The threshing floors shall be full of wheat,And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.

Joel 2:24

Merry Christmas and a blessed and happy New Year to you all!

What a tremendous blessing it is to greet you all in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ! This has been a tremendous year, full of hardship met with God’s unfailing grace, mercy, and favor as well as mountain-top experiences that signify beyond doubt that God is with us and prevailing on our behalf! I am eternally thankful for the hard times this year brought with it. They have provided amazing opportunities for the Lord to show up and show out, as always, but even more than that, they have provided the opportunity for spiritual growth and the building of faith in the One Who has called us to this place. As I have been reflecting on this past year, I realize that I am certainly not the same as I was this time last year. Last year this time I was still weeping and wondering how this was all going to happen. I was still allowing myself to be tossed to and fro by the waves of uncertainty and doubt. Oh, how thankful I am that I no longer find myself in those same places any longer!!! The difficulties faced this past year have truly caused the fallowed places in my soil to be softened and the Lord has brought forth great fruit in those areas—the fruits of faithfulness, self-control, and patience immediately come to mind. I am by no means saying that I have arrived, but I can honestly say that the hardships of the past year have been used by God to refine me and make me more like Him. It is my belief that is exactly what Paul was saying when he wrote “we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope” (Romans 5:3-4, NKJV). It is also my belief that God has been showing me, and all of us, that although the enemy “meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive” (Genesis 50:20). All I can say is that all the hardship is worth it if it brings us closer to the day when we are able “to save many people alive!” While there was much hardship in 2018, there were also amazing miracles of the Lord, divine appointments, supernatural spiritual growth, and many more wonderful experiences of His glory, love, grace, and favor being displayed.

It is with great anticipation, expectancy, and excitement that I enter the New Year with all of you, knowing that God has spoken, and we are about to see things that we could never even hope for or imagine as He spreads His glorious arms and pulls back the veil that has hidden us for such a time as this! Be ready saints, for behold He is about to do a new thing!!!

Love you all!Pastor Paula MillsapsFounding DirectorJoel 2 Missions

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October 2018 was a whirlwind month—in a really great way!!!

Network Advance—Voice of the Apostles 2018We had the privilege of attending this fall’s Network Advance. This is an amazing time when pastors and leaders from all over the world come together for an advance meeting geared toward leaders within the network. Great wisdom, personal time with Dr. Clark, Dr. Hutchings, and fellowship with other extended family members always makes this a time of refreshing.

Ordination Ceremony in Lancaster, PAPastor Paula was ordained under the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening! It was an absolute pleasure to have most of the mentor group in attendance for this life-changing event. Words could not express the exhilaration Pastor Paula experienced as she stood on stage with some of the most amazing spiritual papas and mamas in the world. Leif Heitland was the one who God called to pray specifically over her and to speak into her life as he blessed her with a father’s blessing and prayed the fire of God would so burn within her that people would weep and be moved to give their hearts to Jesus upon meeting her. Dr. Mike Hutchings also took time to pray into Pastor Paula and advised her to soak up all that was being poured into her as she would need it all for the level of authority that God was this day calling her into. Most touching of all for her was the phone call she received before the ceremony where her ex-husband finally, for the first time in twenty years, admitted his mistreatment of her and asked for her forgiveness. To her, that was

more splendid than anything else that happened the entire night. What a mighty God we serve! How precious and caring He is! Heart for Homes Fall FestivalThis event was a huge success! We had vendors from Paparazzi, LuLaRoe, Scentsy, and many more as well as giveaways and silent auction items from local merchants such as MarBill’s, CJ’s Antiques, Lowe’s Home Improvement, and many more. There were games and bounce houses for the kids, and we had the pleasure of hearing from our guest speaker, Sue Willis. She is a dynamic woman of God who runs the Abundant Life Ministry Center and wrote and facilitates “A Time to Heal for Survivors” that helps people from all walks of life heal from the abuse and circumstances of life. It was a wonderful time of fellowship and connection as we all came together to raise $2,000 initially, but with monthly pledges over $5,000 for the year. With this being our first year in a new land we feel like this was a huge success and we look forward to an even more successful event next year!

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And, we finished the month doing outreach at the Third Annual Monongahela Witch Festival!This was our third year at the festival, and we had a fantastic time sharing the love of Jesus with the people there! We had two evangelistic teams join us, the women from Central Assembly of God from Houston, PA are pictured here. They joined us Friday evening and reported many opportunities to pray with people, prophesy over them, and love on them. A team from Victory Faith Center also in Houston, PA came out on Saturday and joined us. They also reported a great openness to prayer and receiving words of knowledge to pray for healing for many. We were also blessed to have Pastor Daniel from Christian Assemblies of God in Bentleyville join us in ministering to people who came to our vendor table. Our Joel 2 Team also prayed with many and witnessed a number of physical healings. One gentleman was healed of neck pain that he had been suffering from for years, and another lady in the booth next door was healed of severe lung pain that was hindering her ability to move and breathe. She kept coming over weeping saying, “I just want to hug you and thank you.” It was so precious to see and feel her receive the truth of Christ as she confessed His name and acknowledged that it was Him who healed her. Glory to God!!!

November held fewer numbers of events but was just as impactful in our region!!!

Our First Meeting of the PA-West Connect Group for Global AwakeningWhat an awesome time in the Lord this meeting

was!!! Pastor Paula co-hosted this regional gathering of ANGA ministry leaders with Pastor Ken Huhn. He serves as Senior Pastor of New Wine Harvest Church and sits on the Board of Directors for Joel 2 Missions. This first meeting drew in ministers from SW PA, as far west as WV, and as far east as Saudi Arabia!!! It was a life-giving time of sharing testimony, fellowshipping over dinner, and then a glorious time of prayer and prophetic utterance. Everyone there was affected positively, and all are planning to attend our next meeting in February 2019. It was so enjoyable that the leaders have expressed a desire to meet more often than just once a quarter!Second Annual Joel 2 Family ThanksgivingLast year we were blessed to have 19 people in attendance for our First Annual J2M Family

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Thanksgiving and this year that number more than doubled! God has blessed us with a beautiful group of Christ lovers that we get to call family now. Building community and family is our main priority here and to see the fruit of that is really a blessing! There is no doubt that God is multiplying our connections here and we are looking forward to more multiplication for next year!

December saw two more key events to finish out the 2018 year!

Community Open House—December 1, 2018WOW! This event was great! The halls were decked, the cookies were homemade, and the Christmas carols were streaming over the intercom system! We saw many new faces and had the opportunity to show groups around the property and share the vision the Lord has given us. There was relational fruit as new people came and saw the heart God has given Pastor Paula for Him and His people, financial fruit in the form of sponsors that came forward to fund the furnishing of family rooms, and a new God connection that is still being birthed—more will be shared when the fullness of this is realized. Just know that God did exceedingly, abundantly above all we could have imagined in this event!

Partner Appreciation Banquet—December 29, 2018This year we felt like the Lord was instructing us to do a combined Christmas, New Year, and Appreciation Dinner all in one, so that is what we did! This event gave Pastor Paula the opportunity to serve all those who so diligently serve the Lord by serving Joel 2 Missions. The dinner was delicious, the fellowship was good as always, and the Word of the Lord for J2M for 2019 was delivered in power as the tangible Presence of the Lord was there. Those in attendance were recognized and appreciated for their service and partnership and everyone left with a renewed vigor and expectation for what the Lord will do in 2019. God is with J2M and with all who are connected to us! We greatly appreciate each of you and all that you do as directed of the Lord! Please know that you are not less appreciated if you were unable to attend and a small token of our appreciation will go out in the mail to you with your year-end giving statement (if you did not receive one the night of the dinner). PLEASE MAKE SURE WE HAVE YOUR UPDATED MAILING ADDRESSES!!! IN ORDER TO ENSURE YOU RECEIVE A MAILED COPY AND GIFT, please take time to email us your information just to be sure we have it.

Praying you all had a wonderful holiday season filled with the glory of the Lord!!!

THE BOARD HAS VOTED—HEALING SPRINGS GATHERING IS MOVING TO THE PROPERTY!!!The Lord has been so faithful! Our little house church is now bursting at the seams of our Staff House and needs room to continue to grow! The Board of Directors has voted unanimously to move the Gathering out to

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the Missions Homes site. This may seem to be a concern to some of you considering the need for safety precautions for the women and children. We assure you, all of that has been considered and plans are in place to ensure their safety! Our first Sunday service will be January 13, 2019 and will begin at 11am! Our very special guest that day will be our friend Ryan Bastress! Please come, bring your friends and family, and bring a hunger and a thirst for the Lord and His righteousness!

The Word of the Lord Given to Pastor Paula on November 26, 2018 at 5:55am

The Lord said, “2019 will be the year of the realization of dreams held in hope and even those held in silence. The harvest is surely upon this house. This year will be marked by grand openings and new beginnings and the manifestation of miracles signs and wonders will be as never before. My glory will be revealed in and through you. It will certainly be a time of exuberant praise.” I asked the Lord, “Why?” He replied…”Read Leviticus 26”

Lev. 26:1-13 ‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God. You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord. ‘If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil beasts, and the sword will not go through your land. You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. ‘For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you. You shall eat the old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new. I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you. I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright. THE WORD VINTAGE= GRAPE GATHERING IN OTHER TRANSLATIONS (reminiscent of Word from 2018)!!!

The Lord said, “You have endured the breaking up of fallowed ground and allowed Me to use your tears to soften the ground and make it fertile and ripe for harvest. Now is the time...now now now...the waiting is over! I am pleased because you have endured with joy and peace holding fast to My promise of provision and fulfillment. Great will be My reward and yours as you have been found worthy to steward the lives of My most precious ones...the new breed of widow and orphans.” The Lord said, “No longer will each thing be a tremendous hardship or effort. Now that the ground is soft the grapes are bursting forth and the new wine is about to begin to flow.” He went on to say, “This will be time of acceleration and a leaving behind of those who refuse submission and obedience and a natural falling away of those whose motives are impure. I will separate the wheat and the chaff in this season and the goats from the sheep.”

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Matthew 13:30 “Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”

The Lord showed me that great boldness will mark us as we move in His love with His signs and wonders following His Word. Men will both love us and despise us and will seethe with great jealousy as the fire of God in us exposes the truths of their hearts. Love will be our marker and the banner over us is His victory. Naysayers will be called to repentance as they see the mighty hand of God upon this house...the house of Joel 2. God says we are “His house of mighty warriors...a house of a great army of burning ones...a house of legacy destiny and promise.”

He showed me promotion coming to this house and I heard the Lord saying, “You have been hidden from plain sight and in many ways, you will continue to be, but I am about to pull back the veil of hidden ness as it has been like a drop cloth used to cover and protect during construction.”

Psalm 31:19-20 “Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have prepared for those who trust in You in the presence of the sons of men! You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

“Men, princes, and women in high places are about to take notice and come along side of you to lift up your hands as you continue in My work,” the Lord said, “Truly I am sending your Aarons and Hurs. Business men are coming and are here even now and everything I’ve promised will begin to be realized this year.”

I asked the Lord, “WHY? Why now, Lord?”

And He answered, “Because you have heard My call, allowed Me to fine tune your hearts, and answered Me in obedience. You have sacrificed with joy & peace and learned to trust Me in new ways. You have sought Me in all things and I’m a rewarder of those who diligently seek Me.”

Then the Lord showed me a mass exodus from houses that refuse the Spirit in fullness and flocking to places where the Spirit has full reign over services and where community is real and experienced in love. He showed me this property being our main campus with a whole network of smaller house church communities all over the region, then into WV and then Ohio. He also showed me these outcroppings in NC and SC and in Guatemala and Cambodia, the Sudan and Tanzania and the republic of Chad. I also see a work being done in Saudi Arabia. The Lord allowed me to see sons and daughters being raised up and sent to the nations—first in our neighborhoods then the region then the world. I see us raising up and ordaining pastors/leaders for house churches/communities and the ordination of those in each of the five-fold ministry gifts. I could see God removing the chaff with the great sickle of the Holy Spirit. Those who drain life from others rather than finding life for themselves in the Father will be cut off. This will be painful at times, but He is with us and will work it for good! Many who have watched from afar will begin to come to see—some to mock—but when they come, they’ll be met with such confirmation of the Presence of God they will either run in fear or fall on their faces and

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repent. Again, the Lord said, “The time is now! There is much to accomplish, and I am going to accomplish all that I have promised!!!

Last year was a time of softening of the ground, a drenching of the earth to make it pliable. This is the year the Potter forms the mud He’s made into the beautiful vessel He always envisioned and mark it for honor. The wolves in sheep’s clothing will be revealed and many Elijah vs prophet of Baal interactions will take place as these so-called servants of God are exposed as workers of iniquity by the purity and love of the true burning ones of faith. Their demons will manifest, and they will either find freedom in the Spirit of the Lord or run and hide but they will no longer steal from Gods people. He will no longer tolerate the tomfoolery, the deception, or the manipulation for the sake of satisfaction of fleshly desires. This is a season when God unveils his true servants. The Lord said, “You’ll know them by their fruit...My favored ones will bear much fruit this year causing many to despise and reveal their jealousy and others to recognize the truth of Christ and be saved.”

Missions Homes ProjectThe building is 48,000 square feet and on 8.6 acres. This will give us the ability to house 100-150 women and children all for just $3.33 per day per person! With the purchase of the property, we have been blessed with the funds to get the deed and utilities transferred. Now we need the funding to keep the utilities on for at least one quarter and supplies to open the doors. We still need at least $100,000 to move forward. How many of you know that the favor of God is better than money any day? We know that our Papa “own[s] the cattle on a thousand hills” (Psalm 50:10) and that He “shall supply all our need[s] according to His riches in glory” (Philippians 4:19), and we would like to give you the opportunity to be a vessel that He uses to do just that! You are invited to partner with us in this amazing journey of bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to earth!

Some Exciting Upcoming Events:40 Day Fast at the Head of the Year—Begins January 2, 2019 and we break fast the morning of February 12, 2019. Prayer will be every evening from 8-9pm during this fast and all are welcome to join us via conference call. This can be done by calling 515-604-9720 and enter access code: 358518. Please call in by 7:55pm so that prayer is not interrupted. You may also join us at the J2M Staff House at 257 Thompson Avenue, Donora, PA 15033.

February 2nd, second ANGA West Regional Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.

Thank you so much to all of you who have supported and continue to support Joel 2 Missions as we storm the gates of Hell in Jesus’s name! To Give, visit: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/108133408063901813/charity/1501844 Or send a Check or Money Order to: Joel 2 MissionsP.O. Box 385

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Donora, PA 15033 You are appreciated and loved dearly! We pray a hundredfold return on all that you do in the mighty name of Jesus! **Joel 2 Missions, Inc is a 501©3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. Giving statements will be sent out no later than January 31, 2019** Joel 2 Missions is a ministry of Global Awakening.

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