(From a Psy.D. student) The Lord used him (Dean) at times to greatly influence the call upon my life...

Dear Clair:

I am expressing appreciation for Dean's ministry. The Lord has used him at times to greatly influence the call upon my life. Shortly after high school I had a dream wherein I was delivering a friend from demonization. At that time I knew very little of this ministry. However, soon after that, this friend was taken to Elkhart General Hospital and Dean ministered to him. This set forth a 16-year journey in ministry and education with a variety of exposures to deliverance and inner-healing ministry. Currently I am in a PsyD. program, as a student, at a Christian university (George Fox University) believing God has directed me to a full-time ministry of discipleship therapy to the hurt, the burdened, and the demonically- oppressed. The Lord has used Dean to help me greater understand the unique ministry God is calling me to. It has been an honor to know him and to have had some teaching from him.

As I move into the field of Christian psychology and am battling against oppression from both purely "secular" psychology and the spirit realm, as well, I will continue to remember the path the Lord blazed through Dean, as well as the struggles he had -- both with the church and secular society.

Dean, thank-you for your courage, strength, and willingness to be used by God in a unique and bold way.

With Great Appreciation,
Heath Fervida

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