Teams are a wonderful gift GOD gives to the mission field to build up, encourage, support, strengthen, refresh and on and on I can go. Some teams can impact, some teams are impacted. Generally we have teams that do both and nothing can be said more for the Team we had in December/January.
They truly encompassed and reflected what missions here with A Greater Hope can be.
They Shared Jesus.
They saw a miracle.
They helped with salvations.
They built relationships.
They loved.
They supported.
and
They fell in Love.
There is a great LIE that is being shared even within the “Christian Circle” today, that teams are a part of a problem.
When a team shares the love of Christ to an unsaved people
they are not!
a part of the problem.
So I share with you
Stories from the World Race team “Lumes”
This month, we were blessed to have a team from the World Race come and join us at the school and the orphanage. Their presence was a tremendous encouragement to our kids and staff, and they had many amazing stories of how the LORD worked through their time here. The team really encouraged our kids to get out into the village and share the Good News. These are just some of the stories they experienced during their time with us:
Christi: “I will never forget watching a woman denounce Satan and declare Jesus over her life, throwing her bracelet to the ground. I’ll never forget a whole family receiving their Lord and Savior and watching my team’s faces of joy as they excitedly told me what the Holy Spirit had done through their human hands. I will absolutely never forget a woman’s tumor shrinking underneath my praying healing hands. How could I?”
Chantai: “It’s been crazy to see how much he loves and wants people set free. One of the most memorable times for me was when I prayed for a woman to be delivered of the spirit of death and I watched and felt the evil leave her. Later on Ream let me know that she threw away all of her idols and all of her things associated with her old life and witch craft.”
Enrica: “My first highlight this month is being able to witness how the Lord is truly evident everywhere you look in this ministry. It is so beautiful seeing how well the children take care and love one another so well. They are so encouraging in their faith and it is so uplifting to see the way that they serve and uplift Christ daily.”
Melissa: “One of my favorite moments of being at A Greater Hope was definitely Christmas morning with the kids. Their joy, smiles, and excitement in every little bit of that day was such a blessing to be a part of. I loved watching them light up. I didn’t even really know them then, but seeing the joy on their faces is something I will never forget.”
Kelly: “[AGHO is] a place where the love is as plentiful as the rice and the smiles are as real as the true love of a Father. These kids may be orphans, but they’re so loved here. The Lord’s love saturates this place; the kids, you as our hosts, the staff- you’re all as much of an example to me as you are to each other in showing His great love right alongside your greater hope.
On
house visit, we spoke with two sisters, both married, both concerned and distraught, ashamed even by their inability to become pregnant. An NGO had previously come and given them birth control pills, and they were scared that taking the pills for a short amount of time years ago had made them sterile for life. They were liberated as we told them that wasn’t the case, that they still had a chance. They were intrigued as we told them about the ovulation cycle, that it would be best to individually track their cycles, that there’s an ideal time to conceive to improve the chances of a baby. We prayed over them as we gave them hope in the form of information. Education can be a miracle in itself.”
Anna: “A lie that I believed was that I am undereducated, and although it’s true that I haven’t finished my degree yet, I have been feeling that I need to otherwise I would never be “good” at anything. But after talking with you, Ream, and Sdoung, you helped me understand that God uses “undereducated” people all the time for the Kingdom. Papa also “tough loved” me this month as I call it. He reminded me that it’s not about me, it will never be. And that I have been looking inward instead of upward. How easy it is to have things get messed up when we take our eyes off the Lord.”
If you are interested in learning more about the World Race, you can find their information here: https://www.worldrace.org/
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