Santos. His name means “HOLY”
After our first day of training at our church, Josh and I were on our way home, as we ran into Ali and Krystle walking home as well. We began sharing amazing stories about our churches and how excited we were about teaching them to share their story and God’s story. As we were talking I noticed a man in agony sitting outside of his home on a mat holding his head in his hands. I looked back at him and knew we needed to pray for him. Lazarus translated and we found out that he had a severe headache and was dizzy. I immediately knew that he had Malaria. We all knelt down and layed hands on him, praying for healing. He said he felt better and we all smiled and praised the Lord.
Then Krystle started asking questions about Jesus, trying to find out if he was a believer. He said that he knew about Jesus, but that he did not have a personal relationship with Jesus. We then explained the gospel and he said that he was ready to receive Jesus into his heart. He repeated Krystle as she led him in a prayer. After he accepted Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior, we prayed for him to be healed once again. Now, he was healed spiritually and physically.
The next day I saw him with Lazarus and I asked him how he was feeling. He said that God healed him of Malaria. He smiled this huge grin and put his hands together as if praying and bowed at me as a non-verbal way of saying, “thank you and praise the Lord.” I returned his smile and praised God because this man knew God’s love for him not only in sending Jesus to die for him, but also in a tangible and real way. He knew that God saved him and that God healed him.
