We have been at Bethel Assembly for about a month now. I have come to fall deeply in love with where the Lord has me. We have built a strong relationship with the members of the church as well as our host’s family’s family. I have not laughed ever as much as I have laughed here. Coming into Asia I was worried about what it would be like being with 4 other girls who I didn’t know well and my 1 girl who I did. When we got the new team list I didn’t expect to see the names that I did. I didn’t know what the Lord was doing by it. I was scared that their would be conflict at the beginning.
I worried for nothing. It took about 2 weeks before we really became friends. ( and truly that was by the Grace of God how fast.) We all have meshed so well together. We have done so many fun things together as well with our family here that have brought us closer together and closer to God. I’m truly grateful for the new ministry and new team that I’m taking on Malaysia with.
Since being here one of the church member’s have really stuck out to us. A few times she has come up to us and asked us to go change, or to sit proper, or have blatantly pointed at us and talked about us in Tamil. We started to pray that the Lord would allow us to get to know this women, to extend grace to her. My team and I prayed Thursday for her that we would build a relationship with this women and get to know her and her story.
Friday church service rolled around. Some of our squad mates visited us from a different town, so they got to go to church service with us too. We saw this women and got our usual “Praise Lord” greeting. Darby ( one of my new teammates) preached on praying with expectancy. So at the end of the service the women came up to Darby and asked if all the World Race group could pray for her. She said she couldn’t sleep because felt as if a demonic presence was messing with her. She said at night her feet would just lift up and she would have no control over it. She also said that she was separated from her Husband and said that she was from India and needed to renew her passport but she had to have approval from her husband. She told us that he would was in with Satan.
In Malaysia the main religions are Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist. Her Husband is Hindu. In the Hindu religion some of their God’s are a demonic spirit. She told us that every time she tried to tell someone about her walk with Christ she couldn’t , because she couldn’t get the words out or something would go wrong.
We began praying for her, all of us played hands on her. She fell to the floor, I didn’t know what to do and if you know anything about me that stuff freaks me out. I was reminded by Darby to not stop praying, so we began praying louder and more. While I was praying I felt the Lord speaking to me he was saying “ This women has a hard heart that is why she is the way that she is, she has been hurt by this man. I want to rebuild her heart, I want to soften her heart, I’m ready for her to be free of this.”
When we were finished praying she opened her eye’s she looked at us and we could see a difference in her already. She told us that she felt free. I told her what the Lord had spoke to me and she thanked us.
I have been journaling my prayer request and also having a praise page, she will be added to my praise page. God works in mysterious ways and I have learned so much about the power of prayer.
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. – Colossians 4:2
