This past week I was in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, here in India, an area where there is less than .1% Christians. There were lots of amazing things including a couple of put delivered from demons. We had a medical clinic and one of the pastors said that they had lots of reports that within two days many people experienced healing (whether God worked apart from or through the medicine, we don't know - but either way He worked). The gospel was proclaimed to over 3000 people. Several local pastors said that within a couple of days people were calling and asking where they were meeting this week so that they could attend church.
There were many stories to share, but let me share this one:
Al Wilson, our team leader was in a village on Tuesday and some people brought a young lady named Suman to a platform in the center of the village. Suman was partially paralyzed. They asked Al to pray for her and about 50 people gathered around. He was praying and asking God what to do or say. He was hoping God would say something about what he should say or do so that she would be healed. He became very emotionally invested. After about 10 minutes of waiting on God, God gave him a word to share with the villagers. As he began to share he started crying. Then he shared that he thought God wanted them to know that this young girl should be the most beloved in the village. The girl responded as they were leaving with great difficulty that she just wanted to die.
On Wednesday we had the medical camp in that same area. The young girl came to the medical camp. Al was able to sit and share the gospel with her with the help of a translator. It's difficult for her to speak, but everything that they said, she repeated. When they shared how to pray a prayer again she repeated everything.
Al thought, if she's repeating everything, maybe she doesn't really understand. So they asked her what she thought. She said, "Jesus is Lord. Hallelujah!"
He said that her countenance was totally changed and he told her that her life wasn't meaningless. She can pray and her heavenly father would hear her and work. Then the interpreter had to go and he sat and held her hand for a little while. When he let go and went to grab her bag again she reached to grab his hands.
The doctors saw her and talked to her family who actually brought some films. It turns out that she has a tumor at the base of her brain. The American doctor was telling Al and I at dinner that night that her prognosis wasn't very good. I reminded them that after today, her eternal prognosis was great.
On Thursday night the pastor for that area said that because of the love shown to their daughter, the parents too have now put their faith in Christ and are now followers of Jesus!
There were many stories to share, but let me share this one:
Al Wilson, our team leader was in a village on Tuesday and some people brought a young lady named Suman to a platform in the center of the village. Suman was partially paralyzed. They asked Al to pray for her and about 50 people gathered around. He was praying and asking God what to do or say. He was hoping God would say something about what he should say or do so that she would be healed. He became very emotionally invested. After about 10 minutes of waiting on God, God gave him a word to share with the villagers. As he began to share he started crying. Then he shared that he thought God wanted them to know that this young girl should be the most beloved in the village. The girl responded as they were leaving with great difficulty that she just wanted to die.
On Wednesday we had the medical camp in that same area. The young girl came to the medical camp. Al was able to sit and share the gospel with her with the help of a translator. It's difficult for her to speak, but everything that they said, she repeated. When they shared how to pray a prayer again she repeated everything.
Al thought, if she's repeating everything, maybe she doesn't really understand. So they asked her what she thought. She said, "Jesus is Lord. Hallelujah!"
He said that her countenance was totally changed and he told her that her life wasn't meaningless. She can pray and her heavenly father would hear her and work. Then the interpreter had to go and he sat and held her hand for a little while. When he let go and went to grab her bag again she reached to grab his hands.
The doctors saw her and talked to her family who actually brought some films. It turns out that she has a tumor at the base of her brain. The American doctor was telling Al and I at dinner that night that her prognosis wasn't very good. I reminded them that after today, her eternal prognosis was great.
On Thursday night the pastor for that area said that because of the love shown to their daughter, the parents too have now put their faith in Christ and are now followers of Jesus!
