Cheshier to share story of hope at Sikeston First Assembly

SIKESTON, MO. -- A special guest will give hope through his testimony on Sunday at the Sikeston First Assembly of God.

Mikey Cheshier, will give his testimony of determination and survival at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17 at the Sikeston First Assembly of God Church, located at 306 S. Kingshighway.

In 1982, Cheshier was horribly burned in a gas fire while playing behind his house in Covington, Louisiana. Disfigured beyond recognition, he spent the next 60 days and more in various hospitals, even dying for a short time. After skin grafts, a tracheotomy, daily scrubbing of his wounds in bleach, over 20 surgeries and promise from his doctor he would never be normal again he was released.

As Cheshier was faced with trial after trial, he steeled himself to the world's cruelty and came to know God's love more acutely than he thought possible. Cheshier, who was also burned internally, was told he would never be as athletic as he was before being burned. But he proved people wrong by winning a college football scholarship, bench pressing 470 pounds, leg pressing 1,200 pounds and climbing Mount Kilamanjaro.

"God knows where I am, what I need, and when I need it," Cheshier says as a victory chant over all his trials.

In 2002, just two months after being married to his wife Shereen, Cheshier found out he had a lymphoma throughout his entire torso. A tumor 22 inches long, 16 inches wide, 8 inches deep and wrapped around his organs had invaded his body.

Looking at the S-rays, Cheshier again felt like he was staring death in the face. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments began immediately, leading to some of the most trying days Cheshier had ever known.

After three months of treatment and losing all his strength, Cheshier made a decision to pull himself off all the treatments with the tumor still at 99%, instead trusting his heart and his belief in God. After two weeks, the tumor was completely gone.

Cheshier has used these happenings to strengthen the church, reach out to sinners and give hope to those without it. He has preached to crowds of one person and 10,000. He has pioneered many churches overseas and in just 24 months Firewind Ministries financed and pioneered 32 churches.

After six years of pastoring New Destiny Assembly in Monroe, Louisiana, Mikey, along with his wife Shereen, felt the Lord calling them back to evangelism and missions. Now they are back on the evangelistic field and pursuing short term Missions assignments.

Mikey and Shereen, who are both ministers with the Assembly of God, live in Ozark, Missouri, and travel all over the world in service to God.

"The impossible is God's playground," Cheshier said.

For more information on Cheshier, visit MikeyCheshier.com.