Stories & Updates

This beach photo — Jesus loves You was taken by a Chinese sister who had struggled with severe depression for many years. One day, as she was preparing to end her life, she unexpectedly came across The Supernatural Ways of Royalty by Kris Vallotton. Through its message, she was awakened to hope.

We met her through our ministry of hosting and equipping Chinese believers. At the time, she felt exhausted and had lost her strength. Over the following year, we built a friendship from a distance and continually shared the Kingdom mindset we had received at Bethel with her.

Today, she has discovered the true meaning of faith. Her passion for God has been reignited, and she is once again standing strong—now serving and supporting people struggling with depression in China.

This photo was taken during a joyful day at the beach while she was accompanying another sister who was battling depression.

In January 2024, Brother Le and his family had just moved from China to Redding.

For many years, he had suffered from cluster headaches, a rare neurological condition often described as one of the most painful illnesses known to humanity. Every two years, the attacks would return and last for months. The pain was so intense that he had considered suicide many times.

Shortly after arriving in Redding, his headaches began again—earlier than expected. At the same time, Randy Clark's Healing School was taking place.

Le did not believe in divine healing. With the encouragement, support, and translation help of our Chinese group, he reluctantly agreed to attend an evening meeting.

During the service, a severe headache attack struck. The pain became so intense that he began vomiting. Our entire Chinese group, along with many others around us, gathered to pray and lay hands on him.

Then something remarkable happened.

His headache completely disappeared in the meeting.

Filled with courage, he went on stage and shared his testimony. That same evening, Yao also received healing from a shoulder injury.

This became one of the first testimonies shared within our newly formed Chinese group—a powerful reminder that God's love, healing, and hope are available even in the most impossible situations.

 There is a Chinese saying that describes Chinese people as “a sheet of loose sand,” reflecting how comparison, competition, and insecurity have often been woven into our culture and education.

At the same time, Chinese people from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other parts of the world often carry different backgrounds and experiences. Political tensions and historical divisions have sometimes made it difficult for people of the same heritage to build meaningful relationships with one another, especially when living overseas.

Yet we believe that our identity is first found in the Kingdom of God.

We share the same heritage, language, and culture. More importantly, we share the same Father's love and the same royal identity as citizens of His Kingdom. We believe that, together, we can become a sandcastle rather than loose sand.

With this vision, we started with just a few people. Over the course of about a year, we established the Redding Chinese Home Fellowship.

We pray in Chinese, gather weekly for fellowship, and walk through life together. We have witnessed many physical healings during our gatherings. Many people have found acceptance, belonging, and friendship here. We bring meals to those who are sick, help care for one another's children, and welcome newly arrived BSSM students and visitors to Redding. In everyday life, we have become family.

As visitors return to different parts of the world, they often share a remarkable testimony: that in Redding they found a group of Chinese believers who genuinely live in unity. Many have been deeply touched by the love, acceptance, and family they experienced here. Some visitors were so impacted that they later chose to come to Redding and enroll in the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM) to receive training and pursue a deeper walk with God.

Though we are only a small group, we believe revival often begins this way—from one person to a group of people, from a group to a city, from a city to a nation, and from a nation to the world. Through ordinary acts of love, hospitality, and unity, God is building something far greater than any of us could accomplish alone.

 Last year, during a mission trip to Stockton, I gained firsthand experience serving the homeless, offering prophetic prayer and healing ministry, and sharing the Gospel on the streets. This trip to Portland once again revealed God's love for those who are often forgotten and overlooked.

We had the opportunity to partner with several local churches and ministries serving the homeless community. Some provided food, others offered shelter, healing, and restoration. Some teams went out late at night to share the Gospel on the streets, while others brought food, testimonies, and hope into the city's largest homeless encampments, doing everything they could to reach and rescue even one more person.

Our team even joined local Christian rap artists to host a Gospel outreach concert, using music to share the message of Christ with the community.

What impacted me most was seeing how the light of God's revival was shining throughout a city that still appears to carry so much darkness. Churches, ministries, and individuals from different backgrounds were working together with a shared purpose—to bring hope, healing, and the love of Jesus to those in need.

This trip reminded me of a simple but powerful truth:

No one is good enough not to need saving, and no one is broken enough not to be worth saving.