Screaming worms

We decided to shake it up a little today, and partnered Emily with Eunice, while Pastor Shadrack was with Godwill and myself, though I found I was able to sit back and watch the others some of the time.

This was also our first week under a sun/rain-shelter, erected by Pastor Shadrack and Ngugi (our caretaker), which provided us with shade for the first hour. Then it began to collapse, and eventually we dismantled it before it collapsed on someone we were praying for. Apparently there is a plan for an improvement to the fixing method in place for next week.

Fortunately, the collapsing shade didn't seem to put people off, and we had a fair assortment of illnesses and needs to pray for. In our preparation time, one of us suggested the name Onyango, and the first lady who stopped was Anyango - close enough for us! And sure enough, God healed her of the pain in her back and leg that she came with.

Nancy came with rib and chest pain. After prayer her chest was better, and after a second bout of prayer her ribs were better too. Dismas had a headache, sore throat, pain in his chest, and itching - and left completely healed. Gladys came with pain in her stomach, and reported that whilst Emily & Eunice were praying for her, she felt the worms in her stomach screaming!

One lady, who was blind in one eye, refused prayer. She sat and talked for a while, but despite our best efforts we could not convince her to receive prayer for healing for her eye. She seemed convinced that we were devil-worshippers, which I suppose is a good reason to refuse prayer, but it was sad that we couldn't convine her of who we really are.

A couple of times today, while we were initially chatting with people, we had words from the Holy Spirit that were specific to those people, to health issues they might not otherwise have shared, and that proved to be accurate words of knowledge. And there was also one guy who for whom I felt sure the Holy Spirit directed me to his right ear, but no amount of cajoling or pursuading on my part could convince him that he had a problem with his hearing - some people eh!