This has been a Methodist church with 1000 members, but today it is starting all over again..Central Methodist Church in Belo Horizonte! The large, downtown sanctuary was filled with folks from all over the city.

We traveled from 1 in the afternoon to 10 at night, finally getting in this hotel close to the church… rested and got together for prayer… Ho! the Lord was about to do something supernatural….. I knew because we were praying early in the morning and the fire came into our room.

Boyd Byerly preaches as with fire in his body… over 1000 were present on Sunday morning. He began preaching on Psalm 67:1-2. “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us……v.6…Then the land will yield its harvest, and God , our God will bless us…

They began to come forward in dozens. We could not contain then in the altar area. I got them to come to stage area, under the large ceiling, where the pulpits are. They came and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit came up0n them… hundreds received the Holy Spirit and were blessed by God.

On Sunday night, after Mike sung a solo, I had to began to do deliverance. Asking them to sing and to cough and to jump and to lift their hands and they did….after Pastor Boyd preach a sermon on “Resisting the Holy Spirit”,  heaven broke loose. A young lady, in her 30′s came forward with depression…. sadness and no hope. I heard the Lord say to me to give her a bath of water… I did…. she received it and screaming to Jesus, was delivered and set free. She cried as if someone had died.. yes…. depression died that night…. and the Lord saved her soul.

What a wonderful day when we can cry in the presence of God.. Have you cried in the presence of God??

This year, the RTF Conference will bring many people from all walks of life to Athens, Georgia.. Pastor Boyd will come and preach to us again. You cannot miss these three days. Ask Jesus to provide for you a small hotel or a friend to stay with and share the cost. The Lord will bless you with fire….believe me….this year there will be fire like you have never seen before….there will be crying and joy and peace and healing for those coming….

This is the beginning of the week here in Brasil.. we are now waiting on two churches… and then to Juiz de Fora for 3 days of ministry into another large Methodist church…. ARE YOU PRAYING FOR US…..??? GOD IS MOVING IN POWER…. MANY SAVED….HEALED…. DELIVERED…. A lady came with a serious illness.. she began to jump in front of me and the illness left her.. she knew it was gone… I knew too.

This is a week of miracles… God is doing the imp0ssible… the impossible.. I can feel it in my bones…fire ….fire…fire..

Rick Bonfim

I just got in from the airport. Delta gave first class for Mary Lucy and I and I was able to sleep, preparing for the 6 services we will have this week.  Much is going to happen here. Our first church is Central Methodist in the city of Belo Horizonte where the work of the Holy Spirit is heavy these days. We want to see a revival in this church, in downtown Belo Horizonte. If you never have been in Brasil, Belo Horizonte is the capital of  the state of Minas Gerais.

In this area over 400+ plus Methodist pastors are in need of revival. The power of the Holy Spirit will touch many this coming Sunday. I expect a 4 hour service on Sunday night where many will come to the knowledge of Jesus as savior.

The preacher is Boyd Byerly. If you have never heard him, you are missing something special. He is one of our speakers at the REKINDLE THE FLAME NATIONAL CONFERENCE.  I hope you will attend.

Two other churches we will attend in Rio and then one in Juiz de Fora, where a large Methodist congregation will host three nights of services, including Sunday morning.

Would you agree with me in praying for these services.. God will do a miracle in these 6 nights coming up… Pray for me and Rev. Boyd Byerly, for the group coming on Monday… God will move in our midst… Hallelluia.

Rick Bonfim

This church was so far away that I thought we left Brasil. The asphalt ended and the dirt road began. When this happens you know you are going to dance from pot hole to pot hole and finally get there. We did.

Some nights, you are so tired that your body does not want to get up from the pulpit chair. Every bone hurts and you feel as if your night should have been spent in bed asleep. But the Lord had different plans. The pastor greeted us and explained to me that the area outside the small church which was enclosed with cement poles and covered about 40 feet above us would house the church in the future. The problem was everyone passing by me on their way into the church was so poor I began to ask Jesus how this vision could ever come to pass. Luis Carlos is a Methodist minister with faith and with a vision. I decided to preach on Ezekiel 37: “Can these dry bones live?”  Really, I was preaching to me.

The invitation for salvation produced at least 20 persons, but my heart was not with it. Some nights your body does not want to join the move of God. I asked the Lord to help me, but I did not hear anything. After the “prayer tunnel,” I saw not a single person moved by God. Dry tears, dry bones and dry presence.  I prophesied over everyone and nothing happened….dead silence and dead response.

Waiting for a miracle, I heard the words, “Go outside.” Even now after all these years my mind still questions at times. It was growing cold, babies all around, women without warm clothing.  But ”Go outside” came again. SO WE ALL WENT OUTSIDE THE WHOLE CHURCH into the area marked out for the church expansion.

I asked the pastor to give me anointing oil and told the church to come around me as close as they could. After anointing the ground of that place under that tall open cover,  the WIND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGAN TO BLOW. Over half of the church were visited by the Holy Spirit in a matter of 10 minutes. They were so loud, so many tears, so many screams, so many voices that my heart could not contain it. My tears came and my strength was renewed.

I looked at the ground around the feet of many and saw a young lady on the ground. It was Audra. She was crying so hard, laying in the dirt that my heart went out to her. Jesus healed Audra with his presence as she lay on the dirt floor and cried to Jesus. My God, thank You for healing Audra and healing me from tiredness. You know, seven mission  trips a year, revivals, prayer meetings, Israel, traveling, office work……Lord, my body needs renewal! HE HEALED AUDRA AND ME. Hallelluia!

Audra is the daughter of Myron Kirksey. It is a new day in her life.. God will finish it well.

Rick Bonfim…rested