I’ve been having dreams. Not the kind that are aspirations or goals (which I always have a lot of). But the kind that come when you’re sleeping.
I’ve had dreams my whole life so that obviously isn’t abnormal. But this time they are different.
In the past few weeks, I have had multiple dreams that I wake up to remembering all of the details. They are usually really short and specific and then my mind moves to the next one.
I’ve been talking to my teammates about them and praying a lot, attempting to discern if they are from the Holy Spirit and are prophetic, or if they are just my mind wondering and then trying to make something of it. I’m still not really sure. I’m totally a baby at living and fully walking in the Holy Spirit.
About a month ago, I had a dream that I was texting my mom. She was telling me that she was very sick and had a really bad fever and was throwing up. I texted her back and told her that I was praying for her right now.
?As soon as I sent that text message (in my dream), one of my squad mates that was sleeping in the same room as me in our hostel, ran out of the room to throw up in the bathroom (in real life).
A few of the other girls woke up an said that she had been sick. One of them said she had a 102 degree fever before she went to bed, which I hadn’t known previously.
I don’t really know what to make of this, but I feel like the Spirit was already interceding through me to pray for my squamate’s sickness while I was still asleep and had no clue what was going on. Weird.
The next day was a travel day with a long bus ride from Vina Del Mar, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. I spent most of the ride jamming out to the “You are the Avalanche – EP” from John Mark McMillan and his wife Sarah (10/10 recommend), and praying for healing for Calli. And by the time we arrived in Mendoza, she was feeling better! Praise God!
A few weeks later, I had another dream. This one was bizarre, like waaay out there. I was with a group of people from my squad and we met a person who had lost their pinky a few months ago. We prayed for healing and watched this person’s pinky grow before our eyes.
The next morning, I was telling my team about this dream, because you know… community living. And one of my teammates, was like “you know that there’s a guy that works on this base that lost his pinky?” And I was honestly so freaked out. I didn’t really know what to say, because I had no idea.
So obviously we had to pray for him, but I never ran into him or felt like the time was right.
About a week later, I had another dream. It was scary and when I woke up, I couldn’t fall back asleep. So I just started praying for anything and everything I could think of. I eventually got to praying for the man who had lost his pinky. And I felt like God was saying, yes, pray for healing for his finger, but pray for his heart. He is going through a lot right now. So I started praying for his heart and that he would be overcome by peace.
The next morning, my team and I were having team worship, and my teammate Vivi ran to grab the man, Carlos, so we could pray for him.
I explained my dream to Carlos and then about the conversation I had with God when he told me to pray for his heart and for peace. He told us that it has been a very difficult season for his family. He didn’t go into many details except that his wife is seven months pregnant.
So we all laid our hands on Carlos and prayed for healing for his pinky, for healing in his heart, for his family, and for peace that surpasses all understanding.
We didn’t see Carlos’ pinky grow back to normality before us, but we did see a new light in his eyes. A light of hope.
I know that God totally led us to Carlos just to encourage him and it was probably the most incredible moment of my World Race so far.
I questioned writing a blog about this or sharing it with anyone because I know how people, even Christians, can be freaked out by the supernatural workings of God. And I am learning a lot and it’s weird and confusing and I’m not really sure what to make of it (so I’ll just keep asking the Lord). But I wanted to share because maybe someone out there has some advice, or a book, or something to help yo homegirl out.
Love you guys.
