Our Story:

This ministry did not just come by chance – it was as it should be by divine will. Right from the start, God Almighty has been the divine driver behind the whole set up. We want to take this opportunity to acknowledge how He has intervened in our affairs all the way long. If God had not overcome for us, there would be no need to tell this story…

It was the morning of 25^th January 1992 in the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour⛪️, a young couple Mr. Allen & Ms. Sandra Picardo fulfilled their marriage vows💑 followed by a grand wedding reception the following evening. It was an arranged marriage in a typical Mangalorean Roman Catholic family.✝️ Yet, after having gone through 2 miscarriages💢 and seeing no results, sister Sandra made a vow to God. She promised that if she bears a child, she would dedicate the child to the Lord and donate a small show-piece sized cradle made of gold. No sooner a boy👶 was born on 25^th of September 1995. They named him “Shane”. But because of sister Sandra’s strong belief in numerology🔢, she had her son to be born on the 25^th of September instead of the 26^th although her due date for the delivery was on the 26^th. A few months later, they baptized him in church and fulfilled their vows.✅️

One day on her way to office, sister Sandra was given the Gospel by a group of women singing praise & worship🎵 in the local train travelling in the same coach.🚂 They soon became friends and invited her to a church led by Pastor Daniel Kinkar in Nerul. When the little boy was 3 years old, sister Sandra was water baptized💦, received the gift of the Holy Spirit and became a believer. About a year later, the little boy Shane was hospitalized💉 as he suffered from a severe case of Pneumonia in which 90% of his lungs were filled with fluid.🫁 The doctors had given up hopes and asked the parents to discharge the boy saying, “There’s nothing more that can be done, only God can save him.” That night, sister Sandra took him home and cried out to the Lord saying, “Lord, after much pain and suffering you have given me this child. If you wish to take him, you can take him. But I would still choose to serve you.”🙏 Moments later, she heard an audible voice like that of thunder⚡️ and with great authority, “DO NOT WORRY. SURRENDER HIM TO ME.” At that instant, she knew it was the Lord and that night she gave her little boy completely into the hands of the Lord assuming the Lord would take him.🙌 The next morning, she found the little boy Shane completely healed and busy playing with his toys. She would often play praise & worship songs🎵 of Gospel singers such as Thomas Puthoor, Vijay Benedict and Virendra Patil, on the music system📻 and the boy learnt them. People would sometimes come from distant places just to hear her little boy sing these gospel songs instead of Twinkle Twinkle little star✨️ or Johnny Johnny yes papa. The boy was highly mischievous at the same time. A man of God by the name of S.R Manohar had prophesied over sister Sandra in one of his conferences that she shouldn’t worry, her son would be used by God for His Kingdom.👑

When Shane was 5 years old, the family shifted to Virar. Sister Sandra admitted her son in St. Xavier’s High School🏫 run by the Ryan International Group. In Virar, not being able to attend a spirit-filled believer church at that time, she came across Jesus Calls ministry founded by the great man of God- Dr. D.G.S Dhinakaran and his son Dr. Paul Dhinakaran. She would also attend the Catholic church at the same time⛪️ as it was a requirement since her in-laws were devout Catholics. She would often visit the Jesus Calls prayer tower🏛 in Ghatkopar (Mumbai) which is one of the many branches under that ministry. It was the only prayer tower branch in Maharashtra at that time. Captivated by the mighty presence of God in that ministry🔥, she had a desire to visit one of their main prayer centers in the city of Coimbatore in South India along with her son for a week. To her surprise, Dr. Paul Dhinakaran happened to give a surprise informal visit🚶‍♂️ to his prayer center that day. Sandra was given a very rare opportunity to meet him along with her son privately for almost 30 minutes. Dr Paul Dhinakaran laid his hands over the boy, earnestly prayed and blessed him, “Lord, let this boy become a man after your own heart and be used mightily for your Kingdom.”🙏

There is an unseen hand in the affairs of every man of faith. God is the unseen hand that brings everything to pass. As a Christian, whatever situation you are in, do a proper reflection. Reflect on life itself and you will discover that nothing happens as coincidence, nothing comes by chance.

Sister Sandra had certain people in her life whom she could never forgive because of all the hurt and pain💢 they had caused her and her family. One day, while she attended church, a charismatic preacher was preaching on the topic of forgiveness. His message touched her so deeply that she repeated the prayer of forgiveness as the preacher lead everyone to pray after him.🕺 She closed her eyes and kept on repeating these words, “Lord, I have forgiven these people, and I look forward to the things that you have in store for me.”🙏 While she was on her way home from Church, sister Sandra once again heard a thunderous⚡️ & audible voice that carried great power & authority that said, “I HAVE CALLED YOU FOR EVANGELIZING AND I WANT YOU TO SAVE THE PERISHING SOULS.” Living under one roof with her in-laws who were devout Catholics, it was impossible to keep any charismatic prayer services at home.❌️ She then kept on praying, “Lord if you bless me with a new house, then only will I be able to start something.” One day the Lord spoke to her again saying, “You’re putting conditions on me. Start now.” Heeding to the call of God, her steps led her👣 to her friend – sister Shanti Shetty. They then began prayer services once a month for women called “Esther Prayer Group” under Jesus Calls ministries at sister Shanti’s house with just 15 women.👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Since sister Sandra didn’t see herself capable enough to preach the Word of God, sister Tresa Thomas, a mighty prayer warrior from the prayer tower at Ghatkopar, would often come all the way to Virar to preach the Word.📖 After 6 months, the Lord miraculously blessed sister Sandra’s family, with a new house in one of the best societies in Virar at that time.🏢 Away from her in-laws, the Esther Prayer Meetings were then shifted to sister Sandra’s new house. This happened in the year 2006 when the little boy Shane was 11. Seeing the work & the hand of the Lord, her husband Allen didn’t mind having prayer services in their new house. Sometimes there would be other preachers including men who would come and share the Word of God as well.✅️

Within 2 years, the number of women attending the Esther Prayer meetings kept growing to a point📈 that the house became too small to accommodate all of them. Sister Sandra had to book private halls and organize prayer meetings 5 to 6 times a year just to accommodate 150 to 170 people👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 and even more.

No sooner, sister Sandra was made an Ambassador🎖 in Jesus Calls ministry and would often meet up with aunty Stella Dhinakaran (wife of late Dr. D.G.S Dhinakaran), during the Ambassador’s conferences🎤 and the Esther Prayer Group conferences held in Mumbai and Chennai.

God has set a time for everything: a time to be born, a time to grow, a time to face persecution, a time to overcome and a time to show the proceeds of victory. If you look at life, you would see that everything big starts little. A mighty cathedral starts with one brick. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. You were once a tiny embryo in your mother’s womb, but today, see how big you have become.

THE STORY OF PROPHET SHANE:

Well, this is the story📜 of the little boy Shane who grew up with the hand of the Lord over his life. This is how it all began:-

When the little boy Shane was 11 years of age, his mother sis. Sandra gifted him the NIV Children’s Bible.📖 He read a chapter daily before going to bed. As he read the Bible, his mind was filled with many questions about life. Questions such as- “If God exists and is all powerful, why doesn’t He stop bad things from happening in the world overnight❓️ If God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, why did He create that tree in the first place❓️ Why are some people born in a rich & prosperous family while others are born in utmost poverty and suffering❓️ If God knows the end from the beginning as the Bible declares, then why did He still create the devil❓️ If God is an all loving God, why did He tell the Israelites to kill all infant babies of the Cannanites❓️ Why can’t God simply forgive people’s sin without the need for blood-shed of innocent animals in the Old Testament and Jesus suffering in the New Testament❓️” etc. and his mind would be filled with hundreds of similar questions along with scientific ones regarding dinosaurs🦖, space, the stone-age man, etc. which many pastors themselves couldn’t give an appropriate answer. He also was a part of the audience in the Jesus Calls prayer meetings. At these prayer meetings, different pastors & evangelists would come and preach.🕺 And he would observe them make statements like- “Sister/Brother God is telling me to tell you this… God is telling me to tell you that… God spoke to me this… God spoke to me that… God is showing me this… God is showing me that…” and so on. And they would testify about their lives as to how God worked in their lives and how their lives were transformed.♻️ And the little boy Shane was amazed at these things. Even in the Bible, he would read- “Enoch walked with God (Gen. 5:24). Noah walked with God (Gen. 2:9).👥️ Abraham was called the friend of God (James 2:23). God would speak to Moses like a friend would talk to another friend (Exodus 33:11)”, and so on… And how the Lord had fellowship with people like David, Samuel, Elijah, Ezekiel, etc.🫂 So a strong desire of hearing the voice of God was built up in this boy.

Whenever he would be alone at home, he would often sit on a chair or the sofa and would speak aloud saying,🗣 “Lord, if you’re really there, please speak to me. I too want to hear your voice. I also have unanswered questions.” But later would often get discouraged when he would not hear anything.❌️ He would ask his mom, “Why is God not speaking to me?”. His mom replied, “Why don’t you ask God for the Holy Spirit?”. So he wondered what would he do with the Holy Spirit if all he wanted was just to hear God for once and get his questions answered. He kept asking God to speak to him.🙏 It was Saturday evening the 21st of May 2011 sis. Sandra had organized another prayer meeting in a private hall. The preacher was Pastor Yohan Gunuvanth from Mira Road.🕺 After the service, sister Sandra took her son to the pastor for prayer. He told the Pastor, “I want to hear God’s voice.” And he replied saying, “Ask God for the Holy Spirit. Let me pray for the Holy Spirit over your life.” The pastor laid hands & prayed, and yet many days later he was still unable to hear the voice of God.👎 But this time, he wasn’t discouraged. He kept pursuing the voice of God! A few months went by, and it was now Saturday the 17th of September 2011. The preacher who came was brother Alankmani🕺 from Pune city (A close friend of Dr D.G.S Dhinakaran). During the anointing session, the pastor called people to come ahead near the stage and as he began praying, people were falling under the anointing to the left and to the right while Shane remained standing.🧍‍♂️ He didn’t feel anything unusual happen to him. Later after the service was over, Shane went personally to the preacher to get prayed over. The preacher asked, “Son, what do you want from God❓️”. Shane replied, “I want to hear the voice of God.” He too replied saying, “Ask God for the Holy Spirit.” He then prayed for Shane for God to speak to him.🙏 Yet a few days later, Shane didn’t hear or feel anything unusual.

It was now Diwali vacations🎆 during the last week of October 2011. For a few days, Shane had visited his Grandma who lived with his aunt and her 2 daughters. One evening on the 30th of October 2011, they decided to go outing in a big mall. While entering the mall, Shane saw some very expensive cars🚘 like the BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Audi, etc. that were parked to showcase near the entrance. He told the Lord deep down in his heart, “You have given some of these people such wealth and riches💰 and yet most of them don’t even know you. While I’m here simply asking you to speak to me, and such a simple thing you aren’t able to do for me.” As he went up the escalator, he saw people buying high-end products🛍, clothes, shoes that cost several tens of thousands of rupees per item and he said this in his heart once again, “Lord you have blessed many people here with wealth and riches💵, with gold and silver. They can just buy whatever they want. But here I’m not asking you for gold or silver, or a high-end car or expensive products.🛍 I am simply asking you to speak to me and such a simple thing you are not able to give me”. That same evening after they were back home, Shane slept beside his grandma for the night.💤

That night while he was asleep, his spirit came out of his body.🌪 He found himself in a dark place that seemed like a dark cave. He then saw a very horrific-looking evil spirit👹 at a distance in front of him. This evil spirit was about 10 feet tall and looked like a Jinn spirit similar to the one you see in Aladdin.🧞‍♂️ He looked at Shane and began speaking all kinds of evil things. Abusive language, curses, spells, etc. All that Shane saw was the evil spirit was having pure evil and hatred💢 towards him. He was too scared thinking this evil spirit would tear him to pieces and kill him. But he remembered during prayer meetings, the pastor would cast out evil spirits in Jesus name.💫 So he tried doing the same. He started casting out the evil spirit that was in front of him. The evil spirit tried chocking him but as he started calling out the name of Jesus, the evil spirit just disappeared.🌀

And Shane was alone in that dark cave. Still scared about what will happen next.👀 And then he started calling out to the Lord out of fear and trembling. Moments went by and he saw a door being opened.🚪 A marvellous person stood by the door and a bright white light🌟 was emanating out of this person. His face couldn’t be seen because of the light. But the light was not hurting like that of the sun. Moments went by and it seemed like the book of Shane’s life was opened.📚 Every sin and other wrongdoings that was committed by him as a teenager was being revealed in front of him. Overwhelmed with feelings of guilt and embarrassment, Shane cried out to the person standing in that light and asked for forgiveness.🙏 He prostrated himself on the floor & cried out in repentance holding that person’s feet standing in the light. And moments later he felt his guilt and sins were taken away. It was like a huge boulder being removed from his heart.💓 Then the person in the light caught Shane’s hand and made him stand on his feet. Then the light became less bright so that he could see the person’s face. The person was none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.✝️

Shane couldn’t believe he was standing in front of Jesus! Jesus’s face was full of love, joy and peace. His eyes were like fiery gems.💠 He was sweet and yet handsome. Love was the greatest quality about Him.💖 Shane saw himself as a prince related by blood to a royal lineage of the King standing before him.
And in a very sweet voice Jesus said, “Shane, you have been longing to hear my voice🗣 from a very long time. Because I didn’t speak to you on day 1, doesn’t mean I didn’t hear you. I wanted to see how far you would go in pursuit of Me.🏃‍♂️ Here I am. I have come to you personally. And I know you have questions in your heart. The Holy Spirit will answer all your questions.”✅️ And then He placed both His hands on Shane’s head and said, “Come, let’s ask the Father to give you the Holy Spirit.” And Jesus begun praying in an unknown language. And took this petition to God Almighty – The Heavenly Father. Shane couldn’t catch the exact words of His prayer, but in his spirit could sense Jesus say- “Father, please give him the Holy Spirit. Please give him the Holy Spirit.👤 I assure you that he will not let You down. I will be with him. I will stand by him. I assure you that he would bring glory to Your name. If he falls, I will pick him up. I will be by his side all the days of his life. For my sake Father… please give him the Holy Spirit.👤 Remember the great sacrifice on the cross. So that he can be one with Us.” (Jesus was actually standing in the gap and interceding for Shane). Moments went by, and after some time it was like a huge burst of electricity⚡️ and fire engulfing Shane. Something so real and tangible yet cannot be expressed in words. Shane was knocked out of his feet and slain in the Holy Spirit. That day Shane was baptized in the Holy Spirit and fire.🔥
After some time, Shane rose back on his feet and Jesus told him that it was the Father who put this divine spiritual hunger inside of him. He also said that he would share the gospel to multitudes of people. And after He said that, everything just faded away.🌀 Jesus was gone, that place was gone, and Shane’s very first spiritual experience came to an end. His spirit came back into his body.🤸‍♂️

The next morning, his grandma and aunt asked him, “Shane what happened to you last night? Why was your entire body shivering and you crying❓️”. Being too shy to tell them everything, he just told them it was a nightmare and kept the whole thing within himself as a secret.🙇‍♂️ The next day when he was back to his own home in Virar, he told his mom everything that transpired and her eyes were full of tears. Just after his 1st experience of encountering the Lord and after receiving the Holy Spirit, within a month his entire world began to change.♻️ The very same worldly friends whom he would play around with and hang out with started distancing themselves from him. It was like an invisible barrier – a hedge around Shane that distorted the connection or the sync he once had with them. After several months during his spiritual journey, he later understood that this hedge and barrier was none other than the work of the Holy Spirit.👤 This was how his spiritual journey began.👣

2 months after his encounter with the Lord, the separation from people began in his life to a point that he became lonely. He began feeling so lonely that he was wanting someone to talk to. Someone who could be with him and understand him.👥️ A group of friends with like-mindedness. People with whom he could share life long and valuable relations with. People having value and with an eagerness of doing something great in life.👑 And he began feeling so lonely and left out that he decided to fast and pray concerning the same for 3 days on a total liquid diet with just water, tea and coffee.☕️ He also prayed for the salvation of everyone in his family including his cousins and relatives, both near and far off. He also prayed sincerely to know his purpose in life.🙏

During those days, he would also have fights in his house between him and his father to a great extent due to the difference of opinions between them as a result of the generational gap and also mainly because Shane had permanently determined to discontinue from the Roman Catholic church.⛪️ Shane began his fast on the 1st of March 2012. Each day he would pray and read the Bible for about 6 hours. He would do so 3 hours in the morning, and 3 hours in the evening.⏰️ And the presence of they Holy Spirit filled his room. Both his parents began wondering what has happened to their son because he would lock himself in his room all day.🔓 The 1st day was over and the 2nd day had begun. The night at 8:30 pm while he was still praying, the Holy Spirit spoke to him, “I will give you everything you’re asking for. But first, go ask your dad for forgiveness for misbehaving and ill-treating him”.
He replied, “Lord, please! Don’t tell me to do this now… I cannot do it. I will apologize and make things right tomorrow over the phone📞 when he is in the office.” And again the Holy Spirit spoke saying,🗣 “Tomorrow has troubles of its own. Whatever you have to do, do it now”. The scripture from Matthew 6:34 flashed in Shane’s heart. He had to obey because he wanted what his heart desired. So he prayed and asked the Lord for enough courage. He opened his door and slowly went into the hall room where his parents were seated and busy watching the TV.📺 Overwhelmed by emotions and hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit, Shane grabbed the remote control and switched off the T.V and held his dad’s hands🤝 and asked him for forgiveness for all the wrongs he did to him & for mistreating him. While he was doing so, the Holy Spirit spoke to him again saying, “Give him a kiss on both his cheeks and tell him that you love him”.❤️ After doing so, tears started rolling down his dad’s cheeks. His mom sis. Sandra was shocked at what was happening in front of her eyes. Shane couldn’t control his emotions any longer and ran inside his room and locked himself inside and began weeping💦 for almost 45 minutes under the anointing. He couldn’t keep up with his fast the 3rd-day as he succumbed to severe acidity. His mom gave him some medicines & told him to eat something. So he broke his fast on the 3rd day in the afternoon. Not many days later, he went ahead and tried making good valuable friends with people of his age group in his society as well as his junior college, yet he failed miserably. It was the same story repeating once again.🔄 He felt rejected and left out.

It was now the 7th of May, 2012. His dad was in the office and his mom had gone to the market. Shane was alone at home and decided to spend time in prayer and worship.🎵 After playing Hillsong worship music, he decided to pray. He then cried out to the Lord saying, “Lord I had fasted and prayed concerning this for 3 days. But nothing has happened. Why Lord, why have you done this to me❓️ I’ve become alone and lonely… You said that you would give me everything I ask for. The Bible📖 says that you are not a man that you would lie or change his mind. You always keep your promises (Numbers 23:19). Then why am I seeing this day Lord? Why…??”. And he continued weeping. Though he was alone at home, after a few minutes he felt a strong and tangible presence of someone👤 in the house and in the room around him… As if he was being observed by someone. Moments went by and the invisible person became visible in front of him. It was none other than the Lord Jesus Himself looking at him with great love and compassion.❤️ His presence and appearance was as tangible as if a real person would be present in the room. And then in a little while with a sweet and tender voice He spoke saying, “Shane… I will never leave you. I will never ignore you. I will never turn my back towards you. Even during ups & downs in life, I will be by your side.👥️ When you call out to me, I will answer. I will never overlook the things you tell me. I will never walk away from you like your other friends. Wherever you go, my presence will come along with you.🏃‍♂️ I will never ever abandon you. And even when you take your last breath on this earth, I’ll personally come to receive you. Can I be your best friend❓️ Can you give me that place in your life❓️”. The Lord Jesus spoke many many such things as if a thousand sentences in one and yet one in a many thousand sentences.
In utter shock Shane replied, “What? Would you really do this…?? Can this really be possible?”😲
And Jesus replied, “Yes, and it is because I love you”. And suddenly Shane was engulfed in waves & waves of His pure & unconditional love that couldn’t be described in words. Like waves hitting the seashore,🌊 he felt the love of the Lord, the Creator of the universe who knows every star by name and the very number of the atoms in the universe. Barely a whisper Shane replied & said, “Well… Fine… Lord…” 👍

When God removes people from your life, He brings the right ones. And after that day, he was never alone. The Lord was with him as He said He would.✅️ Also, there were so many wonderful people God started bringing into his life as a blessing in some form or the other. These were people who were God’s chosen and had a destiny designed by God. Even up to this very day God has brought so many people into Shane’s life in ways he had never imagined!👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 And while he would be at home, he would fellowship with the Holy Ghost for hours to the point the Holy Ghost began teaching him the Bible. Shane realized that His friendship with the Lord was not one-sided but two sided.🔄 Walking in a relationship with the Lord, he realized that during his 12th grade in junior college, it was the year where the Bible was more in his hands than his study books. He would spend hours sitting locked in his room in prayer & reading the Bible as words became alive like never before. And his parents would wonder what was happening to their son.🤔

Even up to this day the Lord has proven it when He said His presence would be there wherever Shane would go. His tangible presence would accompany Shane at all times.👥️ Even during a walk or in a vehicle or at times when sitting with people, or during celebrations, etc. Sometimes the Lord would speak🗣 about a person sitting in front of Shane and it doesn’t matter from which community or background he/she belongs to, sometimes God would convey His love to that person through Shane… Now that’s an example of what we call as prophecy.📢 There were times where the Lord’s presence would come and Shane would lose himself in His presence. He would be lost in Him and his conversations with Him.💬 There were times where He would speak to Him for hours. There were times through His mighty Holy Spirit, He would surprise Shane by His presence at times when he is not looking for Him.👥️ There were times He would tell him inspiring stories, parables, words of Wisdom and Revelation even upto this day. A few of them are posted on this website and more will be posted in the future as the Lord directs.♻️ In the near future, we shall also post a separate section where it would be published in details about his supernatural encounters with the Holy Ghost or if not, publish a book on The Acts of the Holy Spirit in the near future.📖

A Christian home does not come by luck. It is not a thing of chance or coincidence. You don’t just find yourself in it; it is something you have through conscious effort or genuine willingness.

Receiving the calling of a prophet:

It was the afternoon of 7^th August 2012 while Shane was still thinking about his worldly friends👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 and people who were no more with him, the presence of Jesus filled the room and spoke to him through the Holy Ghost saying, “Forget about the friends of your past and don’t look back. They cannot come to the place where I will be taking you.”⏫️ And he saw an open vision of Jesus stretching out His hand towards him saying, “Come with me Shane, with you, we will shake the towns, we will shake the cities, we will shake the nations.🌐 I have chosen you as an end-time Prophet in your generation”. And Shane was shown a vision of himself proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ to thousands upon thousands of people, but most importantly seeing Jesus standing by his side👥️ through the Holy Ghost with His one hand wrapped around Shane’s shoulder and with the other hand pointing out in the air towards certain individuals to minister to them was something out of this world.🌍 The Lord Jesus Christ reconfirmed his prophetic calling again with two other encounters on the 19^th and 26^th of August 2012 concerning Shane being a part of the end time army that He would be preparing.🤺

Never did Shane ever ask the Lord to make him into a Prophet nor did he ever imagined himself to be anything like that.💫 He pondered these sayings in his heart without telling it to anyone including his own parents. He kept it a secret to himself. But it was the Lord’s will to have his parents👫 know about what He is going to do in their son’s life. And this is how the Lord did it: A few days later, sis. Tresa Thomas called up sis. Sandra📞 asking her to arrange a prayer meeting saying there is a man of God called “Apostle K.V George” from Hyderabad who is supposed to be in Mumbai on 1st October. Shane had just turned 17 on 25th September.🎂 At such a short notice, no private halls were available. Hence it was decided that the meeting would be held in sis. Sandra’s house by inviting just a few people. Yet there were about 50 people who came that day. Due to lack of space, some had to sit by the passage all the way till the bedrooms. When Apostle K.V George and his team arrived🚗, they were disheartened seeing that this was going to be a house group meeting. Nevertheless, he told his team members that it was the Lord’s divine plan that He brought them here to this house.🏠 The meeting was powerful and anointed. The meeting went on till 11 pm and no one wanted to move out. All those who attended had witnessed the miracle of multiplication of food. The food meant for 20 people was more than sufficient for all 50 of them with still more food left.🍛 At the end of the meeting, Apostle K.V George told sis. Sandra, I want to speak to your son, please bring him to me. Sandra did as she was asked.
The Apostle called one of his team member, pointed out towards Shane and asked him, “Do you see what I see❓️”. The man gave a positive reply. With deep concern Apostle George asked Shane, “Shane I see tears flowing down your eyes… What happened Shane? Is everything alright❓️” Shane replied, “Yes Apostle. Everything is fine.” Concerned, he then said, “Come, let me pray for you Shane.” And he began praying.🙏 When he prayed, his concern changed to surprise and from surprise to joy knowing the plans and purpose the Lord had for Shane. Through prophecy, he confirmed Shane’s calling into the ministry and the office of being an end-time prophet exactly as the Lord Jesus had spoken to Shane just over a month ago.↩️ (He also prophesied many more things regarding it & Shane’s future life & ministry which is not mentioned here). Shane’s parents Allen and sis. Sandra were in a state of shock.😲 The meeting soon got over and everyone left. The very next day Shane’s parents asked Shane if the prophecy made sense to him. Shane then confirmed it✅️ and told them everything the Lord had spoken a month and a half ago in August. His parents were surprised and in tears. Later Shane realized the true meaning behind the Apostle seeing tears flowing down Shane’s eyes- “The anointing of the Prophet Jeremiah- The Weeping Prophet”.💦

Almost a month later, it was 13^th of November 2012 a mighty woman of God🤵‍♀️ Prophetess Jyotsna Paul came over to minister at a prayer meeting in the hall organized by sis. Sandra. It was an anointed meeting.🔥 After the meeting, she visited sister Sandra’s house where she earnestly prayed over Shane that day and through prophecy confirmed the calling and ministry over Shane’s life as well. The Lord then supernaturally began bringing many pastors, church leaders and anointed men and women of God👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 in Shane’s life who have prophesied over him and confirmed his calling in ministry as a Prophet. Prophetic confirmations started coming over and over like bullets from machine guns. God does this in order so that there is no confusion regarding one’s calling & purpose in life.✅️ As years have passed by, a number of men and women of God (just to name a few) like Pastor Loveson Kurian, Pastor Dr. Tony Mathias, late Evangelist Pamela Mehta, Prophet Anish Varghese (Canada), Prophet Joseph Salve (Pune), Prophet Eric Melwani (USA), Pastor Babaji Jadhav, Prophet Jim Reilly (USA), etc. and many other men and women of God and believers in the Body of Christ have prophesied and confirmed the calling and ministry over Shane’s life and we honour and highly esteem each one of them even today. Shane and his father- Mr. Allen Picardo were water baptized on 30th of August 2014 by Pastor Loveson Kurian (Gospel Center Prayer Tower, Bhayander). The video of Shane’s father being water baptized can be found HERE.

Shane also completed his education in the field of Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering🎓 from St. John’s College of Engineering and Management in Palghar. As years passed by, Shane’s relationship with the Lord kept growing followed by several other encounters with Him.👥️ To keep the story short, we shall not be mentioning them all. Here’s one that relates to his calling in ministry while he was in his 3rd year of engineering – On the 6th of March 2017 on returning home after attending a school of supernatural conference, the Lord Jesus Christ visited Shane in his room while he was in deep prayer and worship.🎵 Jesus stood by his side, and said, “I will be using you to demonstrate my supernatural power to the world. I will use you to perform healings and miracles.💫 Do not let people’s opinions hinder you from flowing in my anointing. I am not bound by reasoning, I am not bound by human intellect.” He then put His right hand on Shane’s back, embraced him, encouraged him and left. Not as God but as a best friend.👥️ Shane could physically feel the touch of the Lord on his back. From that day on, the Lord began opening up doors for Shane to be in ministry. Many divine connections began coming all of a sudden and many different pastors and church leaders in the body of Christ would often invite him to minister in their churches or prayer meetings.🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Many great prophecies, healings, miracles, deliverances and people being slain in the Holy Spirit began happening as Shane would minister and pray for people even upto this very day. Kindly check out the Gallery section for images or his Youtube channel for videos regarding the same.

At the same time, Shane was also being marked🎯 and noticed by the enemy – Satan. Apart from the destiny connections and divine helpers in form of people sent by God in his life, the devil too sent a few people in the from of “honest believers and church leaders”👫 to indirectly discourage Shane from doing the ministry. A very long story short, seeing the hypocrisy, politics, favoritism, issues related to money, jealousy, back biting – back stabbing, lying, gossip, slander, cherry picking, etc. from certain church leaders, Shane was greatly discouraged in ministry.👎 He reached a point where he kept saying, “Lord I’m fed up of seeing and experiencing all of this in ministry. If I have to taste this for the rest of my life, I do not want to do the ministry. I am happy with just having you with me.”💞
Many days passed by. One evening while he was in his room in deep prayer and worship, the heavens opened up over his room. This was an encounter in the spiritual realm. His spirit was in his body and in Heaven👑 at the same time. He saw himself standing in front of a great throne on which the Lord Jesus was seated. His face couldn’t be seen because of the intensity of His Glory.🌟 And the Lord spoke, “The blood of the martyrs cries out to me even today before my throne. It cries out for a great harvest. From the day Apostle Thomas stepped on the land of India🇮🇳, the Kingdom of Heaven has suffered violence and the violent take it by force. From the Mughal age to the Shivaji age to the British age and even upto this day.” As the Lord finished speaking, Shane heard thousands upon thousands of voices🗣 in one accord, “Our blood was not shed to see India going into the pit of hell, but our blood was shed to see India transformed, that this nation would serve you and be known by your name Oh God!”🙏 As Shane kept looking, just below the throne he saw hundreds upon thousands of huge vessels filled with blood and tears of people from every nation especially India. Some vessels were of gold, some of silver, some of bronze, some of iron and some of clay. Day and night the eyes of the Lord never departed from them. They were the blood and tears of the martyrs.🩸 And he heard many many voices resonating out of these vessels, voices in one mind and one accord as many horrific and dreadful visions and pictures of the death of martyrs flashed before his eyes. Those who were beheaded for the sake of the gospel, those who were burnt alive, those who were stabbed to death🗡 for the sake of the gospel, those who were tortured and killed for the sake of the gospel. Also those whose ministries were murdered and left incomplete. Ministries that were budding and were cut off.✂️ Also those who were killed by their own family members for the sake of the gospel. Also the fetuses of unborn babies who had callings over their lives and were aborted by their parents due to different reasons. It was like the blood🩸 and tears💧 in each vessel had a voice of its own.

And the voices cried out once again unison, “Avenge this nation for our blood🩸 that was shed oh God, for our blood was not shed for it to be in vain. Do not avenge this nation with judgement oh God, but instead there be a great harvest of souls.👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Raise up somebody from this land that represents the government of God over this land and that there be a harvest of souls. For this is what our blood was shed for.” And the Lord spoke from his throne in heaven,👑 ” Shane, this is your calling. Don’t mess up. Lest I hold you accountable for these voices.” After that unusual spiritual experience, Shane was filled with a new zeal and passion to fulfill the call of God and not get discouraged regardless of people’s attitude, opinions or beliefs. As the saying goes- “It takes all types of people to make the world.” 🌍

Under the direction of the Holy Spirit, Shane started his own ministry starting from February 2019 onwards by the name – “Holy Ghost Encounter Ministries International”🛡 which was prophetically given to him. Shane who was just a young boy to many people is now known as “Prophet Shane”.🤵‍♂️ The Lord also raised up many people from different spheres and circles of life including business men, lawyers, doctors, people connected with the film industry, men/women of God etc. who have contributed into this ministry in different ways.🎊

Shall we say all these happened without God’s knowledge? No. In every situation, God is still saying something. If your mind agrees with your relationship with God, no matter what your circumstances look like, what you see or what people may say or do, it cannot affect it.

During the year 2019 and following years after that, Prophet Shane travelled internationally🌍 for God’s work. He has been to Africa 4 times for 11 days, 23 days, 17 days and 21 days each during his visit and ministered to people there. He was also invited thrice to Dubai for ministry for nearly a month during each visit as well as 10 days in Muscat- Oman. Any man of God doesn’t take the place of God Himself in your life, but instead guides a person in the path of his/her calling and purpose that the Lord has set. The logo of this ministry is based on the vision that Prophet Shane had received. The sword signifies the Word of God. The dove signifies the Holy Spirit. The shield and swords combined speaks of the end time army battling the forces of evil with regards to the 2nd coming of Christ. The blood stains around the cross signifies of the blood of the martyrs. The gold leaves behind them all speak of Heaven’s backing along with the Angelic hosts in this ministry. HGEMI is not a church, but serves as a gift to the churches, i.e the Body of Christ in general.

1st Corinthians 13:9-11 – “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.” 📖

Deuteronomy 1:30-31 – “The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.” 📖

1 Samuel 7:12 – “And Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD has brought us thus far and helped us.” 📖

He has carried us all the way long. This story is not intended to show off, but a way of glorifying God and saying, “Thank You, Jesus”. At the same time, we also thank everyone who have stood by us👥️ all these years both in the good and bad times, our partners, our well wishers, and all those who have believed in us and have continued to pray for us and for this ministry.🙏

The best is yet to come…