Breakthrough!

I have continued to see breakthrough in Shituru in so many ways my mind is blown away. First of all to finally see some fruit with the men. There have been 3 men notorious for always being drunk and all sorts of other sins begin to come to our meetings perfectly sober and explain to me and pastor Kabamba that they know they have been living sinful lives but now desire to change. Just yesterday I saw 2 of these men who generally would be racing off to the bars at that time of night remain after the service just to enjoy each others company and provide an accountability so that neither of them fell to temptation and went to the bars to get drunk. I really believe that just these few men’s commitment o change can and will change the entire area pole pole as they say here (little by little).

A little over a week ago Pastor Kabamba and I met a family in Shituru who requested us to come because their daughter was sick. As it turned out the daughter declared that she loved sin and witchcraft and had no intentions of changing her life. The doctors had found nothing wrong with Gracia and had suggested to the mother that the problem must have something to do with witchcraft. Pastor Kabamba explained to the girl that she must be willing to repent before God would deliver her. The mother was so moved by our encouragement that she decided to make our church her home church since she hadn’t been a faithful member anywhere for years. On our next visit it was clear the aliment had gotten worse and Gracia was having a change of heart. She looked ashamed as her mother explained to us her love of sin whereas before she seemed proud of it. She expressed to us that she had been doing soul searching and realizing something was missing from her life. The pastor told her to take the weekend to think it over and be prepared to confess and renounce her sins on Monday if she wanted to get saved. We came back Monday and with tears in her eyes she recounted to us all of her sinful actions of theft, prostitution, witchcraft, and various other things. She said she wanted to leave it all behind her and become a child of God. After reading scriptures she prayed a prayer of salvation and was set free from her demonic illness. Our God is so powerful and wonderful!

In continuing with miraculous stories my passport is back already! Not only that but it is for 5 years instead of 2 so God has really me! I am free to live in Congo full time. I am now planning a trip back to the US in February. Thank you so much for your prayers!