Oliver's Testimony!

More of his story:

http://www.europeaninitiative.com/media/entry/olivers-story

The Enemy has to Leave

There was this one song that our dance team performed called Your Great Name by Natalie Grant and it soon became our "Battle Song". Whenever the enemy was trying to stop what were doing we would always start dancing this song...and let me just say...the Devil did NOT like this song! Everytime it was danced, something would go wrong. [the time with the speakers...guess what song we were trying to play]. Once in at Alexanderplatz the girls had begun to dance this song and out of no where this man comes out to the girls (while they are dancing) and starts mocking them and dancing around them, but he always went around them as if he couldn't break into the circle. Well there is a part of the song that goes "The enemy, he has to leave at the sound of your great name," and at that this man starts running around their dance circle screaming "Scientology! Scientology!" Our leader Cedric stood in front of him and said "I rebuke you devil in the NAME OF JESUS!" and Immedietly this man stood straight up and saluted. and while Cedric and some other adults began to pray this man could not move as if something was holding him in place. When the dance had finished the man apologized and in a whole different voice said "I'm so sorry, I never act like that I don't know what came over me." and then he asked for more information about Jesus. God - 2 Devil - 0

Oliver: With a Twist!

While we were in Berlin we met a boy named Oliver who was about 16, 17 years old. He was at one of the outreaches and he sat through one of our entire outreaches just watching. Cedric went up to him and began to share Christ with him and he decided to give his life to Christ. the next day Oliver met us again for one of our outreaches and his countenance had changed drastically! He smiled constantly and he absolutely loved what we were doing. Once on the way to dinner he was walking with us and he passed a street musician under a bridge. I watched as he went over to the man took out his wallet and dropped some cash into the man's guitar case. He then sat down next to the man and started talking to him. he asked me to bring his dinner out to him and when i did instead of eating it he gave some to the man and began to tell him about Jesus! 24 hours after being saved and Oliver already began living out the commandment to become a missionary. God blessed us with him as another translator who could now share his own testimony! He had such a fire lit inside of him and it was amazing to watch it burn in this dark city. Cedric asked him on our last outreach day after church if he had started at all reading the German Bible we had given him and he said yes, he had 2 more pages left. and Cedric asked,"...of the chapter?" and he answered no, of the entire new testament! We were all amazed that in 2 days he had wanted to read so much of his bible! By the time we left he had already finished reading the entire bible. Now the night after the first church service we asked him to go to church with us the next day as well and he said he would meet us. But the next morning he wasn't there to meet us so we went onto church. We found out later he had been hit by a car on his way to meet us. [the devil once again] He is fine but still healing from it so I ask that you pray for our young brother in Christ!

The Exorcism (Not the Movie)

The night we had our mini concert in Poland, there was a woman sitting on the front row after the show and our dance teacher Mrs. Scott went over to go talk to her. Mrs. Scott started talking to her about the message that was shared and talking about how God can free us from the sin and from the devil. and Catarina asked her, "The devil?" and Mrs. Scott said yes his name is Lucifer. and the woman leans over and says, "Oh, yes i know him, he talks to me all of the time" At this some of the other adults went over to Caterina and started talking about how Christ offers freedom from the devil you just have to accept His grace. They asked her if she wanted that and she said yes. So they started praying over her telling the devil he had no foothold over her life anymore and immedietly she started heaving, almost as if she were throwing up but you couldn't see what was coming out. She began yelling and screaming and the team in the room all began praying harder and louder. The dance team began to sing songs like "The enemy has been defeated" or The Great I Am (2:12) which says,

"The mountains shake before Him

The demons run and flee

At the mention of the name

King of Majesty

There is no power in hell

Or any who can stand

Before the power and the presence of the Great I am

While we were singing and praying she (or rather it) began to yell loud and curse and Jeff Serio shouted "In the name of Jesus, identify yourself", and a handful of people could here the words loud and clear when the voice came out of her saying, "I am lucifer". [Later after talking about it we realized that not everyone had heard what she said. To some (mostly the younger students) it sounded like she was just yelling and roaring, but to others they could here exactly what the demon had said very clearly which shows that God was shielding the ears of those who did not need to hear it!] So we all began praying harder and harder as the demons fought to stay inside of her. When we thought it was over, one of the leaders said it still wasn't out and that there was still something in her hands. we asked her if she had ever done anything evil with her hands and she said she used to work with energy and black magic. so again we began praying. We had to repeat the same process over her eyes as God revealed to someone else in the group another area of need. Several times we tried to get her to read the bible but once she was reading she would pass out. So finally we took out our prop bag and grabbed a white jacket (which was worn by Greg who played Jesus in the drama) and draped it over her. She had calmed down enough to tell us that she used to have these dreams that Lucifer would come to her and tell her she would never be free of him, and she would be in chains. Before she could ever find out how to break free she would always wake up. She had been having this dream for years...and it was only now she had found deliverance.

Catarina is now a born again christian free of the demons that were once inside her. She came out to dinner with us after that exhausting experience. She looked radically changed from when she had first came into the theater. We all celebrated and rejoiced in the victory God had provided.

(Not by might but my His Spirit)

Was this experience scary? No...not really. because at the time everyone jumped into a role. It really wasn't us working but the Holy Spirit. We had people as young as 13 on up on our team and yet everyone was moving in the spirit.

I feel so blessed to now have a powerful testimony to share. God hand picked every person in our team to be there for this and it something I will never forget.

I wanted you all to hear about this story because while its not something people like to talk about, it proves, the devil is REAL. demons are REAL. hell is real. But guess what also is real? God is REAL. God's POWER is REAL. God's LOVE is real. God's PROMISES are real. and God's WORD is real.

Every time we were spirtually attacked in Europe it made me smile to know that God is on my side. He is the Victor and he has already won.

Poland Newspaper!

Here is a very rough translation, by OCR the image, running it through Google translate and then editing out non-sense words.

July 12 - Wyszków had the opportunity to meet with members of the community of Valley Creek Church to our town came up from Texas, on specialinvitation of the Christian Fellowship in Wyszków.
Co-organizer of the meeting was Wyszkowski Worship Centre "Hutnik." Here, in the hall, could see and hear him a special program of artistic, prepared by the youth from the United States. Singing and dancing were a form of evangelism and prayer. Each song, the system choreography and drama formed a separate story about man and God, sin and redemption, with a great love of the most healing wounded souls. Pastor stressed the importance of followingJesus. - Faith without making (works?) is dead. Demons also believe that Jesus is the son of God. Only by following Christ, imitating him, we can be saved. Giving him every part of our everyday life, without compromise. the choice is simple: God or Satan.

The official part of the prayer is finished, then it's time to talk and relationships with the guests. Valley Creek Church is a Christian church. It was foundedby the pastor and his wife, Kevin and Lisa
Evans in the Dallas area in 1992. Initially community members met at the home of a pastor, then moved to cinema, then to district schools, later still, toshopping centers. The mission of the church is
forming a community of disciples of Christ who will strengthen in his circle of family and influence the nations. Valley Creek Church is first and foremost a community operating on the local plane.

They just proclaimed the Gospel to the whole town for us! Brilliant!

Applebees Fundraiser!

Hello All :)

Its been a blessing recieving funds for my trip, and as you continue to bless me, Our team would like to serve you! (literally) ORDER UP!

This Saturday from 8-10 am the Berlin Missions team is having a fundraiser at Applebees in highland village near Walmart! Its a Breakfast Buffet featuring some delicious pancakes! It be awesome if you could come out and support the Valley Creek's Mission Team this summer! Proceeds go towards the trip!
you can make a small contribution to the trip for everyone and get some yummy pancakes at the same time! Its a Win-Win!
The cost for the Buffet is $10 per person. Please email me back so I can set up a time where i can get you your ticket! We would love to see you out there.

Morgan

P.S. I am still taking personal contributions! I have $900 more to raise! More than half way there! :)

QUICK UPDATE: AIRLINE TICKET PAID!

Thank you thank you thank you!

It is official. I am going to Germany. Or atleast I have my plane ticket. BUT (yes here comes the but), I still have to raise $1400 by the end of May to complete my trip cost. You have been giving so faithfully so far, that you helped me to reach the first part now please help me make it to the second deadline.

I was amazed that most of the people who gave, I didn't know. It really shows how you gave faithfully. thank you.

If you are one of those people who have already given I have 1 word for you: FORWARD!
Please please please forward my emails I send you to your friends. I don't know who is going to give but God does.

Thank you all SO much for going on this journey of trust with me :)

Morgan

NEED TO MEET FIRST DEADLINE OF $1250 SUNDAY!!

Just wanted to send out a quick update on my trip to Berlin with my dance team. (If you haven't heard, feel free to click on my blog URL at the bottom of the site to read about the trip)

First of all THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN ALREADY, your money is being used for the kingdom of God, and I know he will bless you for it.

Second of all, I NEED TO RAISE $1250 MORE DOLLARS BY SUNDAY (4/17/11) in order to secure my plane ticket for the trip. So its most definitely not to late to give because after that I still have the remainder portion to raise by the end of May.

Asking for money most definitely is not an easy thing to do, some of you I don't know that well, but then I realized this really isn't about me.
This gives YOU a chance to participate in a missions trip. there are so many parts of a missions trip, and funds is a very significant part of it. Its giving back to God what he has given you, just like tithing except you get to witness the fruit in a specific area, and in the case its evangelism.

I went to the Gateway Women's Conference this weekend with my mom and one of the speakers talked about how God loves to take believes the long way around. Where we have to continually trust in Him every single step of the way as we watch his miracles happen gradually, not all of a sudden. And by slowly walking with him, you get to see other people affected and changed by the same miracle. I believe God has me on this process right now, and He wants me to share this experience of faith with not just the people I know well, but the people who He knows well.
I don't know your situation, but I know God is in control of it.
So will you witness a miracle with me, and help make it happen?

"When Jesus got the message, he said, "This issue is not fatal. It will become an occasion to show God's glory by glorifying God's Son."
May this become an occasion to Glorify Christ!

In Christ,

Morgan Saulsberry

email me at a.beautiful.mess.94@gmail.com to get the address to send the money.

P.S. The mission field has all sorts of needs, financial, prayer, support etc. I would love it if you would FORWARD this email to your friends who have a heart for the Nations and for God's people even if they don't know me, because this trip is not about me, its about seeing God's light penetrate the darkness in Europe.

Last Year's Letter Explaining the Trip

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I can not begin to express my deep gratitude for everyone’s prayers, support and donations. Going to Berlin was a huge eye opener. So many people there have never picked up a bible, or even heard the gospel. It’s like a dark cloud hovers over Europe and it was the most amazing thing seeing how wherever we made our mission field, the light began to penetrate through. Past trips have said that the hearts of Berliners are very closed and they don’t care to listen to what you have to say, but thanks to all the prayers sent before us, no one refused to hear what we had to say. The Berlin Trip of 08 – 1 person was saved. Trip of 09 – 2 people we were saved, this trip 23 people individually accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior. Many more have at least heard the gospel. Christophe Domes, a German evangelist, told us that our job was to share and God’s job to convince. So we continually pray for the seeds we have planted in Berlin that eventually they will choose the path of Christ.

While we were in Germany it was clear that we were in a spiritual war. You hear that phrase a lot but it never seemed more real. Again thanks to all the prayer that went up, we were sufficiently covered by the blood of Jesus to withstand any attack. I could literally feel his protection so mightily, that I was confident that I could walk anywhere, into the darkest part of Berlin, and I would be protected. It is the best feeling in the world to experience the presence of God and I was able to experience it daily. I find it so interesting that when we leave our homes it seems like we can experience God on a whole new level. I think that should give us an incentive to leave more often, because once we decide to live for Christ we have to leave our comfort zones and everyday surroundings so we can get a glance on a few of the MANY things he has and is doing for us. And that’s why we go on trips, so we can tell people the same thing. Spread the fire, spread the love.

Thank you for the opportunity to see some amazing things. I hope it encourages you to go out there and experience them as well. I couldn’t have gone on this trip without your help financially, and spiritually. Over this trip I have grown spiritually, and I thank God for the continual revelations and relationships he brought on this trip. Thank you all again!

In Christ,

Morgan Saulsberry

Back to Berlin

As dance is universal and can cross language barriers. It is very exciting that God would use us in this way. The team was asked if we could quickly get together for a trip to Berlin, Germany that had already been planned for July 3-15. We would be most appreciative if you can help. No amount is too small as the Lord can take 1 loaf of bread and 2 fishes and multiply what we have. I ask only that you give what God leads you to give. Any amount can help.

Last year I was able to go and it was an AMAZING experience. Here is the video of our team last year: Celebrate in Christ's Victory with us :)

http://vimeo.com/13838611

We were personally invited back to Berlin this year to cultivate more with our dance and our testimonies.