When I arrived at the airport for my Baltimore trip, God said, “Sonny, before you fly to Baltimore, I want you to anoint and bless the plane.” My first thoughts were, “How would you anoint a plane?” This is the first time I ever anointed a plane of any kind. This was a 737 Boeing Jet but I went around hand-rubbed oil on the tires. It was difficult to get oil on the wings but I tried to cover as much of the plane as possible. The pilots watched through their window as I was going around anointing the plane. After I finished, I climbed up the stairs that were connected to plane. The pilots reported to me that no one has ever anointed our plane before. They thought that it was cool thing that I did.
The next people that I was introduced to on the plane were two beautiful looking stewardesses who also have experience in law enforcement. Ones name was Susan and the other one was Linda. The Holy Spirit revealed to me that Susan’s grandmother was very sick and in the hospital. Before for I could say anything to her, Susan looked at me with a stern angry face and said, “I do not want you to talk to me about God or Jesus Christ around me.” I checked the facial expression of Linda and I could see her roll her eyes as she said that to me. Linda has been praying for Susan that she would accept Christ. I found out her husband has been a Christian for years and takes the kids to church. Susan just stays home with bitterness in her heart and pouts. So I kept my mouth closed about Christ around her.
They showed my around the plane after we left the airport. My room is in the back of the plane. These bedrooms are huge and immaculate. You have got to see the shower and jacuzzi. If you want to take a shower, the temperature is digitally controlled. Set the temperature and push the button. The temperature of the water you want for your shower comes in a second; How cool is that!
All the bedrooms are set up the same. The reason my room was in the back was to make sure that I had privacy with all the commotion going on in the plane that it would not wake me up. For supper, I ordered the rib eye steak with baked potato and salad. The aroma of that steak cooking filled the plane. The chef cooked it to perfection. After I ate, I excused myself to turn in to rest and prepare myself for the long day tomorrow.
I awoke 40 minutes before our arrival time. Susan wanted to talk to me. She received a call last night that the condition of her grandmother is deteriorating rapidly. I immediately shared with her what the Holy Spirit told me when I entered the jet before she told me not to say anything about Jesus Christ. Susan said, “How did you know about my grandmother? ”
I said, “No one in this plane knows anything about your grandmother. My King knows everything about her. Even for me tomorrow is never promised. My King wants your heart and your salvation and to began healing. ” I brought up points in her life to show the bitterness she had in her heart. I then said, “Jesus Christ wants to fill your heart with peace.” She agreed with me what I said about her feelings and wanted to make that change in her life. Susan said, “I want Jesus Christ in my life. ”
I said, “Let’s go to my room to pray for your salvation.” Linda was listening in on our conversation. She held her hands together that she would be praying also. She has been praying for this moment for years. It has been difficult working with her bitterness but Linda never gave up on her. I left the door open in my room and sat so everyone in the plane could see us. I prayed for Susan’s salvation, her grandmother and family. As the Holy Spirit entered her heart, she broke down and began crying. The first thing Susan did was call her mom. She said, “Mom, I just accepted Jesus Christ. ” Her mom’s response was so loud that I think the pilots even heard her. She definitely was excited about her daughter’s salvation. The next step was to talk to Grandma and tell her about the good news. When she called her Grandmother, her Mom was in the hospital room sitting next to her. She answered grandmother’s phone because she was half asleep and on oxygen. Susan said, “Mom, can I talk to Grandma, I want to tell her about accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. ”
Mom relayed the message to Grandma that Susan was on the phone. Grandma exclaimed, “Did Susan’s plane crash?”
Mom exclaimed back, “NO MOM, why did you even say that?” as she handed the phone to here. Susan shared what just happened to her and her new life with Jesus. Grandma was very excited. The oxygen tubes were the only thing preventing her from jumping up and down with joy. You could hear Grandma’s excitement over the phone.
This story has an exciting ending. Just as when Jesus died on the Cross, many people were healed and raised from the dead. Likewise; when the bitterness died in Susan’s life, healing started immediately in her family. Grandma’s tumor disappeared in a few days. She is going home. Susan now has a hunger for God. Her husband is having a lot of fun with Susan and wants to do things with her. Sometimes when he want to help, she will say with a Bible in hand, “This is time between me and God.” I pray that she remains strong during her journey.
I left the plane and served ice cream to the gangs on Friday and was going to leave Baltimore that night at 8 pm. I arrived early for my flight back to Denver. Susan greeted me on the ground and asked me, “Sonny, what do you want for supper? I also have a lot of questions I want to ask you about Jesus. ” Talking about doing a 180, Susan’s exuberance about Jesus is breathtaking. I told her what ingredients i wanted for my tacos and she rushed off to get them. I started up the jets connected stairs and was stopped by some other pilots. These pilots are like my pilots. They have their own jet to fly. I think it like a car guy thing. His car becomes part of him. Their planes become part of them. They found out earlier that I anointed this jet from communication with my pilots and they wanted me to do the same for their jet. My pilot said, “Sonny, you have time. Go for it.” So as the first jet, I prayed and anointed their jet. I finished up and headed back to my jet and went on board. The crew was busy preparing meals and flight plans to leave the airport. Soon, I heard the jet engines roar to life. I was listening to the conversations of the pilots. One said to the other, “Do you hear that?”
The copilot said, ” What am I listening for?”
The pilot replied, ” Does that right engine sound peculiar?” Then suddenly, the pilot shut plane down. He exclaimed, “This jet is going nowhere until I figure this out.”
I ate my supper while a repair crew investigated the problem. It was another 5 hours until the problem was diagnosed. It was a chip on a circuit board that was starting to smoke. It controls the right engine and was destined to catch fire mid flight. This is not a good thing to have happen in the air. My King knew of this coming event and had me pray and anoint the plane for its protection. They put everything back together and we left the airport. It was fun flying back even though it was late. Susan was bubbling about things relating to Jesus. The pilots were reading my mission stories. They started from the beginning. Each one would read outloud to the other. They would comment to each other what they read. You hear things like, “No way” or “WOW”. Sometimes they just wanted to know more. They were so excited they even read to people in the tower. Even though there is autopilot, one pilot kept his eyes on the instruments at all times. Our flight arrived at Denver International Airport early Saturday morning.
I received this report from the other pilots, “Sonny, when you did what we asked, our flights are more peaceful and less eventful. ”
I said, “This is the power of my King. He and only he did this for you.”