I have found something so beautiful. Something I’ve never experienced before. I didn’t even know this feeling existed or was even possible. It happens when your teammates prays for your parents. Let me try to further explain.
It all started when Maggie had an emergency request for us one night. To pray for a friend of hers who was going through tough things. Maggie opened up in prayer, and we all went around recording what God had spoke to us about her friend. Words of encouragement, words of wisdom, words from the Holy Spirit. After closing in prayer, Maggie sent this little voice clip to her friend. This was such a great idea, we thought that we should pray for each other loved ones for team time each day.
It happened that my team time was first. I felt strongly that I needed to pray for my parents, but also my sister and my brother-in-law. After some contemplation, I felt that I needed to focus on my parents. So I asked my teammates to pray for my Mom and Dad. When my teammates started to record what they saw from God, it caught me off guard. I couldn’t hold my emotions back, and I was crying. I was crying because of how powerful the words my teammates spoke. How true the words were that they were speaking to my parents. My teammates barely know my parents, but it wasn’t just my teammates words, but the Holy Spirit speaking through them. I have a hard time expressing what I felt that moment in words.
I was so touched by my teammates intentionality and their love for my parents, that I was crying so emotionally. I realized that I’ve never had someone pray for people I care so much about in person and in such depths. It was so sweet of them.
What’s beautiful was that it didn’t just affect me. I saw my teammates so overwhelmed by love and emotions when we prayed for their loved ones, that they couldn’t finish praying out. How beautiful is that, the love a team can show for a specific person you care about so much. I will never forget these vivid moments of love portrayed in this way.
As we close off month 4 in Bolivia. We are faced with the fact that we are going to do team changes. Team LIT, the 7 of us, Connor, Daniel, Oscar, Jezie, Kaylin, Maggie, and I, for the last 4 months had lived together, did ministry together, and grown together with much intentionality and love. How beautiful is it, that we got to close off this final leg of our time together by praying for each other’s loved ones.
Connor, Daniel, Oscar, Jezie, Maggie, and Kaylin, I love you guys!
