.hope.in.a.stranger.

On Thursday we had the opportunity to go to a church and do door to door ministry. They said we would be handing out tracks and asking people if they needed prayer. This was something new to me just because we don’t really do that in the states. We were divided up into three groups and a couple of the people from the church joined each group. My group consisted of Jason and Miles.

The first couple of houses we went to, we just prayed for health, financial breakthrough, and for safety among the family. We probably went to a total of fifteen houses in about three hours. There were a couple of people that we prayed for that really stuck out to me. One lady had five kids and two of them had boils on their bodies. We prayed for them to be healed and for the mother as well. Another home we visited was a couple. The man had meningitis and had no strength. He had been to the hospital a week earlier. We prayed for healing for this man as well. Although we were able to pray with many people and so many were willing to have us into their homes and let us pray for their needs, there was one that really stuck out to me. We met a woman by the name of Grace.

That day, those minutes would literally change the course of her life. Grace initially just wanted prayer for her tuberculosis. We spent some time in prayer for her health and healing. The ladies from the church then spoke to her in Tagalog asking her about her family and other things. Grace went on to tell us that her husband was a drunkard and that one of her kids had recently been bitten by a dog an had to be taken to the hospital. As she spilled her heart, it became evident that her family was suffering and because of her physical condition she had not been to church in over a year. I felt the strong urge to pray for her again, but waited to say something as the ladies were still talking. Grace went on and then told us through tears that she had been contemplating suicide by drinking a bottle of silver polish. It was shocking and heartbreaking and all that is in me hurt to see this beautiful young woman, mother, and wife who was in so much pain. We ended up spending a good amount of time in prayer for her. We prayed that she would experience freedom, love, peace, joy in life and joy in Christ. We wanted her to know how much she was worth and how much God loved her despite everything!

A breakthrough came for her as we prayed and she told us that she felt like she had a new purpose to live that there was joy, which you could see on her face, and that she really wanted to get back to church no matter what it took. She said that God really loved her and that there was restoration! Praise God!

I am so thankful that despite the fact that I was exhausted and sick that day that my condition does not hinder the power of God and what He can do in a life!