Posts by Ric Shields

I was not trying to be a prophet. On the opening night of the conference in Egypt I shared from 1 Kings 18:41. It’s the story of the prophet Elijah telling the wicked King Ahab, “There is the sound of a heavy rain.” Since it hadn’t rained in three years, it was a pretty bold…

I was not trying to sell miracles to people.  Actually, I was trying to buy miracles for people. Just $5 was all we needed to purchase one, single-vision pair of glasses or provide medicine for someone attending our recent outreach in Mexico City.  For those receiving the help, it truly would be a miracle. Our…

Did you know $5 can buy a miracle? I don’t know what miracle you need, but I know the miracles that will be needed by nearly 450 people next week. Members of our team in Mexico City will provide basic optical exams for about 60 people each day.  Just $5 will provide the miracle many…

Where is Sheila and what happened to her? I’m not referring to geography; I know her physical location. I’m talking about the dynamic changes happening in Sheila’s life. Changes in her heart and soul. It all started in Byandai, Siberia in August 2001 where she had a pivotal encounter with Jesus and never looked back. She understood…

The word “amazing” may be a bit over-used, but we can’t find a better way to describe the outreach we had in Argentina last month. In five Simply Sisters events we ministered to nearly 350 ladies who came to know they were not alone when encountering insurmountable circumstances in their lives. During one event, a…