October 27, 2012

Today we did Say No to Hunger again.  Last time they had combined two groups into one for the day, but this time we just had the one, a small group of about 10 kids.  Some of our team did a lesson on the armor of God for the kids, it was pretty funny.  The interns have been teaching this group things like - I am special, I am valuable...  It's neat to see them so eager to learn, and so excited to hear that they are worth so much to God, and to us.  This picture shows the makeshift armor.  It was funny, but you use what you can.  I personally liked the baseball bat sword.  :)  We fed the kids again and then headed out.

In the afternoon, half the team went back to Kampala for more street ministry, and I stayed back at the base and our group met with the teens again from last week.  We wanted to do a follow up and see how things were going since their experience with Holy Spirit last time.  A couple people from our team shared some thoughts, then we briefly took them into small groups to talk more.  The first girl who shared with us was very talkative and told us all sorts of awesome stories about her week!  She told us she used to be a problem kid (which was later confirmed by the interns who know her) and how now she is doing good and being nicer to everyone!  The finniest part was when she said, "I used to only be able to pray for 2 hours, now I can pray for 5!!"  We were blown away by that, not too many of us can even pray for 2 hours!  She was so thrilled with her new relationship to Holy Spirit, it was awesome to see her excitement and passion.  I think that girl could be a preacher!

Another Crusade night.  I went into this one with a dehydration style headache coming on, so I was pretty miserable with all the loudness.  This was the night of the biggest most tangible miracle we saw though.  A crippled girl crawled up on stage, she seemed to walk on her hands and feet, totally doubled over.  I looked and saw that her foot was twisted up and curled inward.  Chris prayed for her and told her to stand up and walk across the stage.  She did it!  She was staggering, but what do you expect for someone who has never walked upright?  I watched her feet and saw that twisted foot straighten out!!  That was crazy amazing!! The smile on her face was so big as she walked back and forth, back and forth!  The crowd was going wild, obviously they knew this girl, knew her handicap, and were seeing an awesome miracle!