This blog is the first in a category that I will now feature as often as I can called “Field Updates” in which I will share stories about what is happening through the missionaries that I train and support, and the ministries that I help on partnership with and setup for every day in my work here at the World Race and AIM. I hope these stories will encourage and inspire you as you see what is happening through what I am involved in here at Adventrues in Missions.
Last summer I had the privilege to train the Word Race W Squad (July ’11 rout 1) in preparation for their journey around the world as missionaries. As I am on staff with the World Race one of my main responsibilities is to do the ministry setup and partnership arrangements with all of the ministries around the Globe that the W squad goes and works with. I wanted to share this story from some of the missionaries I trained and the ministry partner that I have a relationship with in Mozambique.
Jamos and Emily Mitchell, a married couple on the W squad in Mozambique, share the below story about how God showed up and moved during a spontaneous prayer time in the middle of the marketplace.
“It was around 8am and we stopped for some bread and bagia in a small town. Let’s be real, I also wanted a Coke Zero. Felito (our pastor) wanted to see a man who he met at an outreach event 10 years earlier, who was saved and now a pastor in the town. We met up with the elderly pastor and prayed for him before we left. When we were done praying for him in the street, there was a crowd gathered and they wanted prayer for themselves!
First, a lady, who was selling pineapples on a blanket on the roadside wanted prayer. She could not believe that we would pray for her – for FREE! We were like, ‘yes, of course, we would love to pray for you’. Each time we were in a circle praying, and when one person was done, another person made their way into the circle and we surrounded them in prayer! People would tell us if they were sick (most were) and one man had even visited a witch doctor to help with his arm, which he could not lift up at all. The witch doctor (who you pay money to) made small cuts in his skin and he had the scars to show us. We prayed over his arm and when we were done, he could lift it above his head! Another miracle!
The praying continued for nearly 2 hours and when we were done, another man who was healed, came up to the pastor, Felito, and said, ” I want to give you land to build a church in my village – so that my village may know God and be saved” So, he hopped on the back of our truck and we headed to his village to see the land he was going to give our pastor to plant a church. AMAZING!”
