Update from DR Trip, Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Yesterday was a travel day. Today was our first day out in the community sharing the gospel. At least 30 people came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior today.
My day began with Matthew 9:27-29 in my personal devotions. This is the account of Jesus healing two blind men. After we prayed as a group, an 82 year old man who lives accross the street named Gabriel asked us to pray for him. When we asked what he needed prayer for, he said that he was having trouble with his eyes. So we prayed -- and then went out. It was the beginning of a day "themed by the Lord". We then shared with a woman who was spiritually blind. No matter what we said, she didn't see. The Lord opened the next man's eyes spiritually and he received the Lord. After he accepted the Lord we asked how we could pray for him. He said he was having trouble with his eyesight -- so we prayed for him. In the afternoon, we saw a couple sitting playing a game. We began to share with them. They were not Christians. The man told us that he had just been telling the woman with him about a dream he had where he was preaching to a group of people who had drug and alcohol problems. He said that the Lord showed him that people who are blind to the truth are people who don't want to see. He knew the Lord was calling him into ministry; but he was confused. He said there were so many churches that he didn't know what to believe. We shared the gospel with him from the word. He and the woman with him prayed to receive the Lord and they desire further training in the word of God. On the way back we met a group of people -- shared the gospel with them and five men came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. We asked how we could pray for them. The woman who was sitting with them was a Christian. She asked if we could pray for her son. He was about 9 years old. When we asked was was the problem she told us that he had trouble with his sight since he was born. We asked him if he believed that God could heal him. We laid hands on him and prayed for him. Afterward we asked if he could see better. Praise the Lord, he said his vision was better -- that he was seeing better. The Lord is doing awesome things. Please keep praying. There are so many more details of how the Lord is working -- using us, in spite of us, for His glory!

Tomorrow we'll be on the mountain again -- sharing the gospel house to house.