So something crazy happened the other day. Let me paint a picture of the scene for you.
We had driven to a village at the base of a hill and had been walking around talking to people for about an hour inviting to them to street evangelism that we were going to do. We had finished inviting people so we were just waiting for people to start showing up. In the meantime we were playing with kids and resting in the shade.
Our group was about to start singing our first couple songs (of which I am not a part, because I do not have a good singing voice) when an older woman approached me. I was sitting on the ground on the side of the road when this woman about 4 and half feet tall walked up to me. She said hello to me in Spanish and asked very straightforward if I could pray for her eyes. Apparently she had something like cataracts that were slowly getting worse and would eventually lead to blindness. Impressed by her faith in Gods healing power I started to pray for her. A few of my teammates, Hugh and Jill came alongside me and joined in praying for this woman. We prayed for healing of her eyes for about 5 minutes then finished with an “amen”.
As we opened our eyes to see if she had been healed, we looked at her and realized that she still had her eyes closed continuing to pray. So we decided that we would join back in with her. We prayed for another 15ish minutes with her. During our second prayer session she started to raise her hands in worship to God as tears rolled down her face. This time when we said amen she opened her eyes and smiled at us. She proceeded to invite Hugh and I to her house, that was about all we got from our little understanding of Spanish. When we got there, we were confused at why we were there, but while standing on her porch we asked her in our little Spanish if her eyes were better. She said yes, we later asked her again through our translator to be sure we understood each other correctly. Her eyes had been completely healed.
I did not doubt that God could heal the beautiful woman that we met in the village, but I believe that her strong faith in God was what healed her. Nothing I could ever do.
“And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.” James 5:15
