I apologize for not writing a blog in over a month. Our team was in a remote village in the middle of Cambodia. We were 3 hours away from the closest city and the only place where internet was available. To get to this village we took a van, a bus, a ferry, and then a truck. The church we stayed in looked like a huge treehouse. There were spiders as big as my fists, rats, huge beetles, and geckos, so I was having a very difficult time adjusting my first week. After lots of prayer, God adjusted my heart and began to embrace the Cambodiam village lifestyle. These people are absolutely amazing!! I have never met such a generous, loving, kind, gentle group of people. I learned so much from them. They pour out love on you…they are a physical, tangible, living example of Christ’s love for us, and how we are to love one another. I praise God for stringing my hearts to theirs and allowing me to love them the way He has. He is using this people group in MIGHTY ways, and they are bringing the Heavenly Kingdom to the earth.
While we were there, we prayed for an elderly woman who had really bad shakes in her hands and arms, most likely from Parkinsons Disease. She asked if we would pray for her. She came to the church EVERY morning for 16 days! Each day she revealed more of how the Lord was healing her. First, she could not walk to the church without stopping to rest and she walked with a large stick. She also has been taking sleeping medication for the past 4 years. The shakes and nerve damage in her arms and hands were so bad, she couldn’t even lift her pillow. She also said that she would see and evil spirit in her house, and she was afraid of it. During the course of these 16 days, she no longer used her walking stick, she no longer stopped to take breaks during walking, the evil spirit had left her house, she stopped taking her sleeping medication and has slept completely fine, the pain in her knees went away, and her hands straightened out. She said she was finally able to do housework. It was such an incredible thing to see…the POWER of prayer and the POWER of God’s hand. I feel so blessed to be a part of it, and it has taken my faith to a whole new level. I praise God for this month in Cambodia, I feel like I have grown so much!
Our next stop is to V–tnam. It is a closed country, so I won’t be able to discuss any details about our assignment. God has been speaking to me loud and clear that I will be facing a VERY LARGE trial during this time, but I know that I know that I know, God is taking me through it and I will make it out victorious. He has shown me the end result, and it is beyond my wildest dreams. Please, Please, Please pray for me without ceasing this month. I need warriors behind me. I pray right now in the Name of Jesus, My Savior, My Rock, and My Redeemer, that I will have supernatural confidence, boldness, strength, and protection. That His holy, warring angels would be encamped around me on every side and that I am sealed in the blood He spilled on the cross for my life. I praise you God….and I will be obedient.
