After a great week of fellowship with our friends Joshua and Kelly Steeper from Canada, it was time to get down to business! Yesterday we conducted our first day mission in one of the areas where there is already a house group set up. We worked with two friends from Vida Abundante, the church here in Tuxtla. Their names are Javier (worship leader) and Oscar (house group leader). We also went out with a sister who lives in the area called Amada ('Beloved' in English). She was responsible for making appointments so that we could visit people at their homes. Four appointments were made. We could only visit two houses due to a lack of time but the people we couldn't see came to the house group later that night. At the first home we met a lady called Les and another called Rosie. They both gave their lives to Christ. It was a very emotional time. They both wept as we told them of the love of God and prayed for them. Amada knows them so she and another sister will be visiting them this week. They were both encouraged to come to the house group in their area and join us at the Sunday celebration. We later went to another place also in the same area of a young woman called Reina ('Queen' in English). She had admitted to Amada previously that she had seen the "santa muerte" (the key figure in a Mexican cult) so we felt that she would need deliverance in Jesus name. We shared the Gospel with her and she received the Lord with great joy. I then asked her to renounce this cult and get rid of any items connected with it, which she did. I asked her to look at this little golden statue while I asked the statue to say something or move, but nothing happened. Reina understood that our Lord is the real thing: the living God! Both Amada and the other brothers in the area will be visiting the new converts this week so that we do not only have believers of Christ but disciples of Christ!
I had been asked to share a word at the house group and although we were a little bit late, we all arrived at the same time. The hosts were a family who already know the Lord. There were about 16 people including children. I shared on the love of God as the key to family life. I then felt the Holy Spirit wanted us to pray for healing and that He also wanted me to teach people how to do so in faith. It was a very emotional time as people presented their requests before God. A man with a fractured shinbone got healed and started walking. One lady who was blind in one eye and suffered from sharp pain in the affected area recovered her sight. All these things were done in Jesus name. I encouraged everyone to lay hands on each other and taught them about ministering healing and deliverance in Jesus name. We saw God moving and there was great rejoicing! Afterwards we all ate and made fun of my Spanish accent from Spain. I love them though!!
Today I will be interpreting for Samantha, my beloved wife (her Spanish is very good but for now I may need to do so) as she ministers at the center on worship and movement. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we'll be meeting some friends to plan and improve what we are doing, and pray. Thursday, Friday and Saturday we will also be evangelising other areas of the city.
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