of Papua New Guinea, living the same way as their forefathers have the same problems and needs as people in Australia.
Some long yellow committee blown flat. Plenty passing second map. Awesome. Passing along. Parapy man or killing man. Now rape, steal.
Pushing. So some of my man, killing man, barapy man. All kind of something else. They say, God, you walk in you me. You missed out on a great time by me. Marking.
So Lord, you mean man is a barapy life. Blunt rap. Blunt man. And just let me know. So you mean like him. Just let something must send his life. Blunt. Blunt. You must have good.
Leo Vangie is an elder in the village. He shares the same frustrations and concerns as his leader. He's not only worried about the present, but also about the future of the village and what it will be like for his children.
So outside man come and look him. So place him and look him good plan. Man look him good plan. So inside you me yet. You me yet. So Lord, this last man, you know, like him. So you must put him you me yet.
So you must put him you me yet. So inside you me yet. So Lord, this last man, you know, like him. So Lord, this last man, you know, like him. So Lord, this last man, you me yet. So Lord, this last man, you me yet. So Lord, this last man, you me yet.
Thousands of people come from all over Papua New Guinea to attend the annual National Rally.
They first arrive here at the Medan campsite where most of them will stay in temporary accommodation dormitory style for the duration of the rally.
Most of the people are from the revival church and have been to a rally before. But for some this trip is their first experience with the church and they have come to observe and perhaps even seek for the Holy Spirit and get baptized.
The first church observers are Jack Wendow and his friend Aloysius Sahaga.
Both men are from Buka in Bougainville and are senior government officials, MPs in fact.
And both have decided to get baptized even before the rally begins.
For Jack the trip is a last ditched effort in his lifelong quest to find the truth.
Although I believe and I prayed for God to help me in many things I did, when I was a policeman I was not a very good person.
I did many things that God didn't, I believe God didn't want me to do.
Going around with women, drinking and doing things, killing.
Possibly I must have killed some people during my police duties. We deal with criminals every day.
And God does not want this to happen. But I did not see anything change my... I didn't see God really.
But I think this movement has something to say. The missing link that I didn't have was the power and the Holy Spirit.
As a former policeman and now a government official, Jack has been as close to the crisis in Bougainville as you can get.
If this church was there before the crisis, I think they would be living like brothers.
I don't think they would be fighting each other. I can see a very big difference with this church.
All of us say we're brothers and sisters. There's no difference.
Whether I'm from Bougainville, I come here, I'm not treated as a Bougainvillean, I'm just everybody else.
So I see a big difference here. And if that church was there before the crisis, I don't think the crisis would have come up or come about.
I strongly believe that.
My whole objective is to go into a life or into an environment that will have to give me a lot more, to give me some encouragement to lead the right way.
As the case is, I've been in many churches too. As a school teacher, I went around the country and I attended all sorts of churches.
I have these personal backgrounds, but I've never had these experiences like what I'm seeing at the moment. It's very great.
Like his friend, Aloysius is deeply concerned about his fellow Bougainvillians and is hoping that he has discovered the key that will unlock the door to peace and harmony in his homeland.
I think there's something missing. We want every person to behave well. We want every people, every individual to be receptive to government services, to church services.
But if they haven't got the right disciplining of the church motives, the church principles, the church disciplining like what I'm seeing here, we're still missing things and we are just talking in front of nowhere.
There's no success there.
Jesus said, if you want to see the miracle, you will never see one. You must believe first and then you will see a miracle. So today you want to see the miracles at the weekend, you believe first.
You'll be baptized and you'll be part of us performing wonders and signs at the oval.
March 16, 15 to 20, believers shall lay hands on the sick and the sick shall recover. We will see this at the weekend.
Amen.
Both men have known Godfrey for a long time. Aloysius in fact went to university with Godfrey and the two have kept in contact over the years. Today is their day of salvation.
Jack, because of the confession of your faith, I now baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Praise the Lord.
Jack is the first to be baptized and although he doesn't receive the Holy Spirit, he feels good and in his words, special.
Aloysius is the next to make his confession in front of the group of locals who have come to witness the start of his new life in Christ.
Aloysius, say these words after me. I confess with my mouth and I believe in my heart that God had raised the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.
Aloysius, because of your confession of your mouth, I now baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
Amen.
Despite the fact that neither man received the spirit, both are moved and convinced that they've done the right thing.
To be able to do my work properly, I need a direction.
If I am not in the care of God, I cannot do my job properly.
I need God's assistance to do my work, to save the people that I want, because I am the people's servant.
I must work for people, not for myself.
And my belief is that if I work as a person without the Holy Spirit or without God with me, I cannot do my work properly.
I cannot serve the people properly.
It's only two days before the start of the rally, and the campsite on the outskirts of the Medeng township is bursting at the seams.
Some of the people have travelled for days to be here in temperatures above 40 degrees.
The accommodation is simple. So too are the amenities and the cooking facilities.
The Word of God says that when we become the temple of God, God lives in us.
God doesn't live in these buildings.
And all these things are to make us comfortable, to hide us from the rain and the sun and the heat and the wind and so forth.
People are happy. They're not complaining about the fact that we do not have big iron roofing buildings.
They're not complaining. It's what is in their hearts, that they are happy and rejoicing.
It's not complaining.
Despite the workload that comes with running the rally, Godfrey prefers to go without sleep and conduct his administration duties at night than to miss fellowshipping with the brethren.
What is your name?
I'm Abinatru.
What is your name?
I'm Abinatru.
It may not be possible to personally greet everyone upon their arrival, but nobody told him that.
Amen. Praise the Lord.
Like many people coming to the revival rally for the first time, this man has a physical need.
Godfrey wastes no time investigating the situation.
His bold approach, even in the most awkward circumstances, is impressive.
You want me to put him here because people are worried.
It's only God who heals. Only God. God will heal you.
I believe you will come and pray for me. I believe you will come and pray for me. God will heal you.
Meanwhile, 10 kilometres away, the Australians have gathered at an open market place where an outreach is being held to promote the rally.
Once again, the willingness of the locals to listen and discuss the Gospel is a welcome change to the reception they are used to back home.
You can come. You can come to the oval. You can listen. You can ask. All you have to do is ask.
Go down and get baptised. Receive God's Spirit. He'll bless you. He'll heal you.
Whatever your needs are, he's a good guy.
We're seeing the miracles in Australia, but we're not seeing the sheer numbers.
And also to be involved in just going out in the street and talking to people and finding that there's a very good reaction to the things that we're saying
and that people are actually interested in what we're saying is a big lift for us, a big boost,
and it also helps us when we go home to be more bold and talk to people ourselves.
We have the same God. We have the same message. God is doing the same things in Australia as he's doing here in PNG.
And God is good, amen? So we're looking forward to seeing many miracles over the next few days.
For Pastor Jeff Luck, this is his fourth trip to Papua New Guinea.
We'll be with the Holy Spirit speaking in other tongues.
So many times I've heard it said in the previous trips from the pastors that this is a new message,
that religion has been in Papua New Guinea for a hundred years,
but this is a new message because this is a message of power. This is a message of science following.
This is a message where the people actually receive something from God other than religious doctrine or teachings,
but they actually receive a power themselves. And the message that has been spoken so many times
about repentance and baptism and being filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues
is a new message to many of these people. And when you hear that there's one doctor for 10,000 people
within the population here and many sick people and many people that are lame and blind and deaf
and dumb and many different forms of sickness, AIDS and cancer with no answers.
These people are grabbing hold of that message with both hands in a very simple approach, childlike faith.
They're coming out and they're believing that these things are going to happen.
The message is being preached here with great boldness and it's being supported with the signs and wonders and miracles.
Believers of this modern day and time, they too shall perform miracles like the Lord Jesus Christ did in His day and time.
Jesus healed the people Matthew 4, 23, Matthew 11, 5.
Remember Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Hebrews 13, 8. And all the people said, Amen!
And all the people said, Amen!
I can hear you. Amen!
That's better.
The first session of the rally goes for three hours.
Speeches, songs and testimonies including this man's account of his healing from HIV AIDS send a powerful message to those who have come.
The rally theme, miracles still happen, is heard loud and clear, particularly by the observers.
There's an estimated three to four hundred people who haven't been to a revival meeting before,
including those from the two villages who Godfrey visited.
Councillor Arnold and his group have settled into the campsite and are listening carefully to what is being said, although their intentions are not made clear.
You come now.
We will pray for you now.
We will help you now.
God is my spirit. God will heal you now.
Eventually the moment of truth for those who want to believe the things they've been hearing.
What are we going to do now?
You are my heart.
With that, let me ask those people to bridge their
More than 150 people have come out to be prayed for.
Among them the lame, the blind and the crippled.
Within minutes of the prayer line operating, this man announces that his sight has been
restored.
For the past 10 years, cataracts have made him virtually blind.
He came forward, he complained that he can't see clearly.
It's like clouds that cover up his eyes.
And then he was prayed for by an Australian pastor.
And he got healing instantly and he said he can see clearly now.
He can see people moving around, he could see them.
And he was just praising the Lord and said I can see now.
And we said God heal you.
We told him that he's happy and he indicated that he wants to be baptised.
How long did he have the eye problem for?
How much time have you been buggered up?
Eight years he has the problem.
As it happens the man is from the Bay village and is a close friend of Councillor Arnold.
The prayer line is powerful.
Many people receive the Holy Spirit and the occasion is moving even for experienced pastors.
It was excellent.
About five people received the Holy Spirit as they came through and they all had been
baptised.
One guy said he got his sight back, an elderly guy.
So I guess that's got to be confirmed.
That was good.
Excellent.
Lots of blessings.
Fantastic.
These people are so simple in their faith for God.
They just want to have the healing that God has given them to the power of Jesus Christ.
They're just so simple and they just know that this is going to happen.
There's a faith towards their God that we don't see at home.
Praise the Lord.
Get some ocean.
Amen.
Many of those who were prayed for make their way to a nearby lake where the first of the
weekend's baptisms are celebrated.
Apart from the language and the type of clothing, these scenes could have taken place 2,000
years ago.
People being fully baptised as required by the Lord Jesus in scripture, all of them adults
or at least of an age of understanding.
It's the Lord calling his people through the demonstration of physical healings and then
of course spiritual healings.
And this is what is happening.
As I said earlier, the Lord says, my people will hear my voice and follow me.
They'll come to me and I'll give them rest.
I'll comfort them.
Many of the 100 who are baptised receive the Holy Spirit with the Bible evidence of speaking
in other tongues.
As we were about to speak with Aloysius who received the Holy Spirit the day before, two
of the people baptised emerged from the water with renewed strength and feeling in their
legs.
Hallelujah.
Praise the Lord.
It's been a
successful day for the church and for God. More than 100 baptisms have taken place, dozens
of people receive the Holy Spirit and are healed, and several hundred have heard the
Word of God. All of this and there are still two days remaining.
101 baptisms today. That's all in particular. One blood man, one blood Mary.
Praise the Lord! Amen!
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It's the morning of the second day, and the people at the main campsite are preparing for another full day of fellowship.
The temperature is already approaching 30 degrees, and most of these people won't be getting back until close to midnight.
The annual rally is the one time the church comes together each year,
and for many of the brethren, just to be here is quite a moving experience.
The accommodation and facilities here are temporary and humbling,
but there is much pride in one's appearance for a Holy Ghost meeting.
Outside meanwhile, the menfolk have emerged from their huts.
Among them, Aloysius and Jack.
48 hours after their conversion, the two MPs from Boganville are starting to feel and look right at home.
Also feeling at ease with what has been an overwhelming experience is the group from the village by.
It's difficult to tell just how much of an impact Peter's eyesight healing has made on leader Albert and the rest of his clan.
But several of them, including 32-year-old Julie, are quickly discovering the power within the message and are contemplating baptism.
Julie was the young woman demonstrating her cooking skills when Godfrey first visited her village.
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said right from the beginning, Councillor Albert is more than happy for his people to
put this biblical message to the test and to make their own personal decisions.
But as each day reveals a new miracle, blessing or conversion within the group, there's mounting
pressure on him to lead by example and only time will tell.
To the unbeliever or skeptic, proof of physical healings comes with time.
In this generation of quick fixes and overnight success, longevity speaks volumes.
29-year-old Tamalong Bobo was healed of cervical cancer five years ago.
Today, the mother of four from Port Moresby enjoys perfect health.
Soon after I was told I had cancer of the cervix.
The world turned upside down for me.
I knew I was going to die because from experiences I've seen my friends dying of cancer of the
cervix as well.
It was just about two weeks ago when a friend of mine died of cancer of the cervix.
And I was in total darkness.
I didn't know what to do.
At the time of her diagnosis in hospital, Tamalong was told about the Holy Spirit and
the power of prayer.
She underwent major surgery and spent two painful months in Port Moresby Hospital with
no signs of recovering from the illness.
After the operation, I was experiencing lots and lots of complications.
I was in a lot of pain.
I could not even do anything.
I just can't get out of bed.
I can't walk.
I cannot eat.
I cannot drink.
I just can't go to the loo.
So I left the hospital eventually.
I went up to Mount Agene, it's a province in Papua New Guinea up in the highlands.
I went on a Tuesday.
I went, observed the revival church.
And then again on Thursday and on Sunday.
And I decided that it's time I have to get baptized.
So I did, I indicated it.
I wanted to get baptized.
I did.
I repented.
I got baptized with a fully machine, received the Holy Spirit speaking in tongues.
And the first miracle that happened to me straight after the baptism, when I got back
home, I went to the loo and I passed out urine.
And it was the biggest thing that happened to me at the time.
Because I just could not pass urine when I left the hospital.
I was always carrying urine bag around with me.
And at the time I saw that miracle and I knew that the Lord was there, that He had healed
me up until now.
I'm free from the sickness.
I'm just enjoying my salvation.
I'm enjoying my life with my family.
I'm just doing what a normal person can do.
Right now it's healings and miracles, wonders and signs that are taking place.
In it is biblical, Mark 16, verses 15 down to 20, the Lord Jesus Christ commissioned
His disciples.
He told them, go out and preach the gospel to every creature, to every nation.
He that believes and is baptized shall be saved.
He that does not believe shall be condemned.
And He said, you, He told the disciples, beginning with you, you will do this and that.
You will lay your hands on the sick and the sick shall recover.
And in this modern day and time, this is what is happening now.
People who have received the Spirit of God, who have personal experience with God, are
doing exactly what the disciples did in the early times.
That is why people are coming.
They can see the healings and miracles, wonders, signs taking place.
For Peter Appas, seeing these wonders and signs is as unbelievable as sight itself.
24 hours after receiving complete and clear vision in eyes that were covered in cataracts,
he is still coming to terms with what has happened.
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first hand by the councillor, something he can't deny.
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Peter's story is not uncommon in Papua New Guinea, and according to Pastor Godfrey, it's
from such testimonies that entire villagers come to know the true gospel.
What we're doing now is we just put oil, but we do not have oil now because it costs money
here.
But we put our hands, according to the scriptures, believers shall lay hands on the sick and
the sick shall recover.
We do that.
We just lay hands on sick people, we pray, and instant healings take place, miracles
take place.
Like at the weekend, those people were witnesses to and they came to the rally.
They saw, they said, they heard, and the word of God healed them.
Like the man with the, what, catharids or whatever, what do you call it?
He was sitting there and he heard and then he came to the prayer and got prayed for and
he was healed.
He testified himself.
Out in the open, daylight.
So things like this happening every day, miraculously, and people go around and they tell them, you
know, and people come.
Like you look at PNG now, PNG, you know, the development, you know, Western development
is taking place in the major towns.
Out in the outback, where thousands of people, the bulk of the population is, there's no
hospital, you know.
There's one hospital to, well, it's not a hospital, we call it health centers, aid posts,
to every 3,000 or 4,000, 5,000 people.
And when somebody's sick, they take him to the little hospital there and they can't help
him.
Well, that's it, you live or die now, you know.
And like us, where the revival church is, the people go, they try the aid posts and
they try everything else and they also try this, you know, traditional medicine through
the superstitious beliefs, you know, witchcraft or witch doctors, healing doctors, you know,
good for healing.
If it's right and everything else fails, they say, let's go to revival people now, we go
to God now.
And they come and when someone, you know, spirit-filled, you know, he prays or she prays
for these people and they are healed, that's it.
They've decided straight away, they decide straight away to be part of the fellowship
now, you know.
This is what is happening, that's why it's growing and growing and no one will stop it.
Thank you, Pastor Daniel, thank you, Pastor Godfrey Whippen and thank you all for having
us here on this wonderful occasion as we look to the Lord.
By day two of the rally, word has spread throughout Medang and hundreds of people from the township
and surrounding areas have come to listen to several speakers including Pastor John
Coolman from Australia.
As the senior pastor of the church worldwide, this is his sixth visit to Papua New Guinea.
From my point of view, it's a great thrill to come and witness miracles firsthand and
to see things happening before your eyes.
But being a white man and a little more skeptical than perhaps some of the locals are, I like
to see some very substantial proof of what has happened in people's lives and I like
to see a sustained miracle of healing.
And I know many people that were healed many years ago that are still in very good health
and holding a very good testimony.
And that to me is very gratifying to meet people that I've known for years and to see
them still in very good shape.
There's an air of expectation and anticipation as people come forward to be prayed for in
the healing line.
Some of the people are extremely ill, some are very young and others are elderly.
But all have found the strength and courage to publicly display their humility by asking
God to forgive them, heal them and fill them with the Holy Spirit.
To further encourage the crowd, a woman who was healed the previous day of a psychological
condition tells her story.
Yesterday I had my baptised and I was totally healed by God.
The place for baptism is only a short walk away from the main oval, but for some just
to walk the few hundred metres would be a dream come true.
During Papua New Guinea, simple illnesses and diseases often result in permanent injury
and tragedy due to the lack of medical assistance.
Each person to be baptised has already been prayed with at the rally and receive a biblical
explanation of water baptism before they are completely submerged into the water in accordance
with Scripture.
Among the onlookers is Jack, the MP from Bougainville and for the first time his wife Rachel shows
some interest in proceedings.
Also deep in contemplation is Julie from Baye and a soft tap on the shoulder from one of
the sisters is nearly enough to convince her that she too should be in the water.
But Julie resists, preferring once again just to observe.
It's impossible for the church oversight, despite their diligent efforts, to know the
background of each and every person who has come forward to be baptised.
Take the man in the yellow shirt being carried to the water's edge for example.
He's been stricken with a horrible disease and hospitalised for the past two months and
was granted a temporary discharge so that he could attend the baptisms, but this is
not known at the time.
Jesus is coming back to the ministry all over the world.
God bless you.
Prayer for the sick and for those baptized
continues on the banks of the lake
for at least 10 minutes.
What is that?
The Holy Spirit.
One by one, people receive
the Holy Spirit with the Bible
evidence of speaking in other tongues.
It's a moving and powerful
moment.
The Holy Spirit.
Praise the Lord.
The Holy Spirit.
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Praise the Lord.
Amen.
We have, we've had many, many people who've come to us, you know, for healing prayers.
And some people are healed instantly, you know, instantly, completely healed.
Others are healed overnight.
Sometimes it takes some days or few weeks to be healed.
From now in a moment, I'm feeling happy.
In a moment now I'm feeling happy.
But when, before I came up here, I was feeling very, very hard.
Because that's something that makes me scratch, hard.
So that's, I couldn't sleep.
My knees are not strong enough.
So that's why I need help.
So I can't lift up my leg.
So I can't move around and lift something like that.
So I can't jump over.
Can't be, because this one is too heavy.
Prior to his baptism, Stephen Tillen from Lixen, north of Madang, was in constant pain
from swollen joints, a severe skin disorder, and was unable to sleep, eat or walk.
Doctors at the nearby Madang hospital had been unable to ease his pain for nearly two
months.
You have faith and believe you actioned it, the water baptized.
Now very strong, bold, positive thinking.
And now as you walk about, you by looking at it, you can walk steady.
And if you are not bold, you go down.
No doubting.
If you are strong, you can walk.
If you are not bold, you can walk.
Take your time, just take your time, steady and walk.
Amen.
Praise the Lord.
You see, it goes, amen.
When we spoke with him shortly after his baptism, the 59 year old father said he was free of
any pain.
I'm feeling very happy.
Not heavy, not heavy, not know anything.
Just walk up and moving on.
It's the first time in a long time since you have walked without the pain.
Yes.
The first time in a long time.
I'm walking with the walking stick.
Why some people receive instant healings and others do not is a question Godfrey is often
presented with.
I put it this way.
I don't know.
Only the Lord knows.
He knows.
That person's heart and so forth.
Some people come, they want to see miracles first and then they believe.
Some people just come and say, I want it.
Give it to me.
I want it.
I like it.
I want to have it.
And they get it.
You know, and many, many people miraculously heal to instantly or over, you know, over a
night or some hours later or some days later.
You know, they're healed and they come back.
Although instant and complete healings have the biggest impact with most people, particularly
those looking for proof, Godfrey believes that God's way of doing things is not necessarily
man's way.
Over the years, he's witnessed many physical and spiritual healings that have taken time
and all have been to God's glory ultimately.
Even though they may not be, you know, the cripples like, for example, cripples, they
not be, they may not be walking, but that peace, true prayer is there and they know
that, yeah, this is life here.
That's life here.
So they stay on even though they may not get off the wheelchair and walk about, but that
peace, true prayer is very powerful.
It's enough to convince that person that that's where you can find peace, you know.
And of course, with the testimony of other people, there's nowhere they can go.
They stay here.
They can see the living testimony of other people who have been in the fellowship, whether
they come through healings, miracle healings, or they are just God conscious people.
They love the Lord.
They're not, they're not many people here in the fellowship to are not even sick, not
physically sick, you know, they just come to the Lord because they were evil before
they were involved in drinking or womanizing or all immorals and they couldn't change
their habits, attitudes.
They're healthy, so they come to the Lord that way too.
And these people too have their lives completely changed and they are in the fellowship as
well.
So you have the people who come because of physical healings, like the lame, you know,
he wants to, he wants to walk or he wants to be healed, you know, and also people who
are not sick are healthy, but they love the Lord.
They want to be Christians.
They want to go to heaven, put it this way.
So they come and with the people who do not get healing, they don't get upset.
They don't get upset.
You know, as I said, once they get healed peacefully inside, you know, they come, even
though they may be still sitting in the wheelchair, but they go to fellowship, they attend the
fellowship.
They love the Lord.
Albert and June Verato and their 13 year old daughter, Elsa, heard about the gospel and
the miracles that God is performing back in 1996.
When people come in contact with this group of people, they see a totally different lifestyle,
a totally different way of presentation in their attitudes, in their appearances.
And that's, of course, attracting a lot of attention.
The other thing and more importantly is the number of healings that are coming out of
this fellowship and a lot of miracles that are taking place.
People who are actually sick with HIV virus are actually being healed.
And there are also people who have been in wheelchairs for several years are actually
walking and they are being seen and witnessed by people.
And those are the two things that are very unique to this movement and that's attracting
a lot of attention.
Albert and June first heard about the truth while living in Australia.
In 1998 they moved back to Papua New Guinea and are now part of the church in Ley.
For Albert, the testimonies of healings have had much to do with the exponential growth
of the revival movement.
Miracles are very common in the revival church because even in Moosby, healings are taking
place in hospitals, it's taking place in churches, it's taking place at baptisms.
You ask the people from Moosby, they tell you of, in fact, one of the age victims, the
person who was healed actually comes from Moosby and he was healed in Moosby.
So Moosby is a very metropolitan city whereas if you look at the rural areas you find even
more astounding miracles in the rural areas.
They tell you of creeks drying up and creeks running in a space of minutes and that's a
phenomenon you can't really put a finger on or even touch or feel but that's happening.
And I think the people in the rural areas are probably a lot more closer to seeing miracles
every day than the ones in the city because the people in the rural areas practically
have nothing to hang their lives on.
The aid posts or the medical services, you know, days walk away from the rural areas
and they don't have those services readily available so what else do they hang their
lives on?
Karama pepe, karama pepe, karama pepe, holy spirit, karama pepe, be like my Allah on
earth, be like my Allah on earth.
This part of Papua New Guinea is a confusing place to visit.
Remote villages that dot the coastline appear picture perfect.
The lifestyle seems almost surreal in its simplicity.
Yet despite all of this, desperate and tragic stories among the people here are as common
as karex and stray animals.
We've got so many sad hearts here, we've got some malnourished people, some paralysed,
so many.
Never walk, some of them don't talk, deaf.
We've got so many sad hearts here too.
We don't know who to help heal their sickness.
While outreaching for the national rally on the outskirts of Madang, two of Pastor Godfrey's
leaders come across a typical situation.
This young man has told them of the sad hearts in his village and leads them to a woman with
a mentally handicapped and crippled young boy.
The church elder explains that he has seen God heal other people of such conditions and
although the woman does not reject the invitation to attend the rally, she says the boy's father
must make the decision, but that he is away.
Not everyone in Papua New Guinea is healed.
Not everyone responds to the word of God.
Despite the tragic circumstance and the plight of the young boy, on his return home his father
rejects the invitation to attend the rally.
Like his good friend Jack, Aloysius is seeing life through different eyes since receiving
the Holy Spirit a few days ago.
His whole mission in life now is to see the message spread throughout Bougainville and
to witness there the same social revolution that is taking place in the rest of the country.
Before he returns home though, his attention is on his immediate family who travelled to
the rally to watch his baptism.
Aloysius is a typical proud grandfather and very close to his 29 year old son Ricky.
He doesn't want to pressure any of his family into making the same commitment he has made,
but his enthusiasm is hard to hide.
My small stay here, some days is a thrilling moment, sharing different backgrounds, especially
miracles which are great news to me.
Ricky is happy for his father and has already seen a remarkable change take place, but at
this stage he is content with sitting on the fence.
He is a heavy drinker and smoker and is currently unemployed, but likes his life nevertheless.
Aloysius' wife Nelly on the other hand has been a churchgoer all of her life and is thrilled
that there is more to the Bible than what she's been told during her years in the Methodist
and Catholic churches.
When I heard about this revival, I decided to come inside and observe what is happening
in here.
So when I came in here, I see different organizations and especially sisters and brothers meeting
each other, not like the United States and Catholic.
With still a few days before leaving for Bougainville, Aloysius is praying that he won't be the
only one returning to start a new life.
Like many of the larger townships and cities throughout Papua New Guinea, Madang has an
array of social and community problems.
Unemployment is high and so too is the crime rate.
Although the people are generally not violent, Western influences such as alcohol and various
drugs have taken a toll on large sections of the community over the past 20 years.
On any day, the local courthouse is always overflowing with people who've committed
petty crimes and according to the local authorities, the instances of more serious crimes are growing
each year.
But despite all of this, Papua New Guinea is considered a Christian country and a large
percentage of the people attend church services religiously.
Christians such as the Lutheran and Catholic churches have been in the country for more
than 100 years and until now have been the face of God in Papua New Guinea.
It stands to reason then that these same churches have the most to lose as the revival church
makes its presence felt.
Technically speaking, it talks about someone having to come before and planted, making
the garden, he would make the garden and the garden would be ready, like the popos in the
garden would be ripe and the bananas would be ripe and the charo and yam would be browned,
ready for harvest.
And then someone, one day already, someone would walk in with his basket, with his string
back, and he would collect all this food from this garden that he didn't labour for.
Someone else did.
And this is what it's about, it's biblical.
John 4.38 says so.
Pastor Jebre Colap has been in charge of the Madang Memorial Lutheran Church for the past
30 years.
He doesn't like churches who define salvation in such a black and white manner, nor does
he believe that healings take place in Godfrey's church, or anywhere else for that matter.
I didn't believe this, but they always say like they heal the people, they had the sick
and some kind of paralysed people, but I didn't believe them.
According to the 63 year old pastor, churches should not be criticising one another, but
should be working together for a common goal.
Nearly all of the established churches and religious leaders in Papua New Guinea share
the same sentiments, all of course except Godfrey.
Revival Church, they say other churches are not good.
They criticise all of us, like United Church, Lutheran Church, Catholic Church.
Well firstly, I am not criticising churches.
I am not criticising individuals.
It's the doctrines.
They came into this country, as I said, for over 100 years now.
Over 100 years now they have established themselves here.
But as I said, nothing is happening spiritually.
People have come here, or churches and missionaries have come here.
I say missionaries failed because they embarked on big things.
Churches became an institution type like setting here.
They set up big buildings, huge hierarchy, and the symbol gospel that they have come
for is lost.
It's not there.
So that is why people like me, I am talking of an experience.
I myself have been in these churches.
When I was sick, I went to the head of my church, the previous church, Catholic Church.
They sent me to the hospital, and I said to myself, the word of God says, believers shall
lay hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover.
And he is supposed to be the believer of God, believer of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And he should be able to pray for me, and the Lord God that he believes in should be
able to heal me.
Now why is he referring me to the hospital?
To another man?
To heal me.
So he did that to me, and I went and went, and then I ended up knowing the truth.
God is alive, all that I talk.
God is good, all that I talk.
God gives his Holy Spirit to his people, all that I talk.
God is here, all that I talk.
I went to the right place, right church.
They prayed for me.
I got healed by the grace of God.
And that is my testimony.
And so now I am not criticizing churches.
I believe the word of God condemns stitch churches.
The word of God itself rebukes stitch churches.
And it's there, self-explanatory.
It's the third day of the national rally, and one that Jack and his wife Rachel will
never forget.
Back home in Boganville, she is the president of the Methodist Women's Fellowship.
But today she's decided to be baptized and to ask God for the Holy Spirit.
It's the last chance for baptism, and several people from Bai, including Julie, have decided
that they can't leave without at least putting Godfrey, the church, and more importantly
God to the test.
More than 80 people make their way down to the water's edge for baptism.
A few have already received the Holy Spirit, but most have not.
Even in this humble land, pride is still a hurdle that needs to be overcome at a time
like this.
Especially for someone like Rachel, who's been attending a mainstream church all of
her life.
Julie on the other hand has been anything but a churchgoer.
Back at the village, she has a reputation as a troublemaker, and is hoping that this
simple ceremony will be the start of a new life, and a new way of life.
As Rachel makes her way into the water, Jack can hardly contain his joy.
That's incredible.
We head back to the next quick version!
Neither woman receives the Holy Spirit in the water,
but this is just the beginning and it's only a matter of minutes before yet
another prayer session takes place, this time on the banks of the lake.
It's the final meeting of the rally held in the cool of the evening and several
hours have passed since the baptisms took place. Julie has received the Holy
Spirit with the Bible evidence of speaking in other tongues. She's not
alone. Several of her friends from the village have also been baptized and
received the Spirit. It's a moment they had been anticipating ever since Pastor
Godfrey first went up to their village, yet in this moment of truth Albert, the
village chief, is still unmoved. Deep in thought in these final few hours of the
rally, he must be wondering what affect the conversion of many of his people.
Plus Peter's healing testimony will have on the rest of the village back home.
Good news also for the two MPs from Bougainville and their families. All four
leave the rally baptized. Aloysius and Jack are filled with God's Holy Spirit
and all four return to their troubled home with a zeal that could spark a new
beginning for Bougainville.
For people who live in a sheltered and almost secluded existence, this
experience has been overwhelming for Peter Abbess, leader Albert and the rest
of the tribe from the village called Baye. In just a few days the world as
they knew it has been turned upside down. But as you can tell from the smile on
Julie's face, the future for this group of people is very exciting. They may not
fully comprehend the ramifications of their actions, but Pastor Godfrey has
seen it all before. So when these people go back and there is order among them,
there is discipline among them, it's it's gonna involve other people as well. And
as I said there will be a church in the village, no doubt. And this happens
everywhere. As I said people have been in the churches for over a hundred years
now. You would say nothing doing. So they're looking for reality, you know.
For those still in camp, saying goodbye to new brothers and sisters can take a
long time. But this is Papua New Guinea and there is always plenty of time. Jack
and Aloysius have returned to the campsite where they were baptized just
three days ago. Together with their wives and families, the two have started their
journey and their dream to bring God to Bougainville, or perhaps more precisely
Bougainville to God. My future thoughts are that this is a good thing if I have
to go back home and do this or pass this across to the people back at
Bougainville because this is what we've been missing. You know things just
suddenly changed my life as soon as I entered here. I'm a great man of the, you
know, the past especially to do with this physical living on earth but there's no
balance in the spiritual living so I'm really glad that I've got some balance
in life now.
To date more than 25,000 people in Papua New Guinea have been swept up in this
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And for the group of Australians led by pastors
John Coolman and Jeff Luck, this final chorus session on the banks of a river
was the only fitting way to end a life-changing experience.
It can be traced back to the Lord of course but the Lord's instrument has been
the pastor Godfrey Whippen and he's just a great inspiration in all aspects of
his life and we just admire the man and though he's not God, he's one of God's
very faithful helpers so I guess that sums it up Greg as to my views of things.
I'm talking to people now that I met in 1997 who were rascals on the streets of
Port Moresby who did carjackings and rapes and murders and four years later
they're here still testifying of a miraculous change. The change continues.
It's not something that happens this weekend and we all go away and everyone
goes back to the way they were. It continues.
I believe it will grow big. It's gonna grow big because Papua Nugeneza are
God-conscious people. They like the Lord but one thing that is missing in their
lives it's the Holy Spirit. Many churches today in right throughout the country
they talk about you receiving Jesus as your personal Savior and you confess
your faults to one another something like that you know and then you become
Christian but to become a real Christian is that one must be born again after
the water of the Holy Spirit. John 3, 3 to 5, Acts 2, 38 and this is what the Lord is
I mean this is this is it this is salvation there is no other way and I have a very
good man here including my own people to back it up to back up the church even if
I go out tomorrow they will still back up the church and the church is gonna
grow the foundation has already been laid.
Down comes the rain of the latter days rain. It's the Spirit of God moving through this land.
Repent and be baptized every one of you so that your sins shall be forgiven
and you will receive the promise of the Holy Ghost. Down comes the rain.
Yesterday I had my baptized and I was totally healed by God.
He prayed for me over the phone from Vivek over to Rabal. He prayed for me on
the phone in speaking in tongue and then I got an instant healing.
I heard about the good news that we must repent, baptize and receive the Holy
Spirit. So I followed the instructions. I was baptized, received the Holy Spirit
and I was healed instantly.
I saw a woman go down to the water in a wheelchair and walk out and that's very
exciting and just to see PNG faces rejoicing clapping singing chorus is a
very exciting time.
God is doing the same things in Australia as he's doing here in PNG. God is good,
God is good.
I pray you are right now. You are also right now. We have a big plan now.
We have a big plan.
Now I am more than happy.
God saved my life.
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