February 8, 2012

Hello everyone. I trust all the holidays were wonderful and your time with family's were enjoyable. I am on airplane going to Oregon as I am writing this letter. 

I wanted to write and share a little about the new years eve service at FWC in Pawnee. Toward  the end of October I began to sense a adjustment or fine tuning for the ministry and of course that would include the traveling.  It seemed the Lord, by the Holy Ghost in me, was saying to not have meetings so close to one another. He spoke to me about some meetings would extend beyond the schedule planned out.

Do you remember when Bro Hagin told the story how he had got up from a nap and as he was walking across his living room how the teaching gift dropped down on the inside of him. He didn't tell anyone about this but started having teaching services, if I remember correctly, on Wednesday afternoon. He said that men started taking off of work to attend and how the meetings grew bigger than the normal Wednesday night crowd. He proved it out first.

Well, when the Lord spoke to me about how the meetings were going to extend, I didn't tell the Pastors. I proved it out first. Four of our last meetings the Pastors wanted them to extend but I had other meetings already booked. In one meeting, in Amarrillo, Texas, as we continued to have services, people from several denominations were coming and what a move of the Holy Ghost we saw and experienced! 

By hearing that story about Bro. Hagin receiving the teaching gift, it helped me to understand how to go about it to prove it out.

So this year, I am not having as many meetings as normal, so that I can leave our options open to continue a meeting, if God is in it and leads us to.

Now back to the New Years Eve service. That evening, Jesus came and talked to me about our meetings this year. I don't know the meaning of everything but I know that as we walk it out more will be revealed.

Do you remember when Peter fell into a trance on the roof top and saw a great four cornered sheet with a manner of four footed beast? The voice said, "Raise, kill and eat Peter."  But Peter said, "No. For nothing common or unclean has touched my lips." Then the voice said, "What God hath cleansed call not common or unclean."  Then he talks about it in Acts 10. Peter doubted the vision. Then it says while he thought on the vision. The Spirit said, "three men seek thou go with them doubting nothing." So when he got to Cornelius house Peter says that normally he wouldn't be caught with Gentiles,  but then he turns around and says, " I know God is not a respecter of person" and then preaches a message to Cornelius and all his house.  Peter was than able to see what all the things he saw then meant.

Sometimes as we start out or go doubting nothing (I am talking about something God spoke to you) but more will be revealed. 2012 is a year of the supernatural. A year of miracles. The year of the miraculous !!!!!!  In 2011, there were more invitations for us to come and preach than we could book.  I do not know how many meetings I will have this year but I do believe that the Lord has spoke to me about 2012 for Ricky Edwards Ministries. 

I want to thank each of you Partners for all of your help and for your trust in us. I love seeing each of you at our meetings when you've been able to attend.  I want to personally invite you to please come by and say hi to me when you are able to be in any of our meetings and let me know if you are an REM Partner. I would be honored to spend a minute with you. 

On the traveling side of R.E.M., there has also been some changes. The cost to put the Piper together right was just too much so it was sold for parts. When it comes to flying, Sally and I want our equipment done right.

However last June, Dr Dufresne began a Club, with a monthly payment plan, that offered the use of his Cessna 421 twin and his jet, to any F.O.F member.  The only cost outside the monthly payment, is the fuel we use and the cost of hiring a pilot. There is no insurance to purchase, no hanger fees, or mechanic fees. 

The only thing is the planes are in California most of the time. However, they are working on finding an available place to station the planes where they would be closer.

Our pilot, Joe Higgins, has recently purchased a single engine Cherokee Six that is stationed at Stillwater airport. So when flying for now, we are able to hire our pilot to use his Cherokee Six,  and then pay for the fuel as well as an hourly fee. The only problem we have on this deal, is that our Pilot Joe, still flies for another company and also still works with his Dad, which makes him have a very busy schedule. 

Last year, I was led to help Dad Dufresne with the monthly payment on his jet. There were others who also agreed to help him on a monthly basis for one year. R.E.M is committed to helping my spiritual father is this area. I am also looking into a couple of other things in the area of traveling.  

As the meetings are extending, commercial airlines are just out of the question. The cost to change your schedule, is sometimes double the original cost, for round trip. So we have considered buying different automobiles that are comfortable with good mileage.  The Lord will lead us into this new era by the Holy Ghost and we will not lack in any area.

At this time, I am in Deming New Mexico. The service we had two days ago in Phoenix was so powerful that it could have continued.  However, the Pastor did ask us to come back as soon as we could and hold a longer meeting. 

I also wanted to let you know that we are excited to have been invited to Russia, Thailand, and Old Mexico this year and we believe that the Lord will lead us.

I'd like to ask each of you who Partner with us, to please continue to pray and support us as we walk out the plan of God that He has laid out before us.  God Bless!