Genae is the kindest, most encouraging person you will meet. She overflows with love. Beautiful stories from Genae, during their month in Mozambique. this is life….
Every day we would go to the hospital 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 then 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
