Awakening to a beautiful morning in Maltagalpa. Even the
roosters were excited to face a new day at about 4 am this morning.
Yesterday began with worship, prayer and a devotion from
Acts chapter 3. We realized a fresh that
Peter and John were just ordinary people like us, but when they spoke the Name
of Jesus with faith and empowered by the Holy Spirit extraordinary things took
place. We left for our assignments
believing Holy Spirit could work the same miracles through us.
In closing our morning time together, Dr. Salinas, one of
our Nicaraguan doctors shared at time, that his mother was a very Godly
woman. When he was a young doctor full
of confidence in science, early one morning, someone knocked on the door of his
home screaming for their son was in extreme pain. When he answered and asked how he could help
them, the people said, "we are not looking for you, but your mother, we
want the servant of the Lord."
After his mother prayed for the boy, he was healed of a brain
tumor. Dr. Salinas then said, "that
day, I received Christ as my Savior and I have been diligent to be filled with
God science ever since." Yes, our
God is a miracle working God who flows through ordinary people yielded to Him.
Our first day of clinics started with a bit of a
surprise. Usually, we are in a church
that has a decent size room and maybe one other room. Well....since the new Foursquare church here,
is a pastor's living room, we found ourselves spread out in 3 homes in a
neighborhood. Once we figured out how to
function separated into three teams, we were able to treat 198 patients.
One difference we noted quite quickly was the emotion the
people were exhibiting in the prayer area.
Many bared their hearts and we saw more free flowing tears than any
towns we have been to before. Such a
sweet spirit moved in our midsts.
We'll be back in the exact same locations today with
great anticipation.
During dinner, which by the way at this little hotel is
delicious, we were paid a wonderful compliment.
Bismarck, one of our interpreters, said, "I get so excited when the
Grace Covenant teams are coming. When I
am with the teams from Grace Covenant, I go home with greater faith. I grow with you." What a nice ending to a day.
Blessings on your day,
The team
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