YFC

So the week has passed…wow, the first month back has passed!

Meanwhile, I’m finding various places of belonging, but know that it will still be a while before I am fully settled and make more friends.


Because I want to and because it is the passion in my heart… I have committed every Thursday to being with a group of young leaders from Youth For Christ. They’re outstanding and I know these will be the guys I run with. They’re hungry for more of God and will do what it takes to get Him. When I gave a challenge of cultivating a life of deeper intimacy with Jesus, the guys responded by committing to calling each other every morning at 5am to pray and seek the Lord for an hour! Two weeks ago I spoke on Sunday night about more of the same, but how intimacy with our Father lets us bring the Kingdom in really fun and cool ways. Before I spoke I asked God if He wanted to do anything. I saw a picture of someone’s right leg. Just as I was finished talking I was reminded of the leg and asked anyone if they had a problem. A woman in the 2nd row raised her hand so I asked anyone who had faith to see her healed to come up and help pray. She explained that she had pain from the top of her hip to the bottom of her foot. So we prayed. Moments later she was 60% better. Not satisfied to let her go, I had her sit down and held her foot in my hand and just asked God to heal it. Then she stood up and started dancing around. She then explained that she has had pain for the last 10 years! She was also the mom of one of the girls I see on Thursdays, and I could tell that Lola was ready to start seeing God move more. We all started singing, again, then another lady came up to Freddy and I and said that she had pain in her right ear. There was a painful buzzing that had been there for a few weeks. So we started praying again but nothing was happening. Then I felt the Lord remind me that it’s His love that heals us. So I had Lola come over and whisper in her ear “Jesus loves you” in Kirundi. She kept repeating it over and over, then suddenly the ear popped open and everyone celebrated. So that was fun!