When Victor and I went to the city to check on the cement bricks for my house, we had an opportunity to share the gospel with the owner of the business. Suddenly he had an emergency, and had to leave quickly. I was going to leave because I didn't want to preach at the business without the owner's consent (but the Holy Spirit was nudging me to share the gospel). Then the Holy Spirit said to me, 'Don't cheat Me'. I knew what that meant. So, we preached to all the workers. One, a muslim, walked away, but the other 6 gave their lives to Jesus. Another started laughing while he and others were praying to commit their lives to Jesus. We rebuked him, and told him that if he doesn’t repent of the wickedness in his heart, he’ll have no part in heaven or the kingdom. One of the men that just got saved looked at him and said, “He has an evil spirit, he didn’t mean what he prayed. He doesn't want to receive Jesus”. Then, we worshiped right there and ministered to the new believers. After, we found out that the workers stopped working that day because they hadn’t gotten paid in a while. Victor and I took the opportunity to teach them about being servants of God (and about loving one another). We worked with one of the other workers to do their job of shoveling all of the sand out of the sand truck. The sand is used to make the cement blocks. (At our center things work differently. The workers keep working when the finances aren’t there on paydays and even many days after. The workers at our center are Christians, with hearts for the Lord and His work, so they continue to work as “volunteers in the day of His power”. It’s a whole different mindset and heart attitude but the workers at our center are true servants of God).
Last Friday, a small team of us rode bicycles to Utimuile Village. Coming back it’s nearly a 45 minute ride mostly up hill. Many children gave their lives to Jesus (that was exciting). The Lord did something new in that we spent most of our time in people’s homes. A lady, whom the Lord healed of pain two weeks ago, took us to her house. There we prayed for her mother, who was unsaved and frequented witchdoctors for back pains. The mother was never healed by their witchcraft. Many women have back pains from carrying heavy loads. But, this is how they get water, food and wood to survive. To tell them not to carry heavy things is like telling you not to work and use automobiles, trains, etc. When the team prayed, the Lord took away nearly all the pain in the mother’s back. The team was encouraged since two weeks ago, people were healed of other things but no one was healed of back pain. The mother gave her life to Jesus. After that, another lady gave her life to the Lord. And then, another. As we were trying to leave the village, a few people stopped us to ask us pray for them because they heard there were people in their village that pray for people. We were called to pray for a blind lady who believed in Jesus. Her healing didn’t manifest right then, but we were encouraged to seek the Lord more and ask for Him to make His glory and truth known in the village of Utimuile.
I enjoyed watching the rest of the team of locals such as Foster, Victor and Fiel minister to people at their homes. The Lord is definitely spreading a passion for His presence in our hearts, and it’s being seen as we minister out of a love for Jesus. Just a note: As a team, we focus on the presence of the Lord and drawing people’s hearts to their First Love. But, in having His heart we contend to see His will done in signs, wonders, healings and miracles.
I also thank the Lord because in different areas many muslims are being saved. Many politely listen but refuse to accept Jesus as their Savior, but even these groups have been at peace with us. In other areas of Mozambique, there are adverse responses when Christ is continually preached in mainly muslim communities.
Continue to pray with us that the glory of God comes heavily upon Lichinga, and that believers will rise up to do the work of the Lord in Lichinga.
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