Last year I lived in burundi (Africa), and one of the things that amazed me was just realizing how huge God is. That I could travel to the other side of the world and he is there. God is God all over the world, and God is moving all over the world. I recieved an email from a guy I worked with in Burundi in regards to a team of African evangelists they had trained and sent throughout Burundi.Here it is:
I've just received a report about what the twenty three groups of Harvest for
Christ evangelists got up to. Ten in each team, they went to fourteen unreached
areas, and had a massive impact. I know some reports tend to be quite
evangelastic(!) in terms of exaggerated numbers, but I assure you these guys are
the real deal. I'll just translate Onesphore's summary:
From our door-to-door visiting and outreach, 15,890 people believed and
prayed to receive Christ, including 47 witchdoctors and 16 Muslims. We burnt
talismans and objects of witchcraft in 49 families. There were 45 miraculous
healings, including 4 mentally ill and 11 demon-possessed people. 8 couples on
the verge of divorce repented and want to make their marriages work. 2 people
about to commit suicide were talked out of it. 308 people were trained for
follow-up in different churches.
He goes on:A famous witchdoctor at Ijenda, Joselyne, gave her life to
Christ. Her sister refused to believe, but brought over the demon-possessed
neighbour. The latter hadn't eaten for three days, and Joselyne's sister
challenged the believers:"If you heal this girl, I'll know that you are
serving the one true God.God duly healed the girl, and 21 people (including
the sister) promptly gave their lives to Christ. Elsewhere a group of
evangelists were arrested and taken to prison. One lad whilst in his cell led
two people to Christ! Another team were beaten up, but continued preaching.
That's just a sample. You get the idea! Praise God!
Its good to be reminded that we serve a Global God. The Church is doing amazing things all around the world by God's grace. What a privelage to be part of it.
God Bless
Aaron
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Hey Aaron so awesome to hear about the things you are passionate about and the amazing works that our God is doing all over the world. It is something to be challenged by.
Oh and Fraser now you know that atleast one person has read ur blogs.
xoxo Amy Grace.
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