Susan Hoover

Hi there!

It is has been two weeks since our last big youth outreach event!

As usual…  1,000’s flooded the field each night!

It is so amazing to me that even though we didn’t have any celebrities or perfect publicity that still 1,000’s of people would come! It is such a proof to me that God really tugs on their heart and brings them. Why?Because He loves them so much and desires them to hear the gospel so they can be saved!!

While I was preaching I saw many Muslim people in the crowd. There were two girls standing right in front of the stage. They were listening very intently and seemed to be enjoying everything that was going on. (pic below)

Youth from local churches did what they were trained to do on the field. They met and ministered to the young people they met on the field. Gave them books that explain what salvation is all about and they take their phone and address so that they can continue to visit them to help them understand it even more.

I was so overjoyed when I heard that those two Muslim girls were met by local youth and went home with the salvation books that night!

It is a joy to preach Jesus to them for the first time and sow the gospel seed in to their hearts! And it is also a joy to see the youth from local churches doing their part to help that seed inside of them grow so that they can really understand Jesus more clearly!!

“Joy” is maybe the best word to describe all of the emotions we can feel while doing a big event like this. I truly felt so honored to be a part of it as I heard the voice of the crowd follow me in praying out the salvation prayer with me and receive Jesus into their hearts! (You can actually watch and listen to this in the video link below!)

Doing events like this takes months of preparation, 1,000’s of dollars, all the energy my body can round up, and many people all around the world and locally all taking up their part… but I am convinced it is soooooo worth it!! Those souls are worth everything.. they are worth Jesus’ life! If Jesus was willing to die for them the least I can do is spend all my time, energy, money and whatever else I have to tell them about it..

Truly …. A JOY!!!!

Thank you soooooo much for taking part in this eternal joy!!
Susan Joy

I have attached a few pictures.
You can see the complete album on facebook.
There is also a few links to watch some videos.
or catch it all on my facebookgroup: Susan’s Indonesian Adventures
enjoy! J

Watch the salvation prayer in Deli Tua:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHRW7yihZtU

Watch a short little clip of the fun we had:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLQZ01Dun9A

Look at the Photo Album:

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=511212132&k=55D5X3VXWT6A4JMGPEX62USTPRAAVT3&oid=1422165085103

Last Saturday I had planned a very ordinary day doing normal things.. A day off to pay my bills, clean my yard, do up some paperwork, maybe even grab some rest. Etc. All of a sudden I received a phone call that the mother of our close Pastor friend had died. I quickly got ready to go to their house. By the time I arrived there was a tent sent up outside the house and many people were there. I stood back and watched as the family carried on their Hindu rituals for quite some time. The Pastor is one of 14 children and there is only one other who is a believer. He decided that the funeral was the right time to share the gospel to his family … and asked me to do it! So after they finished their rituals I stepped in to the circle that this huge family had made around the body. I stood at the foot of the coffin with a little megaphone. And with the family all encircled around me I preached to them that the only surety of salvation is Jesus and Jesus alone. They stood there and listened to every word! It was an incredible honor and joy for me! It was an experience I will never, ever, forget!
 
I may have planned an ordinary day.. but God had something else in mind. More than I ever could have imagined! I preached to the whole family of one of the hardest Hindu families in our entire city! Truly amazing!
 
After I finished speaking we prayed and sang a son and then they took to the body to be cremated. I was asked to join.. so I did. But thinking there would be another ceremony before the body was cremated and that was it. But when I got there and saw them stacking firewood below and above the coffin I realized this was going to more than I was expecting as well!! I kept telling myself it couldn’t be real.. it was like something you’d see out of old movie of a knight’s tale. But once I heard, and saw the flames, it became very real indeed. It was at moment I realized I had never attended a Hindu funeral before. And considered that next time I would skip the cremation ceremony.
 
Another extraordinary day was the Saturday before. I was not feeling good that morning. But felt that I had to go see the women in the prison. When I got there many of the women were in one cell playing their gambling games. I didn’t think anyone was going to even come and join me.. but to my surprise 8 of the 13 women were suddenly all in the cell with me. I explained the real meaning of Easter to them, starting from creation; What Jesus really did for us. When I asked who wanted to receive Jesus all 8 women raised their hands! They all repeated the prayer with me. Right after I said “amen” I continued by saying “now, let’s all just take a few moments to thank Jesus”. After a few seconds I realized I could hear many of their whispering voices so I looked up and around and saw the most beautiful thing.. all 8 faces were tear stained and their lips were shaking and they whispered out their gratitude to Jesus and what He had done. It may have been in a prison cell.. but that moment was so holy, so precious and so beautiful and full of God’s presence!
 
Last weekend I was also asked to speak at a special children’s service. For the first time the church had decided to invite all of the poor children that are sponsored by “Compassion” there and join them together with the Sunday school children. There was almost 200 kids. I have not preached to children in a very long time and was wondering if I could do it! Haha.. But God is good and when I asked who wanted to receive Jesus in their hearts over 100 of their hands shot up in the air.. I was so happy to see it!
 
Don’t forget!! The next big event is only a few days away!! Last week I asked you to pray for two things: the permissions and the finances to do it. Well.. a few days ago we got the final permissions!! So now just waiting to see how God wants to pay for it. J thanks for your prayers!
 
In Him,
Susan Joy

Happy (a little late) Easter to all of you!  Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend remembering all that our beautiful Jesus has done for us!  5 am this morning I woke up in an earthquake. It lasted quite long and at 7.2 was quite strong as well. It hit Aceh, the province above us. We are all fine.

A few updates ago I told you of a plan we had to do a large event last weekend in the city of Tanjung Pinang. Unfortunately it was not possible to do it then, so it was postponed. (please keep it in your prayers for the future).  I didn’t feel like I could wait months for the next event… there are so many people out there that haven’t heard the gospel yet!! So I sat down with my youth team to pray and discuss together and we decided on another Muslim city about an hour away. Just a few days later I visited that city and received a very excited welcome from the Pastors there. We immediately started the set up work and I am very excited to announce that our next gospel event will be taking place in just over 2 weeks! On April 23-24! (more…)