Yesterday was a hard day for me.
I couldn’t even begin to tell you how the day started, but I sure can tell you how it ended. A squad mate of mine, Marisa, had approached me and my team about a ministry opportunity that she had found. It is through a place referred to as “The Tunnel” here in the Cuatro community. You follow this extremely condensed path that is laced with trash and bugs. Immediately your heart breaks. You begin to realize that people live here. That this is their life, and that they are loved by God.
Before going to visit the people of “The Tunnel” we decided to pray over our team and seek God’s direction as to whether or not this ministry was meant be for us. Upon meeting and discussing the next morning no one could either confirm or deny the call of the Lord to this area. We decided to venture out and we knew that if the Lord wanted us there that he would confirm it when we stepped into that small community. We prayed. I split the team up. Our two amazing men of God on our team, Braedon and Brandon, were definitely going. Braedon had words for them men, and Brandon was the one to lead them in there, not me. I sent Katie to love on the children, and Tangi to love on the women. Cindy and I stay behind to intercede with prayer on their behalf.
As Cindy and I were praying, I began to cry. It wasn’t a normal cry either. It was a deep heaving cry from the depths of my soul. I was able to tell the exact moment my team stepped into that place. I felt the oppression the women in that community were under. I felt the spirits that were in that place and I began to carry the weight of the people there. I felt the demonic presence that resides there. We prayed against those spirits of perversion, mockery, and laziness. The women and children here are oppressed by so much physical, sexual, and verbal abuse. I am truly amazed that they can still smile, but they are beautiful. They are loved. They are God’s treasure. Even the abuser is loved by God. God still wants that man eating at his right hand side. This is the man that Jesus would go after and have lunch with. These are the people I am supposed to go after.
