From Heidi Baker
October 22, 2007

We are posting this special request to our family in Christ around the world with the hope for stronger prayer covering. We have faced intense spiritual warfare, some of the most difficult months of our lives, and severe physical attacks. We are so grateful for those who have been praying, fasting, and crying out to God. We thank Jesus for each of you.
We are absolutely trusting the Lord with the situation and confident that His ear is not too dull to hear, nor His arm too short to save (see Isaiah 59:1). I have never felt stronger in my life. Jesus is helping us. He is setting our feet like the feet of the deer on high places. He is teaching our hands to war. I feel like a weight lifter who has built up muscles over the years from past trials, so I am now able to face greater challenges. In this time of heavy attack, we would like to solicit your prayers as we push through tremendous spiritual warfare. Here is a partial list of the trials that have occurred in the past few weeks:

1. Rolland has been very sick, has lost forty pounds, had heart trouble and flew to Amsterdam for treatment. I am leaving today to take care of Rolland. Please pray for Jesus to move in powerful healing.
2. Last week, the head of the transport department, Pedro Simbini, had an accident and totaled our administrator Julio's new car while driving it up to Pemba for him.
3. Julio, our head Mozambican administrator in Pemba, drove down with his girlfriend, Rachel, to deal with the accident. They rolled their car on the way there and were hospitalized. We have been told that the third person riding with them is in serious condition. Rachel is not in very good shape either.
4. Dr. Don Kantel, Associate Pemba Base Director alongside the Bakers, has just had violent malaria since last Monday and is in the hospital with a critical infection. We had to emergency fly him to South Africa. (The good news received a few moments ago is that once Don got to South Africa, the infection began to respond. Don's wife, Elizabeth, has just spoken to him at the hospital while he was visiting with the Wheelers and Dr. Eric who accompanied him. Don was encouraged to hear that he may be discharged tomorrow and be able to fly back on Tuesday.)
5. The same day another missionary hit a child with her Land Rover. I also had to take an emergency flight out last week due to an accident. My face was split open and needed stitches. I'm recovering well.
6. My Mozambican secretary recently had an accident with her motorbike, as well as Luciano, our associate pastor to Jose, who is our provincial leader over the Iris churches in the Cabo Delgado province.
7. Pedro Langa, the head of our Pemba kitchen, broke his foot by falling off his motorbike. He is in a cast.
8. As we all prayed together and warred in the tent, a large construction truck weighing four tons tipped over inside our new church building under construction. We had to war and literally push the four-ton truck out of our church.

   I felt the Lord told me to stand on a pile of rocks and proclaim the victory in Jesus' name, draw a line in the sand, and tell the enemy that he could not cross it anymore. I felt led to tell the crowd gathered that I was going to push the truck up and out. I asked, "Who would be with me?" Hundreds gathered around and we pushed the four-ton truck, which in the natural world would have needed a crane or large wrecker, as we celebrated the victory with shouts of joy.

9. Witch doctors tried to poison Pastor Jose and me in a village. God kept us from eating the witch doctor's poison.
10. Surpresa Sithole, one of the four international directors of Iris Ministries, had to attend the tragic funeral of his brother, Pastor Sithole, and his cousin after a group of radical religious anti-Christians cut him up into pieces because he was preaching the gospel. Pastor Sithole will be greatly missed.

In Pemba, we are currently doing a corporate twenty-one-day fast, as well as organizing times to pray and worship together for the next twenty-one days. After that, we will launch our next 24-7 prayer week.

We earnestly request that you stand with us, covering those who have been in accidents and the sick, especially Rolland, as well as praying for protection for all of us here. Jesus purchased the victory and we know He has amazing plans for Mozambique beyond anything we have seen so far.

In the middle of all these trials, God spoke to me to rest in the boat even in this storm. In the past few days, I have been meditating on Hebrews 4:9-16:

We recently received a prophetic word that if we would enter into a season of rest, God would release a revival that would never end. We are clinging onto Him, this High Priest. We are holding onto His promises in our time of need. Thank you for standing with us for full victory.

In love with Jesus,

Heidi Baker with Melissa Stanton