We tend to see all miracles as “instant” events. We expect miracles to be instant! Then, when God does not perform within our split-second timeframe, we are disappointed and often frustrated with The Divine. Often, however, the miracle is already there and God is waiting on us (!!!) to see how long it will take us to notice the miraculous intervention. For example, the burning bush in Exodus 3:2-4. Burning bushes are common in desert areas of extreme high and very low humidity. Nothing new there! Obviously, God’s presence was already in the bush when the seemingly “ordinary” combustion started! So, the miracle was in full course of performance even BEFORE Moses noticed the unusualness of the event. How long did it take for Moses to notice the “unburning” of the burning bush? And even after he noticed the unusual phenomenon, how long did it take Moses to decide that there truly was something uncommon happening. And how long did it take for Moses to accept the extraordinary event as a “miracle”? ONLY THEN did the Lord speak from within the bush! ONLY AFTER you acknowledge the miracle as a true miracle will God conclude and confirm the miracle! Start RIGHT NOW confirming the small signs of God’s performance in action so that your miracle can be confirmed! Finally in closing, I wonder if the unconsumed burning bush is still living and blooming in some desert of Egypt? After all, God’s miracles are always permanent in their purpose! Brad Lambeth

Dear (many!!!) Friends and Supporters: Nara, my wife, is home after two LONG weeks in the hospital with a serious case of Covid (which included 6 days in ICU on a nasal ventilator). Now at home, there are other medical issues she must face and overcome (including continued shortness of breath and also some pancreas and kidney situations). But, overall, her recovery from ICU to home in 72 hours is a true miracle! Which is why Nara joins me in saying thanks to you for the intense prayers of Apostolics, worldwide, on her behalf! Miracles happen by the unification of faith, even if of just two believers. In Nara’s case, there were MANY (!!!) prayers of faith (James 5:15) offered before the Throne… INCLUDING YOURS! Since we may not be able reach out in a personalized manner to each person/church … to everyone that added their faith through prayer to the urgent situation … we write today this open letter (please share it with everyone) to express our appreciation for your spiritual intervention on her behalf. We also promise to intensify even more our commitment to worldwide missions and international outreach as a manner of paying forward the GIFT OF LIFE your prayers have given Nara (and to me also). I have always seen unthankfulness as a major sin… and now on the other side of the storm, we do not want to fail to express our heart-humbled feelings of thankfulness of your friendship and support across these last few weeks of dire trials and dark stormy nights! Our prayer is: May God reward you and yours with multiply blessings! Thank you. Brad Lambeth Nara Lambeth (By the grace of God within a few short days we both will be back to working a full apostolic missionary schedule… thank you for your understanding in this regard.)

This day 15 years ago... March 10, 2006 (exactly 15 years ago), a great apostle, Missionary J.B. Lambeth entered Heaven’s portal to pick up his crown and to begin his deserved eternal rest from more than 50 years of faithful Apostolic service. He was a unique man, a visionary missionary from the very beginning of his ministry until the day he died on the foreign field of Brazil. He deserved, but never desired the laurels and benefits of staying long enough in one place to live comfortably off the fat of the land. He “planted” churches in Texas (and Iowa) before and after he came to Brazil for the first time. Once the church was established, he moved on to another town to repeat the process. Then April, 1959, J.B. “Sonny” Lambeth embarked on life calling to the “dark” country of Brazil. He (and family) arrived near midnight in the Porto Alegre airport (dark and empty!) without knowing a single word of Portuguese, no money in pocket and with no one there to help them find lodging. The solitude of that first lonely night really never disappeared until this morning, 15 years ago, when he died alone on a thin hospital bed. He always felt bashful and out of place at the “big church” gatherings. Yet, he was seen across America as a man of God tremendously used by the gifts of the Spirit! He was never a conference preacher... yet, his missionary slide presentations were unforgettable and impactful with people rushing to the altar in consecration and dedication! Truly, he was a people mover, but not in the way many would imagine. His huge tall Texan frame was the talk of the small villages he visited with his accordion on his back. Once there, after singing and preaching, he enjoyed the fellowship and plain food of the poor saints in those isolated areas. His outreach concepts were bold and almost frightening to some pentecostal circles... he was decades ahead of his generation, yet, his way of doing missionary “business” is the basis of most apostolic missionary fields around the world today. Thousands of saints of all nationalities were reached by his direct and indirect efforts, worldwide. Finally, exclusively because of his unique personality and special walk with God, our family was entrusted with the care of the Lambeth name and with the responsibility of continuing forward with the apostolic legacy he left with this world. I pray we never shame his name nor his legacy. Brad Lambeth on behalf of The Lambeth Missionary Family

Brazil is different, very different. Dogs everywhere. Correction: barking dogs everywhere, especially around our house. This morning as I was praying, the huge dog next door insistently added his strident bark to the neighborhood canine howlers. The barking was insane. With a short "forgive me Lord" prayer, I went to the front window to see what was agitating the usual early morning quiet. On my sidewalk I saw a woman sitting down on the edge of the curb. Nothing too unusual... until, looking closer, I saw her tears falling on the sidewalk. Even from my window I saw that the tears were "huge" and full of pain! Her grief was intense. Drying my own tears of prayer, I stepped outside to find out what was happening. "Is all well?", I gently asked the woman... The first thing she said in reply "Do you remember me, pastor?"... (I didn't)... "I was that backslid teenaged girl that you tried to keep in church, many years ago..." She gave her name... then I remembered her from years past. "Why are you crying?", I asked her... She looked up at me with a tear-swollen face and said four words: "My mother just died". "And in my grief, the only thing I knew to do was to come and sit on the sidewalk of the only person that ever tried to save my soul"... "help me to find God again, Mr. Pastor... I beg you... HELP ME". She appeared to be around thirty years old... which meant it had been about 15 years since I last saw her in church. It is amazing: hungry souls always remember where the preacher lives after years of living a spiritual destructive life. That means that many backsliders are desperate to return to the Father's House. Much like the prodigal son remembering the smell of bread in his father's house, spiritual runaways still remember the last powerful service they were in... believe me, they remember! But to have any chance of spiritual restoration, it is the Prodigal son/daughter that must to their senses. Luke 15:17 describes this desperate moment as "when he came to himself". If you are a wandering soul lost in a dark world of hopelessness and you read this short (true) story, and if you are ready to come back to the Father's House... please go sit on the sidewalk of that Apostolic church where you first received the Holy Ghost(I know you have not forgotten the address). The Man of God will meet you at the door to clean you up and feed your soul! John "Brad" Lambeth jblambeth@gmail.com

Dear Partners and Friends and Supporters: We are asking for your prayers (not offerings) to help us stand strong under the huge load of a sudden (unexpected) pandemic wave of a (new) mutant version (Manaus variant) of Covid. A few weeks ago all of our churches, spread across 10 Brazilian states, were preparing to exit the long dark winter of the 2020 Corona-virus episode. Then, almost from night to day, every hope was shattered with a huge, unprecedented onslaught of a second wave of a very letal version of the virus. So, today, we are adding up the numbers and they do not look good: over 100 apostolic saints in isolation or in the hospital 7 pastors/ministers are in the hospital and half of these men of God are on ventilators. There are entire ministerial families in the hospital/isolation. The hospitals are now turning away patients, including those gravely ill! There are no more hospital beds available! Even private hospitals are under emergency law intervention... meaning that the government is now controlling almost all health institutions (in the southern half of the country), and that is not enough because they are starting to rent refrigerated containers to stack the bodies. There are strong signs that the government will move beyond the 8:00 PM curfew (although the curfew is not absolute) and the weekend total close-down of some cities into a more severe type of regional lockdown. Thus, most of our churches (including our main HQ campus) are closed back down again. On the positive side, while there are some ministers/saints in critical condition, there are been no deaths, leaving room for you to help us pray against this terrible virus. Another good note is the fact that the Lambeth missionary family, all of us (!!!), are still clear of this viral infection! Please keep our names (also) in prayer so that we have the physical strength and health to lead our churches through these dark days, into the glorious light of victory. So sorry, but you may receive this update more than once since Cleve and John-John will also help send this text to all of our wonderful partners and friends. (If so, the redundancy is not deliberate). Thanks for your prayers at this time. Brad Lambeth, Cleve Lambeth and John-John Lambeth (Representing the entire Lambeth Family)

Jesus told the thief on the cross... " today, shalt thou be with me in paradise " (Lk. 23:43). " Today" miracles are different than what we most often want from divine interventions. We usually expect (even demand by "faith") the NOW (!!!) answer. Instantaneously! Yes, I have seen many INSTANT miracles; I treasure each of those incredible memories. Yet, I have also watched God SLOWLY performing across the stage of time... sometimes He takes many more minutes than we are comfortable with. At other times, He even takes all the longer longer...hours... sometimes days! When we approach the Throne of God for a miracle, we must be prepared for the TODAY delay... sometimes the miracle we need becomes a day after day of smaller miracles, that in the end, add up to the completely fulfilled... and final version of God's answer to our plead! The thief on the cross would have gladly accepted instant death just to avoid further suffering and be ushered instantly into paradise. Not to be! There were several more painful hours ahead for him before the promise was confirmed. We do not even know if the thief died before Jesus died. What if Jesus died first... then, the remaining hours of the thief on the cross would require a greater measure of faith so as not to "backslide" and then curse his continued bad luck of life (like the other crucified thief). These many pandemic months have been filled with unique miracles and unexplainable healings... yet, across these dark seasons of worry and pain... I cannot remember one single INSTANT miracle. Every one of the MANY miracles we witnessed across 2020/2021 have been SLOW, day after day miracles. So, let's rejoice TODAY... God is moving our miracle forward a day at a time! Brad Lambeth

Dear Special Friend: I write you with a very special wonderful report of answered prayers. As most of you know, about three weeks ago Ana Paula was diagnosed with a large and growing tumor in her pelvic area, very likely in and around her uterus. The CAT scans were unable to pinpoint important details. Every doctor was adamant that the situation was very serious and required urgent surgery if we wish to improve the medical odds that were working against her. On the day of the first attempted surgery she was not operated on because while in the operating theater she was diagnosed with COVID-19... so they rolled her out and took her directly to the covid isolation ward. Nara went with her (although she did not and does not have covid)... they both were isolated for 5 days. Once out, they were placed in home isolation for another 7 days... meanwhile, the tumor was (they lead to understand) getting worse! This last Monday, we went to the surgeon’s office to mark a date to go back to the hospital and he strongly suggested to go immediately to the hospital, via the emergency sector... again, the underlying message was THIS IS URGENT. After hours of waiting, we got her readmitted into the hospital. On this second round her surgery was canceled twice (for unexplained reasons)... Meanwhile, THANKS TO YOUR PRAYERS , God was “doing His thing” in the background! For example, yesterday a different surgeon came into the room stating that he was a lung surgeon... he said he came to deal with the nodules she had in her chest cavity! We knew NOTHING about this added situation... he said, but before I do anything let me go compare the latest CAT scan with her previous CAT scan... then we will know if Chest surgery is also required! 15 minutes of prayer were desperately offered up to God... he came back and said... it is very strange and unusual... but everything that was on her original CAT scan DISAPPEARED! He said she NOW HAS PERFECT LUNGS! Wow! Then today, they decided to move her late afternoon surgery to this morning (another worrisome fact)... that is what is so great about God’s praying pastors and saints... when those in the heat of the battle can’t pray, there is a WHOLE NATION of prayer warriors on their knees! So, she went into surgery this morning and the surgery lasted over two hours. When the surgeon came out to talk with my wife and I he stated that he was very happy and surprised that the situation he found IN HER was very different that what he had seen on the CAT scans! His report: he removed two tumors which were contained. The tumors DID NOT reach her intestinal system (we were told that from the very beginning because of the three weeks of intense diarrhea).... and PLUS he said “Although I am NOT a pathologist, from the looks of the tumors, they DO NOT SEEM TO BE MALIGNANT at all”! He said she might even be going home on Saturday (much sooner than expected). So, I write today with tears in my eyes... in thankfulness for the incredible miracles that God gave us, despite all reports (across three weeks) to the contrary. In reality... I sincerely believe that the negative reports were true... but God was POSITIVELY better than the “true”negative reports! I also am PROFOUNDLY thankful for YOUR prayers! They made the difference. There is no way to repay you, but I can help you PRAY if/when your big trial knocks on your door. Thank you again! Brad and Nara Lambeth

Overwhelming Trials vs Invisible Hope This year of 2020 refuses to die off… here we are less than 2 weeks away from 2021 and there seems to be no relief in sight. Most, if not all of my friends, share the same mindset: This has been a year of tsunami-sized trials. And, to make matters worse, the multiple waves of spiritual oppression almost blot out the visible horizon of hope. At times, the waves seem to be so big that they look like one huge single wall of doom! Job faced worse! In one single day (12 hours of daylight hell), his world was completed destroyed. Without one single plausible explanation. He lost everything, including his own health (Covid-19?). It is at times such as these (days) that we cannot give up hope… even when hope is swallowed up by the darkness of the storm. Paul, facing a huge hurricane storm as he journeyed to another painful storm (court trial in Rome), described what he saw midst the driving rain: “…there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul…”(Acts 27:23, 24). It is sometimes VERY HARD to see an angel when surrounded by dense fog from hell! Sometimes, hope seems to become elusively invisible … it just disappears! The challenge is to find and grasp that “invisible” skinny thread of hope hidden in another dimension of our soul and use it to tie our desperate situation(s) to miraculous faith (also totally invisible)! Stormy trials are not so dark when there is a tiny candle of hope flickering in the wind. Prayer makes invisible hope become tangible… and that is what takes the sting of hopelessness out of our overwhelming trials. Job said it best (paraphrasing): “with these sick and feverish eyes, I WILL SEE my Redeemer! Hope is the main ingredient used to build faith when defeat seems to be so overwhelmingly final. Abraham hit rock bottom when he neared the 100 year mark… the promised child was not to be (so it seemed) … it was when he was overwhelmed by the impossibility that he… > “against hope, believed in hope” (Romans 4:18) (please reread this three times) then… > “he considered not his own body now dead” (v. 19) which helped him… > “stagger(ed) not… through unbelief” (v. 20) this is what hope does… > “giving glory to God” (v. 20) Hope generated worship, … which caused him to be… > “fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able also to perform” … Faith in the fullest form… which is all strong with “hope against hope”. Find a thread of hope… have hope… faith is already in action! Brad Lambeth

Sudden, Silent, Solutions! I have noticed, even in my own prayer life, that God sometimes answers our crying pleas without any fanfare or announcement... without ANY indication of the finished solution! Since faith operates on the invisible side of eternity and because there often is the watering smoke of desperation in our eyes, we cannot see the answer when it arrives in unannounced silence! It would be nice, perhaps, if God would ANNOUNCE everything He does... with a drum roll perhaps! That way we could just keep on praying without ceasing until the answer is audibly confirmed! Sometimes, however, the bright light of God’s movements across terrain of our painful trials makes our eyes squint shut... to the point we don’t see The Lamb getting off the Throne as he comes toward us with a miracle (Rev. 5:4-8) So, may I suggest, just for today: Get up, wash your stinging tears away and LOOK AROUND! You may see God putting His finger to His lips making a “sssh” sound indicating that a... SUDDEN, SILENT SOLUTION (just) HAPPENED! sssh... Brad Lambeth