Kristen Aperfine, a squad leader of the July 2011 W squad, wrote about healing Fea in December. The morning after praying over Fea and watching God miraculously heal her, Fea relapsed. Kristen has since wrestled with the Lord about what happened:I have prayed and asked God why, why she was healed that night, why she wasn’t in the morning. Why through all of our faith, no lasting difference remained. After much prayer I am certain of the Lord’s love for her and for us and certain that he is FAITHFUL and miracles are 100% possible… I saw Fea healed that night, I saw her walk with little help, I saw her drooling stop, and I saw her limbs loosened. I saw these things that we prayed for in the name of Jesus happen. I don’t have all the answers…
Read more from Kristen about the rest she finds in the midst of the questions and uncertainty.
Jamos Mitchell, also from the July 2011 W squad, was in Mozambique where he met and prayed for a woman with a spinal injury. When they first met, she was wrapped in cloth on the floor, barely mobile or aware; and when she did move, her entire body went into spasms. As the team prayed for her, he knew with faith that God was going to heal her. When the team finished praying, she showed no immediate improvement. But here’s what happened when he returned:
Our team was off again, visiting homes in the day and outreach at night. We went back to the house with the woman on the floor. Guess what? She was not on the floor with sickness anymore. She was HEALED! And we got to meet her husband and pray thanksgiving over her!…
My knees used to be like an 80-year old man’s knees just from wake-boarding, snowboarding, and football but they are now healed and I don’t have pain in them anymore. Can we celebrate that? BOOM! Personal healing has also been a very big faith booster for me and God really opened my eyes to this new faith in him. A faith that is just without doubt and it’s pretty awesome.
Jessica Robbins, from the September 2011 A squad, wrote about getting back to the basics:The past week and half the Lord has used me to help cast out demons, share the gospel and actually lead people to salvation. Yes, you read that first one correctly. :)….Today, as I’m writing this, I’ve already had the opportunity to see my teammate lead a woman who is married to a Muslim man to salvation, pray for a Christian woman whose husband isn’t a believer and is having an affair, encourage a young man that claims to know Jesus to step up and be a powerful man of God in his community, share Jesus with a Muslim lady and lead a young woman in a prayer for salvation. All of that took place before lunch today and those are only the stories from two of us from my team of seven.
Read more from Jessica’s experiences in Tanzania.
Then there was this one time Thomas Wensil (October 2011 B squad) was in Chiang Mai, Thailand with some of his male squadmates. There they were, five guys walking down the street of the red-light district:
We decided to stop about halfway down the street and pray over the ministry that was taking place. What happened next was crazy! Five guys circled in prayer over Thailand, slavery, red-light districts and for an outpouring of the Spirit. All noise, commotion and business washed away in that moment. I even noticed while we stood there circled up, I never once got bumped by the ongoing walking traffic. Afterwards, we all stood there laughing for a moment talking about how the noise was silenced and the only thing we could hear were the prayers being lifted up. Hah, so cool! That lead into some “whoa, whoa”s and some worship songs, only to look up and find that we were praying right in front of a Buddhist temple. God works in crazy ways and it takes stepping out of the box and comfort zone to realize exactly how He moves.
He’s got more thoughts on what it means to “overflow” and what it looks like to step outside the box; click here to read more.
Finally, Jamie Smucker (January 2012 E squad), shares about a miracle during his first few weeks of ministry. While walking along the street, he and his team met Tonito, a man whose legs were paralyzed and who suffered migraines. Tonito is completely forgotten by society and without any hope:
We gathered round him and began blessing him, and speaking life into him. Sara, a local who is working with is in ministry, explained the gospel to him and what Christ did for us, then asked him if he wanted to accept Jesus into his life. He said, “Yes”! He bows his head and repeats after Sara a prayer repenting of his sins, and surrendering his life to Jesus Christ! After the prayer he lifts his head, a smile replaces a look of dejection, and a sparkle chases out the hopelessness in his dark brown eyes. A miracle has just taken place! Greater than any blind eye seeing, deaf ear opening, and dead being raised to life, is the greatest miracle of God taking His life, and placing it inside of the human body! We asked for healing in his body, for relief from his migraines, bought him lunch, took up a little offering him, and went on our way, thanking God for replacing hopelessness, with hope, and sadness with joy.
