I'm sorry that all my blogs always come so late, but I seriously need time to process everything that happened in the month. So this past month my team raised to life and team kina were working in Diriamba, Nicaragua which is a small city about an hour outside of Managua (the capital). We worked with a ministry called Quinta Esperanza, which was a property where kids came to live if their family was struggling financially, going through some problems, or if they didn't want their children anymore. We also lived on the property with them and basically we were just sent there to share love and live life with these kids. When we first arrived there was an overwhelming feeling of darkness and oppression over Nicaragua. We were all affected by this, I personally was overly exhausted and slept all the time. We later found out that the president's wife had declared witchcraft as the religion for Nicaragua, which explained a lot. So about a week into our stay we decided to pray over the property, and from that point on the feeling of exhaustion and oppression left the property. However it remained just outside of the gates, so every time we left the property it was as if we were stepping into a battle field. I was told later on by one of the residents on the property that many people in their church had visions of giant dark spirits standing on the four corners of the property but they never entered in. These visions created issues within the church and many people left. So this story verified our feelings of darkness and oppression, but it also verified that the property was protected by God. Since the day we prayed over the property we never had any issues again. Even when we left the property we all knew we had a heavenly protection surrounding us, and that no danger would befall us. This is the first time in my life I have had to come face to face with supernatural darkness and oppression. So I was forced to put on my armor of God and truly prepare myself for battle, because this was no joke. If I wasn't ready then it would've overtaken me. Luckily, I have the strength of the Lord and His angels on my side. When Satan fell 1/3 of the angels fell with him. However, that means that 2/3 of the angels stayed in heaven. So angels outnumber demons 2:1, and with odds like that in my favor there is no way I could be afraid of what may come against me. Although Nicaragua was my first encounter with overwhelming darkness, I'm positive it won't be my last. However, I know what I am up against and I have no fear because the lord is on my side. Where light is darkness cannot prevail and I'm ready to be that light in the darkest places on earth. God shine your light through me!
