Sons of Thunder

07-21-10 Bro Amos preaches on … and many come to the LORD.

Dear Robert,
I am so glad to seize this opportunity and talk to you again. how are you doing now? are you still pushing to South Africa? If so then,God will bring you safely. For me am so well, Am doing the work of God and is openly showing me his great hand being with me on his work.I would be like to let you know every thing to the ministry of God I am serving in, but for problem of limited resources,I just using the little minutes on the net which can’t allow me to talk more.

Yesterday 20th july 2010 at 05:30pm, I was preaching the gosple in the church called VICTORY MISSION CHURCH at KABUGA , but the moments was so wonderful! many people have got deliverance while I was preaching on THE POWER OF PRAYERS.
when I was coming buck to Kigali ( becaose i was preaching in citysurberbs) I Also preached in the bus and man saved and confess,the 2nd great thing is that the person told me that he had been an OPIUM smoker for more than his ten yaers,but he disided to turn to Jesus!

God bless you. Bro Amos

07-19-10 Bro Eliezer inquires about Romans 11

Hello sir, (Shalom aleikum) from the last lesson.
I just watched an interview on daystar with someone called Bob Mendelsohn and he has an awesome testimony. It is wonderful how the power of the gospel is able to change lives and bring salvation. I think u should check out his website .
I want to note that he talked about Rom 11 as an evident sign of the end times I would like to know about your thoughts on that.
We are growing in the Lord and now we are going to do our first outreach as a Youth ministry this weekend, I will send u a report after it is done. Meanwhile pray for more labourers and more souls to be won. Looking forward to hearing from
U sir. God richly bless you.
Bro Eliezer

07-19-10 Bro Daniel from Abidjan Cote’Voire FBF asks for mission in September,

dear rev robert ephrata
i am writing from abidjan and concerning i received from you. i just want to enquire on september propragram.if you are still coming let know.so that i can prepare myself not to travel and make awarenees.before your coming.
pasteur daniel.

07-18-10 Bro Prasanna from East India FBF writes in,

DEAREST BELOVED PASTOR .ROBERT AND NEAREST BELOVED FAMILY,

Greetings to you in the holy name of our lord Jesus. How are you Dear PASTOR.ROBERT EPHRATA and Near Beloved Spiritual family? How is your health? We have been praying for you, your health and your family. Thank you very much for your holy prayer and love on us. We love you and we miss you.

Here God is keeping us busy in His ministry and expanding kingdom of God where it is not reached. New places we stated new churches, night prayer meetings, whole night fasting prayer meetings and new areas we are reaching. Thank you very much for your Holy prayer for us. These all things are done because of God’s Grace and your Holy prayer and support only

Today we had wonderful service in our church and we spend much time in prayer and worship. We prayed for you, your health and family. please church need your support to the poor widows , orphens children our leper brothers and sisters . All poor widows, orphan children, lepers brothers, churches, believers and family convey their prayers, love and big hugs to you, your family and church.

YOU ARE IN OUR HEARTS AND DAILY PRAYERS.

Your brother in Jesus.

Pastor.Prasanna and Family

07-15-10 Bro Michael from Geita FBF receives FBF Team

To my dear father Robert

Praise the lord

Dear father thank you very much for your loving email, I thank god to get you, because you’re very kind to us. God bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!

To day I just want to inform you that PASTOR JAMES and his father BISHOP AMBROSE from Kisumo Kenya were here for four days preaching the word of God .now they have already back to KENYA.GROLY TO GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Father when will you come to GEITA, it could be good to know the month so that we can start to make an arrangement and the timetable.

Father I m very happy to hear that you have started new F.B.F AT Cape Town

GOD BLESS YOU!!!You have good vision on expanding the kingdom of god. BE BLESSED!!!!

BE BLESSED FATHER, GREET ALL THE SERVANTS OVER THERE.

Yours truly,

Pastor Michael E

07-14-10 Bro James FBF Attaché writes in for the mission Team he is leading… please keep them in prayer!

Dear Brother ROBERT,
Please thank you so much for you all the informations i have received from you. Lots of emails sorry haven’t checked since my jouney started right back in nakuru and nairobi when yu rung me. So has been busy and exciting news my father caught fire and joins me for Tanzania and Zanzibar till tis weeked when i will proceed to malawi and Zambia for the declaration of the kingdom and meeting some church leaders there. Please will let you know more of the further trip and the iternary thank you.
Brother James.

07-10-10 Bro Amos writes in

Dear Bro Robert,
am so glad to greet you in the name of our lord Jesus, it’ve been long time without talking together. How are you dopng there? I hope that the work of God going well as long as we still having Gog besides us, fear not. Let me take this oppoetunity to let you know that you’ve become great Blessing and preavilage to me and to my country in general.
Forsure I ‘ve been among of the devoted christians since I got saved,but I started to make people to God more seriousily after meet with you. You seems as if you became a SPIRITUAL CATALYST for the evangelism. Now I started to make evangelism on the streets and I use to buy BUS tickets so that I can preache the Gosple to the passangers and God had really changed his people whereby after preaching the passanger continue to tell me that “GOD BLESS YOU” and others get saved immediately.I thank God for that and Am waiting more than that one .Continue pray for me so that God could empowering me moe as grace it is. Thank you so much my beloved Father and Bro In Christ.
I am still loving you.   Bro Amos

06-29-10 Bro Gabby sends in missions report from Goma, DR Congo

GOMA (NORTH KIVU) MISSION REPORT

The ship departed at 7:30 AM and within six and half hours we were in Goma town. The pastor’s vehicle was having a breakdown, so I used public transport means to get to the church venue. I was hosted in the pastor’s house and I got integrated very quickly. The pastor’s wife and children were loving and very kind to me. The shared the below message with the saints in Thursday overnight meeting and Sunday meeting and we were all blessed.

Message theme: “GREAT THINGS OF THE OTHER SIDE”

Luke 8: 19-21: “Jesus is preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God and His relatives (mother and siblings) come to see Him. Jesus knew that His mission was more than just to familiarizing with His relatives, something which is naturally ordinary but He focused upon the extraordinary; - that is to reach out people beyond His family sphere and make them part of the big family of God.

As our Lord Jesus, we must realize the ordinary in our comfort zone and aim for the extraordinary. God intention for us is to see us excel from glory to glory through the power of the Holy Spirit – 2 Cor. 3:18. He wants us to increase in all things: knowledge of the truth, anointing, wisdom, favor with God and man, good works, prosperity, etc. If you do the same things now and then, obviously you will have the same result. However, when you do a new thing you will certainly obtain a different result and this is applies in all sectors of life.

Luke 8:22 and Mark 4:35: “Jesus makes up His mind to go to the other side of the lake”

He envisioned to exploring the other side. Identifying the ordinaries in your sphere will give you VISION for the extraordinary and the means of transport to the extraordinary is FAITH. It is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.

Mark 4: 36-38, “Jesus and His disciples entered the boat and sailed off but in the course of their journey a great windstorm arose and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling”. In your journey to the extraordinary at every level you will face waves, pressure which will oppose you but you must be assured of 2 important things:

1. Jesus is in your boat: your faith must be only in Jesus Christ our Lord. You must keep your focus upon Him rather than on the waves.

2. You must increase the pressure inside of you so that it becomes equal or greater than the pressure from outside. The inward man should be constantly and daily renewed; 2 Cor. 4:16.

At every level in every sector of life there is pressure. E.g. when you are jobless you undergo joblessness pressure but when you get employed you obviously start facing the pressure in your work environment. You must increase the pressure within to face the pressure outside.

Mark 4:39: “The apostles called upon Jesus and woke up and rebuked the wind and commanded the sea to be calm”.

As you continue CALLING UPON GOD, He will “wake up” even though He does not slumber or sleep. He will come for your help and perform miracles. He will make your journey to the extraordinary smooth. Submit yourself unto God, resist the devil and he will flee from you – James 4:7.

Mark 5:1-19: “Jesus comes to the other side of the lake, meets the demon possessed man, cast out demons out of him and he got totally delivered”.

In verse 19, the delivered man desired to follow Jesus but He refused him and told him to go home and tell people what GREAT THINGS God has done for him.

When the extraordinary is done, it is marvelous, worthy to tell all people and it glorifies God.

Bro Gabby

06-29-10 Bro Peter needs prayer - Bungoma

Prays the Lord Robert,
Sorry i have not been writing to you since we met last.Please i would like to request for prayers,I m a bit frustrated with life here in Bungoma,i was working as a Matatu driver and now i lost my job and my family was relaying to me even my wife was in Collage and now she is at home because of fees, please pray for me so that may GOD of mercy open the ways for my wife and get back to school again.
Peter and the family.

06-18-10 Bro Didi / Central Africa Regional

Dear Brother,

Hello. We are doing well in the Lord as we see Him continually lighting
the FBF last February Revival fire!

For the church building, we are grateful for your assistance. We spent
670$ for just putting up the structural frame; we need to roof and
plank walls. Members contributed 470 $ of the 670 $ and last Sunday
they contributed 35 iron sheets of the 90 needed. We still need your
prayers, and any other contribution available. One iron sheet is 10$.
We need 220 planks for the whole building. One planks costs 5$.

As for the monthly evangelism campaign, in May it was held in Bujovu
Quarter, 90 people gave their lives to Christ. We held door to door
outreach 2 by 2 teams, just as Jesus did. This was climaxed with a
three days Open Air crusade.
People have enjoyed this Christian life experience. It is now our
church members’ hobby… and passion!

We are praying for your trip plan to South Africa, from South Africa to DRC.

May God bless you.

Bro Didi

06-14-10 Bro Isaac encourages, appreciates the feeding and teaching of the FBF Pastoral Letter

hi dad ROBERT
WE THANK for great work you are doing in africa continant and all over the world we are praying for FBF MISSION especial me through your teaching my dad you make me now to grow in spirit! we love you so much. may the lord be with dad the good that lord give you spread his word many nations may the lord sustain ,protect, and keep you

yours isaac and eunice khaemba

06-13-10 West Africa Regional - Bro David/ school preaching/ Introduces FBF to missionary from Europe!

WE WENT ON MISSION WE INTRODUCE THE MISSIONARY FROM EUROPE TO WHAT FBF IS DOING AND HE WAS HAPPY TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH US.

I5 PUPILS GIVE THEIR LIFE TO CHRIST ON 9TH ,JUNE LAST WEDNESDAY.
.I WILL FORWARD THE PICTURES TO YOU NOW FROM HIS CAMERA NOW.
*I COULD NOT SEE THE PICTURES ON THE PL PROPERLY BECAUSE MY LAP TOP SCREEN HAS PROBLEM.
BUT THE MISSIONARY HAS GIVEN ME $100 TO REPAIR IT.HE LEFT ON FRIDAY EUROPE.