PORTLAND MARATHON, Oct 09

We are very honored and proud that we were once again at the Portland Marathon to assist runners that wanted our help.  The Portland Volunteer Ministers are a great team and assisted 354 people in a matter of about 5 hours. With many comments such as, "This service helped me a great deal.", "Very friendly. Very relaxing. Much needed.", "Nice people.", "Very sore coming in. Improved coming out." we know we did a bit to bring a little happiness to world. After all, that is what volunteering is about, so how cool is that?!!

GOOD IN THE HOOD, Jun 09 

A woman came into the tent who had fibromilagia wondered if a nerve assist would help.   Not too long after the nerve assist began, she said that she could feel a little improvement. After a bit longer, she said that she felt much more relaxed and there was an energy flow through her body that was amazing.  She then learned to do the Nerve Assit so that she could help others.

HILLSBOROUGH LIBRARY, May 09

A woman had a painful knee and I did the nerve assist.  A bit into it  she half sat up and with a surprised look said "That is amazing!"  I asked what was happening and she said the pain was going away.  I told her we would continue and blew the pain away completely.  She was totally blown out.  D.S.

ASSIST WORKSHOP, Apr 09

An "assist" is an action you perform on someone else to help them confront and recover from physical discomfort. There are hundreds of different assists for different situations.

At one of these, a man came in with a severe limp. He is 65 years old and diagnosed with arthritis in his hip and hands. Said it turned on about four years ago, not too long after having a bad fall. He said he lives with constant pain, to the point that the doctors have him on morphine.

I told him we would start with a nerve assist (an action that straightens nerve channels), then would do a body comm assist (an action that restores your own interaction with the body parts). He responded well to the nerve assist, with his muscles relaxing and being less tensed. He started letting go of some mental holds he had on his fall and a string of earlier accidents and injuries. Afterward he felt more comfortable, relaxed and was able to straighten his fingers.

We then moved on to the body comm. I explained the process, defined "communication" as "interaction". He said he understood in theory what I meant. We began and at the very first command he let out a hugh sigh of release. Every command generated some kind of sigh, twitch, hitch in his chest, or origination of how amazingly wonderful he felt. We continued the body comm for about 40 minutes, lessening or getting rid of different discomforts. He also let go some grief and frustration on being a happy, energetic, young-feeling man totally stopped and restrained by this broken body. Afterward he had to stand for several moments to "catch his breath". He was amazed how great he felt, how much more comfortable his hips were. He said now he fully understood what I had meant by "communication". He could totally see and feel an increased interaction with, and affinity for. his own body parts. He said he felt lighter, brighter, adn like he had more attention in the present.

I gave him the instructions and we taught him and his wife to do them at home. AD

VOLUNTEER MINISTERS AT INTEL SOLV WASHINGTON COUNTY CLEAN AND GREEN ,  Oct 08

Every year the Inter-religious Action Network adopts five of the 50+ Clean and Green work sties and puts members at each sites to create inter-religious work parties.

For this 2008 Clean and Green , we had Volunteer Ministers at four of the five sites. We cleared blackberries, trimmed bushes, and weeded and barkchipped a playground. At the OR Food Bank, put their community garden to rest for the winter. At the Virginia Garcia Cornelius, we did lots of planting and clean up.

The weather cooperated nicely, making yet another productive and fun Clean and Green.

FROM ROSE FESTIVAL, June 2008

I had many wins today as a VM at Rose Festival. One man had back pains and I did a Nerve Assist. He ended off with a big smile and a "Wow! I feel so much better!" I showed him the instructions so he and his wife could do this themselves at home, as well as the many other procedures in the book. He was so happy.

Another one was a man who came in saying he is a bright person and mostly doing well, but he worries about things and this causes him stress. He wanted to know if we had the solution to that, so I showed him why that might be happening for him and what he coudl do about it. We talked at length and he was very relieved. LR

A man came in with knots around his shoulder blades.  I gave him a Nerve Assist and at the end he said he could feel tingling in his feet and the knots in his back were gone. LS

I spoke with a very bright young man who said he sometimes gets stewed up in his mind and it bothers him. Sometimes it was sadness over recently lost family members, sometimes it was anger over not having any real control/authority to make his own decisions. I taught him the "Take a Walk" procedure and had him practice it. I went over what is actually happening, and how he can use this whenever he felt stewed up. He said it was really helpful and he could see that would work for him. AD
 
A husband and wife came in so the wife could receive assistance with body aches and pains. Afterward, they saw we had some classes on marriage and communication, and in the end they decided to do those to improve their relationship so it lasts into the future.   DS
 
I talked with a man who was always fighting with his girlfriend. I showed him the How To Resolve Conflicts booklet, which teaches why people stay in a chronic state of quarrel. I showed him how a third person, talking to the two parties separately, will cause the two parties to feel bad about the other.  He spotted right away who was the third person between he and his girlfriend and how this person has wanted to split them up. He realized he was allowing this person to get their wish and was very happy to learn how to fix it.  DS

FROM CINCO DE MAYO, May 2008
 
I worked with a young man and toured him through all the panels in the tent. I asked if there was one he wanted to know more about and he pointed to Study Tech. We went over the booklet and he learned the major important points so he can apply these tools.
 
I also taught him how to do a procedure with his son that would help the son be able to remember things. He was so thankful to have this tool to use on his boy.  LR 

I did Nerve Assists on tons of people, all to great results. One man said he had lots of massages in his life, "but this was... DIFFERENT. Can I hug you?" Another woman leapt off the table when done and said in amazement, "What did you do? You have angel hands!"  Another woman was pain free for the first time since a surgury she had over a year and a hald prior. What a blast! AD

A 20ish year-old came into the tent and went through the whole Cause of Suppression booklet, learning why he has had chronic ups and downs in his life, why he cannot seem to "get things right", and what is the source of all the doubts and lack of peace in his mind/heart. He said before he left, "It is going to be a new start from this day forward!" AP

 FROM BODY MIND SPIRIT, April 2008

I spoke with a man who was a single father to a 14 year-old girl. The daughter was having trouble relating to some life long girlfriends who were acting differently towards her now that they all entered their freshman year.