Zona Norte Street Healings..............................

Ok so for those of you that have just joined viewing my Blog I want to fill you in.................

So Zona Norte is the area in Tijuana, Mexico right at the border of the USA, where the Deportees all sleep rough, there are families, women, children and men who are all living on the streets and who have nothing, and I mean nothing!! 

They don't have any government financial support or provision for food, clothes or medical provision, the only things they are given is food by the local churches and us.  

Ok lets get to the crazy stories.....................................

First my friend  who lives at the YWAM base with me, Raly, from Nigeria, last week she prayed for a man who is a deportee, he had really bad eyesight and couldn't see much at all. He would wear glasses and couldn't read, Raly offered to pray for his eye sight to be healed, to which he said "yes" too!! She prayed, nothing changed, she prayed again and nothing happened. During the week she continued to pray for his eyesight to return. So this Wednesday when we arrived at Zona Norte to feed to People, she saw the man, he didn't have his glasses on and Raly asked him how is your sight? He said that he can see 100% and that he can now read his bible and doesn't need to wear his glasses anymore, yeahhhhh God is good!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Next, a guy who has lived in Zona Norte for a couple of years, who I have known since last year, got his hand smashed up by a truck, the back of his whole hand was smashed up, skin broken, tendons broken, he went to hospital and had it stitched but it was a very bad job, he showed me his injury and it was so badly infected it was white, yellow, swollen and very bad, I felt very sick. 

As he is living on the streets he had no way of keeping it clean or his bandages clean either. So I asked if me and a friend could pray for him, he said "yes" so we did. Anyway we left and the next week  he came up to Raly, (as I couldn't go to Zona Norte that week), showed her his hand, it had scared up and the infection was gone. He was able to have movement in his fingers as he couldn't do before!!! 

God does  this stuff for real, its amazing!!

So I was leading the prayer walk in the red light district in Tijuana this week, there were 6 of us walking and praying for the women and Children who work in the red light area, also we pray for the men, the bouncers, doormen and the punters. 

We got to a street corner before we entered a street full of drug use and sex being sold, I felt like we needed to pray for Joy, that we would know the Joy of the lord with us and that we can take that pure, unselfish Joy into that place with us, we also prayed for people to be drawn to us for prayer and encouragement. As soon as we stopped praying we turned to cross the street and a man came up behind us with a guitar and was playing a really joyful song!! haa haa we laugh and continued walking and he followed us whilst he was playing and singing stills, so we walk this long street and we told him we didn't have any money but he didn't mind and just walked with us. 

We stopped walking and talked with him, he started to play a worship song in the middle of the street singing and playing, it was so funny many people were stopping to listen and look. It was so fun, we got to pray for him and prayed blessings on him, he was happy when he left!! God answers prays!!!

Its all about Identity and Intimacy....................

So just something I am wanting to share, you know when you learn something and you want everyone to know it too well this is one of them moments.............................

For the last few weeks in the DTS school the students have been learning about Intimacy with God, Fear of God and this week The Holy Spirit! We strive through life and have all these questions, doubts, fears, insecurities, questions and worries......... but you know what we don't need to have these attached to our lives we can live a life free of this and actually life in the freedom that God has promised us.

So your thinking "what the heck?" Well this is what its about............. God is in the trinity right and there is 3 in 1, God the father, God the son and God the Holy Spirit, so that is what Gods roles are, ok so the next step is to know our role and response to that. So our response to God the Father is to know our identity as a Son and Daughter of the creator of the earth, this is hugh and I know your probably thinking ... well that's quite a big thing to get your head around and yeah it is but ASK God and he will bring revelation to you of who He is and how he sees you as His Child, He adores you, cherishes you, delights in you and is so loving towards you. It says in the bible 

Matt 7 v 11, How much more will your father in heaven give good gifts to His children if we ask!! 

It's a challenge to us to step out and ask Him but believe me He does give incredible gifts, I was so scared of stepping out and asking for people to sponsor me as our culture is very much that we should be self sufficent, but I knew God called me into missions, so I stepped out came and he has provided the finance for me to do this, through others!!

Ok So our second response to God the Son is to know Jesus as a lover................ ok so some of you are freaking out right now and thinking that's a bit twisted hey?!! But it is about Intimacy on a emotional/spiritual level, closeness, really knowing someone on a personal level, longing to show that person everything you see in your day and sharing, spending time with and growing in a deep relationship. When we desire Jesus like this and long to spend time with Him and in His presence it brings freedom from fears, worries, insecurities and all that other rubbish stuff! This is where we start to understand our real true Identity that we were created for!! This is the most amazing, freeing revelation I have had and I know that this is who I am called to be as I have never felt this secure and content in my life ever!!

The 3rd response to the Holy Spirit is our ministry, this is our service and how we are to people around us, are we loving, caring, compassionate, serving and accepting to others. This is how we are called to be and it is through knowing God, Jesus and the holy spirit, having our Identity in Him and longing for intimacy with Him that we can live freely and loving towards everyone we meet!!