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        Dear praying and supporting friends of the Seychelles mission,

        The last bulletin was written immediately after last Wednesday's healing service, we were on a high after seeing God work sovereignly in the lives of many people. All hands were on deck for the time of ministry including the two bishops who showed great love and compassion as they ministered God's healing to people having a wide variety of afflictions. One lady had several demons bound and loosed but still she was terribly affected by a spirit that continued to trouble her. Bp James came in and set her free as the spirit seemed to be afflicting her from a territorial base. The team is learning all the time as we discover more and more of the richness of what true freedom really means when God releases people.

        My reflections...........Some people command demons to leave using names they have been given by the demons but as Satan is a born liar I have come to the conclusion that we really do not have to know the demon's names but to know that in Jesus name we have the authority to break their grip and set the person free. I am learning so much in this area as we are dealing with so many people (mostly Christians) having some sort of affliction. We are not dealing with people who are possessed by satan and have given themselves to him, but to Christians who have allowed syncretism to become a normal and acceptable state. By this I mean they have allowed a degree of witchcraft to be a part of their spiritual life alonside their Christian walk. These demon afflictions when they are confronted by the name of Jesus release their hold on the person sometimes with the most blood curdling screaming and writhing of their bodies, we spend time prior to these ministry times just praying on Jesus protection so as to deny satan any hold on us.

        To people back home all this may seem very spooky and difficult to imagine in their hearts and particularly in their minds but here it is real and nothing stirs the heart more than seeing people set so free by Jesus intervention through people praying in His name. It is real! Praise God! The people who come forward for 'straight' physical healing are not a high percentage, rather more people come forward for issues concerned with repentance and deeper issues which mostly are concerning demon affliction. We first begin to pray with them but at the name of Jesus eruptions occur and the Lord has given many words of knowledge and pictures to guide us to pray for the right issues - it is amazing!

        Thursday afternoon meeting was attended by a similar number of people (200+)  and a shorter but equally rich time of ministryoccurred. We look forward to Friday and a day off to recharge the batteries as the relentless humidity (even though we are getting used  to it) wears one down and the long hours of ministry each day are just so exciting yet tiring. They are lovely people over h ere in the Seychelles and are so eager to grow in their spiritual lives. We are privileged to be chosen to bring the fragrance of the gospel to these folk - we all are touched in this regard.

        On Saturday John preached in the cathedral at a youth rally from 1:00-3:00pm. Bp James, Julia , Ross and I boarded the high speed catamaran for the 1 hour dash to Praslin Island about 40 kms from Mahe. This is a different island to Mahe in many respects, the people here are more ethnically homogeneous and the churches are very alive and keen. Praslin is not as mountainous as Mahe but still has a high hill ridge of pink granite down its spine, roads are windy and quite dangerous as no Armco barriers give any protection to pedestrians or motorists from the sometimes steep drops off the edge of the bitumen road.

        On Sunday 24th we attended 9:00 am service at St Matthews on Praslin and really enjoyed the praise time and the vitality of those attending. In the afternoon a foundation stone was laid by the bishop at St Boniface near the airport, so near that we could clearly see the pasengers on an aircraft landing over the top of the church, everything stops as it almost appears to fly in and fly out of the building it is so close.

        The Praslin team spent all day from just before 8:30 am (they wanted to get going) to after 5:30pm, we were led to believe that 13-15 COMRAM people would attend but 46 arrived! To help people come, the bishop had signed numerous letters of release so that the Government (remember it is marxist in nature and persuasion) and industry could release those from work for the day to enable them to attend. What a great idea! The Spirit ministered deeply to so many and others have asked for appointments through the week to have prayer and personal minstry.

        PRAY THAT WE ARE GIVEN STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO PACE OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMISE THE OUTREACH IN THIS PLACE.

        Here the problem seems more to be around release from cultural and family ties with the occult rather than the family and illegitimacy issues of Mahe  - this is our impression at this stage. John, Rosemary and Deslee are continuing to work with the COMRAM people on Mahe in a late afternoon session on Monday followed by late afternoon rallies on Tuesday - Thursday.

        CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE HOSTAGES AND THEIR RELEASE particularly for Claudette and Dominique.

        PRAY FOR Bp JAMES as on Monday morning he was advised that whilst he was on Praslin Island thieves broke in and stole his laptop (all his training materials for the development of the clergy and church leaders) his phone and foreign exchange he had for his trip to UK and Africa. PRAY FOR HIS COMFORT AND FOR THE RETURN OF THE LAPTOP AS IT HAS RATHER FLATTENED HIM YESTERDAY.

        On Praslin we have meetings today (Tuesday), Thursday and Friday (big rally at St Matthews) before returning by boat to Mahe and the other team members.

        Next Sunday it is Pentecost and all the Anglican churches are coming together in St Pauls Cahedral Victoria (Mahe) for a big service of praise and it is being broadcast on National radio. As the teaching load in Praslin this week will have been bigger than what is expected on Mahe, I think that John should preach the Pentecost sermon to the nation. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM AND THE TEAM FOR THIS SERVICE.

        Thanks for your prayers, they are an incense to God and to us here as we witness things occurring that are outside our normal experience but which have been pre- prepared by your faithful prayers. My hope is that the Lord is quickening your spirits as He is ours.

         

        May the Lord bless you,

        Bruce Moon,

        Executive Officer,

        SOMA Australia Inc.

        PO Box 305

        Hornsby NSW  2077

        Australia

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