The WHI Team

The Rt. Rev. David Bena, The Rev. Nigel Mumford, Lt. Col. Noel Dawes, Sandra Lester

The Rev. Nigel W. D. Mumford
Director of Healing Ministries at Christ the King Spiritual Life Center [click for bio]
Former Drill Instructor, Commando Training Center, UK Royal Marines

Lt. Col. Noel C. E. Dawes
Former Infantry Officer, British Army [click for bio]

The Rt. Rev. David J. Bena
Suffragan Bishop, Convocation of Anglicans in North America [click for bio]
Former U. S. Air Force Chaplain and U.S. Marine Corps Officer

Sandra Lester
Healing Ministry Program Coordinator at Christ the King Spiritual Life Center

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Article in The Military Chaplain

To all our Welcome Home Initiative Intercessors:

I want to give you all a praise report from the visit with the Chief of Chaplains for the Army and to thank you so much for your prayer coverage.

This past weekend was a mountain top experience for me personally.  I flew to Washington DC and was picked up by an Army Chaplain and driven to an auxiliary office of the Pentagon.  (The offices for the Army Chaplains are being refurbished at the Pentagon proper.)

 I met with Major General Douglas Carver, the Chief of Army Chaplains, a 4-star General, and with 15 other Army chaplains.  The briefing and prayer before we met in the conference room was interesting.  As I was listening to the Colonel briefing me. I noticed that the sun was casting a shadow from his neck rest on the wall beside him.  I told him not to move his chair but to turn his head.  It looked like a helmet placed on a reversed rifle? the symbol of respect for a deceased veteran!  God was at work already.  

I spent an hour and a half presenting the 'Welcome Home Initiative," hosting questions, and praying.

As an example I offered prayer for the healing of memories for one of the chaplains.  While this was happening I was given a word of knowledge that was backed up by the General who, at the same moment, had the same vision.  The power of the Holy Spirit was at work!
 
I ended the session by offering an anointing of the hands of the chaplains.  The 4-star General was the first up.  All followed and presented their palms for anointing and commissioning for offering healing prayer.  I have been asked back to the Pentagon and was told that the next time I would get the tour of the building.  

As a former corporal drill instructor in the British Royal Marine Commandos, to present to these high ranking U.S. Army Chaplains was at first rather intimidating, but we had some good banter in regard to a Marine presenting to the Army.  I was able to invite these men, either individually or as a corporate group, to come to the SLC for a retreat or for them to join the WHI retreats next year. 

That evening I had a phone call from the McNutts at Christian Healing Ministries in Jacksonville, FL,  who told me that they had been praying for the visit at the Pentagon office.  When they had told their Level Three Healing School that we were doing this? the class applauded?  Both Francis and Judith were on the phone and they wanted to hear all the details of the Chaplains visit.  They we re thrilled. 

The immediate fruit of this visit is that one of the Colonels wants to do a healing service once a month at the Pentagon.  Thanks be to God!   I will keep you updated with any further fruits of this visit.

THANK YOU so much for your prayers.... we must not limit God in any way....

I have to say that this visit was such a privilege to offer help in anyway we can to returning combat veterans of all wars....

I pray for peace this Christmas... "Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind."

Be well, do good works and for the sake of God love one another...

Fr. Nigel+

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