2006 Overview

Posted: May 05, 2017

Robert Johnson and Greig arrived in Buenos Aires in mid February. They traveled 2,000 miles south to Rio Gallegos, the capital of the province of Santa Cruz in the part of Argentina known as Patagonia. They met with Ivan Vargas, their principle contact in Patagonia and began a message ministry trip through 4 new cities where they were directed by the Spirit of God. The Lord gave them information about each place before arriving and specific messages to deliver in each city.

The following is a summary of what the Lord gave them for each city before they arrived. Piedra Buena would be a city at the crossroads. Gobernador Gregores would be a welcome mat thrown out by a noble people. Puerto San Julian would build bridges of unity. Puerto Santa Cruz would be a city awaiting encouragement. Rio Gallegos would continue to be the port of conquest.

The Lord touched people in visible ways in each town; the biggest problem was reaching all those congregations that asked for their ministry without them getting too tired. The Lord has really brought Greig a long ways from his earlier days.

In Gobernador Gregores, they were not only welcomed by the church, but were also asked to do a government radio program, then a television program, then a newspaper interview followed by a meeting with the city superintendent. The story of how God led them to their city touched not only the church but the city leaders. One lady from a very influential family that suffered from massive pain came to visit them after ministering one night. The Lord took all the pain away. She gave her life to Jesus Christ and was baptized before they left the area.

In the port city of Puerto San Julian, the pastor and primary contacts there had just returned from a conference in another city. Understandably tired, he scheduled them to go to houses of other church leaders. This was all part of the Lord’s plan for bringing leaders together. At their final meeting in that city, a record number of pastors with their congregations attended. The Lord responded to brothers and sisters working in harmony. Six pastors and wives from six different denominations came together for this event.

In Puerto Santa Cruz, the Lord encouraged many to step out in their callings. Their primary contacts there were pastors from the Assembly of God denomination. Because of the way the Lord was using them to encourage members of that congregation; they now have invitations, when the Spirit leads, to ministers in other congregations in Rio Gallegos. Four of the largest denominations have now opened their doors nationally to this ministry along with many other influential groups. His will, combined with your obedience to bring His will to earth, made all the difference. Every city where they ministered exceeded expectations.

God did great things on a 3 week trip into Finland. Before the trip, He gave Greig and Robert direction that this was a mission to set the captives free. On April 10, Robert and Greig, along with their two primary fellow ministers Keijo and Hannu from Finland, headed to the capital city of Helsinki. From there, they traveled up to the northwestern high-tech city of Oulu, the same place they ministered the last time they were there. They stayed with pastor Esa and Mayra and ministered in their congregation. Also, they ministered at 2 other locations where God led them to give many words of direction to the church and individuals there. Calling out specific ailments they believed the Lord was showing them and watching those people acknowledge their ailments put them in awe of our Lord’s mercy and willingness to communicate details.

After Oulu, they ministered in 8 other cities. In Iisalmi, they were led to give direction for creating a horizontal structured church. In the city of Kaajani, a city they visited on their first trip to Finland, the Lord moved mightily after they delivered strong anointed messages. One lady began to manifest demonic bondage after Greig commanded a spirit of infirmity to leave her that had kept her in constant body pain. She doubled over and began acting as if fire were burning her and began trying to brush it and blow it out. This trip was a vivid reminder to Greig that most of us, even as Christians, do not put as much blame as we should on the evil part of the spiritual dimension for the problems we endure. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12).

As in the cities of Juuka and Polvijarvi, they saw people coming together from different denominations. They took a break in a town on the edge of the Russian border called Tuupovaara where they were invited to stay at a house that was located by one of the more than 80,000 lakes in Finland. Tatu was their host. They were coerced into jumping in those icy Finish waters after a traditional Finnish Sauna. That was nuts!

They greatly enjoyed their long time friends, Anneli and Sinikka, in Mikkeli where they ministered in 2 big house meetings. Near Mikkeli, they stopped by a 300-year old castle built on a river island made entirely of rock and surrounded by water. That is what God is saying to the church. Build your foundation on solid rock and you will be surrounded by the water of His Spirit.

In the city of Kouvola, a new city that the Lord led them that is northeast of Helsinki, He connected the team to a wonderful head pastor couple, Arto and Saija. They have been involved in a great work in other parts of the world. The pastor gave them freedom to minister as they believed the Holy Spirit was directing. He responded by giving the team some words of knowledge for healing that were all acknowledged by ailing people who were present at the meeting. A professional looking lady came to Greig and wanted to know what he thought was God’s calling on her life. She said she was not working right now and wanted to spend her full time doing whatever the Lord wanted her to do. The Lord responded by showing Greig He wanted to use her to establish many of the new things He was leading His church to do. She said, "I knew it, but I feel something is trying to stop me from doing it". Greig then began to take authority over anything that was hindering her calling. A minute later, she was on the floor writhing, crying and screaming. Greig continued to minister to her with Saija. Robert got involved as God gave him insights into the rejection she experienced from her parent’s as a young girl that brought on demonic bondage into her life..until now. God freed her from her captivity that day. Hallelujah! Thank you, Lord Jesus, for freeing us all. Help us receive it all.

God moved tremendously. This was indeed a trip to set the captives free. Whether it was freedom from old mentality, old methods, man’s traditions, old structures or plain old gift-robbing demons, God set the captives free during this trip! Jesus came to set the captives free, and Robert and Greig had the privilege of being His representatives in Finland.

Robert and Greig traveled to Romania where they joined forces for 2 weeks with an evangelistic team now operating in Romania. Jared Worby, their host, has been head of a tent ministry for many years in several countries in Latin America and Europe. He moves a huge circus-like tent from city to city, gathering the various congregations of the church in that city together to unite in giving the Good News of the Kingdom of God through Jesus Christ to the local community. Although their message was, again, primarily to the church, the Lord used the team to touch some people who had not yet entered into His Kingdom.

There was no doubt the team was confronting demonic principalities in the region they visited known as Transylvania. The woman wearing the Jesus Freak shirt manifested demonically as they were ministering to her in the city of Arad. When seeing those things, it’s a reminder that we are not battling people but demonic beings in the spiritual realm that are using people with plans to eventually destroy them.

At one time, Romania was one of the most powerful and modern countries in Europe. Although Romania is advancing after the fall of communism in the 80′s, it is still one of the poorest countries in Europe. It serves as a reminder that powerful nations can lose power very quickly when they move away from operating according to God’s instructions.

It is said that if you want to see old Europe, go to Romania. It is true. You can still see people in the small towns cutting grass with sickles and hauling it and their families around on horse drawn wagons. There is a huge gypsy population. In fact, the Romanian word for gypsy is Roma from which the word Romania is derived. It is fun to see those things of the past. However, that same desire to hold onto the old way of life is also keeping the church hanging onto many old traditions that are impeding it’s effectiveness in the modern world. There is a strong religious spirit still alive and well in Romania. The Lord used Robert and Greig to help bring down the traditions of man that are keeping those seeking God from entering into His gates. It was refreshing to connect with some fellowships and individuals who do have the revelation of what the Lord desires to do now with His body. They met several wonderful, loving people and new friends in that country. Thanks team for working together to pull this trip off under the direction and power of the Lord.

On September 1, Robert Johnson and Greig arrived in Finland where they met up with the main northern Europe section of the team, Keijo and Haanu, and ministered a bit in Finland. After ministering for a short time in Finland, they took a ferry across the Balkan Sea, arriving in the capital of Estonia. They then traveled into Estonia and ministered in several cities, some speaking Estonian and others Russian. After a week, they traveled to Latvia and spoke at an airport hotel conference and a nearby storybook town before heading back to Finland. At strategic places in each of those 3 countries, they were asked to come back sometime and they would host an open-to-everyone conference where they could expound on the prophetic messages God has given them to deliver to His church.

Ten days after getting back from Estonia and Latvia, Greig headed to Argentina until mid December. After settling back into his apartment in Buenos Aires, He traveled to Uruguay. The Lord gave him visions of crossing the Plat (Silver), a 100-mile wide river delta from Buenos Aires to Uruguay, but that did not make sense because the large city of Paysandú where he was traveling was much easier to get to by car. In fact a pastor from Uruguay was headed down to pick Greig up when the main highway to northern Uruguay was closed by Argentineans protesting the building of a Finnish paper plant in Uruguay. That was certainly the enemy at work trying to cause divisions among three countries that Greig believes are very closely tied spiritually and, which, are all 3 bases for this ministry. Greig ended up taking the ferry across to the southern end of Uruguay. The Lord used him to minister, largely due to the Kingdom-mindedness of the principal pastor he worked with in 3 different denominations in Paysandú, the 2nd largest city in Uruguay. A highlight for Greig was when God led him to pray for a man’s back, without him telling Greig he had a back problem, and the Lord completely healed it after months of pain. This man happened to be the owner of the house that Greig would stay in over the following week. Before Greig left he said, "The house is yours to stay in whenever you are in Uruguay; you and any companions". Only the Lord knows the perfect who, how, when and where. Healed Luis is pictured here with his happy wife.

Greig then passed through Southern Argentina along with one of the Argentina partners, Ivan Vargas, ministering in almost all the places in the province of Santa Cruz where they have ministered in the past. God made some more amazing connections with some apostles in business and politics who chauffeured them to most of their destinations as they talked about the new things God wants to establish for His church.

Robert Johnson flew directly to the capital city of Santa Cruz from Buenos Aires to meet up with Greig and Ivan on Nov. 1. God connected them to the leader of the pastors’ fellowship there in the city of Rio Gallegos. They ministered in his Assemblies of God fellowship for 2 nights where God moved mightily, especially on the musicians, to the point where they were left without music. It was cool, not the part about being left without music, but why it happened.

The 3 of them then traveled to the largest city and southern most point on the mainland in Chile, Punta Arenas, where the Lord made quick connections to several key leaders. Ivan had to return back to Argentina shortly after arriving, but God then connected Robert and Greig to the founder of the Interdenominational Bible Institute there. He had a dream 2 months earlier when ministering in Cuba about 2 guys that would come to help move the church there into the future. Robert and Greig were the guys in his dream. He said to advise him before they come to Chile the next time and he will host a multi-denominational conference, just for them to deliver what the Lord gives them.

Robert and Greig returned to Buenos Aires where they ministered in a large, fruitful church. Robert then flew back to the US and Greig headed north to the provinces of Catamarca and then later to Tucuman. In Catamarca, the Lord matched the schedule he had given Greig previously with the schedule of the leaving and entering supervisors for the Church of God, who supervise over 200 congregations in northern Argentina. He used Greig to confirm several things to them and other leaders along the way. Greig was friends with the leaving supervisor, now he’s good friends with the new one. Greig believes the way God strategically connects people is more amazing than those healing and deliverance miracles he has witnessed. In Tucuman, Greig visited with the professors of the Bible institute there and was then invited to speak to the students, some future key leaders.