Miracles in Africa

  Miracles witnessed in Africa

Location: Swaziland

Date: Sunday 8^th November 2009

Recount: On this Sunday morning I was getting ready for Church. I was showering and had forgotten something. I got out of the shower to get it and when I got back in I slipped on the steep incline of the floor. My knee hit the concrete hard and was cut, bruised and swollen to the size of a melon. I hobbled to church where I was supposed to play the guitar and sing. My knee would not bend because of the swelling and the pain was terrible. For some reason no one even thought about praying for it until after the service. Becky came up to me and asked if she could pray. She laid her hand on my knee and prayed in Jesus name. Instantly my knee was healed. In front of my own eyes and Becky’s the swelling was gone and I could bend my knee. The bruise remained, but there was no more pain. Thank you Jesus!

Location: Mozambique

Date: Sunday 6^th December 2009

Recount: During this Sunday morning service, Becky and I were to song lead, and while we were waiting for this to happen we sat with the children on the bamboo mats. As usual we were surrounded with children wanting to climb all over us. We both spotted these couple of brothers in the same outfit and grabbed one each, as we grabbed one of the boys to put in our laps he literally burnt us. His skin was burning to the touch. His face was flushed and his eyes were red and he looked exhausted. The only method I knew of getting a temperature down was rest and drinking plenty of water. So we took this boy and gave him our own water and let him sleep in our arms, as he slept we prayed over him, we laid our hands on him and spoke in God’s language. We prayed for about 5 minutes for him and then we had to get up to sing, after this we returned to him and his temperature no longer burned us, but it was still very hot. While the other children went out to the children’s service, that little boy stayed with us and we continued praying the entire church service. As we reached the closing of the service we felt the boy’s head one last time before he was to head home and his fever was gone. His eyes shone. He looked healthy. Praise the name of Jesus!
                                                                                                                                                                           

Location: Malawi

Date: Wednesday 22^nd December 2009                                    

Recount: My team and I went out to Area 36 in Lilongwe, we split up into 3 teams and I went out with Daniel and Becky. We went around the village visiting people in their homes and praying for things they needed, bringing God back to the centre of their lives. We came upon one home with a young boy with a fever and snotty nose. He just looked terrible. We had found the majority of the children in that village had caught some variety of a cold and there were plenty of runny noses and congestion. However this one boy could barely breathe through his stuffed nose and coughing. We laid hands on him and prayed in Jesus name for healing of all congestion and symptoms of the cold. He was not healed when we left that day. We returned to that village the next day and saw that boy was healthy and strong with all signs of a cold gone. Jesus is wonderful!

Location: Malawi

Date: Tuesday 28^th December 2009

Recount: Daniel, Becky and I were once more working together as a team. We were out in another village further from Lilongwe this time. We were doing house visits and with our translator we walked up to this woman sitting on her front porch. She was the chief of the village. As we walked up to her she said “I know why you are here, and I am ready”. We were all very surprised by this welcome. Her daughter went to go get her Bible and the Chief was preparing herself for some big ceremony to receive Jesus as her Lord and Saviour. However we are not about ceremony but about relationship, so we talked with the Chief about Jesus and His desire for relationship with her. Her heart was bursting to return to Christ that as soon as we gave her the opportunity to invite Jesus in she was ready. This to me is a real miracle of how the Holy Spirit moves in our own spirit. He gives us such a desire to want to be near God that all people need is the mention of the Holy name of Jesus, people fall at His feet. Bless you Lord!

Location: Malawi

Date: Monday 4th January 2010

Recount: Leigh and I had become a pair as our team split into different groups. We went off with our translator and found a village that was ready to be prayed for.  At each house we went to the people were willing with all their hearts to know more about Jesus and to receive His healing touch. Leigh and I came across this one household that desired Jesus more than anything. We told them about His grace and freedom from all things and they asked us to pray for their 2 year old child. He was an orphan living with his Aunty and Uncle and the Aunty believed that this child was being visited by his dead parents when he slept. She wanted us to pray peace over him as he slept and that Jesus would bring freedom from this. As we started to pray, this child starting screaming at the top of his lungs, and he was absolutely scared, so Leigh and I stepped back as we thought it might be because we were white people. But the child continued screaming, louder and louder, so we began to pray softer and softer for God’s peace on this child. We prayed for Jesus to bring rest to him and freedom from these dreams. As soon as we stopped praying this child literally fell asleep right away. And his Aunty commented on how peaceful he looked in his sleep. This child was tormented as he slept even as a baby, but I saw Jesus, with my own eyes, bring peace and rest to him. Jesus is powerful!

 Location: Mozambique

Date: Monday11^th January 2010

Recount: We re-entered Mozambique, this time staying at a different location. We stayed with Mama Rita and her children. Her daughter, Jene, became my very good friend and would take me out to meet the people of the village. Jene knew everyone and when someone was sick, she would take me to them to pray. A young mother had a 2 month old baby who was sick. This baby had trouble sleeping and currently had a cold. We prayed for the baby and laid hands on him, and he fell asleep immediately. We went back the next day to see the child and mother and they both looked so much better. The mother herself looked worn and tired and the second day we saw her she was much more rested. She said her baby slept the whole night and his nose had dried up over the night.