A Miracle Healing of an AIDS victim
                   From: HARVEY SMITH (MJCN)

Pentecostal Evangel, Feb. 19, 1995
General Council Assemblies of G-d
1445 Boonville Ave
Springfield, Mo.  65802

DELIVERED FROM AIDS AND HOMOSEXUALITY

"I wanted to die", recalled Dave Conklin, 34, when the doctor told him
he had tested positive for AIDS related complex and notified his parents
their son was in the final stage of his life.  Even though Dave suspected he
had the fatal disease, the news still hit hard.

For years people believed Dave was a Christian, even though by his own
estimation he had sexual relations with some 1,000 men.  As Dave looks back on
those days now, his attempts to justify his homosexuality seem far fetched.
At the time, however, he was clandestinely attending a church that supports a
homosexual agenda.

"My concept of Jesus Christ was real weird," said Dave.  "I was good at
debating logic.  I thought i could control or manipulate G-d".

Such attempts came to an abrupt halt when DAe suddenly collapsed in spring
1987.  He was admitted to the hospital.  Various tests failed to isolate what
was causing Dave to faint, lose weight, and feel constant fatigue.  He finally
consented to an AIDS test which confirmed his worst fears. He tested positive.

Dave began taking AZT, a drug that appears to delay the progression of AIDS,
but can produce serious side effects.  Several blackouts and seizures caused
him to lose his driver's liscense.  Constant fatigue, fainting spells, loss of
appetite and weight sent him into depression.  Hope of any kind seemed remote.
 But amid Dave's despair, Christ's plan for him was unfolding.  In August 1988
he attended a Christian Concert in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Before the
presentation began, a woman sat next to him and asked if his name was Dave.
Dave said yes and listened as she explained that during her morning devotions
the L-rd told here someone named Dave had AIDS and needed help.

She encouraged him to attend a drama her church, Mount Hope Assembly of G-d
and International outreach center in Lansing, MIch.,was presenting Touch Felt
'Round the World", which portrays the turn of the century Pentecostal
movement.  Afterward, she told him, healing ministry was available to those
who believed G-d could change their lives.

Dave attended and responded to the altar call, receiving Christ as his
Saviour.  The team prayed over him.  AS he became renewed in his spirit, his
body began to show improvement.  "I really felt love," Dave recalled.  I was
instantly delivered from cigarettes and alcohol.  I felt happy and joyful.  My
thought processes cleared".

Dave's appetite returned and he began to gain weight, strength and vitality.
His doctors also kept seeing improvements.  That's when Dave began to
consider:  Had he been healed of AIDS?  Since he accepted Christ severl blood
tests have been taken to answer that question.  The last blood test he took
prior to a minor operation in December 1990 indicated that while Dave once
tested positive, now he doesn't.  Concerned about the reaction of the medical
community, DAve's doctors have declined comment on how an AIDS victim now has
a clean bill of health.  Christians, however, whose faith rests with the King
of kings and the L-rd of lords, understand. "With man this is impossible; but
with G-d all things are possible". (Matt.19:26 NIV).

Dave now reverences G-d's principles. "I understand what Deuteronomy says
about the blessings and curses of G-d", he said.  "I understand obedience. I'm
not a fanatic. I don't hate homosexuals; I hate homosexuality. If people will
be set free and chane, it's all worth it.  G-d is in the healing business."
(Dave married in 1989 and has two stepsons and a one year old daughter).

Robin Clair, asistant care pastor of Mount Hope Assembly, said, "Homosexuals
are looking for answers, and Christ is the only answer.  We have six people in
our church who were homosexuals and have changed their lifestyles and are
living victoriously.  The power of G-d is there to heal homosexuals if they're
willing to change their lifestyles and trust Him.

(Written by Paul Kopenkoskey, condensed from Lamb Light, March 29, 1992
pubication of First Assembly of God, Grand Rapids, MI, M> Wayne Benson,
Pastor.)...

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