On the first day of m-nistry in
V-etnam, we went to visit a woman who opens her home to street
children. While the street kids were playing outside, this woman
would knee down with her two sons and pr-y. Her sons are 7 and 11
years old. The family would always pr-y with their front door open,
so the street kids started noticing what they were doing. Eventually
the kids from outside wanted to come in the house, so she opened up
her home to them. Now they come for a few hours a day and she gives
them snacks, they pr-y together, she teaches them w-rship songs, and
she teaches them about the B-ble. She never asks them to come, they
just show up everyday. She is such a sweet woman and her passion for
Chr-st is like a raging fire.
There was another woman there the day
we visited. She was very quiet so we just assumed she was one of the
teachers. After getting to know her, it turns out this woman is an
undrground p-stor. She travels to the most remote villages in the
north of V-etnam and teaches them about J-sus. These villages are
where most of the perscution against Chr-stians take place. She says
she goes to these places, completely lead by the H-ly Spir-t. She
will ask the H-ly Spir-t who she should pr-y for and He leads her to
people who need heal-ng. The people she pr-ys for get he-led
immediately and they spread the word about her to the other
villagers. Next thing she knows, many people come to her for pr-yer
and she is able to lead them to Chri-t by sharing the g-spel with
them. She is a mighty, brave warrior for the L-rd.
After she told me this story, Justine
said to me, “You should have her pray for your eyes.” I have been
saying out loud tha G-d will heal my eyes in Africa, but Justine was
telling me why wait, have Him heal them now. I have worn glasses
since the 9th grade and without them, I can barely see
anything. Why live with this, if G-d the Heal-r and He created our
bodies to work in perfect order? I asked her to pr-y fr my eyes, and
when she did I could feel the H-ly Spir-t moving. In that moment G-d
told me to throw my glasses away….so I did! The next five days I
couldn’t see a thing, and I remember G-d telling me that He would
lead me blindly, all I needd to do was take hold of His hand and
trust Him.
After those 5 days, I started to get a
little frustrated….I don’t understand, I believe He can heal me
with all of my heart….I have the faith, so why I am I still not
he-led? My fellow teammates told me it was important to sow the
he-ling of my eyes, and it was funny how G-d gave me ample
opportunities to pr-y for the healing of other people’s eyes. The
first person I pr-yed for was a blind man who was poor and was trying
to raise his children. The second person I pr-yed for was my friend,
Hun’s aunt, who was diagnosed with throat cancer. She had a stroke
and it damaged her eyes, but not permanently in J-sus name : ), and
the third person I pr-yed for was a woman who has such bad cataracts
she was completely blind, and there were white scales over her eyes.
I believe he-ling is manifesting in these people, just as it is
manifesting in me, but I still had that question lingering in my
head….Father, is there something I still haven’t done? Are you
waiting for me? Am I not trusting enough or having enough faith?
who opens her home to street children, and she asked me about my
eyes. I told her I had sowed he-ling into other people, and I am
still believing G-d will heal me in His timing. She looked at me and
said everytime she pr-ys for the healing of others, they get he-led.
She showed me the verse in the B-ble where it says that you are saved
when you believe it in your heart AND confess it with your mouth. She
told me to give thanks to G-d for he-ling, outloud, everyday. This
was an answer to my question, because I haven’t been doing that. I
have been asking, asking, asking, and not thanking G-d for the
victory and he-ling He has already given me. Justine showed me in the
B-ble, how Jonah thanked G-d outloud for the delivernace He had given
him, even though Jonah was still in the belly of the fish, and in the
next chapter the fish spews Jonah out. G-d is faithful and He always
delivers, but I need to thank Him for what is unseen, because after
all that’s was faith really is.
