With a population near 1.2 billion people India is an easy place to feel lost in. Being lost or not knowing where I was physically was something I had to get use to this month. Unfortunately the first week and a half of ministry I was not only lost physically but spiritually as well.
Honestly the start of this first week I had no idea what God wanted me to do, I felt super distant from Him. And the more I saw Him speak to members on my team the more I freaked out that I was so lost in my own head that He could not even point me in the right direction.
Then during our free time my team member LeAnna comes up to me and asks me if I want to go on a scavenger hunt with God, and if there is one thing I have learned about the world race is you don’t say no to things involving adventure and God. So I said “yea sure what do we do?”
We prayed for five minutes and asked The Lord to show us people, or places that he wants us to go and pray for in the village. As I prayed God showed me three things:
A blue piece of wood.
An umbrella
A big light
Now part of me is excited that I saw these things when I prayed and the other half of me is freaking out because I have no idea how those three random things are going to lead me to pray for people.
After Leanna and I wrote down what God revealed to us we set out to let The Holy Spirit lead us where we were suppose to go.
As our scavenger hunt began Leanna saw something that God showed her and lead to us being invited into a home where we prayed with a mother and daughter. ( check her blog for the full story because it’s a great one).
God then led us back home but we both knew that God was not done with us or our list just yet.
That night as we came down to play with the girls the pastor asked us if we were ready to go pray for people. I quickly found LeAnna and we knew that this unplanned trip was going to lead to something great.
After a hour or so of walking I was still not sure what house with a blue door God wanted me to go into, and there was definitely no umbrella. In fact I did not even want to write down umbrella because it just seemed so crazy. For one I have not scene an umbrella since we left America. Second it has not rained here for anyone to have an umbrella. Third it is dark now and so hard to see anything. And finally the umbrella I saw was not a bright and colorful one and it had a weird shape to it that I did not know how to describe to anyone.
Then I heard Leanna say “look is that your umbrella jaime?” I turn around and boom there it was. This dark color piece of metal cut out and on a piece of wood on a street corner.
If it was not for all the adrenaline I probably would have sat down and cried for a little bit because of what The Holy Spirit was doing inside of me. But I knew now that God wanted me to do something there in that spot, but by now the rest of our team had kept walking and there was no one around except a scary looking dog so Leeann and I thought that maybe in the morning we could try and find that place again. As we caught backup with our group the pastor motioned us all too turn around and walk back and as we did the same corner that was empty a few seconds before was now filled with over 20 people asking for prayer. Praying for people to know Jesus love, praying for the sick, and anything in between God sent our team to the corner with the umbrella for a reason.
It was incredible to see people seeking out prayer and the faith the have that their prayers will be answered. Never before have I thought that God could reveal Himself to the lost through prayer and healing, but now I do. Even more God silenced my own voice and made His so clear and lead me to that street corner.
God also showed me the two other things on my list but those are stories for another time. 🙂
God is just so good. Because I am in Him I cannot be lost, but this week I learned what it means to be lost in God and to let him find me where I am and guide me where He wants me to go.
