I want to introduce you to my friend, her name is Carol, she is like 8 years old, she lives in Brasil and our friendship started off with her staring at me, so i smile, she just stares and makes a funny face sticks her tongue out and walks away haa ha ha. I knew this would be fun!! Anyway after some days we become friends and i start to see her heart and her longing for love and friendship!! We became good friends and hung out lots, she would run up for hugs and play hide and seek with me and her younger sister!! One day we were waiting to leave for somewhere but ended up waiting 2 hours so i had the guitar and was playing songs and singing on the steps, anyway Carol comes and sits with me, i was singing in English so she didn't understand but she just stayed there and listened, so i started to make up songs about her and how Jesus sees her and how she is precious to Him and how beautiful she is to Him. She sat and looked at me the whole time so i carried on and on singing truth over her, when i finished she put her head on my arm, hugged my arm, looked me in the eyes smiled and walked off with a peace in her eyes, i knew Jesus had spoken to her heart through the songs. Jesus is bigger than any words or language, its just about His love that has no bounds!!
This day we went to an old peoples home, this was the first time the home had ever let any christian people in to visit. We took in flowers for the ladies, and sang to them, however after we had sang our one song to this little precious lady, I couldn't leave she held my hand and kept asking me to stay with her, i didn't want to leave either.
So I called Pepe over so we could play and sing more songs to her, we sang for a long time, but Jesus was with us, His peace was there and a real calmness came over the little lady, we prayed for her and loved her. I love that we had this chance to be here and share Jesus with these precious men and women. We can do our part and Jesus just does the rest.
So one morning we went out to the streets to pray and do whatever Jesus asked of us, so i was with 4 others we stopped in the road and prayed "Jesus just show us who you want to talk to", as soon as we said this we turned around and this little lady was standing right in front of us looking at us, so i said hi!!
This was the beginning of a fun journey we had no idea about But Jesus did!! She asked us to her house to pray, we said yeah ok, but first she lead us to a hairdressers in the street, we went in met the man and got to pray for him and his business, then she lead us to her sisters family house there were about 10 people there we got to sing, and pray for all of them, then we finally got to her house.
Ohhh something i forgot to tell you is she has a huge tumor on her shoulder. Anyway we met her mum and her nieces and her brother. Now her brother doesn't talk to anyone and especially not Christians, he is heavily into Macumba which is witchcraft that is practiced a lot in Brasil. So we sang with them and prayed for the family and shared why were there, all this time the brother is out the back of the house, well she asks us to go out an pray for him, it felt a bit awkward, but we went and spoke to him just normal things and we were laughing, we asked to pray for him and he said ok i suppose, so we did and then left.
Anyway the next day i was sitting in the church hall we were staying in with Pepe, Ami and Elaine who lived there. Martha the lady walks up and asks to talk so we all start to talk she is saying things about her past and we start to talk truth to her and pray for her heart, as this is happening i turn to Pepe and say am i going crazy or is the tumor getting smaller, He replied yes its is. This was done in English and she doesn't know any English, at that time she said to Elaine that she feels movement in her shoulder!!! I was freakin out ha aha ha Jesus was just healing her as truth was being spoke to her and she was praying for brokeness to leave her heart!! Anyway a few days later Pepe saw her in the street and she was on the way back from the Dr's and the Dr's said that it has miraculously got smaller!! Praise God he is working and was just doing His things and we get to watch!!
Oh and one more amazing part was 2 more days later she came back to the church to see us and she said that her brother has become a christian and isn't going to be part of the witchcraft anymore and that he is changed!! I know Jesus did some much in just us meeting this one precious lady in the road and doing what the Holy Spirit lead us to do. I love God's journey is so full of fun and adventure!!!
These are just some of the amazing people i had the privileged of meeting in Brasil, i will share more in another blog!!
So when i was on outreach there were times that i was frustrated and thought oh we are not doing much, but God has been showing me that He will work through the people that are available to him, that those who are longing after his presence are going to see the supernatural things happen when you are being natural in loving the way Jesus asks and walking in His presence daily.
