"He was wounded for our transgressions, He was 
bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our 
peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are 
healed". (Isaiah 53:5)   

I RECEIVED A HEALING MIRACLE FROM JESUS CHRIST

Dear Brother Max Solbrekken,

Greetings in the Name of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ!

I am writing this letter to give testimony of what the Lord has been doing in my life. I was raised in a Christian home, 15 minutes west of Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. 

I knew the Lord all my life and accepted Jesus into my heart as a young boy. When I was nine years old, Brother Max Solbrekken baptized me at a camp meeting in Fort Qu’Appelle, SK. 

However, by the age of 14, I backslid and went into the world. All the time I was in the world, the Lord had his hand upon me. Thanks to the faithful prayers of my parents and the word of God which says, “train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”. (Proverbs 22:6)

The whole time Jesus was calling me back to Him, for His word says, “Behold I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come into him, and I will sup with him, and he with me”. (Revelation 3:20)

 In 1984 I met and married my wife Karen. She too felt the Lord calling her. In 1990, we both rededicated our lives back to Christ. Glory to God!

In 1992, the Lord called me into the street ministry. The church where I was fellowshipping started a street ministry. Myself and a few others started going out on a bus turned mobile home. 

We went out and talked to the people on the street about the Lord. In 1993, a friend of mine died of AIDS. I thank the Lord I had time to talk to him about Jesus. He accepted Jesus into his heart before he died, Praise God!     

It was at this time the Lord impressed upon my heart a home for HIV and homeless people. In 1995, I lost my uncle to this disease, this was the year I started working on getting a home. 

By the end of the year the Lord blessed us with a $89,000 home. The home has six bedrooms, two bathrooms and a garage which we turned into a quiet place for prayer and getting alone with the Lord. Many have come through the doors of Aman House and have given their lives to Jesus.

The street ministry is busy, there are so many lost souls who need Jesus. We have seen children hungry, we have seen child prostitution, many drug addicts and homeless people. In 1998, only by the grace of God, we were able to acquire a 25 foot mobile home. Through this mobile home, we feed soup and bannock to the hungry and share about the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.                     

Last year, the Lord opened the doors for a group of us to minister in the jail. We’ve been going out once a week to counsel inmates. Last month, the service was wonderful, you could feel the Holy Spirit strong in that place. We made an altar call and about 20 inmates responded, 15 of them gave their hearts to Jesus. The number of inmates that come out are between 45-90.

In the fall of 1997, we opened a drop-in centre downtown where we provided free coffee and sometimes doughnuts, when they were available. There, we were able to reach out to many. 

We started having services 3 times a week. We have since turned the coffee shop into a church, which I now a pastor. We have had to take down some walls because of the amount of people coming out.                   

Well, we ran out of walls to tear down and our place is just too small. In July ’99, we will be moving to a larger place two doors down. However, this place does require a lot of renovations. I thought of moving someplace else where we wouldn’t have to put as much renovating into the place, but the Lord spoke to me to stay in this area. This is a hard area, a lot of people walk in front of our building on drugs or alcohol. 

We have had quite a few of these people come in and inquire about God and sometimes we have had our services interrupted, but it is so rewarding when you see souls won over to Christ. The Lord seems to say, just press on.

The renovations on the new building are approximately $15,000. We need to install two bathrooms, some doors, drywall, paint, carpet and chairs. Once again, we are looking to the Lord to provide the finances. God says in His word, “For with God nothing shall be impossible”. (Luke 1:37) 

A couple of years ago we were able to acquire a charitable number. The helps people to give because it shows we are accountable for our finances. I just thank the Lord how He has worked things out. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose”. (Romans  8:28)           

The Lord has blessed me and my wife with four beautiful children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Our oldest boy will be 14 years old this year and the younger boy is 10 years old. Our girls are 5 and 2 years old. 

I just thank God for His many blessings upon us. And I ask that you would keep us in your prayers. I thank the Lord for you dear brother, “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace”. (Num. 6:25)

In service together for Jesus, Edmond Gordon