Our last week in India we taught art classes at night at the Covenant Worship Center. We did classes for women and men. One night, we were teaching class and our leader said to me “there is a woman outside grab another sister” I though um…okay so I grabbed Lena because she was nearest to me and we headed downstairs. As we walked down the stairs my heart-starting racing and I started getting so excited I could barely contain myself. We looked down the stairs and there was a young woman in a wheelchair. Our leader said “you pray for her”. We proceeded to lay hands on her and pray that she would get up, walk and be completely healed. We got done praying and nothing happened. I was a little discouraged. I felt like the Lord said that’s not what I want to heal. I asked her is there something else we can pray for and she said, “I have intense pain in my legs that won’t go away, it’s unbearable”.
Once again, we laid our hands on her legs and I could feel them shaking underneath my touch. I began to pray that the pain would be gone and she would not feel any more pain and that she would have peace. As I spoke those words, I felt something moving under my hand (although I have no idea what it was) and we said “amen”. She looked up at us with a smile on her face and said, “the pain is gone”. I think my energy level at that point was so high I probably could have flown around the building. It was the first healing I had ever been a part of. I was in awe that God wanted to use me in that moment and show up like He did.
Before she left I had such a peace that she would be healed. I began to tell her by God’s stripes we are healed and He has the power to heal us and we are going to stand in agreement with her that she will walk and she will be healed. She agreed and left. We walked back into the art class, our teammates confused as to where we had been. Both Lena and I had huge smiles on our faces and couldn’t contain the excitement we had.
India was a country I wanted to see big miracles, signs and wonders but hadn’t. The other day I told God that it was fine if I didn’t see those things because I knew he could still do it whether I saw it or not. I had let go of my desire to see healing and just thought that just wasn’t going to happen and then He once again, blessed me with the desires of my heart. India will be a country I will never forget in so many ways. I love this place and wouldn’t be surprised if I came back some day.
