I believe God is using our team to bring HIS healing to the nations. People will just approach us and start speaking about their physical pain. My favorite moments here in the Dominican Republic are those in which God allowed us to lay our hands on the sick and hurting and cry out for healing. Yesterday Elizabeth and I went to one of the small stores here and were meet with a divine appointment. Last week we went to the same store to buy a few things and out of nowhere Lila, the store owner, shared with us that she was in an immense amount of pain. She spoke that the pain she feels is at times so overwhelming that she is forced to hold on to the walls to walk. She said that no doctor has been able to find the source of her pain so they were unable to provide any relief. We had the opportunity to lay hands on Lila and just saturate here in prayers for healing. There was not this great leap of healing after we finished praying. A simple thank you, kiss on the check and we were on our way. A week later, here we are back at her store and she greets us with a smile saying her pain has decreased. Praise God! An older man was sitting beside her and was listening closely to the words she spoke. He eagerly waited for silence to break and then he spoke about the pain he has been feeling in his knees and asked us to pray for healing. All glory to our God! He is the great healer! Pray for healing over this community. The more time i spend here the more I see and feel the depth of the physical pain.
Through yet another divine appointment the Lord lead us to Brandon. He is a 12 year old boy who has yet to speak one word. The Lord attached my heart to his instantly. He has eyes of kindness and a smile that radiates life. I am praying for the Lord to give Brandon a voice. I believe in miracles. I believe in a God who performs these miracles today. I am praying for the Lord to form his voice and that Brandon will be silent no more. Think about the joy a parent has when they get to hear their child’s first words. How they long for their child to speak the words mom and dad. How beautiful would it be if the first word that Brandon spoke was the name of Jesus! I pray the first words he utters be praise to our Father God!
I don’t know if I will be present when God releases a voice over Brandon but I have the faith that it is going to happen. We have been praying over Brandon every single day this week. Each day praying over him has been different. Some days there is joy overflowing from his spirit. On these days he usually breaks out into a very contagious laughter. He makes these sounds out loud and I just felt the Lord forming his voice. He also would tug at his ears as if he was listening to the loudness of the voice of God. On these days there is so much joy and life over him. Other days though there is a lot of sadness over him and today was one of those days. His eyes were filled with sadness. He let out a few moans in his sadness and even tried to bite himself several times. I honestly walked away with just a heavy and discouraged heart because his sadness was deep. I came back and went straight to the Lords words because my spirit felt so drained. God was so faithful to refill my spirit by sending me to Romans 4:18 “Against all hope, Abraham in hope, believed “That is what the Lord has called me to, to put my HOPE AGAINST HOPE. Think about the power in putting your hope against hope. The Lord has challenged my heart to wholeheartedly pray over this little boy. I may not see the healing or the harvest of those prayers but that is to not shake my faith. There is power in faith. In faith, I believe God is going to give Brandon a voice. A voice, that is going to be one of great faith.
Meet the little boy who will forever have my heart
