A
lot of our ministry in Kenya consisted of door-to-door evangelism
everyday.
lot of our ministry in Kenya consisted of door-to-door evangelism
everyday.
We walked down dirt roads,
passed
through mazes of corn fields,
through mazes of corn fields,
dodged
herds of cows,
herds of cows,
climbed
through rusty fences,
through rusty fences,
and
hopped muddy streams to walk into homes where
hopped muddy streams to walk into homes where
demonic
forces tormented people,
forces tormented people,
witchcraft
was practiced routinely,
was practiced routinely,
and
broken people endure the heaviness of their hearts.
broken people endure the heaviness of their hearts.
It
was the forefronts of a battlefield and God called us to be the
soldiers that
was the forefronts of a battlefield and God called us to be the
soldiers that
would walk into the darkness to bring peace, truth, and
love.
love.
We
laid hands on people and declared freedom,
laid hands on people and declared freedom,
we prophesied truths into
peoples lives,
peoples lives,
we
prayed out demonic forces,
prayed out demonic forces,
encouraged
hearts, and brought smiles.
hearts, and brought smiles.
We
literally saw lives change before us because we called out on the
name of
literally saw lives change before us because we called out on the
name of
Jesus and the authority given us as His children and
encountered a beautiful faith in the people we met.
encountered a beautiful faith in the people we met.
I
want to share one of our experiences that I had….
want to share one of our experiences that I had….
Me, Krump, and
Gabriel (our Kenyan translator) walked int
o a little mud house and
began to feel out what God was saying over the people standing in
front of us. Vincent, his wife and son, and his friend stood in front
of us listening to why some Americans would travel all the way out
here to tell them about a man named Jesus. By the end of it, Vincent
told us, “I
knew I wanted Jesus for a while, I was just waiting for someone to
come and show me how to find Him.”
WHAT?!?!? I stood there just amazed and in awe that God knew the cry
of his heart and chose to send us. Humbling, yes! In awe, ev
en more!
That day all four of them asked Jesus into their hearts. They all
knelt on their knees and we laid hands on them. They prayed out for
God to forgive them and save them. Then we prayed that the Holy
Spirit would come upon them. The wind shook the little mud house that
we were in and the presence of God was heavy in the air. I kept on
hearing the words, “The
harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.”
Gabriel (our Kenyan translator) walked int
o a little mud house andbegan to feel out what God was saying over the people standing in
front of us. Vincent, his wife and son, and his friend stood in front
of us listening to why some Americans would travel all the way out
here to tell them about a man named Jesus. By the end of it, Vincent
told us, “I
knew I wanted Jesus for a while, I was just waiting for someone to
come and show me how to find Him.”
WHAT?!?!? I stood there just amazed and in awe that God knew the cry
of his heart and chose to send us. Humbling, yes! In awe, ev
en more!That day all four of them asked Jesus into their hearts. They all
knelt on their knees and we laid hands on them. They prayed out for
God to forgive them and save them. Then we prayed that the Holy
Spirit would come upon them. The wind shook the little mud house that
we were in and the presence of God was heavy in the air. I kept on
hearing the words, “The
harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.”
The
harvest is ready out there, guys!
harvest is ready out there, guys!
And Vincent’s words scream out
for us
for us
followers of Christ to gather in this harvest that is waiting
for someone to show them how to find our Jesus!
for someone to show them how to find our Jesus!
