I’ve been on the Race for 204 days, and I only have a little over four months left. But my journey it NOT over yet. The scrunch of time left has pushed me to, all the more, live in the moment and make the most of my time!
Katilyn and I were talking about our discontent with being comfortable and decided to do something about it!
I absolutely love the boys here at Kedesh, and really enjoy our water fights, baseball, volleyball, soccer, and frisbee games. We’ve also been hoeing weeds to clear the land for a chicken farm, and planting trees to beautify and shade the area. Each one of us also has a boy that we tutor for an hour a day, to help them out with their school.
But I knew God had more for me to do here in Mozambique!
The first time I crossed the Bridge of the Blind, I felt an overwhelming desire to help, yet didn’t know how.
Kaitlyn and I decided we were going to put ourselves out there and allow God to lead us and use us! As I prayed I felt God leading us to go BIG and be BOLD!
Approaching the heavily traficked bridge with Kaitlyn and Alberto, butterfly’s filled my stomach. But I knew that is where God had called us.
Growing in confidence, we broke out in song, gaining the attention of the blind beggars and many by passers. As we gently sang the words to “All who are thirsty”, some of the beggars became quiet, while one broke out into laughter. Shocked by the outburst and the awkward stares, we continued on with Amazing Grace =).
With a crowd gathered, it was time to open up my mouth and tell them about the love of my life = JESUS!
God had directed me to compared physical sight with eternal life.
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchangefor his soul?
The value we place on sight is nothing in comparison to the value we should place on our souls!
Using the food we had purchased for them as an analogy, I explained how our debt to God (due to sin) has been paid by Jesus! Just like the food we had paid for and were offering to them, Jesus was offering an even better gift. The BEST gift ever, freedom from sin and eternal life of bliss. All they had to do was accept it and the gift was theirs.
Kaitlyn then shared how she was born with a problem that would soon turn into blindness but that Jesus had healed her through the faith of her parents. We felt led to pray boldly for healing over those that wanted it and expressed faith for it.
His name was Gabriel. He told us how he missed his garden. He wished he could be back there, in his hometown, but because he was blind, he needed the city streets in order to beg. Kaitlyn, full of love and the Holy Spirit began to pray healing over Gabriel’s eyes. When she finished, she asked him what he could see. He told her that he could see light, more light than before. Excited and even more full of faith he asked for more prayer. I joined in and pled for his recovered sight.
When we finished praying for the second time, he told us that he could see a little more. He kept dramatically opening and closing his eyes expecting to see more. It was easy to see the fight in his heart. He asked us to pray a third time, and afterwards told us that he knew it was the Jesus inside of us that was healing him. He was full of faith that Jesus was going to completely restore his sight. We assured him we would be back and moved on to the next.
We prayed over 3 more blind women, two of which said they could see light for the first time, but still no shapes. After we saw that they couldn’t stop begging, even while we were praying, we realized that we needed to pray more for the opening of their hearts then their eyes.
During the whole time we were sharing and praying, there was a large crowd gathered around us on the bridge. I felt like I was in a scene pulled straight out of the New Testament. It was so cool that soo many were watching the love of Jesus in action! Most of the crowd were cheering us on with “Amen” and “hallelujah”. We were even interviewed by a local who recorded us on his phone =). There were just so many opportunities to proclaim the name of Christ and explain how it was HIS power and HIS love that was empowering and motivating us!
Before leaving I asked for a picture with Gabriel. His smile was so big and he seemed so excited as he thanked us and pointed around at different things. It struck me that he could see what he was pointing at. I asked Alberto to ask Gabriel if he was seeing even more! Gabriel looked at me and pointed straight to my hot pink shirt and said, “I can see the color of your shirt!”
Yeah, we were excited and praising God! I won’t forget that smile on Gabriel’s face for a long time to come!
Our God is a miracle worker! The greatest of all miracles He performs being the transplant of a new heart!
Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
And the greatest display of power is when God takes His enemies and makes them His friends!
Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
