Monday, 23 July 2007

I got a 2.1 in my degree!! wahoo!! thank you Jesus.

Wow. I went on outreach again this weekend, only this time as part of the medical team. It was totally amazing. God's glory really came. We went to the bush bush literally in the middle of nowhere, and travelled on dirt tracks for hours!! The medical van is really new to iris - its the first one ever, and the outreach i went on was the 4th ever! Its really exciting. I went as an intercessor mainly, but also to do simple woundcare. I love the vision of the medical team - the priority is totally God first.
We set up tent, and when people came in, first of all we asked them if they knew Jesus, and then if they had been to the witchdoctor (most had, and in this particular area, it was very high for witchcraft). Then, if they wanted to, we would lead them to Jesus, and break off any curses, and heal them! Many times, as soon as we broke off the curses, they got instantly healed, becuase it was the curse causing them the sickness. The first village we got to, the people were literally circling out tents and poking us through our tents! I had like grown men circling mine! very intimidating. When we first got to the village, we de-wormed the children (most, if not all, had big bellies). The next day, we set up the tent, and i was rubbing lotion on children with scabies for hours. It was heart breaking. In the second village, babies were literally covered in it. Two girls needed treatment at the end, so i took them to the latrines to apply the cream. However, i ran out of cream, and i was praying so hard that Jesus would multiply it, but it didn't, and so i couldnt finish half of the first girl's body. I was so upset, and in the truck on the way home was just crying so much at the desperation of the people there.but then God gave me a picture .It was of Jesus and he was knealing at her feet, and kissed her feet, and was crying. Then he healed all her scabies. He said to me, 'dont you think that i am enough for her? dont you think i can heal her?' I am truely learning what it is to 'fellowship in his sufferings' (phil 3) We cant be JEsus' hands and feet unless we see people how he sees them; through this eyes, and share in his sufferings.Seeing all the suffering, the desperate suffering of these poverty-stricken people really broke me.. its just so hard to explain. I can also rejoice in him becuase he has everyone and everything in his hands! There were many joyous times too! here are some amazing testimonies from this weekend:
A man came into the tent, and the team just asked him like usual, have you been to the witchdoctor? And he said he was the witchdoctor! He came in to get healing for the cataracts in his eyes. He got healed and gave his life to Christ!! Greater is HE!!! Praise Jesus. Pray that he would be discipled well now, and that through this the whole village will be truely transformed.
I had the amazing priviledge of leading 2 people to Christ in portuguese! It was awesome becuase i had no translator and i was like Jesus!!! Help me! And he totally gave me all the words to say.
nearly everyone who came into the tent received JEsus!!
Nearly everyone we prayed for got healed!!! Eyes, ears, leg pain, back pain..
So many demonised were set free. There was one lady who came in and had knife scars all over her legs. She said that the demons take over her everyday and make her cut herself. She was totally set free!! We cut off SO many witchcraft bands of nearly everyone who came to us. Its just crazy the amount of witchcraft that goes on. (Actually in church on sunday, although i wasnt there, a cobra just appeared in the tent randomly on the stage! apparantly, a witchdoctor had done something.. not really sure)
Praise JEsus!!! Glory to him. It was just so eye-opening to what really goes on in the supernatural; an area that i know myself, and many of us in the west are so unaware of. Priase be to JEsus. I found out where i am going for my extended outreach - to Zambezia. A 19 hour drive away, to the place where they have recently apparantly had the worst floods recorded in history.

Love to my 109 ladies!! Well done Anna too!! tis brill. Other giriles how did you do? Jess - when do you leave for canada? xx

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