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Updates coming soon!
We actually have been
doing stuff between Jan. 2006 and now, I just sort of forgot about this
section of the site with all the other stuff going on! Check back soon for
some good stories and faith building testimonies! -theron
Early 2006
Our latest tent
meetings in Coos Bay, OR were wonderful, if extremely rainy and cold. God
did some good things through the tent being there and we were truly blessed
to be His tools.
Allen and Theron
were sick with some kind of virus that turns into a lung bacterial
infection. It affects your throat, lungs and sinuses to the point that you
wonder if you will ever breathe normally again. Theron has had this
particular strain for over two months! Thanks for you prayers for our
health, we so treasure them!
On the lighter
side, the meetings were really fabulous. To start out, On February 25, Ross
and Betty tied the knot at thier wedding in the tent! It was our first full
wedding in the tent performed by us and it was great fun. We are going to be
doing more of them in the future; if you or someone you know is planning an
out of the ordinary wedding in a tent, please contact us.
After Ross &
Betty's wedding, we had a few weeks of really lovely meetings in which Allen
& Cheryl taught as a team on the Father's Unconditional Love. Theron also
taught a few nights on worship and what it means to carry God's presence.
And was the worship outrageous!
As we are
finding out, our ministry is one on one. We can pull a pretty good show,
complete with sound effects and lighting, but never seem to get around to
it. We always end up spending hours worshipping and than hours just talking
with people. We are finding that real living doesn't have much to do with a
grand meeting that contains alot of harping and gasbagging. There is a place
for teaching and musical entertainment, even in church services, but we are
continually drawn into more intimate relationships and even more intimate
music.
In these times,
being able to move in the Power of God is essential. We have an open heaven
to advance to places we never thought possible, but unless we have a place
in our Father's house as a son or daughter and not a servant or slave, that
power will pass us by. If you don't understand the Love of the Father in an
experientail manner, you can't move on to the more advanced things in God's
kingdom.
That is our
focus in this season. Though many should have recived this long ago and been
building their foundation on it, they are still trapped in the cycle of pain
and need a little nudge to get out. Our prayer is that you would be blessed
by the experience of knowing you have a place in Father's house!
After Coos Bay,
OR we headed back down to S. Oregon and our church family in Gold Beach.
Some good friends have given a car to Theron. It had a blown engine, so he
and Allen have spent the last two weeks installing a new one that Theron
bought in a local town. Unfortunately, the transmission is now not working,
so after this week’s Aglow conference, the whole thing has to be taken apart
again to fix. He is learning that life is more than a hunk of aluminum that
has wheels, and that it takes time to acquire patience! Calvin is happily
riding horses every day and working cows on our friend’s ranch and Shiloh is
doing her school, reading and writing some songs.
Eureka, CA December - January 2005-2006
Here's a summary of the Tent
Meetings in Eureka, CA. We've been recuperating and getting things repaired
the last weeks, so here goes!
Week One: Intercession. We prayed and broke the ground in the
Spirit first, then worshipped for seven days. There was sparse
attendance, much spiritual opposition and lots of
middle-of-the-night security issues, but decent freedom as far as
our worship was concerned.
Week Two: More worship, beginning teaching on the Father's
Embrace. Lots of Homeless people begin attending meetings. Still
sparse overall attendance. Christmas was during this time. We had
a Christmas Eve service and meal. Over the two day period we
provided about 95 full meals, served over 50 espresso's and gave
away lots of free tunes. Cheryl did most of the cooking with some
help from the homeless people staying in the old truck stop.
Week Three: Increasing attendance, people beginning to open up to
Holy Spirit. Lots of strongholds still being revealed, some people
are getting set free and are increasing in exuberance for the
Lord. On New Years Eve we had a local band called "One Accord"
headlining for the all night party. We served espresso, the famous
cheese dip, veggies and Carpeling Spider (Sparkling Cider, for the
uninitiated). That night we also had communion with chips and
sparkling cider to welcome in the new year.
Week Four: Wild worship, decent attendance. Many receive healing
and deliverance. On the last night we were privileged to have the
band from Calvary Christian Center in Fortuna lead in worship.
Their sensitivity to the Spirit was a pleasure and put a fitting
exclamation point on the whole month.
About the Area:::
Humboldt County is probably the craziest place we have ever been
in our ten years of ministry! Rumor has it that there are 5,000
homeless in this county; and at least half of them passed through
the tent at some time in our four weeks here. We tried to not get
too bogged down in the "homeless question", but it inadvertently
came up throughout the meetings and proved to be both the main
adversity and biggest fruit.
When we arrived at the site, we found that four homeless folks had
been living in the old truck stop behind the tent area. The owner
was okay with it, so we just laid down the law of no alcohol or
drugs. By the time we were done there were seven or eight living
there. The first night at 1AM of the tent being set up a group of
teens tried to untie the ropes on the tent. Theron caught them and
was able to rectify it before they did any real damage. One of our
Heartbeat of Jesus identifying signs was stolen.... then the wind
came....... Did it ever blow! Confirmed reports of 95MPH gusts
were received and the tent stood! (with a lot of
middle-of-the-night rope tightening)
After about two weeks we had another sound system item stolen and
then our other "Tent Meeting" sign was stolen. Not that these
thefts were huge, but there is a real atmosphere of danger and
lawlessness over the area where we had the tent, so we were always
looking around our shoulder for safety! There was an incident of
gang violence down the street from the tent and numerous other
crazy happenings, too.
It was however, a good setup, great fun and a real eye opener!
Testimonies:::
"Fran" (not her real name) stumbled into the tent on the first
night drunk and homeless. She said she was drawn into the tent by
the music, received prayer and healing from the Lord, exchanged
street living for the building with the other "guests", and has
been clean and sober since that first day! She is following the
Only Way now, and is living in a ministry house.
David rode up on his "Harley Bicycle" the second week and ended up
also staying in the building (known as Al's hotel instead of the
former Al's truck stop, by now) He was trying to get his driver's
license and needed somewhere to be in God's presence for a while.
You gotta see his bike!
There have been several other people who are in the same boat and
are serious about making changes in their lives. We have really
put a lot of effort into them and are trusting that the seed we
have sown will take root and bear fruit in the future.
One evening when Allen and Cheryl were praying for a lady, Cheryl
placed her hand on the woman's bad knee and felt movement all
around her kneecap. After a while she was able to dance in worship
to the Lord. Being unable to dance before Him before, she was
elated!
News!!!
There will be a wedding in the tent is Coos Bay! Grandma Betty,
whom our family has adopted as honorary Grandmother, has found her
true love in Ross and will be getting married in the tent on Feb.
25. They have asked us to do worship, perform the wedding, and
also for Shiloh to dance. We are all very excited for both of
them!
We will also be holding meetings from Feb. 19 - March 5, 2006.
Other News:::
It's been a long and tough recovery from the heart attack for
Allen. He's had both setbacks and wonderful miracles in the last
seven months and is mostly recovered now. Still tiring easily, he
can't do quite the physical work he could do before, but is very
happy to be alive and mobile.
The Heartbeat of Jesus Ministries is in a new season. It would be
nice to be able to put a name and actual description to it, but
apparently we are to just do what the Lord says and no more. We
are not planning to travel long distances this year (i.e. To Texas
and back), though we have invitations to go to the Gulf coast at
the moment. With fuel as high as it is right now and the strain it
puts on Allen, it just doesn't seem logistical. But, God is not
always logistical of course!
What we are sensing is that it's time to look for a ministry base
to travel out from, instead of constantly being on the move. We
feel that we can be much more effective by doing 6-8 months of
tent ministry and 4-6 months of home time; though at the moment we
are going forward one tent setup at a time until the Lord prompts.
The ministry base has many facets, which we will share at another
time. Please be in prayer with us on this issue.
Trip to Eureka, CA
August 2005 By Cheryl
Finally deciding to go the shortest way to the coast, we prepared to make
the shuttle of the rigs to Eureka. Theron and Calvin would drive the
"bullet" up to Weaverville, where Allen's brother and family live. They
jumped in the truck, pulled down the road, and had no brakes. We had to
spend another day in the heat.
Theron was already exhausted from juggling 3 wks of worship school, hospital
visits, and being the main man in charge of repairs, shuttling and all the
other hats he's had to try on. Anyway, he arose the next morning at 5am to
repair the brakes, which he did successfully by noon!
By then, Allen couldn't stand another day, so Theron drove our 5th wheel to
Weaverville. From Redding we had 3 tire blow outs, of which Theron and
Calvin were able to repair with some help in Weaverville. Theron and Calvin
caught a ride back to Redding with their cousin, Hillary, and they
immediately drove the bullet up to the Weaverville AG church. A very full
day!
The next morning, Theron drove the big rig with the whole family down the
hill to Eureka. Well, little did we know the adventure that awaited this
tired and beaten down family!
On the last 7mile, 7% grade down the mt road, Theron said, "we don't have
brakes, we don't have any brakes!!" He was white and sweating, Al was in the
front seat, not supposed to be experiencing any stress! There we were,
barreling down the mt at 75mph, going around curves, not knowing if we'd
live to see the next one. We were in the Spirit, all right, screaming our
prayers so the Lord would be sure to hear us.
He did, praise Him forevermore!!
Finally, we came upon a small uphill that slowed us to a
rolling stop just before the hill continued down. Theron instructed us to
jump out, anticipating a fire, as the wheel wells were spewing smoke and the
tires were hot. We got water from the 5th wheel to cool down the brakes,
which wasn't a smart move either, but they eventually cooled.
After a time of realizing that the Lord had saved us from a fatal crash, we
tried to calm down and slowly, very slowly inched down the hill.
Upon arriving in Eureka, we parked at a campground and
decided to not move again.... for a while anyway.
We spent a couple of days recuperating from the life and death experiences,
and reluctantly, I, their Mother, "allowed" our sons to ride back to
Weaverville with Allen's brother to drive the bullet down the hill. They
drove 15mph and arrived safely a few hours later.
So.... by the grace, love, and peace of our Lord and Savior we are
recovering from the last few weeks. It is a long, slow recovery for each one
of us. We can't believe how we get so tired at 9pm, we can hardly hold our
heads up. Stress is a silent killer!!!
Allen is doing much better in the ocean climate. He is walking about 2mi a
day, and taking life easy for this season. It is a miracle he's alive to go
through the healing process, but he will live and not die to declare the
works of the Lord!!! We've been declaring that over him during and since the
heart attack.
We are living one day at a time, listening to His voice, and following His
plans. This is what we DO know:
The enemy came to kill, steal, and destroy the works of
the Lord in the Allen Joseph Walz family. He failed! The Creator of the
universe, our Father has greater plans for us than we can imagine, and they
will be fulfilled! We are not cowered in a corner, in fear, because Jesus
has won the victory for us.
Redding,
CA June - July 2005 By
Theron
While we were in Price, a friend called from CA and offered
to pay my tuition to the Bethel School of Supernatural Worship in Redding,
CA with Don Potter. Click here to read the
experience. My parents felt it was worth it for me to attend, so we
cancelled our mid western itinerary and headed west. We had 18 breakdowns on
the way.
When we arrived the weather was nice and cool and it rained
every other day. I started school and the rest of the family began looking
for a possible tent site. We had the great blessing of being able to camp at
the Redding rodeo grounds where we had full hookups and a horse for Calvin
to to work every day.
My friend, Jason Smith from Yuba City, CA and a wild
worshipping saxophonist, also attended and stayed in the Silver Bullet for
the duration. It was shaping up to be one fun month: there were a ton of
other folks at the school who are even deeper into this worship stuff than I
am! Then the unthinkable happened.
Papa apparently had a heart attack while out running
errands. He managed to somehow drive himself back to the trailer and
collapsed at the door. Mama, Calvin & Shiloh began interceding immediately
and called me at class. Jason & I rushed home and found Papa rolling around
on the floor, sweating like crazy. We decided to call 911.
When he arrived at the hospital, they said he had had a
major occlusion of the left coronary artery. He was rushed into the
operating room and an angioplasty and stent insertion were performed. He
made it through fine, to the amazement of the staff - they said he should
have been dead, seeing his heart had been without oxygen for over 3 hrs!
Miracles never cease to amaze, even if they aren't a dazzling display of
instant healing. We have moved into reckless trust of our Creator, which is
pretty exciting when you think about it.
Price, UT May 15-22, 2005
We were having one on those days...
(For details on the breakdowns, click here.) However, we have
solidly proven that when bad things start to happen, there a blessing is
about to arrive.
The meetings kicked off with the 3rd annual interchurch
service on Sunday. Every meeting was energized be the Holy Spirit and many
were transformed by His presence! Our worship went up a new level as well.
Allen & Cheryl ministered as a team the Love of the Father, powerful is not
the word- awesome would be more like it!
The Blessing of unity was apparent in the healthy mix of
people from different backgrounds attending the same services. I wish more
cities could be that way!
Click here to
listen to an excerpt from Annie's testimony
Port Lavaca, TX March 20-28, 2005
'Tis the season of twitterpated
seagulls! I know this because the tent site is right on the water next to
the local seagull hang out. We are awakened at 5:30 every morning by the
sound of a dozen male seagulls trying to impress their female counterparts
with their extensive vocal range. Crazed from the lack of sleep one morning, I was about
to run out and strangle a few of them when Calvin
reminded me that they're protected. Darn!
The meetings in Port Lavaca were
awesome! The site was perfect. Every night dozens of cars drove by the tent
just to watch through the windows and see what was going on. We continued
with what we felt the Lord instructed us to do, and that was to simply
intercede for the area. We saw some good results and look forward to
returning next year!
We had a wonderful Easter sunrise
service in the tent with the local Methodist congregation on Sunday! The
Pastor asked if we would lead in worship, then he preached on the
resurrection. We opened up the curtains facing the water and, just as we
sang the last song, the sun came streaming into the tent!
See photo
gallery for more pictures...
Richmond, TX Jan.-Feb. 2005
We just finished doing a week of
worship at some new found friend's church in Richmond, TX. It was an awesome
time of soaking in the river (it's starting to bubble out from
underground, by the way!) and receiving revelation from the Father. It
was another one of those "networking connections" that we have been
experiencing lately. Our family was greatly blessed to be able to get to
know this awesome group of down home believers! Check out their site at:
www.trinityriverlife.com
We just finished up a our annual
sabbatical this month. We spent almost four months just receiving from God
and getting filled back up. During this time, we had the privilege to attend
an "Experiencing the Father's Embrace" conference by Jack Frost
at Abiding Life Fellowship in Houston. It was a life changing experience in
which we are still basking.
We also had a great time painting the
inside of Bob Loper's (Cheryl's Dad) house. We learned a lot about painting
and got to spend some quality time with family as well!
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