Mike and I recently flew into Salta, Argentina, with great anticipation. For myself, it had been 14 years since I last preached in this beautiful former Spanish colonial city located at the foot of the Andes mountains. Even though it was fall in the country (their seasons run opposite of ours in the United States), the landscape was green, and the climate was unseasonably mild.
One of the great heroines of the faith in American church history is Sister Aimee Semple McPherson. Her dramatic, illustrated sermons throughout the 1920s and 30s opened the eyes of many people to the truths of the gospel. She became a great healing evangelist and media pioneer, being one of the first Christians to use radio to preach the gospel.
In mid-December, Mike and I traveled to several cities in Brazil on a trip arranged by a young apostolic leader named Fernando Guilian. While we normally do not travel much at this time of year, we felt a tug from the Holy Spirit to invest in this land of revival.
I recently returned from the United Kingdom after an amazing ministry trip arranged by Rose Sambrook, a powerful and vibrant leader who pastors with her husband, Kevin, in Northern Ireland. She sacrificed greatly to put this journey together, and I am thankful to both of them.
