Franciscan University Charismatic Conference Invitation

These are exciting times to live in! We are on the verge of unprecedented outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our Church and our Nation. And it starts in our own neighborhoods—it starts at the Kmart, the Grocery store—our workplace. This outpouring of the Holy Spirit is really an outpouring of His Presence. I believe the Jesus longs to flow out of the Eucharist to be bread for all and He does that so often through you and me. We are offered at Mass what looks like a crumb of bread, and it becomes a whole bakery where people all over the city can be blessed by His Body and Blood through us.

Jesus was moved by compassion to see with His Father’s eyes of love the lost, the broken, the sick, the rich and the poor alike. Where He walked He intentionally released His Father’s Kingdom, “Everyone who came to Him was healed” (Matt 8:16) and He commissioned us to “do greater works than these” (John 14:12).

Why do I see these times in our world’s history so exciting? A time when there are more martyrs than all of Church history? Why am I hopeful about these days when it seems the darkness is increasing and our Governments have big problems? Because Jesus lives inside of me! “Christ in you the hope of glory”! (Col 1:27) Releasing His Presence in healing, freedom from bondage, prophetic words of encouragement looks like something amazing. It is more than just living a quiet witness of the Gospel. It is intentional, it is supernatural. A small candle extraordinarily brightens up a large dark room. Similarly, you and I are called to be on the offense and run into the dark places that are around us and see Him do “infinitely more than we can ask or imagine” (Eph 3:20).

How can we as His Body, release His Presence, His Kingdom in greater measures in these exciting times? Great question. “Come and see” Jesus said. Please come to this conference firstly to PRAY FOR MORE of God in your life. It is from our intimacy with God that fruitfulness will flow. Come and hear our talks on how you can practically give healing, miracles and freedom to a hurting, broken world around you.

I will be sharing with you about my experience of praying with prostitutes, drug addicts and dealers, business owners, people on planes, along with some stories from my 7 years serving in Sudan and Mozambique where I saw the blind see, the deaf hear and the lame walk, lepers cleansed and even the almost dead raised. I do not have a “special gift of healing”—I just understand who I am in Christ and I want to impart that onto you and give you many resources to press into this when you go home! Come and be a part of this amazing conference! Be blessed!

November 1st and 2nd Workshop! Free!

TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE STREETS:
POWER, LOVE & HEALING
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP
Steubenville, OH
November 1st & November 2nd
9 am – 4 pm daily


Jesus said, “You will do even greater things.” “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers.” Matt 10:8, John 14:12 This is our inheritance as sons and daughters to demonstrate the Father’s love in miraculous ways. If you’re hungry to grow in your gift of healing, please join us for these days for your faith to be stretched even farther. Contact us asap if you want to attend. The hungriest people will be invited to join us on Day 1, and others for Day 2 and 3. It is a Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant gathering and all ages are welcome. The only requirement: HUNGER for GOD!

This is the season for Christians to demonstrate the gifts of prophecy, word of knowledge, and healing on the STREETS! As we demonstrate the love of God through revelation and seeing people healed in God’s power, their lives are changed—and so are we!

Facilitator: Randa Malaty from Canada
Founder of Youth Blaze School of Evangelization, Randa Malaty has been teaching and leading outreach teams in prisons, schools, streets, hospitals and shelters since 1994. In the last 7 years, her focus has been to teach and train groups and individuals to evangelize, not as organized weekly or monthly events, but as a lifestyle, everyday, wherever they go. Whether shopping, at work, or on vacation, Randa has seen hundreds of people healed and touched by the love of God in her everyday life. Her heart is to train and equip the body of Christ to live out the Gospel not only with words but with power and signs following them everyday of their lives.'

REGISTRATION: katiegesto@yahoo.com

What a summer it's been! Thanks to everyone from Youth Works who traveled from NY, MI, IN, OH, WV, PA, KY, MA, WI and NJ to help us rehabilitate the house! Thanks also for the donation from a grant organization which will help us put on a first floor bathroom and refinish our sidewalks and stairs!

Even better than the physical restoration that has been happening, God has been putting a few and older people in our path who needed some encouragement. Heroin and alcohol are terrible addictions, destroying the inside and outside of a person's life. Please pray for those whom we are reaching out to, "Doyle", "Reba" "Hanna" and "Jon". Pray they get free of their addictions and wisdom if we are to be a part of that by letting them withdraw in our house with 24/7 prayer coverage. It's not a withdrawal you would want to do alone.

Please pray also for the praise and worship we have weekly on Monday nights at 7 on our porch, that it will continue to bring grace and inspiration to our community. All are welcome! Thanks Debbie and Mel for leading that!

We are enjoying a weekly DVD series on Tuesday's at 7 pm called, "Power and Love" which challenge us to live the basic Gospel more wholeheartedly. We are also showing Documentaries the 1st and 3rd Fridays at our house and then going out on the streets after to encourage people we see and pray for the neighborhood.

Please also pray for another few long term volunteer who can share in the mission. It's been a challenge to find people committed to this great challenge who can raise their own support and willing to work hard. Anna Hogan was here all summer and was and AMAZING gift. She definitely left an imprint on the people in this city! David was going to stay but ended up getting a job on an Indian Reservation. Sarah Littlefield is spending time here in between serving in Pittsburgh speaking about purity in the schools and pregnancy centers. She is such a gift!

And thank you for your prayers for me. It's been a challenge the last few weeks for various reasons and I covet your prayers to grow in intimacy and strength in the Lord and to grow in grace and wisdom to lay my life down for Jesus through each of the people he connects me to in this city. This is great training ground for any future mission work I will do in Asia or wherever He calls me. I'm so grateful for all He is doing in and through us.

Amidst a lot of violence and discouragement in the natural in our city this summer, we as God's kids, are beckoned to believe boldly that God is alive and well and is longing and willing to be KING of this City. He is pouring out his grace to all those hungry and thirsty to be quenched by it. Like Abraham, we have to SEE the promise as if it were for today and walk in faith and sacrifice to make it happen in His grace.

I pray you do that in your own neighborhoods. Reach out to the one God puts before you today and make yourself vulnerable to BECOME LOVE. This is our identity--our call as sons and daughters of the One who did it so valiantly and beautifully for us!

God bless you and thank you for praying!

Love,
Katie