Hello all!  I have returned to the USA from an anointed trip to the other side of the world.  I went with the team: Bill Norton, my mentor, his son David Norton, and Sonny Weimer.  These are wonderful men to travel with and we strengthened our relationships in the Lord.  Below, you can read a report of the trip and soon I hope to produce a quality DVD.  Contact me if you want!  God bless you!
 
REVIVAL IN CAMBODIA
 
        Cambodia is a country that is experiencing revival! When our friends, Ted and Sou Olbrich, moved to be missionaries there about 8 years ago, they had one church with about 20 people, which was basically falling apart. Since then, they have seen about 3,000 churches planted with upwards of 400,000 believers, not to mention 100 orphan homes housing 3,500+ orphans. Only God could do something like that.
        The theme of their annual conference this year was, "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit." Over 3,800 pastors and leaders attended from all over the country, most of them from rural or even tribal areas, some traveling for days in the back of trucks, standing the whole time and being jostled back and forth, and sitting on the tops of vans!  How many Americans would do that to get a touch from the Lord or a fresh Word? The majority of them slept in the open air under the same large tent that we had our meetings in. Dozens of new bathrooms had to be constructed, and meals were huge production, with people having to eat in shifts. In so many ways, it was the most powerful conference yet.
        With the people so open and hungry for the Lord, the atmosphere was charged with the power of the Spirit. Bill spoke on dominion, anointing, and living fear free. His son, David, who is close to my age, shared on pursuing the greater things of the Spirit; Ted shared on depending on the Spirit instead of natural abilities and speaking in tongues. In one session, the Holy Spirit took over, and where Sou had wanted to preach on something completely different, she began to share on shame and called up any women who had had abortions. Over a hundred came up and were set free, many falling to the ground and screaming as demons left them.
        The scope of what God did is mind boggling! Around 1,500 people received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues for the first time. Never before in the annual conferences had people received so quickly or easily -- pretty much everyone received in the Holy Spirit after just 2 altar calls. About 40 people cut off their demon strings, which the former Cambodians Buddhists believe will protect them and have strong fear of getting rid of. By the end, all the people were saying that they couldn't wait to go home to go out and evangelize, preaching the Gospel with the new power that they've all received.
        Hundreds received physical healings. A man who was paralyzed in his legs began to walk. God opened the ears of woman who had been completely deaf for the previous 6 months. Her hearing was at about 50% by the end of the conference, but it kept getting better and better every day. A man who was paralyzed in one leg can now walk without any problems! A young man was healed of shoulder problems, before being unable to lift anything without a lot of pain because of an accident where he had falling off a fence. The list could go on and on, but most people couldn't remember every thing that happened -- there were just too many healings.
        Other unusual manifestations took place. A number of people had trances and visions, although we don't know the details of all of them. Someone had a vision about going back to their province, preaching and evangelizing with a new power. Another person saw angels flying around in the tent. The Cambodians are just so open to the spirit world. Also, during the very last meeting, Bill had great breakthrough in preaching. Afterward, while he was praying and leading the people in spontaneous praise, David stretched his hand out toward the audience, and right in front of us, about 10 people were slain in the Spirit. Bill told me to go down and lay hands on people and several people at a time were getting slain in the Spirit, falling down like dominoes, one on top of the other.  It was one of the greatest anointings I've ever experienced.
 
POWER MINISTRIES
 
        One thing that made this year's conference so unique was most of the ministry of laying on of hands was done by leaders from the Cambodian church, as unique power ministries are starting to be raised up. A simple pastor, who comes from the area where one of my  new friends, Bun Rhet, is the leader, prayed for a man who was dead for 3 days, and the man came back to life again! This pastor said during this time, he couldn't eat or sleep -- he just wanted to pray for the man. When the man was raised from the dead, he also received healing in his legs, as before he was partially paralyzed and could only get around with a cane.
        Another pastor, a former farmer from a rural area in the north of the country, never attended school, can't write at all, and can only read his Bible. But this completely uneducated man is seeing miracles of biblical proportions. Seeing all of the sickness and mental problems in his area, he began crying out to God 6 years ago for the gift of healing to be released in his ministry, and he saw his prayer gradually answered. Especially since the beginning of this year, when he experienced a new breakthrough: people bypass the local hospitals to bring him the easy as well as really tough cases! For example, he has x-rays of one man before and after his healing, showing that he had broken his skull and pelvis in a motorcycle accident. He has seen 4 insane people healed after simply casting the demons out of each of them for about 10 minutes.
        I learned so much from hearing some of the practical aspects of how this man ministers in the miraculous. Whenever he prays for someone with a more serious problem, he usually spends some time in fasting, as he feels that God takes away his desire to eat. Often, he will bring them to stay at his place to receive more in-depth prayer, sometimes for a week or two. He places his hand on the person, and when he takes it away, sometimes there's a knowing that comes to his heart that the person has been healed.
 

OPEN HEAVENS IN VIETNAM
 
        One day while taking a nap, resting after the intense ministry, Sonny, our traveling partner, had an incredible dream. He saw the heavens over northern Vietnam and especially Hanoi, full like a giant dump truck, which with the push of a simple lever the bottom of it could open up, dumping all of its contents to the ground. Five times, he would begin to fall asleep and wake up again, startled by the same dream. He felt like God was speaking to him -- like before a giant storm, the heavens over Hanoi were full, and God was getting ready to release open heavens.
        During the 2 days of our seminar, the crowd was down, with only around 20 pastors and leaders attending, as the ministry we work with had recently gone through a Jezebel attack, with 3 leaders stealing over 400 people. Nevertheless, Sonny's dream did indeed come to pass, as the heavens opened up and the Holy Spirit come down. Bill spoke on keys to breakthrough and the lordship of Jesus, and David spoke on living in current reality, open heavens, loyalty, and being sent out by the Holy Spirit. Every person we prayed for would fall down under the power, receiving visitations from God, baptisms in the Holy Spirit, and fresh infillings.
        The second day, David felt led to start with a 20 minute sharing on healing with testimonies and called forward anyone who needed healing. About 15 of them came forward -- and every single one of them got healed! One girl had injured her elbow in a motorbike accident. I prayed for one woman had such bad headaches that she was going to stay home from the meeting. It says in Mark 6:56 that every person who touched Jesus was healed, and we are coming into those days as well, where such faith and power will be released that every person will be healed!
        In Saigon (currently called Ho Chi Minh City), we experienced even more revival.  The AGAPE network of churches is a powerful movement within Vietnam.  Their main ministry is evangelism...and that with a tenacity!  In each Sunday service, the people brought friends, and several always received the Lord as their Savior!  We had leadership training for the pastors and leaders of this great movement.  In Saigon, they came from the Central Highlands, the Mekong Delta region, and other parts of the South of Vietnam.  A great prayer anointing was released and the people began to intercede and travail for an outpouring of God's Apostolic anointing for them.  This work is a true move of God and unparalled in the USA. 
        I spent several days learning the language, interacting with people my age and also the older folks.  I loved going for coffee, especially Vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk on ice!  Oh I want to return!!!! I made so many friends and strengthened relationships.
        I prayed for one man after a church service who was having equilibrium problems.  He would get faint and also have to walk, leaning to the side to maintain balance.  He was terribly dizzy and was in pain for the entire time he was at church.  This man is a major leader in the church so I wanted to see him well.  He began to tell me his problems, but he soon shut up as I interrupted him and laid my hands on him.  (It never does any good to dwell on our problems!) As I prayed, he was totally set free from that demonic oppression.  Thank God that the name of Jesus is higher than any other name and the Blood of Jesus is greater than any devil!
        Again, thank you so much for faithfully standing with us in giving and prayer. You enable me to go to the nations and see God do all of these wonderful things. As I grow into the call on my life, I will continue to work full-time and purse the things God tells me to go after.  I am always on the mission field, winning people to Jesus.  I will return to the nations as God wills.  Walking in faith is the way to please God (Hebrews 11:6) and that's how I live!  There are opportunities for you to sow into the nations' salvation.  Do you want to support us monthly?  You can do this tax free and see blessings abound in your life.  It is because I desire fruit that may abound to your account that I present this to you.  You will be helping me and others reach the masses for JESUS!!!!
        I love you all and pray that you receive all Jesus has for you today.  There is nothing too hard for the Lord.  God bless you bunches...

Chad A. Chism