Hello! So, I took this from my teammate Hailee’s blog ((
http://haileegibson.theworldrace.org) to tell you all a little about what has been going on with the entire 13 of us here in Camotan this past week. Any “I” is Hailee, not me. There is some good stuff to be praying for in here and I felt that she wrote it down as well as I could have so here you go.
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Written Monday:
I think yesterday surprised us all. We were all exhausted because we haven’t had a day off since we got to Guatemala. We attended a nearby church on a mountain for the morning service. The Guatemalan couple that is cooking our meals this month attend the church and took our group up. After lunch we immediately left for our second church service that was on top of a mountain. Traveling here is never relaxing as we are standing in the back of a pick-up truck grasping on to whatever we can. The ride up the mountain took an hour, so you can imagine how tired we were after arriving. One of our teammates was preaching at the services yesterday. We had all heard the sermon in the first service, so we all knew what to expect. As he opened up he knew God had something so much more for these brothers and sisters in Christ. It was amazing to see God speak through him. God is amazing in how He can use someone to speak truth and convict into believers from a totally different life, culture, and language. At the end of the service people were invited forward for us to pray over if they are discouraged, needing healing, or just needed to experience the hope of the cross. As no one was approaching the front, the invitation was given again, and people just flocked to the front. As we went and prayed over these humble souls, it was amazing to feel the presence of the Lord so strongly. These Guatemalan believers were fervently praying, even though most of us had no idea what their need was, it was so incredible to have the privilege to pray for them.
Tuesday:
We are being bombarded with spiritual warfare here. Last night both our teams sat down and resolved many issues that had been causing tension. We all knew that Satan had been turning us against each other. We were having false impressions, assumptions, and opinions of each other and allow Satan to build upon them since we weren’t addressing them. Clearly Satan knows we are a treat and that he is going to start having to pull out his best stuff to tear us apart. I woke up at 215am last night to go to the washroom and find one of the guys coming out of the washroom falling to the ground. He was having diarrhea which we all have been suffering from for about a week now. He was also vomiting repeatedly and his body was shaking. I went and got another one of the guys here and we sat and prayed for about 10 minutes. Finally I went and woke up out Squad Leader and the three of us continued to pray for about 30 minutes. With nothing getting any better, we went and woke up everyone else and all 12 of us prayed over our teammate until 4am. His body stopped shaking and he was able to stop vomiting but he was weak. Many of us started to see that this wasn’t an illness, it was a spiritual attack. About 10 of us have been battling with diarrhea. Please join us in praying for protection from spiritual attacks and healing. We believe 100% that God is right here protecting us all, and we know we have only been able to go on each day with His strength. Also please pray for the Guatemalans we prayed over. That God will continue to send people into their lives to help them rise up into the callings He has on them.
Watch out Satan, because we aren’t backing down!
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To let you know the guy who was really sick is doing better, not 100% but definitely better!
