Myanmar Mission Trip! – 3rd-16th November
This mission trip seemed to jump start the miracles back in Australia! Pastor Richard Kerridge and Elder Phil Carauna travelled to Myanmar (formally known as Burma) to preach to pastors and churches about the importance of UNITY, LOVE and POWER in the church. And we know that a big part of the power of God is His HEALING power. So they prayed for all of the sick that they came across in the churches. (The scepticism in the church in Burma is probably equal to the unbelief in western countries). But sure enough they began to see miracle after miracle. All up they saw hundreds of miracles. There were dozens of aches and pains and even diseases healed. In one church every single person was healed! They taught the people how to pray for the sick and the people began to be used by God mightily themselves! This trip has definitely influenced the whole Body of Christ in Myanmar.
Just one example of the miracles they saw: There was a crippled, bent over old lady in one particular church who could hardly move. After they prayed for her she instantly leaped up out of her bent over position and was able to bend all the way back!

Healing of an injured elbow and a crippled man! – 16-23/11/09
All excited after returning home from Myanmar, Phil Carauna and his wife Barb went out to the mission field in Melbourne straight away and found some people to pray for at one of Phil’s work sites. A man with a sore elbow was complaining about how he could no longer use his whipper snipper (and many other things) because of his injury. So Phil offered to pray for him. The first time he prayed there was little difference to the elbow. But after the second, all the pain left and the man’s elbow was completely healed. In shock, he asked “Who are you? What do you want? How did you do that?”, and he ran into the house to tell his family. He brought out his bent over, almost crippled brother, who was struggling to walk. Phil laid his hands on him and he was instantly healed. He was able to bend all the way forward and all the way back. Both brothers were in utter shock and they all began to cry.

Healings during street evangelism – 27/11/09
The next week Phil, Jessie and Kathryn went to Harvestfield…I mean Westfield… for some power evangelism. Firstly they saw 2 people healed of painful sunburn. Phil then prayed for a boy’s injured shoulder…At the start he could hardly move it and by the end his range of motion was close to normal. Kathryn had a word of knowledge about a girl with high arches and after praying for her, saw that the arches appeared to be a little lower. She also prayed for a girl with a nerve problem in her knee. To the girl’s surprise the pain decreased, and she was able to walk on it better than before (with a crowd of people watching!)

Healing of MS!!! – 29/11/09
Pastor Richard was in New South Wales ministering to a local church. A lady with MS came out for prayer. He laid his hands on her and instantly she was healed. She was running and jumping in the air, doing “karate kicks”, completely amazed at how flexible she felt. She is fairly certain she has been completely healed from MS!

Healing of infection– 29/11/09
Meanwhile back at Liberty, Tony was worrying about a nasty infection he had on his leg. He came out for prayer at the night service and Phil prayed for the infection to leave. Soon enough the infection ceased.

Healing of neck injury – 6/12/09
Alexis came out for prayer for her neck during an alter call in the morning service. It had been troubling her constantly for some time. Kathryn prayed for her. Instantly tension was released. Over the next hours all pain was gone. Alexis testified two weeks later that the pain had not come back since then.

Healing of tooth problem – 6/12/09
Xavier was in potential need of surgery on his teeth. Pastor Richard and Phil prayed for his mouth in the morning service…before long the pain was gone and there was no surgery needed.

Money treasure hunt! – 10/12/09
Not a week goes by that the Carauna family do not find lost coins (along with lost people) on their treasure hunts. Usually this comes in the form of a few gold coins a week. But Barb, in a moment of discontentment said “gee God, it would be good to find some notes!” As she looked down on the ground, she instantly found a $20 note.

Healing of sore throat – 11/12/09
Kathryn had been developing a cold and woke up with an extremely sore throat. Pastor Richard prayed for her. Nothing happened immediately but within an hour the pain was gone.

Healing – 12/12/09
Little Adeline was not feeling well at a church event. She was crying and moaning. Regina prayed for her and instantly her frown turned to a smile and she enjoyed the rest of the night.

Healing during worship!!– 13/12/09
Nathan was experiencing excruciating pain in his foot. In the presence of God during worship in the morning service, it was completely healed.

Growing out of shorter leg!! – 14/12/09
Phil was praying for an elderly couple. The husband had many troubles with his body, and noted that one of his legs was shorter than the other. Phil laid his hands on the legs and prayed that they would even out. After a few go’s the shorter leg grew out before their eyes!

Lost things found – 20/12/09
Nanette’s nephew had lost his wallet, along with all his money and credit cards. It had been missing for a while and there had been no luck in finding it. Nan prayed for the situation and soon after the wallet was handed into the police – with all money and cards still in there.

Healing – 5/1/10
Pastor Richard was in Sydney on a holiday and was departing a ferry. He was walking through the gates that open and close when you put your ticket in through the scanner. For some reason the gates closed on him too soon and closed in on his arm, very quickly. He thinks it almost broke his bone. He was in a lot of pain, and was sure it was going to swell up and bruise. So Dianne and Kathryn prayed for him. Within 10 minutes the pain had gone, and as the days passed it did not bruise. We are all amazed!!

When unhelpful thoughts of fear come, don’t let them in. Turn that thought to Jesus and His greatness instead.

Proclaiming this, boldly and courageously will vanish any thoughts of fear from entering..

“For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7.

Thanks for sharing Richard!

i just want this to be an encouragement to anyone that really wants to go on missions trips or to simply be a blessing. Simply believe (easier sad than done), you can’t twist Gods arm to make him do something he already wants to do.