AS I REFLECT ON MINISTRY AND THE PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN RADICALLY CHANGED AND TOUCHED BY THE LORD TWO NAMES COME UP, PASTORS JAY AND GRETCHEN FREITAS. TWO PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED A PROPHETIC WORD THAT LITERALLY TURNED THEIR WORLD UPSIDE DOWN AND LAUNCHED THEM INTO THE REALM OF FAITH THAT VERY FEW REALLY KNOW ABOUT. I AM ALWAYS SO INSPIRED WHEN I THINK OF THIS PRECIOUS COUPLE THAT HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH AND STOOD WHEN MOST WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP. WHAT A GREAT EXPRESSION OF FAITH AND VISION THAT GRETCHEN HAS EXPRESSED THROUGH THIS VALUABLE BOOK AND I PRAY THAT AS YOU READ IT YOUR FAITH WILL BE IGNITED AS MINE WAS. Apostle David McDonald founder of On The Edge Christian Center International with Churches in Australia, Africa and Texas. THIS IS A BOOK YOU WON'T WANT TO PUT DOWN. IT FLOWS SWIFTLY WITH ADVENTURES AS PASTOR GRETCHEN SHARES GEMS OF TRUTHS WHILE PENETRATING DARKNESS TO BRING LIGHT AND LIFE TO THOSE AROUND HER. DURING MY VISITS TO HAIKU, HAWAII, I SAW WONDERFUL THINGS PASTOR GRETCHEN AND HER HUSBAND, PASTOR JAY HAS DONE. I SAW FIRST HAND RESULTS OF THEIR FAITHFUL LABORS RESULTING IN THE TRANSFORMED LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILY, THEIR LIVES AND THE CHURCH. THIS BOOK WILL CONVINCE YOU THAT THE CHIRSTIAN LIFE IS EXCITING, INTERESTING AND VICTORIOUS AS YOU FOLLOW JESUS WHEREVER HE LEADS. Dr. Isaiah D. Reed (Bishop) founder of Christian Vision Ministries of Churches International GRETCHEN FREITAS WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI, HAWAII. GRETCHEN, AND HER HUSBAND JAY, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE TWO GROWN CHILDREN, WESLEY AND HEATHER. THE FREITAS ARE PASTORS OF THE CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN IN THE UPCOUNTRY AREA OF MAUI, IN A TOWN CALLED HALIIMAILE.
