When God Called me.

John Halsell

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When God called me, I said you have to be kidding, you want me to do what? And just like Moses did, I went over the list of all of my weaknesses and failures with Him, but I finally gave in kicking and screaming and accepted my fate and when I did, I realized the Lord had been preparing me all of my life for this and began to relax over time. That is why I tell people to not be in a hurry to get a calling He will pick the right time for you. I began this major ministry at 53 years old but had been serving the Lord in other ways since the early 70's. At one point I was Teen Challenge staff in California. I sang on TBN when they were still new and even saw Catherine Kolman during that time. I would never have imagined that I would be doing things on the scale that I am now and at 69 years old and work from home. I have spent the last 16 years street witnessing and when the virus hit everything changed dramatically like it did when the Lord first called me. Now the Lord gives me the words and I just write them down and share them immediately online. So now I am sharing this testimony with all of you here and around the world with over 140,000,000 people and climbing. I must give God all of the Glory because if not for Him none of this would be happening.

When I am street witnessing, I go to missions, rest homes the streets and busses and give away free wooden crosses and Bibles but I was getting complaints about the Bibles from the local businesses and even flyers because people were leaving them all over the place and they said it was littering so I had to stop and only give them to the rest homes and missions, large print Bible work great there. The universities supplied me with a table in the cafeteria to pass them out. I always check with the Police about the local laws about street witnessing, you don't want to get on their bad side, or they will stop you and don't make the businesses or bus drivers angry some of them will work with you and some will not so be careful. I never fight with the authorities about my rights, or I would be shut down in no time at all. I have done it for 16 years and have watched a lot of people come and go in a matter of days for being hot heads or asking for money. I have talked to over 100,000 people here in Salem, Oregon USA about Jesus. That is not including the 140,000,000 I have shared the Gospel of Grace with online since the virus.

At 69 years old now and the devil has tried to stop or kill me many times and, in many ways, and none of them have worked. I have been in two accidents on my bicycle with vehicles while doing my Street Ministry for the last 16 years. That left me with multiple injuries to my neck back shoulders and both hips which were all dislocated. I am recovering from injuries and am still walking around with some back pain but that is slowly going away. I had a series of 5 mini strokes that paralyzed my whole right side which I walked away from completely healed the next day. The doctors have told me I was going to die around eight different times, but I didn't die as you can see. So, you want to know if I am alright, the answer is yes and getting better all of the time. I am always under physical attack but that is nothing new. Now both of my legs are swollen and my hands and feet are going numb from five back injuries but I’m not going to let that stop me. The Lord is constantly healing me. The Gospel of Grace has been shared with 140,000,000 people around the world. So yes, I am fine!