Today was the first time that we didn't pray with anyone, It was a rainy morning and we went back inside for a while as we had no umberellas and no-one was likely to stop and sit in the rain for prayer if they were already feeling sick! The sun came out and we returned to our post but still no-one stopped for prayer just to greet us and ask questions.
But I counted we have prayed for around 250 people up to this point so we lifted those people up in prayers again, praying that God would keep on working in their lives.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Pastor/Plumber
Today we met Leah who was incredibly grateful for prayers for her son, he is four years old but has the body of a two year old, he has never walked and she carries him in a leso (material sheet) on her back like a baby. He doesn't understand much of what is going on but seeing his mum was happy with the prayers he was smiling too.
We went back to Lillian's place to check on her but she had been taken to hospital for more tests on the growth on her foot. Her daughter said there had been no change since we prayed so we prayed again with her. We also prayed with a lady who had lost two of her children, she just did not know where they were and was very worried.
Two young mums shyly asked for prayer this morning for jobs and for peace in their homes, one also had a bad back. It is often humbling to see people responding in faith, however tentatively, to the offer of prayer. We often don't see people again but reading so many verses in the bible where God says that he hears the call of the weak I am confident that He is responding.
One of these ladies' sons kindly broke the water pipe next to us while he was waiting for his mum, flooding the area next to us. Pastor valiantly got soaked putting it back together.
We went back to Lillian's place to check on her but she had been taken to hospital for more tests on the growth on her foot. Her daughter said there had been no change since we prayed so we prayed again with her. We also prayed with a lady who had lost two of her children, she just did not know where they were and was very worried.
Two young mums shyly asked for prayer this morning for jobs and for peace in their homes, one also had a bad back. It is often humbling to see people responding in faith, however tentatively, to the offer of prayer. We often don't see people again but reading so many verses in the bible where God says that he hears the call of the weak I am confident that He is responding.
One of these ladies' sons kindly broke the water pipe next to us while he was waiting for his mum, flooding the area next to us. Pastor valiantly got soaked putting it back together.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Persistance pays off
There is a lady who stops to greet us every Monday with a huge smile on her face, today was the first time she sat down for prayer. As she got talking and shared many family problems she started to cry, telling about her husband who drinks too much and how she worries about her children who have all run away to the streets. We prayed with her and she left peaceful and hopefully encouraged having shared her burden and brought it to God.
Later we went to visit Lillian who we have visited a couple of times before. She has a huge growth on the side of her foot, bigger than a tennis ball. It has been operated on several times but it keeps coming back. When she tries to walk it starts bleeding so she is stuck lying on a sack on the floor, there is little she can do. Eunice had a sense that there was some witchcraft involved and felt the Holy Spirit saying we needed to pray against that. So, she called the rest of us in and we did just that. There was no immediate change but we will see what happens.
Judy, the lady with persistent faith, had finally been healed of every problem she came with. It has taken quite a while but one by one God has healed her. She stopped by to let us know so we could celebrate and thank God with her.
Later we went to visit Lillian who we have visited a couple of times before. She has a huge growth on the side of her foot, bigger than a tennis ball. It has been operated on several times but it keeps coming back. When she tries to walk it starts bleeding so she is stuck lying on a sack on the floor, there is little she can do. Eunice had a sense that there was some witchcraft involved and felt the Holy Spirit saying we needed to pray against that. So, she called the rest of us in and we did just that. There was no immediate change but we will see what happens.
Judy, the lady with persistent faith, had finally been healed of every problem she came with. It has taken quite a while but one by one God has healed her. She stopped by to let us know so we could celebrate and thank God with her.
Monday, October 4, 2010
I need prayer!
This week everyone who stopped for prayer had been before or heard of us and knew what we were doing. Emelda sat down and stated 'I need prayer' without even greeting us! We prayed for her headache and cough and she spent a good while just quietly sitting in God's presence. She said she felt very hot and off she went!
Another lady felt pain especially in her knees and again she stayed quiet in prayer for quite a long time, just enjoying a peaceful moment. She said she felt a change as she stretched out her arms and legs testing for the pain.
Judy is a lady of persistent faith, she was coming from prayer weekly before we broke up for school holidays and only just heard we had returned. Originally she had a long list of illnesses for us to pray for, today we just prayed for her ear, the last thing that needs healing. Then maybe she will stop coming!
We also prayed with a couple of ladies who wanted to pray for their husbands who drank changaa, illegal brew, they did not care about their families and would sometimes be violent. One lady said, 'God is good and loves everyone so we need to pray for him'.
Another lady felt pain especially in her knees and again she stayed quiet in prayer for quite a long time, just enjoying a peaceful moment. She said she felt a change as she stretched out her arms and legs testing for the pain.
Judy is a lady of persistent faith, she was coming from prayer weekly before we broke up for school holidays and only just heard we had returned. Originally she had a long list of illnesses for us to pray for, today we just prayed for her ear, the last thing that needs healing. Then maybe she will stop coming!
We also prayed with a couple of ladies who wanted to pray for their husbands who drank changaa, illegal brew, they did not care about their families and would sometimes be violent. One lady said, 'God is good and loves everyone so we need to pray for him'.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Arise
Pastor and I were the only pray-ers today and we were busy! We prayed for knee pain, a wrist injury, stomach ulcers and skin disease. Two friends asked us for free medicine and walked away when we said we were offering prayers, but they got somewhere down the road and hit a spark of faith, they decided to come back so we prayed for Cornelius' back pain.
Margaret had pain in her knees, back and head which had gone by the end of the prayers, she wanted to bring her child next Monday. I was reading in Psalms this morning that the Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord is on his heavenly throne and he says 'because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise'. And I was imagining the mighty God rising from his heavenly throne on behalf of those we were praying for.
Eunice is ill with pneumonia, Godwill is busy with work, and Florence came late today that's why they did not join us. So please pray for God to protect our team
Margaret had pain in her knees, back and head which had gone by the end of the prayers, she wanted to bring her child next Monday. I was reading in Psalms this morning that the Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord is on his heavenly throne and he says 'because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise'. And I was imagining the mighty God rising from his heavenly throne on behalf of those we were praying for.
Eunice is ill with pneumonia, Godwill is busy with work, and Florence came late today that's why they did not join us. So please pray for God to protect our team
Monday, September 20, 2010
Nearly missed it!
There weren't too many people stopping for prayer again today but maybe it will take a while for word to spread that HotS is happening again. This morning thus involved a lot of sitting and waiting. Florence and Eunice were called to pray for someone in their house, they had a growth on their foot and could not walk to our prayer spot.
Another young guy asked very shyly what we were doing, he practically had his back turned to us as he asked. He was expecting us to have some free dawa (medicine) but he was open to prayer too so we prayed for his stomach which has given him pain for a long time.
Just as we were packing up to leave, having waited a good 20 minutes without anyone stopping a lady came and asked us to pray for her. She had several problems including a growth on her throat around the size of a golf ball, a bad cough and chest pain and pain that spread from her back around her waist. The only symptom she was feeling when she sat down was the back pain, when she should up to test it afterwards the pain had gone.
Hopefully that is a step towards a complete healing, we invited her back for more prayer next week. She caught us just in time to go home pain-free! God is good.
Another young guy asked very shyly what we were doing, he practically had his back turned to us as he asked. He was expecting us to have some free dawa (medicine) but he was open to prayer too so we prayed for his stomach which has given him pain for a long time.
Just as we were packing up to leave, having waited a good 20 minutes without anyone stopping a lady came and asked us to pray for her. She had several problems including a growth on her throat around the size of a golf ball, a bad cough and chest pain and pain that spread from her back around her waist. The only symptom she was feeling when she sat down was the back pain, when she should up to test it afterwards the pain had gone.
Hopefully that is a step towards a complete healing, we invited her back for more prayer next week. She caught us just in time to go home pain-free! God is good.
Monday, September 13, 2010
HotS Returns
We returned to our spot in the alley outside the Turning Point compound this week to offer prayer for healing. It was good to be back meeting new people and having the opportunity to listen and share in their struggles with them. This week we only prayed for one ill person directly, otherwise we prayed with people who had children or other family members who were sick in the house or upcountry.
During the break Godwill has been continuing with some ad hoc healing on the streets around his home, some of his neighbours heard about what he was doing on mondays and called him to their house when they had a problem with their knees. The next day after he had prayed he had a call to say the pain was nearly gone.
During the break Godwill has been continuing with some ad hoc healing on the streets around his home, some of his neighbours heard about what he was doing on mondays and called him to their house when they had a problem with their knees. The next day after he had prayed he had a call to say the pain was nearly gone.
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