May, 2014

Dear Partners in Jesus,

Thank you so much for your prayers, love, and encouragement. I (Y. Herman) made it back to Indiana and praise God
that He protected me from thieves, stomach problems, malaria and dengue fever. I had a touch of stomach woes
right after leaving Indonesia, but it wasnt as severe as the bout I had on the last trip. Praise the Lord! There were
times when I prayed fervently for protection, like when our taxi driver took a crazy risk and passed another car on a
blind curve. Thank you for praying!
I arrived in Singapore on March 27 and did a
four day spiritual preparation, fasting and
praying. From there, I had a three day ministry
trip to the island of Batam, not far from
Singapore.
I went on to three different provinces on the
island of Java. For two weeks I met with
graduates of Ohio State, seminary students and
faculty members, also speaking in two churches.
In the city of Malang, I joined the local prayer
team to cast demons from an occultist,
homosexual man. Jesus did it! PTL! After
visiting two more islands and praying with
individuals, I landed by boat in the far northeast
island of Halmahera. There I visited a mission
hospital and orphanage, sharing the gospel with
the sick and encouraging the staff. His grace
was sufficient, and He gave me peace and
confidence as I ministered in the small quarantined rooms of those with severe TB and Aids while they were
coughing incessantly.
God showed His mercy as He sent me to
meet some of these precious but very sick
people. Fejon was sitting on his bed, his
tattooed neck looking very thin, when I
entered his room. He appeared to be at
least 20 years older than his 30 years.
He has Aids and an advanced stage of TB.
Emaciated and fragile, Fejon coughed and
spit constantly. The next day he could no
longer sit up. However, Fejon opened his
heart to Jesus. He prayed along when I
asked him to repent of his sins and to trust
in Jesus.
In the next small, hot room was an 18-year-
old girl, Miniam, with the same horrible
diseases. We thank God immensely because
she also opened her heart to Jesus and
received salvation. Praise the Lord! Her
doctor told me that she had sex with her
boyfriend two times when she was 14
years old and had contracted HIV/AIDS.
A simple church on the island of Batam
Fejon, too weak to sit up
PO Box 192, Wilmore, KY 40390
Another man (in his 40s) was worse. He was incoherent and his skin looked like it was rotting. I could only pray hard
that Jesus would enter his subconscious, into his spirit and give him dreams/visions of some kind. It was heart rend-
ing. Aids and the accompanying diseases have taken a heavy toll. But, praise God again that his wife (also infected with
Aids) and his son prayed to welcome Jesus. PTL!
In another isolation area I met a man (in his 30s) and his wife who were both infected with Aids and TB. He was still
mobile but also very ill and
thin. God was at work, and
that day, when it was time to
pray, both he and his wife
opened their hearts to Jesus.
Praise God! Another three
patients with TB and two
with Leprosy also
welcomed Jesus into their
hearts. It was so thrilling to
hear them repeating the
sinners prayer. One of the
lepers was of another
religion but she bravely
prayed to our Lord Jesus.
Another note of praise is the
work of Jesus in Naim, a
man in his 40s, who was
injured in a horrific
motorcycle accident. He also
accepted Jesus into his
heart. On the same day,
four other souls prayed to
ask Jesus for forgiveness.
Thank you very much for your prayers and your support which made this ministry trip possible. Someday we will all
meet in heaven and they will thank you.
Our Lord also opened the way for me to share Jesus with an Iranian couple as we flew from L.A. to Tokyo. Then,
from Tokyo to L.A. He gave me the chance to witness to an Indian chemical engineer. While flying from Jakarta
(capital of Indonesia) to Surabaya, East Java, I witnessed to a Dutch civil engineer (working for an oil company). Also, Jesus
provided the chance to share His love with two taxi drivers in Singapore and 7 or 8 motorcycle taxi drivers in In-
donesia.
Two and a half years ago, in Malang, East Java, we prayed for a lady with Parkinsons disease. The house church
leader there forgot to tell me the results of that when we met the past two years. This time he remembered, and I
was thrilled to hear that she had been healed at that time. Praise our living Lord. He answers prayer because we
believers are in His heart and in His mind.
Connie and I were blessed to be able to attend Yoshua's graduation in Kansas City two weeks ago, and Yohan flew
in from California to meet us there (and surprise his brother). It was a blessed reunion as we hadn't all been in one
place in 1 1/2 years. Praise God that He helped Connie drive home from Kansas City by herself as I flew on to Cali-
fornia from there for ten days of ministry. Yosh will join the International House of Prayer staff soon, and Yohan is
starting a new film job next week so they'd appreciate prayer too.
God bless all of you!
Herman & Connie
Two female lepers next to me welcomed Jesus into their hearts.