This morning I woke up to the sound of what I initially thought was someone playing the clarinet very poorly. After waking out of my stupor I realized it was a braying donkey. I rolled out of bed and headed outside to use the latrine. It was sunny and cool and I said to myself “I'm so glad I'm in Africa”. It's a blessing to be here and we are greatly enjoying our time.
We had a relaxing morning and then headed to James' church for a special meeting. We arrived two hours late, but only a few had gathered and more were still coming. So we took a short trip look at the property that the church had purchased for a building. The church members don't have much, but they are working together to accomplish what they can. They have finished the latrine and have made some bricks. There next step is to prepare the foundation for the church.
After we surveyed the ground we went back to the church and found that people had gathered and were singing. We decided to eat lunch first and then proceed with the meeting. Before we went in I told Mbondo that I had felt the Lord said there was someone with pain in their right shoulder. In the meeting I spoke form John 14: I spoke about how Jesus loves to glorify the father more than anything. I shared that healing is one way that Jesus glorifies God. I asked if there was anyone with pain in their right shoulder and three women raised there hand. We then prayed together for Jesus to heal. After prayer, two women said they were believing God for healing, but one shared that the pain was gone. We prayed one more time for all who were sick at the meeting and asked for healing and will ask if there are any testimonies of healing when we visit the church again on Sunday. I then shared about how Jesus glorifies God by answering our prayers for the impossible. For many in the church the new building seems impossible, but I encouraged them to do what they can while praying for God to help them finish the building.
From there we traveled to a very big ravine. It is quite a sight to see and Mbondo tells us that there are gazelle that live at the bottom of the ravine. On they back we stopped at James' mother in-law. She was happy to see us and gave us a chicken. There wasn't anywhere to put it, except to hang it from the motorcycle handlebars and so it traveled with us the rest of the day. We will eat it before we leave.
Next we traveled to Mutulu and were able to see some friends from my previous visits. One old lady with poor eye sight was confused and thought that Chaewook was Bo. A young child was absolutely terrified by Chaewook and screamed and cried when he came near. He tried to take a picture with her, but he couldn't come within five feet of her without her crying like he was the boogieman.
One of the young men we met with is named Gabriel. He finished high school, but has been waiting for two years for the opportunity to Bible College. His family has no money to send him, so is praying for God to make a way. We also met with another family and were able to pray for a woman who has poor eyesight and can only see shapes.
We've made it back to the house and we are both pretty tired. Tomorrow we have another seminar for youth. After the rally we'll meet some community leaders, and then we will meet with some university students and other young adults in the evening.
Praises: We continue to be healthy and safe on the road.
For the pain relief in her shoulder that a women received through prayer
Prayer Requests:
For the youth seminar that the youth would be encouraged and that some would respond to the call to missions.
That we would have more opportunities to pray for healing and that God would heal.
That the young adults we meet with would be greatly encouraged and empowered.
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