***I did NOT write this blog. This is a repost from David Stothart. David is not only another amazing red head, but an awesome prayer warrior for the Kingdom. As you read this blog, you will not only see how real our God is, but also how real the enemy is. We rejoice because we are His! PRAISE THE LORD!***
What a week! This week has been jam-packed with stories. So we started off on Monday afternoon on our way to a safari. That evening we were able to witness some tribal dancing. It was so awesome. At one point they decided to dance with a 5 foot python. They would tease it on purpose just to get it to try to bite them so they could then dodge out of the way. Crazy. So the next day we woke up extra early in order to see the most animals possible. It was worth it. We were able to see a lion about 5 feet from us! It was ridiculously awesome! So after the ride back from the park we got home late knowing we had to start door-todoor ministry the next day.
We started the next day at around 4ish (Africa time, meaning they never start anything on time) and we divided into groups of 4 with a translator. My group was from my own team ( we are working with 2 other teams this month. One of which is made up of the girls from my old team) Amanda, and Kerry. We go to the first house and it was a lady from our pastor’s church. We all assumed that we were there to encourage her in some way so we begin to talk to her and she tells us about her daughter.
This woman’s family had been deeply affected by witch craft for generations. Her own mother is a witch-doctor and has been training the granddaughter in with-doctery for awhile. The witch-doctor that trained the grandmother had killed the mother’s husband, brother-in-law and her firstborn child through witch doctor ways. What?! And now the daughter was becoming involved in it through the grandmother. Pastor told us that last time she had been around people who were worshipping God the demon inside her manifested and tried to kill her by choking her with her own hands. So now we know that we are dealing with a demon possessed woman. We ask the daughter a ton of questions but have to leave because of time. So the next day we bring some praise songs and try to see if what the pastor is telling us is true. We pour ourselves into it but nothing happens. She tells us she wants to be delivered but we run out of time again and so we ask her to come back again.
This time we dive right into a salvation prayer for her after she tells us she understands who Jesus is and his sacrifice for her. After this Pastor takes over and tells Amanda and Kerry to help pray and tells me to sing some worship songs to bring the Spirit to our situation. He says a few words to her in Swahili and she falls to the floor stiff as a board. Here’s the dialogue as translated by pastor:
Girl: (whining and crying)
Pastor: In the name of Jesus leave !
Girl: I am going but I was sent!
Pastor: Who were you sent by?
Girl: (says a name in Swahili)
Pastor: (looks at the mother) who is that? Do you know them?
Mother: yes that is her grandmother…
Pastor: (prays some more in Swahili)
Girl: (calms down and stops thrashing…finally wakes up and sits up)
By this point we were all asking her if she was ok. She had come in with bad stomach pains saying that it felt like something was wriggling around. And her eyesight had become worse since yesterday. After the demon left she had no more pain and could see completely clear! Bwana asufiwe(praise God)! We of course had tons of questions and pastor answered most of them. And now here I am in a super nice resort getting wifi and trying to process through everything I’ve witnessed in the past few days. The only conclusion I can come to is that God is way more awesome and mighty and sovereign than I thought. He is a God who cares so much for his people that He cries when they are hurt, shows them his creation in the most beautiful ways and even gaurds their very lives. Praise God you guys. Seriously. Praise God.
***I did NOT write this blog. This is a repost from David Stothart. David is not only another amazing red head, but an awesome prayer warrior for the Kingdom. As you read this blog, you will not only see how real our God is, but also how real the enemy is. We rejoice because we are His! PRAISE THE LORD!***
