Testimony of a “Suddenly” This Will Build Your Faith!
Sunday, September 20th, 2009Hi Dear Friends:
Praise the Lord! This testimony is proof that God still does suddenlies. I am so excited that God let me be apart of this miracle. All praise goes to Jesus the God of Suddenlies.
September 18, 2009
We have a testimony as to the power of the prophetic word of God. We bought a franchise fast food business nearly 2 years ago as we felt directed to help our adult children with this investment. In looking back, we questioned our judgment as the economic climate began to deteriorate. Our children had to return to Phoenix to more difficult economic times, no jobs for a season with a new baby coming. It was getting worse when our daughter stepped into help with the franchise. Due to the worsening economic situation, she had given up her once thriving business yet felt God was directing her to help us manage the business. We have learned to listen when the Lord speaks His direction into our lives so as the second winter season approached and our funds were more and more depleted as we operated the business, we asked how we could have found ourselves in such a place? We did not feel we could with conscience sell the franchise because it was doing so poorly… and once our liquid funds were gone, we felt we would simply walk away from the business taking a complete loss of our investment. In that time, the only thing God witnessed to us was to take care of our employees! We had loyal employees who had their own personal histories of brokenness and jobs were drying up in our town. All around us, businesses were closing and so we felt it was only a matter of months before we would also. In April, while visiting with friends, I asked for prayer about our business. Prophet Gordon Hofer prayed and then gave this little word to us: “I see that you will work through this summer and at the end of it, there is a man who will walk by the restaurant and say, ‘I want this store’ and then you will sell it to him.” This was encouraging especially since we thought we would just walk away.
We kept pondering this word we’d received as we worked through the summer simply seeing the Lord direct us as to how to pray with our employees and get through each week on just enough money coming into the business. It was exhausting yet we had a sense of purpose. God showed us the “ins and outs” where we could spread our expenses and even help another restaurant with supplies in trade. We had a wonderful July 4th and Rodeo week and then into the beginning of August, our employees had a sense that we could not hold on much longer. They were gracious and loyal even as I posted a sign in the window, “Business For Sale”. We continued to think about the simply word of the Lord given by Prophet Hofer to combat the anxiousness of the situation. We did not know what would happen day to day but soon we were nearly to the end of the summer. One Sunday in August we received a phone call from a man who had seen the sign in the window. We agreed to meet with him and less than 2 weeks later, finalized the sale of the business to him. We remembered what the Lord had said to us through Prophet Hofer when this man said, “I was walking down the street in front of the restaurant and saw the “for sale” sign… and I said to myself, “I want this store”. We were so blessed! He had been looking in the area but not yet found the location he wanted to put a completely different restaurant concept and so purchased our business and location.
We have learned a lot and seen our faith grow through this experience. Our adult children have also increased in faith and joy and laughter has been produced in our family by simply walking out the plans of the Lord. In the challenges, we found a way to mostly laugh and rejoice in the day to day victories. At times we wondered why? Why, Lord are we in this difficult place and of course we know that all things work for His purposes; it is to increase our faith and produce joy in our lives. It is so wonderful to have the fresh word of the Lord to encourage us in every aspect of our everyday lives! It was this word that sustained us. We praise God for His word and for his servant, Prophet Gordon Hofer.
Les and Mary Glenn
Prescott, Arizona



