God at Work
I don’t think this day will ever escape my memory. The day we went to the Humansdorp Township. The day started off slow as we attempted to visit Mamma Felix but she told us to come back later, and also two ladies Mabel and Mamma Mango but neither was home. Then as we were walking down the dirt road we heard yelling for us to come back. So we went to see what they wanted. It turns out the families father was very sick. The man’s wife invited us into their small home held up mainly by cardboard boxes and wood. He was sleeping, so as he was lying in bed behind the curtain snoring my whole team stretched out our hands to pray for this man. At that moment I had never felt such compassion for a man that I had never laid eyes on before. As everyone prayed I felt God in the room. He was there with the family and there with us. I felt shaking in my whole body and felt the power of prayer. This man that I had never met was someone I wanted God to heal more then anything. I wanted the man to wake up and be 100% better, praising God for healing him. I can’t even explain what a powerful moment it was. Never have I heard such passion in every prayer. My entire team was filled with so much faith that this man would be healed. As we left the house I was reminded that God will heal in His timing. That household was just the beginning to the start of an amazing day. We laid our hands and fervently prayed healing over three others that day. One woman came running toward us across the field because she wanted us to pray for her and this other man. What faith. God teach me to have faith like this. She believed with everything inside her that God would heal. As we left that woman I thought wow God what a day, but He wasn’t done yet. The next two are stories in itself the story of an old woman named Jane, and a man named Joseph who had a stroke and was paralyzed entirely on the left side of his body. Joseph was the man who did it for me that day. My heart was right there with him, for his wife, and for his friend Solomon that stayed by his side to wipe the drool off his face. As we began praying I was overtaken by a heart for this man like he was my own grandpa. I was on my knees in the dirt placing my hand on his leg crying out to the Lord for healing. More than anything I wanted Joseph to stand up and walk. I had more faith then I have ever had in my life. The lord was doing something inside of me for I truly believed that at some point during the prayers or perhaps afterward Joseph would be up and walking. Joseph never did get up and walk, but may be God healed him later on. Throughout the day God continually reminded me that His timing is not mine. As we left the house one of my other team members who stayed with Joseph’s wife Mamma Felix while we were praying told me that Joseph refused to go to church it reminded me of a rebellious teenager turning their back on God. Something then popped into my head. One of my team mates told Joseph the only way he would be healed is if he believed God could heal him, and Joseph said “I believe”. I can’t say weather he truly meant it from his heart, but I believe he did. His tone was so sincere. It was like there was no where else to go but to God. I believe that God did perform a healing on Joseph that day a healing in his heart. Remember the first house we visited. We did a follow up visit on that same house again about a week later. I was so excited to see the man we had prayed for healed. We walked up to the door and his wife told us he had died right after we left. I was crushed, but immediately realized that God answered our prayers. He took the pain away. I think it’s amazing that God allowed the man to live until after we left. I didn’t know anything about the family, or about their beliefs. I just pray that the family realizes that God hears prayers and that He was in their home that day.
God opened my eyes to see the Holy Spirit move in Humansdorp in ways that I have never seen or felt before, and I praise God for letting me see Him at work. He is truly a God worthy of all our praise. Please pray for the people specifically mentioned in this story along with the township of Humansdorp that God will move in ways that these people will know that it is no one but God.
Aw… That was such a God-filled day… I wrote a blog about Jane, but I don’t think it ever got posted. Unfortunately, I can’t remember how to write one lol… But I will never forget that day… You were such a great encouragement to me that day Bitty!