Dear Ed,

It takes a lot to surprise a visionary, and when that happens, it’s because God has done something super extraordinary.

This is what happened this month in Argentina. What God did was off the charts, well beyond anything we could have imagined, or asked for. We are blown away by the Holy Spirit!

We saw it. We touched it. We were blessed, and now we want to pass on the anointing and the blessing to you.

We saw a city known as Satan's seat, full of drug cartel violence and intimidation, LITERALLY become God's pulpit to the nation over three days as the spiritual climate drastically changed. The new Governor of the province, who is a man of peace, prayed for us and exhorted us to bring Heaven down to Earth!

Through in-person teaching to 808 national leaders, and daily telecasts to the entire nation and neighboring countries, Ruth and I, with the help of our long-time co-ministers, Dave and Sue Thompson, taught prayer evangelism and Ekklesia principles to thousands of believers who committed to activate their homes as houses of proactive prayer and peace. We then commissioned them to go out into the marketplace, where the intimidation and violence (cartel enforcers regularly extort business owners and then escalate their terror to the point of murder), on top of the effects of a withering economic depression, has been most concentrated.

We organized visits to over 1,000 businesses in three commercial areas, offered prayer to the workers and showed them how to invite Jesus in. Those businesses now display stickers on their windows stating "This Business is blessed by Jesus."

What a privilege it was to be used by God in the company of so many faith-filled believers. Ruth was fantastic ministering and inspiring people. So many women look up to her as a role model. Yes, it was physically taxing, and our bodies like to argue with our spirit, but the latter is stronger. The former shouts our age, but the latter retorts that we are eternal!



Going forward we expect as many as 3,000 leaders to sign up for the next round of the Ekklesia Excelerator. 2,078 just graduated this month. This is a unique opportunity to disciple a nation!

The promise of this for the nation's future was illustrated to Ruth when this boy came to her and told her, “I took the Excelerator and graduated from it!" Diving in his backpack, he proudly gave her a bag with perfume and soaps as a token of gratitude.

He saw Ruth again later and gave his mom’s cell phone number. She asked him if his mom was in the meetings and he said no, they couldn't afford it, but his father was with him. Their family pastors a Church in La Pampa, hundreds of miles away. What a picture of multi-generational families contending for the future.

The map on the left (red dots) was provided by the mayor of Rosario. Each red dot represents crime scenes. The map on the right (blue dots) represents Ekklesias (houses of prayer and peace). Their presence was and remains THE key to changing the spiritual climate.

During the conference there were NO murders in Rosario, and immediately after, the murder rate plummeted! Of course, even one is too many, but this is a sign that the climate is starting to change.

Then, as a cherry on top, three days after the conference, Elon Musk decided to invest in Argentina and encouraged others to do the same. He has also begun a positive relationship with new President Javier Milei. Praise the Lord!

This brings to life the promise of Isaiah 60:3:

"Nations will come to your light; and kings to the brightness of your rising."

ALL OF THIS is why Ruth and I serve the Lord in this way. And we couldn't do it without your partnership. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all who invested to make it possible. We aren't finished yet, so this is why we ask humbly yet fervently for your renewed support. This summer we go to Hong Kong and many other places in similar need of a change in the spiritual climate, so your partnership is needed more than ever. Click here to invest into the next phase!

Your grateful friends in the kingdom,