Testimonies

I first visited HM’s about 7-8 years ago during a very trying and difficult time in my life. I came as I was which was broke, disgusted, unhappily married, very angry and bitter person not to meaner that a junk yard dog! Cooter Brown had nothing on me as I was a “PURDY MEAN SISTER”. I was literally out to kill my husband and tell the Lord he died. But, the Lord had a better plan for me. See, I had asked the Lord to reveal my heart to me and to show me what was wrong with me. During that time I was ready to get ride of that spouse one way or the other and then get to the bottom of my problem. I thought it was my husband at the time which turned out not to be entirely the case. WHEW! What a ride that was………..

I didn’t know what to expect but just hearing the name “Heart menders” gave me much hope that I was either in the right place to get some help for me or have the Lord heal my spouses heart thinking if he got better, I would too. Funny I came there thinking it was him, her, them, that and all other things we blame our unhappiness on, only to find out, it’s not what or who is on the outside that is causing the problems but what’s going on inside the HEART! When I first met Louis and Carol, I really didn’t know what to expect I just knew I was at the end of my rope and ready to change no matter what it cost me, even if it meant my marriage at the time…. I recall Louis and Carol used to say that when you get to the end of YOU then there you will find JESUS who is all you need…

Louis and Carol were and are very sweet and dear to me. It was that day that I truly experienced the Love, Acceptance, Understanding and Healing I had so longed to have in my life.. I received a warm “Mommy and Daddy” hug. For the first time I understood perfectly that I was not a green eyed monster, not a raving maniac (although, I often reacted as such) not a reject or a loser, but a very hurt, confused, and tormented little girl in a grown woman’s body! For the first time I was totally set free from my insecurities and hurts as Louis and Carol began to minister to my wounded child heart out of a loving and giving heart. They were truly my Jesus with skin that I so desperately longed for…I was repented to for EVERY single hurt and injustice caused to me from the time I was in my mothers womb up until the day I first met the Gordons. I don’t remember all that said that night but I do remember that I was being repented to for all the hurts that wounded me SO DEEPLY, the hurt pain, and agony was being removed by the hand of Louis and Carol orchestrated by Jesus himself. Matter of fact, I recall at one time in my life I shook my fist to the heavens making a statement that if I was EVER going to be made right that GOD HIMSELF was just going to come down here and tackle the job himself as I was some piece of work. I never thought any one could reach me until the night I first met my healer through HM’s for which I will ever be grateful for… As much as I have received that night, I wanted more, SO MUCH MORE! It felt soooooo good to be loved, accepted and wanted unconditionally for the first time. As a child I was subjected to all kinds of abuse by men, one of the biggest torments in my soul was the child molestation I had been victim too. Men were not my favorite on the list at the time. I had suffered through so many bad relationships because I hadn’t met my Father in heaven who loved and does love me unconditionally. I know that know but didn’t at the time. I just thought men in general were devil’s in disguise and out to get me. When Louis (AKA PAPA Louis) gave me a fathers blessing, it was as if for the first time I was looking at the eyes of JESUS! I was slobbering and crying fiercely by then, for the first time I saw a man who didn’t want anything from me except for me to be made well and free from the bondages and hurts of my past…. Then Carol, sweet dear Carol, embraced me with such tenderness that I still tear up when I think about it because for the first time in my ENTIRE life I felt such warmth, safety, comforting that I had never experienced before. I literally felt like the arms of JESUS were wrapped around me. The hurts, fears, inhibitions began to melt off me. It was the beginning of a new life of freedom I now live on a daily basis. No matter what I happen to go through in life… The mommy and Daddy hug was the beginning of 7 or more years of learning, renewing, and continual progression through soul issues. I am a better person today and HM’s had enhanced all my past teachings in the church and helped me to understand who I am and what I am in the Lord. I stand amazed today, as I am anger free, healed, whole and loosed from my past! I am now a loosed woman of God steadily progressing and moving towards the calling of the Lord on my life.

My husband and I were both ministered and mentored through both Louis and Carol up to the day Louis left his earthly home to join his Father in heaven… We continued with HM’s for 7 years total. Our marriage at the time was totally healed; I was a lot easier to live with, and very gentle, kind, and giving to my spouse. I went out to pour into others as I was poured into through the teachings and guidance I had with Louis and Carol. In the past years I have openly and freely shared my testimony with many of people whether it be on the job, in the family, neighbors or divine appts where ever and when ever. I have given out so many mommy and daddy hugs and have seen number of souls give their hearts to Jesus as he healed their hearts using me as his vessel. I am so happy that I was set free and able to share that freedom with so many other hurting women who have been victim to the same abuse I was set free from. I currently attend a woman’s group through my church for women who have been abused in their past whether it be parental, spousal, friend or foe abuse. As I see them come into the group dejected and beaten down, I am able to listen with spiritual ears, listen empathetically, share my experiences and strengths, and minister to their hurting heart out of my healing heart from someone who has walked in there shoes. I continue to give put those mommy and daddy hugs as the Lord leads and so blessed to be able to see the wonders of the Lord in there lives as I continue to grow with them.

Thank you, Carol, for answering the calling God has blessed you with and for ministering to the wounded child so many have and for your faithfulness to the work of the Lord. YOU ARE TRULY THE ARMS, LEGS AND HEART of Jesus on this earth! May you continually be richly blessed!

The first time I heard of Louis and Carol Gordon was in June 1988 at a Covenant Keepers Convention in Tulsa, OK. I wrote them a letter with questions regarding one of the tapes they were teaching, but didn’t hear back right away so I forgot about having written them.

In Sept 1988, I started my second year of a course I was taking that taught the principles of hearing and following God’s voice and plans for our life. My teacher asked me to begin praying about being willing to serve God. At the time my husband and I were separated, one of our sons was married, the other son was college and I was not working.

I was wounded and hurting and angry, and the last thing I wanted to do was to serve God. I wanted my life back like it was before my marriage broke up. But I was teachable and I knew my teacher in the courses could hear from God and I was learning how to follow God’s signposts, so I took a step of faith. I prayed and told God I was willing and I asked him to use me. The next morning Louis Gordon called me in response to my long forgotten letter that I had written two months previously. He answered the questions that I had asked in the letter and we hung up. When I told my teacher about the call she suggested I write them a note thanking them for taking time to personally call me and to also ask them if they had any needs in their ministry. I mailed the card and Louis called me two days later. Louis and I talked for a long time with him asking me my testimony and many questions about my life. Then he told me that he and Carol and their board of advisors would pray and call me back. He called a few days later with a request for me to stay in their home for three weeks to take care of their animals, yard, home etc while they were on a ministry trip. Shortly after that my teacher and I flew to OKC to meet with Louis and Carol. We returned to Houston the next day and Louis called saying that the Lord confirmed that I was to come and be a house sitter while they were gone. I stayed for three weeks from late Oct to early Nov. I was busy the whole time because I had asked Carol to leave a list of things I could for her to help catch up on specifics around the house. After I returned to Houston in mid Nov I went through some very traumatic situations with my husband selling our home and divorcing me. I got notice of that by way of a post card from the city of Houston informing me that I was divorced. I was so shaken that I immediately called Louis and Carol. They told me that they believed it was God’s plan for me to move to OKC and live with them for a season. So right after New Years, 1989, I put all my belongings in storage, packed my car. And drove to OKC to live with two people I didn’t know because I had faith that God was directing my steps. Even though I arrived at Louis and Carol’s home broken and grieving, I still determined in my heart to serve them as a handmaiden. I lived with them for eight months. God put me in a home with two healed, mature, loving people who daily prayed for me, ministered to me, gave me mommy and daddy hugs, and graciously put up with my flesh.

God used Louis and Carol to bring deep healing and stability into my life. I thank God often for the blessings of having lived with them and having Christ-likeness modeled before me on a daily basis. It is a part of my life experience that I deeply cherish. I cried when I initially drove to OKC because I didn’t want to go. Then I cried when God said it was time to move on because I didn’t want to leave.