After Roger’s emails regarding his Lakeland experience was posted at BDBO I was contacted by Philip L. Powell of Christian Witness Org in Australia.

I like Philip Powell, have concerns.
1) We need someone with the resources to verify Roger is the Roger in the video face to face.
2) We need someone with the resources to meet Roger to obtain medical documentation among other things. (It is not illegal in the US or against privacy laws for a patient to give that information)

The bible tells us to get witnesses, and do proper documentation.

I do not have the resources, I don’t trust the internet, and I don’t trust Fresh Fire Ministries. There is no room to be naive. Companies, governments, groups and individuals with agendas post false information online all the time. You can see a major US ministry PR firm did some misrepresentation a couple of posts down.
I know Roger would understand my concerns and he has been as forthcoming as possible considering the distance. I am in Canada, Philip Powell is in Australia.
The west coast of the US might as well be the moon for us.
It is not Roger’s responsibility to come to us.

I have made it clear to Roger questioning for verification is not about his sincerity and honesty (or God’s credibility) it is merely common sense. Roger understands that and did what he could by sending New Leaven and BDBO his picture.

More has to be done so his words are not taken and twisted.

Here is Roger’s response to Philip Lowell of Christian Organization, Australia.

Dear Philip,

Sorry I’m just getting back to you. Let me address your questions.

I trust you do not mind my asking you a few simple questions:

1) I trust you do not mind my asking you a few simple questions:
Are you the person about whom this issue concerns?
Yes

2) My understanding is that you received some medical treatment just prior to your visit to Florida. Is this correct?

Yes, we left on a Sunday, 1 week prior to leaving, on a Friday, I had gotten marked & tattoo’d to get ready for radiation therapy, 2 days later on a Sunday, I received a call from a friend at church asking if I had heard what was going on in Florida.
I told him that I briefly head a little about it, so he proceeded to tell me more about what was going on. He then told me him & his business partner were gonna go and he invited me to go. He then asked if I had any opinion about these type of revivals. I told him “I believe that god can still do miracles”, “I believe that god can still heal” and ” I don’t believe that god will only do these things in a certain venue. God can do these things whenever & wherever he chooses”.
I then said ” I guess the thing that kinda rubs me wrong, is as an example “Benny Hinn”, although I’m sure that some wonderful things happen during his services, why does he along with others dress sometimes in al white, as if to have the light shining on them. Making appear that it is them that are making things happen”. Now, that may not be the way they intend that, but that is the perception that is given off. Also, I questioned as so many other people have ”
So, who are these people that get up on stage? Are they hand picked? Are they compensated?”, well I did tell them that I also believe that god presents us with opportunities & if I passed up going, I would’ve been passing up an opportunity. I went with an open mind, open heart, open eyes & open eyes to the best of my ability. I also made it clear that I was not going with any expectation that if something did not happen to me, then I would think everything was a sham.

3) Were you actually kicked by Todd Bentley?
I was actually knee’d. Yes, he made full contact with my abdomen area.

4) Has your blood count continued to fall, remained static or increased?
My # that we gauge has dropped a bit more. We will check it again in 2 weeks.

5) Do you or does your medical practitioner attribute what happened to medical treatment or to this claimed “miracle”?
Well, I attribute what has been happening to god. See. while I was in Florida, I told the guys I went with the day before we left to go back home, that I just knew that I was going to have a significant drop in my # (CEA - Carcinogenic Embryonic Antigen). (a tumour marker in treatment - BD) They asked, ” Are you saying you are healed?”
I said “I guess it just depends on how you look at that, all I know, is that my #’s are going to have a significant drop and I’m gonna have alot of people scratching ther heads.” Well, when we got back on a Wed., I had chemo treatment on that Friday and we also drew my #’s.
My nurse said ” I guess I’ll be hearing from you on Tues.” she said that because I usually don’t get my results until then. I told her “When you see my #’s, she along with alot of other people, were going to be scratching there heads trying to figure out what is going on.”
Well, on Monday, I had an appointment with my radiation doctor so we could go over what the radiation plan was going to be. He asked, if I had gotten my #’s yet. I told him that I usually don’t get them until Tuesday. He said, “let me see if I can get the results off of there system”.
He was able to get the results and he said that my # had went from “8.3″ to “4.1″. My wife and I looked at each other and I then said to him “let me tell you what happened to me last week. I proceeded to tell him everything and told him that I just knew that I was going to have a significant drop in my #. He then started to do some calculating. He looked up at us with this grin on his face and said “You had a 53% drop in your #’s, I would say that is pretty significant”. I had never had a drop in my # like that before. He then said, “Well from a doctors point of view, we still proceed right into radiation”, he then said ” but from not a doctors point of view, I do believe that there can be devine intervention. Now, is this happening to you? Well, it could be”.
We discussed our options and decided to take a CT of that area instead of going right into things. After I did the scans, I called the doctor a few days after the scan and the 1st thing out of his mouth was, ” Roger, I’m not sure what to do with you.” I asked if he had a chance to look at my scans and he said he did and upon looking at them, he could not see anything anymore.
He said, he then called the radiologist to consult with and he said the radiologist had to point him to the area. My doctor then told me that after being guided by the other doctor, that he could see a very small spot and if that was it, it had gotten significantly smaller. He also said, “Were just scratching my heads over this.” Coinsidence?
The other thing I wanted to mention, was that when we did the marking & tattooing on that Friday, I was told to expect a call on Monday or Tuesday from the doctor to go over the plan and get started. I thought to myself, “Well, I guess I’ll just have to tell them that I was going to be leaving for Florida on Sunday & would not be back until Wed. so they were going to have to wait until I returned. Well, Monday came and no call, Tuesday, no call, Wed, Thurs, Fri., Sat, no call. So Sunday came and off I went. Well then Monday again, no call, Tues, no call, Wed., no call. I return from Florida Weds evening. I then get a call the following day on Thursday. Here again “Coinsidence?”, I see it that god made it possible for me to take this trip & not have to worry about putting anything off or making people wait for me.

6) When I watched the You-Tube I gained the impression that the man who was kicked was surprised by what happened, “Were you in any way injured by the “kick”?
No, I was not injured. Although, I was suprised.

7) Would you describe it as a “kick” or as being “kneed”? Knee’d

Anything you can tell me about this incident and about your current health in regard to it would be most appreciated.

Everything is going well now, I juat wanted to add, that i could tell that the video was edited, There was a piece missing.
You see, after he knee’d me, I did go down to a knee.
However, it did not knock me backwards where I am stumbling.
He was asking how I was feeling & if I were dizzy.
The part that is missing, is that while I was down on my knee, he had placed 1 hand on my upper back & the other hand on my arm.
While I was down, Todd said “You have some back problems don’t you?”
I said “Yes”, he then said “I can feel it”. I then stood up, he moved his hand down my back and said “it’s your lower back, isn’t it?”
In the video, you see that it looks as if I’m smiling or laughing.
What it is , it I was smiling & kinda chuckling in amazement because after he said it’s in your lower back’ I proceeded to tell him & all the other people that were there, that “Yes, I do have back problems and it is in my lower back. As a matter of fact, I have 8 screws, 2 rods & cages in my lower back”.
Todd then looked at me and said “The annointing is all over you”. he then blew in my face and took 2 fingers and slightly poked them into my stomach and said ” your back pain is gone”, it was after he poked me that I stumbled backwards and then dropped to a knee again.
Now, you would’ve thought that being knee’d would make me stumble backwards, but it didn’t, it was just a slight poke of the fingers that made me do that. I was not going along with anything. I have never experienced anything like that before in my life.
So I tell people now, that I have to believe that there is some validity in these types of services/revivals, because I was that person that I used to wonder about. Now, are some people faking it or over reacting, I’m sure there are some. the only ones that truly know if god has truly touched them is that individual & god. All others can only comment & give there opinions.

I hope this has helped. May god bless you.

- Roger

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