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November
25, 2004
Cliff Bell Family Ministries
Announcing 2 additioins to our family!
Dear Friends,
I have heard that "no news is good news." In
our case no news means lots of news. I just haven't had time to
write about it! There have been many battles and many victories!
I will try to catch you up a little during this holiday season since I
will be closer to home and traveling less. These last
few months have been a fast-paced adventure with hardly room to breath!
God has been more than good - He has been awesome! We have
seen many miracles and I want to share all that He has been doing.
But today I will keep this more personal.
We thank God for adding two new members to our family! Today
we celebrate one week since we were blessed with Adam (age 13) and Rose
(age 10). Adam and Rose are our nephew and niece and have come to
be a part of our family. It is a long story, but to keep it short,
God sent them to us to give them a new start and a new life. They
have had a difficult life for being so young. But God loves them
and so do we. We have been praying for them for years and are very
blessed that God saw fit to send them to us where they will hear about
Jesus.
We had just three days to prepare for Adam and Rose's arrival.
I had just returned from Monterrey where I held prophetic training seminars
(I'll send a report on that next week). So I hit the ground running.
This is a huge transition for everyone, but God's grace is covering us.
We have been in constant contact with our intercessory team as there has
been intense spiritual warfare from before they arrived. But the
Lord is good! We look forward to our future with six children instead
of just four! Jeremiah and Adam seem to get along well as
do also Rose with Tabitha and Ashley. There are still some major
issues to deal with as we proceed, so we covet your prayers.
We thank God because we see God is fulfilling His promise He made
to Dianne many years ago that He would bring restoration and revival to
her family - and that He would use her to help bring it about! We
rejoice that it is finally beginning to happen.
We thank God that He is our Provider! Even though donations
have been down and our expenses have been increased God is meeting our
needs on a daily basis. We look forward to see how God provides
an abundant Christmas celebration for our family! We have God's
promise of increased finances and we are extending our faith for at least
another $1,500 per month. We are sowing abundantly and we will
reap abundantly.
I thank God that I was able to attend Christian International's October
conference. God even provided for me to attend Bishop Hamon's
50th anniversary celebration dinner! It was great to see many of
you there! I got my batteries charged up! Then, shortly after
I returned Dianne got to attend a workshop with Eddie and Alice Smith
and get her batteries charged up also! God knows how to prepare
us for upcoming battles! So we are encouraged and are pressing through
to victory.
I thank God that even though things got complicated regarding my FM-3
papers and I have not yet received them, things are finally looking up!
We had a few false starts because I didn't have all the specialized documentation
the Mexican government requires. However, I now have the letter
I need from the Methodist Church to proceed. I also have a Christian
attorney in Monterrey who is working with me. I still need to
get a couple of documents to verify our finances, but then all is a green
light. This time everything will be submitted in order and I expect
a quick and positive response from Mexico City where the papers will have
to be approved.
We thank God that He is Jehovah Rapha, our Healer! A few days
ago Angela, our oldest daughter, had an accident on her bike...
She wound up with a chronic pain in her shoulder. Instead of getting
better it seemed to get worse, and the affected shoulder started drooping
about two inches. So we took her to the emergency room last night.
Even there, God had His people there to minister to us! One of the
nurses was a Christian who knows of Bishop Hamon and was able to make
sure Angela had what she needed. She told Dianne that she had never
been assigned to the emergency room before and felt that it was a divine
appointment. The x-rays showed no broken bones. The doctor
told us to wait and see if the pain goes away. He said that if the
pain does not go away he wants an MRI done as it would indicate a
possible tear in the ligaments or rotator cuff that would require surgery.
So we are standing on God's Word and proclaiming that Angela's shoulder
will recover without any surgery. The same God who has been
healing people all over Mexico in our meetings will also heal at home!
A few weeks ago I led a congregation in an activation for the gift of
healing. There were many healings and miracles. One of the
most notable miracles was of a man who had a severely damaged back.
He had had surgery to put a metal rod in his back to keep it rigid.
He could not bend over and could hardly walk right. But God healed
him completely and just dissolved the metal rod! He began bending
over and touching the floor with his whole palm (not just his finger tips)!
I can't even do that! Our God is an awesome God! We thank
Him for the privilege of ministering to His people in Mexico and Latin
America.
Last, but certainly not least, Dianne and I thank God for you
who are supporting us and praying for us. We pray God's blessing
upon you and your family this Holiday season.
Your Servants,
Cliff & Dianne Bell
November 25, 2004
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