Rise and Rebuild: Pastor Don Allen on Revival, Restoration, and Global Mission
About this episode
Dr. Don Allen, pastor of The Church at War Hill in Dawsonville, Georgia, joins Philip Cameron for a powerful conversation about healing, revival, and the God who restores what the enemy has stolen. Fresh from a tornado that jumped over his church building and spared the congregation, Dr. Allen opens with a firsthand account of divine protection — and quickly draws a profound parallel to every believer facing their own storm. At the heart of this episode is a message about scars. Drawing from the story of Benaiah in Scripture, Dr. Allen explains why David chose a man who had fought a lion in a pit: "You don't fight a lion in a pit and not come out without scars all over you." Those battle marks, he argues, are not disqualifiers — they are credentials. He shares a stunning testimony from the North Georgia Revival, now in its eighth year, where tens of thousands have been baptized and physical scars have literally washed from the bodies of those who had self-harmed. He also recounts the miraculous healing of a three-year-old boy with severe burn injuries, whose lost father's raw faith moved the hand of God. Whether you carry wounds from abuse, addiction, divorce, or shame, this episode delivers a clear word: the scars will not limit you. Visit warhill.com or donallen.com to connect with Dr. Allen's ministry.
Part of our Restore collection of conversations.
Quotes worth sharing
“The tornado came literally to the edge of our parking lot, jumped over our church building. Took out a tree that destroyed our church playground, went all the way to the next road, and sat down. It literally jumped our property. And I believe in the divine hand of God.”
“I believe the reason he picked Benaiah is because Benaiah had gone into a pit and fought a lion. You don't fight a lion in a pit and not come out without scars all over you. But David had said, I have fought the lion and the bear. David had similar scars, and because he recognized scars on Benaiah, he was able to say, I have something in common with this man.”
“Someone has a granddaughter, someone has a daughter that's going through hell right now, and their gift to another girl that has no one to pray for her, no one to believe for her, no hope — and their giving to make their life secure will come back into their world, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.”
What's Discussed
Pastor Dr. Don Allen of The Church at War Hill (Dawsonville, Georgia) shares how a tornado that literally jumped over his church property became a launching point for a message on divine restoration. Anchoring his teaching in the biblical account of Benaiah — the warrior David chose precisely because of his scars from fighting a lion in a pit — Dr. Allen argues that scars are marks of qualification, not shame. He reports on the North Georgia Revival, now eight years strong, where tens of thousands have been baptized and self-harm scars have visibly disappeared in baptismal waters. A miraculous healing of a severely burned three-year-old, prayed over by his unsaved father, underscores the episode's central claim: no past disqualifies a person from God's promise.
- Tornado Strikes War Hill Church Property
- Divine Protection and God's Way of Escape
- Benaiah's Scars as Marks of Qualification
- North Georgia Revival and Scars Washing Away
- Burned Boy Healed Through a Lost Father's Faith
- Trafficked Woman Restored to Ministry
- Scars Will Not Limit Your Calling
Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, welcome to Daily Faith Today. My name is Philip Cameron, and I am delighted to have you with us. I'm at a loss today because my son Andrew, who's our floor director, is in Moldova in our mission work. So if I make mistakes, and he's sitting watching me just now all the way across in Moldova live, I'm sure I'll be getting comments from him after this program is finished.
Philip:However, the redeeming fact is that I've got a dear friend with me today that's gonna rescue me. And Don Allen is a great man of God pastoring a great church, the Church at War Hill, and he is with us today. And he's got a word from the Lord for you. Listen to me. I don't know where you are and what circumstance you're going through, but I want you to know something — that your name is written on the palm of his hands, no weapon formed against you is going to prosper.
Philip:It may form, but it's not going to prosper. God has put his seal of approval upon you, and he's gonna see you through whatever you're going through all the way to victory. Talk about going through, Don had an incredible encounter with nature last week, just before the weekend, and he'll be telling us about that. But I just want you to know that God cares about you.
Philip:We have a contact. You can contact us, you can send us your prayer request. We have an 800 number — it's 833 Daily Faith. If you just punch in 833 Daily Faith at any time, someone will take your call and pray with you, because we believe that God has an answer. We are living in ridiculous days when there are riots on the streets. We know that there's an answer on the way. God is not done with America, and I believe that revival is on its way.
Philip:I really believe that. If you could help us today by sharing the program — if you're watching on social media, you can just hit the share button with your friends. And we've learned that when you are a Christian program, they have a code that they put on this program and others, so when you broadcast like we're doing just now, they can restrict how many people can see you. And if you pay the money, they'll expand your viewership.
Philip:But the best way I know is if you hit a like and you hit share, what happens is your friends get a chance to see it, and if they hit share, it goes round that wall and it really helps us. So we just want you to be aware of that. Also, if you go to YouTube slash Daily Faith, we have all our shows on that platform on YouTube, and we are just so excited. Daily Faith TV is our home base, and you can go there anytime and you can catch up on shows that you may have missed.
Philip:And there is a whole bunch of information there about what we do in our ministry, our mission outreach, which we'll talk about in a few moments. But we are involved in the last days of time. I want to be a part of the harvest. You can either be part of the answer or part of the problem, and I choose to be a part of the answer in these days.
Philip:So just hold on where you are. Don Allen is coming on the program. He is everywhere as far as ministry. God is using this great man of God. My goodness. I've been traveling in America for 56 years in churches, and he is one of half a dozen guys that I know that really is at an elevated point in reaching this world for Jesus. And I'm delighted to call him my friend. So whatever you are, don't you go anywhere. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Philip:Hey, my friends, welcome to Daily Faith. My name is Philip Cameron and I am absolutely delighted that you would join us today. We've got a great friend on the program, a great man of God, Don Allen, pastors a church at War Hill, and they are doing extraordinary things. And Don is one of those unique kind of men of God that is thrilled to pastor, but his ministry goes so much farther than just his local church. And we'll be hearing from him today.
Philip:As you know, we do mission work in Moldova. My son Andrew, as I mentioned, he's normally here. He's the floor director and the producer of the program. And today he is sitting in our homes, one of our homes in Vatra Village. I should have had him come on with me today and give you a report. He's just arrived, literally arrived this morning. And he's there for the next 10 days.
Philip:We are opening a new home. In fact, we're opening two new homes in one location called the Promised Land. And this is gonna be an amazing place for young kids between the age of four years of age and 16. We've just had meetings this last week with the government in that area, and they told us that there are 73 villages and towns around this area that have no help whatsoever as far as helping orphans and broken families.
Philip:And we are gonna build — one house is finished, one house. That one you're looking at is about 80% finished. Now you are gonna see the inside of this house, and the color scheme is not my taste, trust me. And starting this next week, you're gonna start working on the house to open it up. Those two homes will hold 50 little kids between the age of four and 16, and a lot of them end up in orphanages or end up in family situations that are just unbearable — with a drunk father or a drunk foster father that fosters these kids into their home to get a stipend from the government and a free pair of hands to work.
Philip:And they treat them like slaves, and they take the money and drink the cheap wine that's available in Moldova. And the abuse that they can suffer is unbearable. And we are gonna open these junior houses to take 50 little kids, and we are absolutely so excited. And the crazy thing is that these kids that come to us as orphans and from the most dire situations, they hear the gospel and it elevates their mind and their spirit, and they turn from orphans to sons and daughters. And then the thing that thrills me the most — they become missionaries.
Philip:We also have a home in Ukraine. Long before the war started, about nine years ago, we opened a home in Ukraine. Before anyone knew where Ukraine was, we were there caring for these kids. And what happened was, when the war broke out, hundreds of thousands of people ran from Ukraine to Moldova — 800,000 people. And our orphan kids went up to no man's land, the border area between Ukraine and Moldova, and spent weeks sleeping on the ground, cooking, praying for people, feeding people, holding babies while mothers were having nervous breakdowns, having just left their husbands behind to get killed by the Russian Army.
Philip:Millions of people have died. It's unbearable what's taking place. And our orphan kids were right in the middle of it, sharing the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ all through the summer. And they're my two granddaughters, Allie and Kara — Uncle Andrew took them over to Moldova. He's got stuff to do there, but he took them with him and they're gonna be there for the summer, working along with our kids from Vatra in these camps. I've sown my grandkids into the mission field.
Philip:They're going to Ukraine, and all through the summertime they have the most amazing camps where young folk come that have never ever heard the gospel once in their life. And our orphan kids that have found Jesus at Vatra Village — our main village of homes — we've got an amazing place called Vatra Village. Oh my goodness, you should see this place. It's right on the largest lake in Moldova. It was built for rich people to have a summer retreat. That's it right there, you're looking at it. It's only a hundred yards from the lake.
Philip:And they poisoned the lake with chlorine to kill algae. And these buildings weren't finished, and we bought them unfinished in a state of disrepair. Nine years since they were built, a lot of the roofs were damaged and we rebuilt the whole village. And every girl you see — if a trafficker gets her, is worth $300,000 a year. One girl trafficked, one girl. And they come to us and we share the gospel with them. And these amazing kids have turned into missionaries. It is crazy. It's the most amazing thing.
Philip:I mean, all over the world — I've been involved in mission all over the world — I've never seen anywhere where the kids run the ministry. Every one of our house parents were once orphans. The building director and his dear wife Luda, who we rescued when she was 12 years of age, are all part of our team reaching and caring and loving the lost. And they just had a camp and they just sent me this video. Watch this.
Philip:Isn't it amazing? In the middle of the country — the poorest country in Europe, the highest alcohol percentage in the world is Moldova — and these orphan kids are caring and loving and going and being part of a miracle of redemption. We need your help. Those kids need your support. As I said, one of those girls that we have in our home is worth $300,000 a year to a trafficker. A dollar a day allows her to stay at Vatra Village. A dollar a day allows them to stay at the home we have in Odessa. A dollar a day will help little kids that have no hope outside of Jesus — allow them to live.
Philip:And if you'd like to help us and be a real part of this ministry, your gift of a dollar a day can change a life. These two new homes that we're building are costing us $150,000 each, and it's going to cost a further $150,000 to build and finish the barn to make that youth camp. And I'm just praying today that God is speaking to people, that God will stir your heart to be a part of the answer.
Philip:Don't sit and curse the darkness. While there are riots in America, there are people that are thrilled to hear the gospel message. Just because some folk aren't interested in Jesus, there are kids today that are desperate to hear his message of grace and forgiveness. And if you can help us, I'd really appreciate it. It's real simple. If you contact us — PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee, 37716. PO Box 25. You can't get an easier number to remember than that. PO Box 25, Clinton — you remember one of our presidents was called Mr. Clinton — Clinton, Tennessee, 37716. And by giving, you can change someone's life for eternity.
Philip:Please let the Lord talk to your heart. We're looking for someone to sponsor these homes. The houses at Vatra Village have been sponsored by churches and television stations, and we are looking for two sponsors that will take care of one of these homes and say, we'll be a part of this miracle. In the name of Jesus, let the Lord talk to your heart. If you obey him, he will bless you.
Philip:I am delighted today to have a friend, a real friend. You know, when a friend is a friend, he sticks closer than a brother. Whenever else heads for the exits, a friend is still standing saying, how can I help? How can I lift this burden? And Don Allen has been and is a dear friend. He pastors a church in Dawsonville, Georgia called the Church at War Hill. It's a crazy church. If you are anywhere in the area, you've got to go and be a part of one of these services. He's one of the busiest men I know. He does more in a day than most preachers I know do in a month. And I'm honored to have him on Daily Faith.
Philip:Don, thank you for taking the time to come and be with me. How are you doing, my brother?
Dr. Don Allen:It's an honor to be with you, my friend. I wish I was there with you in person.
Tornado Strikes War Hill Church Property
Philip:It would be cool. It would be. With Andrew out of town and my folks out of town, you and I might end up in a little trouble — probably eating too much or something.
Philip:Now listen, you're looking great. You had almost a disaster happen on Saturday. Tell us what happened.
Dr. Don Allen:Yeah, actually, talking about food — that's where I was going with that. My wife went out of town, and I thought, well, I'll just run out and get something real fast. It was just me at the house. And so I go out to head to our restaurants and the weather turns bad, and I thought, well, I probably should get somewhere secure. And so I start driving toward my parents' home to make sure they're okay. And a tornado hits and I'm caught between the damage, and cars are stuck. And it was horrible what happened.
Dr. Don Allen:And finally I was able to get turned around, and somebody had called and said that our church had particularly been hit with this. Oh wow. And so I make my way to our church, driving down the wrong side of the road because it was shut down. And I get there. We know there's no way we're gonna be able to have services on Sunday unless we get tractors in to move everything.
Dr. Don Allen:And a couple of things happened there in that moment. I just shared the need, and then I made my way to check on my parents to make sure they were okay. And I was coming back to start that cleanup process. By the time I get back, our parking lots are full of people with chainsaws, brooms, blowers, everything. And by the time the tractors arrived, they were already done with the cleanup.
Dr. Don Allen:That's amazing — this massive manpower. But here's what really amazed me, Philip. The tornado came literally to the edge of our parking lot, jumped over our church building.
Philip:Oh my.
Dr. Don Allen:Took out a tree that destroyed our church playground, went all the way to the next road, and sat down. It literally jumped our property. And I believe in the divine hand of God. And though right now there are numerous amounts of people in our community without power, I sent our team this morning to find out how we can be a blessing to everyone in need during this time.
Dr. Don Allen:And the road namesake of our church, War Hill Road, looks like a bomb went off on it. It's unbelievable.
Philip:Well, I happened to catch you literally as you were coming onto the parking lot of the church. And I heard in your voice — that's what made me stop and watch what you were saying, because I knew there was something catastrophic had happened. And by the time you'd finished, you were rejoicing in the faithfulness of God. And the Bible says he will give his angels charge over us. And I think watching us today, there are people that feel like they're in peril, that they think that the devil's got them in a corner and there's no way of escape. But God always makes a way out, doesn't he?
Divine Protection and God's Way of Escape
Philip:There's always an escape route in the kingdom of God. What the devil means for evil, God turns it for good. And I really feel, as you are talking, that there are people watching us today who may be going through their own tornado — right now you're going through a family tornado, a financial tornado, a health tornado. And the devil's standing there threatening you and telling you it's over, this is the end. But God always makes a way of escape, doesn't he?
Dr. Don Allen:You know, he always does. And I think it's very interesting that you would start that conversation that way, because of what has been burning in my heart today. You know, there's just a little story in the scripture about a man by the name of Benaiah. And Benaiah went down into a pit on a snowy day and fought a lion. Interestingly, Benaiah ends up in a room setting or an environment where David has to pick new mighty men, and he has all these men standing before him.
Benaiah's Scars as Marks of Qualification
Dr. Don Allen:He has the four great ones, and everybody's — it's a foregone conclusion that whoever he picks will come from among the front lines. But as he's walking along the line, suddenly he stops and picks Benaiah. And there's a good and a bad. What we see here — he picks Benaiah. Have you ever thought why he picked Benaiah?
Dr. Don Allen:This is what I believe. I believe the reason he picked Benaiah is because Benaiah had gone into a pit and fought a lion. Can I tell you, you don't fight a lion. I've had up-front experience with a lion. You don't fight a lion in a pit and not come out without scars all over you.
Dr. Don Allen:But David had said, I have fought the lion and the bear. David had similar scars, and because he recognized scars on Benaiah, he was able to say, I have something in common with this man. Now, the reason that you and I are such good friends is we have some of the same scars.
Philip:Same scars we have. You have some of the same victories, and that's a positive connection.
Dr. Don Allen:Yeah. But sometimes scars attract you to the wrong people — people who want to cause you to drink your sorrows away, to cause you to just whine and complain and gather and become violent, and become bitter and become downcast. And when somebody's watching us right now whose scars have caused them to feel like they're unworthy and that they are removed — I want you to listen to me. I've got two things I want you to hear very carefully.
North Georgia Revival and Scars Washing Away
Dr. Don Allen:We're in a revival that's been going on for eight years. One of the greatest signs of the revival is people who are covered in scars come and get in the water, particularly those who have self-mutilated themselves. You're talking about literal scars. People that have cut themselves — young people have cut themselves — they get into the water and they come up. And when they come up, there is a familiar scream. They begin to scream, and they're screaming, they're gone, they're gone.
Dr. Don Allen:As we literally watch the scars wash off their bodies at the North Georgia Revival.
Philip:Now let me interject this. What Don is talking about is there's a revival going on now — it has been going on for years — called the North Georgia Revival. And they have seen hundreds of thousands of people come over those eight years.
Dr. Don Allen:Hundreds of thousands — just thousands upon thousands of first-time baptisms. Tens and tens of thousands of first-time baptisms. Many people baptized multiple times. We've seen cancers healed, 52 tumors disappear. We've seen all of these things. But one of the most amazing things we can't get past are the scars — the scars that just wash away.
Dr. Don Allen:And I think about all these little girls that you're rescuing and the scars that they carry, and I think about all the scars that need to be healed in the lives of those watching us yet even now. You know, I wrote about this in a book called Mark the Time. And there was a young boy, and this young boy was about three years old. He walked out onto where they had been burning trash — a fire pit, they'd been burning trash — and it had been there for three days, and they assumed it was out and everything was fine.
Burned Boy Healed Through a Lost Father's Faith
Dr. Don Allen:But as he walked out on those ashes, there were hot coals underneath, and it destroyed his feet. And then he fell screaming to his knees. And then before the parents could scoop him up, his hand went into the ashes and was consumed. And his grandfather was a dear friend of mine, helped me preach the gospel. And he came and he told me, he said, my grandson's gonna have to have like 19 surgeries just to be able to function in life. He's gonna be horribly scarred.
Dr. Don Allen:Now I know we're talking metaphorically, but there are people watching us right now that understand those scars. You feel like somebody hurt you. You went through something — divorce, whatever it is — you ended up scarred. And he said, you know, but pastor, will you pray he just simply survives this surgery and is at least able to walk again? And I said, of course, we'll be praying.
Dr. Don Allen:And that Sunday, they show up at church. The little boy is in bandages, and they show up at church. And on Monday, they're going out of town to our major burn center, which is in Augusta. And they're gonna be starting the first of those 19 surgeries. And his father, who was high on drugs, away from God, just in an unhealthy lifestyle, looks at me and he says, God told me if you'd pray for my son, he'd heal him. Now I thought, I don't even know if you know how to hear God, son.
Dr. Don Allen:But I said, well, if you'll help me pray, we'll pray. We laid hands on this young boy — he was three years old — and could only touch him here on the top of his head. And we began to pray. And as we began to pray, there was no supernatural snap or lightning bolt, but there was just faith from a lost dad. There was faith from somebody that most people would've counted off. And the faith rose up.
Dr. Don Allen:The next day, my phone goes off. He's gone in for an eight-hour surgery. 45 minutes later, they're calling me. The doctors came out and said, we don't know how to describe it, we don't know how to explain it, but his feet — there are no scars. His knee — there are no scars. He has a little birthmark look on his hand, which will recover fine. He is now a young man — I think a senior this year — and he stands in strength like a massive linebacker, without scars on his body.
Dr. Don Allen:Wow. And somebody needs to listen to me. You may feel like you have no reason to ask because you're in a wrong place, but this young man was healed because his dad wouldn't let his place keep his promise from happening. Somebody needs to hear that today.
Trafficked Woman Restored to Ministry
Dr. Don Allen:These girls that you're ministering to, Philip, thank you. Because the scars that they bear on their flesh are being healed by the restoration of their spirit. And when everyone out there who sows in — you're sowing into that promise for those little girls, you're sowing into those children. And we pray that you will continue to sow in. But right now I just want somebody to hear what I've come to tell you.
Dr. Don Allen:That the power of the living God wants to heal your scars in the name of Jesus. He wants to restore your body in the name of Jesus, wants to restore your soul, and he wants to give you the promise. There are scholars of the Holy Spirit in your life, and you will be healed. We are believing that you're gonna respond, yet even now. The scar that kept you from having hope in your life is healed — healed by the authority of Jesus Christ. In Jesus' name.
Scars Will Not Limit Your Calling
Philip:Jesus. What a word. You are sitting just now and you are disfigured — your image of yourself is disfigured because of the stuff, the junk, the sin, the mess that we can get ourselves into. And you never mean to get in the mess. These guys that end up killing people — they don't set out to kill. It's just a circumstance that happens and gets out of control, and before you know it you're in trouble and you're over your head and you're covered in scars.
Philip:And my friend Don Allen has brought a word from the Lord to you today — that the scars that you bear, that that boy's daddy wasn't even saved, but his faith reached the heart of God. And I pray for you in the name of Jesus, that the hurt and the pain and the scars of your life — the stuff that has taken place, sometimes there's been someone else's scars, someone else has done the damage — but I'll tell you what, God has an answer and a hope in the blood of Jesus and the stripes upon his back. And I just pray for you that healing will come to you today in the name of Jesus.
Philip:Don, what an amazing word. David identified with this man's scars because he fought the same lions in the pit. Boy, that's a thought and a half.
Dr. Don Allen:Well, God is so good to us, and he has a way of restoring and putting us in the right place. You know, I got the honor this weekend — I was away on one of our campuses — to see a woman who was trafficked starting about 12 to 14 years of age, taken down to the local hotel and trafficked, taken to the local truck stop and trafficked. Horrible situation. My God.
Dr. Don Allen:And I got to watch, as I've watched over the last almost 10 years now, her life be healed, her set free from the drugs of trying to cover her scars. And when I walked up to her one day and I said, I want you to be on our children's ministry team, tears flowing. She said, I've always dreamed of being a children's minister, and I knew because of my past that no one would ever give me a chance.
Dr. Don Allen:And I was so honored yesterday to see her ministering alongside her husband — who God gave her, a godly man who loves her — and now with their wonderful children. And they were ministering to my grandchildren who were with me. And to see what God was doing in that children's church, because the scars will not limit you. You hear what I'm about to say? The scars will not limit you.
Philip:No. And the scars are not gonna limit these children in Moldova.
Dr. Don Allen:No, sir. Pastor, why should we care about children on the other side of the planet? Because children on the other side of the planet — the Bible says if you lend unto them, you lend to God. When you give, God will take what you sow into them, and it will come forth in your own family. And there will be healing and there will be victory.
Dr. Don Allen:Someone has a granddaughter, someone has a daughter that's going through hell right now, and their gift to another girl that has no one to pray for her, no one to believe for her, no hope — and their giving to make their life secure will come back into their world, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.
Philip:We've got about 30 seconds left. I want you to go and meet this man and go to his church. If you're anywhere in North Georgia, you've got to go to the Church at War Hill on Highway 53 in Dawsonville, Georgia. www.warhill.com or www.donallen.com. Get this man investing in your life. It'll change your life as it has enriched mine. Don, time's gone. Thank you for being with us.
Philip:Thank you for watching Daily Faith. We'll see you again. Bye-bye.
For over 25 years, the Cameron family has been changing the lives of orphans in Romania and Moldova — from providing running water, flushing toilets, and clean wells, to coal for heat, new windows, as well as food and clothing. They champion the physical needs of the orphans in these broken and desolate countries. Many of Moldova's orphans are saved from the horrors of trafficking through homes founded by the Camerons. And in the process, orphans become daughters and sons. They come to know their heavenly Father and are forever changed by the love of Jesus.
God help the Camerons lift these amazing young men and women out of darkness. Now no longer orphans, they want to return and invade that very same darkness with the light of Jesus Christ. The Orphan's Hands equips these daughters and sons to become missionaries. Your monthly gift of $31 will allow us to rescue and take in more girls and boys, saving them from the hell of human trafficking. Your monthly partnership will allow us to care for those in the Orphan's Hands homes in Moldova and Ukraine.
If you want to join Philip and Chrissy in taking care of these precious young people, please contact us today by calling 833 Daily Faith. You can also give by going online to www.dailyfaithtv or by writing to Post Office Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee, 37716. So many lives depend on what we do. Thank you for loving the lost.
Common questions
What is the North Georgia Revival and how long has it been going on?
Dr. Don Allen says the North Georgia Revival has been running for eight years and has seen hundreds of thousands of people come through, including tens of thousands of first-time baptisms. He describes it as one of the greatest signs of revival he's witnessed, with reported healings including 52 tumors disappearing and, most strikingly, physical scars literally washing off the bodies of people — including young people who had self-harmed — as they come up out of the baptismal water.
Why did Don Allen say David chose Benaiah over the other mighty men?
Dr. Allen believes David chose Benaiah — the man who went into a pit on a snowy day and fought a lion — because David recognized the scars on him. Since David himself had fought a lion and a bear, he saw something familiar in Benaiah's wounds. Allen's point is that shared scars can create a deep, authentic bond, and that the marks of past battles don't disqualify you — they can actually be what sets you apart.
What happened to the three-year-old boy Don Allen prayed for, and what was the miracle?
A three-year-old boy walked onto a fire pit with hidden hot coals, severely burning his feet, knees, and hand — facing 19 surgeries at a major burn center. His father, who was lost in drugs and far from God, asked Dr. Allen to pray, believing God had told him his son would be healed. The next day, 45 minutes into what was supposed to be an eight-hour surgery, doctors called to say they couldn't explain it — the scars on his feet and knees were gone. Allen says the boy is now a healthy young man, essentially scar-free.
What does Don Allen say about a trafficked woman he saw restored through his church?
Dr. Allen shares the story of a woman who was trafficked starting around age 12 to 14, taken to hotels and truck stops. Over nearly 10 years, he watched her life be healed and her drug use — which she had used to cope with her trauma — fall away. He eventually asked her to join the children's ministry team, and she broke down in tears, saying she had always dreamed of it but assumed her past would disqualify her. He saw her recently ministering alongside her husband and children, and says it's proof that 'the scars will not limit you.'
Why does Don Allen say Americans should care about giving to children in Moldova?
Dr. Allen argues that giving to children on the other side of the world is an act of faith that comes back to your own family. He says the Bible teaches that lending to the poor is lending to God, and that someone who sows into a child with no one praying for her will see that gift return 'pressed down, shaken together, and running over' — including healing and victory for their own daughters and granddaughters who may be going through hard times.
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