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September 10, 2015September 10, 2015

Preaching in Honiara

Deliverance right out of the enemy’s grip!

Wow, front-line evangelism at its best – Thank you Jesus!
Today, as Doreen and I were out with the Cross, I was preaching to a crowd of maybe 15-20 men. We noticed a younger crowd in their 20’s standing back with disturbed and questioning looks on their faces. After I preached and led some of the men in a prayer to receive Christ, one of the young men approached us with an angry confused look. I again shared the Gospel and how much God loved him and then asked if he’d like to pray and ask Jesus into his heart! He hesitantly said yes. After I led him in prayer, his furrowed brow lifted immediately and his eyes lit up and a smile came on his face. We watched his face transform before our very eyes! He had shared how thIs past week had been so hard for him and how much he was hurting inside and that he wanted to do evil. He was crying in his heart for answers and help. He knew this was an answer to his desperate cry. We asked if he had a bible and if not would he like one? We said that we could get one for him and his smile got bigger! He then asked if he could walk with us so the next mile and a half, on our way to the bookstore, I gave him a crash course of the Old Testament and the purpose of the law, the New Testament and the purpose of Jesus’ coming as told in the Gospels and the book of Acts and the books that follow and the purpose of the coming of the Holy Spirit. He hung on every word until we reached the bookstore where I bought him his very own bible. Please pray for Joe –
Keep praying, its making a difference.

Rick and Doreen

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015

What a Day!

I preached easily 15 times. Many prayed to receive Jesus into their heart. No way to describe a day here in the Solomon Islands. Just the Glory of the coming of the Lord. GLORY TO GOD!!!!! Beyond Description!!

August 29, 2015August 29, 2015

Honiara Guadalcanal Solomon Islands

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015

One day in Honiara

This day was off the charts, as a day of ministry. Many received Christ. We had one lady that chased us down 1/4 mile for prayer. Many would come out of shops and I would preach. it was Amazing. I preached probably 12 different times. We prayed for healings and so many other things. Doreen is blown away. What a day!!!! Thank you Jesus.

August 26, 2015August 29, 2015

The Cross in the Solomon Islands

What an amazing first day with the Cross in the Solomon Islands. Beautiful people, open hearts, very receptive. I preached twice in the place pictured below. First time to about 25 men plus women and kids. Nine of the men prayed with us to receive Christ. One young man about 28 asked for a bible. They are scares here and cost about $20. But We will find him one. The men want me to come back and “teach” again. So we will gather at noon on Friday under the same tree. Doreen wasn’t able to get a picture that time. Then school got out and all these kids and parents gathered. So we shared again.

We talked with hundreds of people yesterday and gave out almost a thousand Jesus stickers and tracts. Pray God multiply our supply of them. We prayed with many others for healing and other needs.

Thanks for praying
Rick and Doreen

July 24, 2015July 25, 2015

Alaska! the final state

It has been a joy for Doreen and I to be able to carry the Cross here in Alaska. For me it means having been in all 50 States. So many have pulled over, or chased me down to talk about the Cross and its message of hope. We have had people weep in our arms over the site of the cross being carried openly along the roadside’s here. One man with tears, begging the Lord for help to overcome hurts and habits that have held him so long. And another man that we fellowshipped with into the night till 3 in the morning, he was hungry for God’s word and encouragement.

Doreen served at the soup kitchen in downtown Anchorage, volunteering and ministering to the homeless people there. All because of a contact we made on the side of the road. She says she’s having a blast. But, That’s what you get when you serve Jesus, He promised life and life more abundant!! Also we want to ask you for prayer as Doreen and I have some decisions we need to make within the next week. God bless you all, keep looking up Jesus is coming.

Carrying the Cross through Anchorage yesterday was truly amazing. I prayed and shared with several people struggling with the darkness, depression and addictions that are so prevalent here. One middle aged man chased me down on his bicycle when he saw the Cross and with tears shared his story of addictions and his broken heart over the loss of his relationship with the Lord that he remembered form his youth. He so desperately wants that again. The addictions and demons that now control his life have driven him to such despair. We prayed together and form his broken heart he cried out to Jesus to be “Free” again. When we parted he once again had the light of hope in his eyes. Please keep praying for us out here. We are making a difference in lives. You read this and your prayers are our supply line. We are truly in the trenches here in Alaska. Without you holding the rope… it would be so much harder for those we are touching to hear.

Send us a note, we would love to hear form you.

Rick

June 1, 2015October 19, 2015

The Rope – Newton update

Friends
Greetings in Jesus wonderful Name!
Hey guys, we are just jumping in to say hi. Also we wanted to update you a little bit of what’s going on with us. We have some Prayer needs and decisions now that we could use your help lifting us up as we make them.

That being said It has truly been a full year already for which we are grateful. February we celebrated 40 years since 1975 when I first shouldered the Cross at the House of The Rising Sun, at Mardi Gras, New Orleans. Thousands of miles and thousands of memories later we are still going and still Praising The Lord!!! I got some battle scars along the way, but, I would certainly rather burn out for the Lord than rust out. We have been on the road now for a couple of months on the east coast of America sharing JESUS and ministering all that we can. Of course we rejoiced to do the Prayer for Spiritual Awakening Seminar at our home church in Massachusetts in January. But, I do love being on the open road again with the Cross and watching the Lord touch lives.The Cross bring such great hope to so many. In South Carolina many people were pulling over to talk and pray. One after another, constantly it was beautiful. One man with a drinking problem, and though he attended church regularly, he could not get the victory over it. But, after we prayed and I shared how the life of the Lord Jesus, can be released in us, and just how it works out in our lives. After that he pulled away with a whole new hope and joy. Then another day this lady pulled over in tears and literally was trembling needing to talk and share. I called Doreen, who was only about a block away and she drove straight there and was able to minister to this dear lady and pray with her in our van and encourage her. It really touched her life at a time of great need. Also I’ll share later an excerpt from a letter we received this morning from another couple that we ministered to, while in South Carolina and how God used Doreen to touch their lives.

It’s been great to carry the Cross and minister here in Kentucky. We have been here now for the last 3 to 4 weeks. Last week while out with the cross, I had a young man in his early 30s pullover who had a drug problem that he couldn’t get on top of. He pulled over with tears and weeping and we prayed together and he begged Jesus to come into his life and set him free. He was broken over the disappointment he saw in the eyes of his children. So We prayed right there at the back bumper of his truck.

Then last Thursday, Doreen and I got to visit and minister in the jail here. Praise the Lord what a wonderful day of ministry we had. Seven of those young ladies prayed with us to receive Christ and for him to be in them, all that He is. They are excited about us coming back this week. After we left the jail, Doreen and I dropped off copies of her CDs to a lady that was in the jail the last time we came through and she was so blessed by Doreen’s music that she asked for a copy when she got out. So we brought it to her house. Doreen brought her guitar and sang some songs and we fellowshipped with her and her parents, it was a beautiful afternoon. We had prayer with them and then we had to head on.

Here is the excerpt from the testimony letter we got this morning I told you of.

“Rick, We cannot thank you enough for the inspiration of your ministry and the counseling and support Doreen provided for ( name omitted ). Unburdened by her past guilt, (name omitted) once-again she is the happy, fun-loving bride I married nearly 32 years ago.” (Signed)

Isn’t that sweet? And beautiful?

Your prayers and support is what enables us to stay in the trenches for Jesus. Thank you!! We are a team, all of us.
Keep looking up He’s Coming!

If you want to help donate here Or you can write to at PO Box 2 Lanesboro, Ma. 01237 USA.
From the Front Lines,
Rick and Doreen Newton
Gal. 6:14

November 10, 2014May 30, 2015

The Hebride Islands in Scotland

Praise The Lord!!!! We are now back in the Hebrides.The Islands off the northwest coast of Scotland. They were the site of a Great Revival back in the 1940’s and 50’s. That revival, swept across these islands changing the lives, deeply, of thousands that lived here. Doreen and I were here for 5 days this past summer and carried the Cross and met so many people. We were so warmly received and therefore quite excited when we felt The Lord would have us return. This time to Carry The Cross around the whole Island of Lewis….

We have begun that walk, stopping to pray with any and all that want prayer for any reason. Some for Healing some for peace in their heart, some to be set free from different hurts, guilts, fears and habits… Whatever the need.. or, Revival again in our day.. Let’s see Jesus be Lord over The Hebrides again.. He is ready to do it, if we will just call on Him. After all He said, ” Call on me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty thing that you know not”. Jer. 33:3 AND, HE Meant it….

The Cross in The Hebrides, where a real move of God transformed this island

October 20, 2014May 30, 2015

Some of The Beauty of Ireland!!!

The Firmaments declare His handy Work. The Bible says… It shows His heart and magnificence

June 30, 2014June 30, 2014

The Cross, a promises of Peace

PRAISE THE LORD AND GREETINGS FROM BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND!!
Those of us who are old enough, we remember the nightly images that played out on our TVs of the hatred, violence, car bombs, fighting and divisions between the Protestant and Catholic factions here in Belfast. One of the many tragedies, of the 20th Century. The world watched on as “Christians” fought it out! Though that was not what it was all about. It was mainly about having a unified Ireland. Instead of a North and South Ireland. (Though, just like our own Civil War in America that is a bit of an over simplification). But, Many of those feelings, still survive here today and can be sensed simmering just below the surface.
But Doreen and I, felt led to take the Cross…. (a symbol both sides recognize) into the heart of this area and boldly proclaim, there is Peace,… only, in the Jesus, of the Cross. It’s only When we know God forgives us, that we can find peace, “with” God. Then, we can move forward to find the peace “of” God in our hearts and with one another!! Then, can healing really begin here. Healing begins with forgiveness.
The last two days we walked through the city of Belfast were amazing! Though Saturday, our 2nd day, was quite interesting to say the least! As we walked down Shankill Rd, a few of the men that we handed tracts to, warned us to not go any further as, “you may get shot!” They all were quite open and friendly yet firm. One young man, about 30, received our witness eagerly! He listened intently as I shared the TRUE gospel with him. “It’s not religion!!” I told him. The answer is Jesus and a vital relationship with him!!” He said he agreed with that. He didn’t ask Jesus into his heart then but he gladly took a gospel tract and a flier of our story. He looked me in the eyes as we were leaving and he thanked us for our stand and courage!

The tension here is still thick and it breaks our hearts to see it in the faces of the people, but we, Doreen and I, both feel privileged to share the love of Christ. The Bible tells us,”Where sin abounds, Grace does much more abound!” His grace was with us! As we felt His presence, all day as we walked and shared. The same was true with the three men we shared with outside of a pub. They listened politely and thanked us for coming and sharing with them. Then they warned us “they will shoot you out there, be careful.” They graciously shook our hands and wished us well as I shouldered the Cross and we headed on. Keep us in prayer as we will be here in Northern Ireland sharing this next week…. God bless you, let us know if you are holding the Rope for us. It does mean so much to us.
From the side of the road,
Rick and Doreen
Gal.6:14.