Even though our ministry was only for a short time per day,
I was able to see God move in awesome ways!
Every day we would go to the hospital there in Dondo where
we would walk around with our contact (his name was lovemore!) and go into the
rooms and just ask if we could pray for people. After a week or so of going,
the hospital started clearing out! God was healing! There were a few specific
instances where we were praying for the person and would realize that
witchcraft was a part of the reason they were sick. There was one woman who
couldn’t speak because of an evil spirit controlling her tongue. Another one
said that he had a dream that an evil spirit came to him and told him to drink
something, and he did. When he woke up he was sick and had to go to the
hospital. In these instances we prayed for these people to be saved, but also a
prayer against the attacks of the enemy. This sounds like crazy stuff you’d
read in a book, but trust me it’s as real here as it gets! Many times when we
would pray for healing over someone they would be discharged before the next
time we went! Praise God!
Another part of our ministry was a day when all the widows
from the area came to be prayed for and to get bags of rice to take home. It was
so much fun hanging out with all the older ladies and praying for them. One
lady came up and she asked for us to pray for her hand. When we looked at it,
her skin was calloused and infected, her bones were stiff and she held it in a
fist that couldn’t be moved. After a quick 5 minute prayer for her, God
released His power and she stretched out her hand! She smiled and laughed and
kept balling her fist up the stretching it as wide as her fingers would allow!
As she picked up her 30lb. back of rice and placed in on top of her head (she
was probably 65 or 70 years old!) and started walking away, we could still see
her balling her fists and stretching them out, over and over again! She was
smiling ear to ear as she left!! What a blessing it is to be used by God to
bring spiritual AND physical healing to people.
One of the last days we were at the ministry site, we went
out and did a prayer walk through the village. As we came across people or
homes that we felt God pointed out to us, we would pray. One family was sitting
outside and we asked if we could pray for them. So, Lovemore spoke for a while
and we found out that this man was going to a witchdoctor for healing for his
leg. After we all spoke about God for a few minutes this man wanted to take off
the white yarn that was tied around his neck (a symbol of treatment from the
witchdoctor) and to pray and receive Christ. So, Chelsea O. explained the
Gospel and I was able to pray with him to receive Christ into his life!!!!
Rice and beans every day…yes. Nevertheless, this was a Great
month of ministry!!! J
