On Friday we did hospital visits. Before we left for the hospital I prayed that God would show up and clear out the hospital before we even arrived. When arriving at the hospital we split up into 3 smaller groups to go visit the patients. The first ward I went into with my partner was the men’s ward. There was one young man laying in a bed who looked very ill. I could discern that the family was not welcoming to us and didn’t want us there at all. After our translator had talked with them for a minutes he came over to me and said “this family is Muslim they do not want your prayers”. We walked away from the patient to a private room that was full of joy and love. There were about 6 people in this small room all gathered around the most beautiful baby I have ever seen.
Our translator talked with the family for a moment and then told us that the baby girl Mohana was the patient in this room. The mother asked me to hold her baby as we prayed for her, at that moment I felt like this family was welcoming me into their family and I could feel the concern and pain they were feeling for this precious baby. As I held the baby and prayed over her I was blessed to be the one God had chosen that day to minister to this family. Holding the baby girl made me miss my niece and nephew and get so excited for our new addition to the family (my sister is due on September 30th). After praying for the baby girl I spoke encouragement over the family and my partner gave the family some verses to stand on.
I left the room on a spiritual high amazed at how much God was working and answering prayers. When I walked out of the Men’s ward I was greeted by the rest of my team come to find out the hospital only had a total of 6 patients, Praise God another answered prayer! We were walking over to where another woman was sitting to pray for her as she was dealing with pain in her side. Two girls from my team had already prayed over her twice and each time she said the pain went slightly away, but this woman had no joy. As a team we prayed over this woman and while praying I kept feeling the spirit telling me to sing over her. I told my team we needed to sing over this woman and that is what we did. We sang our God is greater over her and after singing the smile came on this woman’s face that none of us thought she had. There was a new joy in her and if that is what Jesus wanted to give her that day than that is enough for me because she was lighter afterwards.
(outside the hospital)
After hospital visits that only took about a half hour were done our day was just getting started. We grabbed lunch and then spilt into two teams of four to attend two different house fellowships. My team went to a home and most people who attended the meeting normally don’t come to church for different reasons. I knew God wanted to do some healing in this house and I wasn’t going to leave until the spirit told us to leave. After the meeting and sharing testimonies from the week we asked for prayer requests.
One older man asked for prayer because he was struggling with malaria. The four of us gathered around him to lay hands on him and pray, but before we prayed we sang our god is greater again over him, and then prayed for healing. After praying for him several other women asked for prayers with pain and headaches. We prayed for 6 people and God healed each of them. The man with malaria asked for prayer again for his knees, He said they were in such pain that he couldn’t move them. We prayed for his knees and afterwards I had him stand up and bend them he was moving with more ease than when he walked into the room. I was thrilled with the way the spirit was moving and healing people.
This was by far one of my favorite days of ministry in the last two months. When you have Bold faith and Bold prayers and take those steps of faith you allow God to move. That is all he wants is a willing vessel that will allow him to work through it. Needless to say on Friday I was on a spirtuial high and completely and utterly in Love with our maker. I can’t wait to see what my daddy has in store for me the next two weeks that we are in Uganda and on the continent of Africa!
God is good all the time God is Good!
