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“I was a city girl who came to know Christ at 19,” says Evelyn Martinez. “I earned a degree in business and marketing. Afterward, I went to work for an oil company, which required a great deal of international travel. Whenever I was home, I served faithfully in my church. “Marcus and I had a mutual friend who decided we should meet. Marcus was also traveling internationally, so we had to coordinate our schedules just to meet. We had a long-distance relationship until we married in 2011.” Today, Marcus and Evelyn have a 3-year-old son, Nathaniel, and 6-month-old daughter, Nathalia. Marcus’ mother works full time with their ministry, and heads her own ministry, Victorious Transformation, where she works with prostitutes and women coming out of jail. Their youth group and young adults work with people coming off the streets. Massive Immigration “We’ve seen a massive increase in immigration here in Toronto,” says Marcus. “There are 180 different nations represented here. We’ve had 20,000 Syrian immigrants arrive here, and we’re believing God to see the most aggressive evangelism here as well. There is a spirit of mammon at work here that creates problems,” says Marcus. “Many people move here on fire for God. Then they experience the cost of living that’s so high, they become focused on working hard enough to survive financially. They get caught up in that cycle. “Over the years, every time the church has faced financial problems, my solution has always been the same: ‘Write a check to KCM.’ Things break loose for us every time. That’s how good the soil is in this ministry. One check, and all the finances come in. That’s powerful.” For the past 10 years, Marcus has hosted the "It’s Your Destiny" television broadcast on Daystar. In addition to maintaining Bible training centers in other nations, Destiny & Dominion Word Church has campuses in four different quadrants of the city, each 30 miles apart. While he’s busy with a growing family, growing church and a worldwide ministry, when Marcus looks back over the years, one thing sparks joy in his eyes: “Some of the kids who were hardest to reach are born again, have families and serve in church today.” V ******************************************** ******************************************** Settle It! by Kenneth Copeland You may have heard me refer to this subject several times, and I still don’t think I talk about it near as much as I hear The LORD talk to me about it. Over these almost 52 years of ministry, I have had certain things come up in my life that The LORD deals with me about in no uncertain terms. He tells me, 'Settle it!' We all have some issues in our lives—in our walk with The LORD—that we really don’t need to be praying about anymore. For many of our issues, we simply need to settle them and not bring them up again. You know the things that bother you. Maybe you’ve wondered, I don’t know whether I’m really saved. Or maybe you’re continually thinking, I don’t know if The LORD wants to heal me. Or maybe you’ve asked, “LORD, is prosperity really Your will for my family?” * * * * article continues on p. 16 * * * * BVOV : 15