Lynn Debenham-Drew is herself a gifted spiritual healer and medium. She is also a qualified aromatherapist and reflexologist and has worked in cancer care clinics in Wales for a number of years. In 1997 she worked as a healer in Bosnia.

She began taking groups to Brazil after she herself received a miraculous operation on her back from João and the “entities” in May 2000, and admits it was one of the most profound journeys of her life. The entities told her that she is a “daughter of the Casa” and that she would be going back there many times. This she believes is to guide others to meet João so they may receive healing. It is also to help them on their spiritual paths, as well as being able to continue on her own spiritual journey too.