Miracle Valley Newsletter 
August 19, 2008
Greetings!

I really need to talk to you from my heart. It is past 1:00 AM, but it is imperative that I send you this email.
 
Since the late 1970s, God has blessed me in raising a lot of money for His work. I remember back the in the late 70s, while pastoring a very small congregation, God enable us to raise more than a quarter of a million dollars.
 
Once when I put up a shabby old gospel tent, and tried to have a revival and win souls to God, someone came along, saw the tent, decided to attend our revival services, was touched by God Almighty, and as a result of all of this, he took me to his bank and gave me $100,000 cash. Of course, I gave it all to the Church of God of which I was a minister. I could write a book regarding the many people, particularly sinners, who have made sizable donations to the work of God where I labored.
 
Many individuals have believed in me and in what God wanted to do through my ministry. And I have always tried to be obedient to the Lord in what I felt He wanted me to do.
 
I think most of you realize that I am a classical Pentecostal. I still preach and believe in a "born-again" experience, in sanctification as a second definite experience which results in a life of holiness, in the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues "as the Spirit gives utterance", in divine healing and miracles, in evangelism, and in the soon coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Miracle Valley
Dr. Melvin Harter I most certainly thank every one of you who have stood with me here at Miracle Valley since my arrival in August 1999. I know that God will reward everyone for their support of Miracle Valley.
 
However, without another miracle immediately from the Lord, it appears that Sister Harter & I will have to vacate the property. I have been working diligently to obtain new financing, but it seems that time is of the essence, and there may not be enough time for us to get our new loan closed.
 
As you know, just a week ago, I had to raise nearly $10,000 for Miracle Valley and I appreciate every one of you who stood with me. However, our donations and monthly income is drastically down. Last fall, I had to file a Chapter 11 with the BK Court in order to save Miracle Valley. Now the BK has ordered me to pay nearly $12,000 to the lender by Wednesday (August 20), or Miracle Valley will be sold. 
 
In addition, the BK wants our new loan to be closed by September 10, or again, Miracle Valley will be sold. Our new lenders have informed me that due to the Labor Day Weekend, and the lender taking a one week vacation, it is absolutely impossible for us to close our new loan by the 10th. They really need until October 1 to do our loan. Our attorney is filing Thursday, again requesting the Court to extend the additional 20 days to us, especially since we have children in our childcare center and residents in our assisted living home. Of course, the attorney will do this only if I have raised the additional $12,000, and if not, then of course, it is all over for us and Miracle Valley. He plans to call me first thing in the morning to inquire as to the status of this money. And as usual, I do not have any funds.
 
I hope you can see some of the stress that Sister Harter & I live under. This is what it has been basically like for the past nearly 10 years.
 
I really hate to send emails requesting donations all the time. I would much more prefer to send emails and inform you of the positive things God was doing at Miracle Valley.
 
Our attorney has informed me that he believes the present mortgage holder desires to have the Miracle Valley property. Our appraisal came in at 3 million dollar value on Miracle Valley. Should the lender obtain the Valley, then, of course, they can make a sizable profit when they sell it on the open market.
 
The only recourse I might have is to try to sell Miracle Valley before I lose it. And the only one that may have the ability to act quickly is a gentleman from Japan who visited me last year with an offer. This would, at least, give Sister Harter & me a little money that would allow us to remove our possessions from Miracle Valley.
 
But I am still a "Man of Faith" and know that God is still in control. Also, God has never sent me anywhere that I not been successful in accomplishing what He wanted me to do. God has always stood by my side and made the way for me as I continue to believe Him for the impossible.
 
Therefore, I am concluding many of the things we do at Miracle Valley, and calling everyone to join me & Sister Harter in prayer around the clock in the Tabernacle and Prayer Tower, calling upon the Lord.
 
In addition, we are having revival services with Evangelist TJ Tipton this weekend.
I am taking all of this to the Lord in prayer. Thank God, I can still pray and get a hold of God. However, if I do not get the needed $12,000 today, I will be forced to at least try to sell Miracle Valley to whoever has the funds required to pay off our first mortgage.
 
If you have any questions, please contact me. But in all actuality, God is my Answer, and He is the one that I am turning to. Wherever you are, will you join us in prayer as well?
 
I told Sister Harter this afternoon that somehow I still believe that God will come through for us here at Miracle Valley because "I know the Lord will make a way somehow. I know the Lord will make a way somehow. If I live a holy life, shun the wrong and do the right, I know the Lord will make a way SOMEHOW."
 
Sincerely Yours in the Master's Service,

Dr. Melvin Harter
9210 E Miracle Valley Loop
Miracle Valley, AZ 85615
(520) 366-1000
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