Last week we did a bunch of evangelism which is always awkward when you don't speak the language, but fortunately we did have translators most of the time which made it a little bit easier. I am still not a huge fan of approaching random strangers and asking them if they want to know about God . . . it's really not my style! I know I know all thinking what a shocking revelation that just was! Why wouldn't Leah enjoy approaching strangers and sharing the gospel with them?!?!?! Well I will reiterate for those of you who still can't believe it: I do not enjoy evangelism! However I do like it better here in Mexico than I did in Perth simply because the people are far more friendly and open than people in Australia. In one month in Australia going out on evangelism 2 times a week we only saw 4 people come to Christ! Here is Mexico City we get at least 4 every time we go out! On Sunday a our church here Iglesia Cristiana de Bethesda went with us to do evangelism. There were about 50 of us who went out for 1 hour and we saw 57 people come to Christ! It was actually ridiculous! It has been like that every time so far. It is incredible how God has been moving on hearts here in Mexico. People are ready and willing to hear about Jesus and what He has done for them. After being here for 3 and a half weeks we have led more than 100 people to the Lord! It is crazy and definitely a miracle for a first wave of a Megacities project!
And that is definitely not the only miracle! On Saturday night we went to a place called San Miguel which is filled with altars worshipping and celebrating Santa Muerte (Saint Death). It is a cult that at in the Catholic church, but they have now excommunicated it. It is a cult that is running rampant in Mexico City and has many people deceived. This area of our region Azcapotzalco is really into Saint Death so we knew it was going to be a hard region to go into. We spent a lot of time in intercession prior to going, but we were still shocked and amazed by what happened and how God moved. When we were there we performed that drama we have been working on for weeks and it was really powerful. We also shared testimonies and a sermon and saw probably 30 people come to Christ. But even that wasn't the biggest miracle! At the end we had an amazing time of praying for those who asked for prayer. During that time a little 9-year girl in a wheelchair come forward asking for prayer. We prayed for healing over this girl who had never walked before in her life and by the end of the night she was walking! It was such a miracle and we are all still in shock and awe of what happened! On Friday night we are going to a hospital to pray for people who are sick, so hopefully God will continue to move and we will see more healings!
Now finally for the miracle that hit the closest home for me! It is tempting to not share this story since I know my parents read this and they are probably not going to be very impressed with me! On Wednesday night last week our team went to see Avatar in 3D at some movie theatre here in Azcapotzalco. The movie was alright, but the experience was fun! Anyhow the movie didn't start until 9 and it is a 3 hour movie so it was super late by the time we were finished and all slightly delirious with exhaustion! Well in my exhaustion I found out later that my wallet fell out of my purse sometime during our time at the theatre and I didn't notice. Because I didn't need my wallet for several days after the movie it took several days to realize that my wallet was not in my possession. It didn't have much money in it, but it had pretty much everything else: bank card, credit card, driver's licence, card card, SIN card, absolutely EVERYTHING! I was slightly stressed out when I found out it was gone since I am in Mexico after all and my wallet had already been gone for several days. Everyone on my team started praying immediately that it would be found unharmed. I didn't even really know for sure where it disappeared so the situation seemed rather hopeless. However the pastor's son works near the movie theatre so he said he would stop in to see if it was there, but having grown up in Mexico he said there was pretty much no chance my wallet was there. Even if it had fallen out at the movie theatre and some one found it, they would probably just take it, not turn it in! So I was trying to remain hopeful and believe that God had the power to protect my wallet until we got to it, but the situation was looking dismal! So Monday night after a long hard day I was relaxing in our room when suddenly one of my leaders bounded up the 4 flights of stairs to our room and told me to put my shoes on. I was super confused and asked where I was going and he said I was going to get my wallet from the movie theatre; it had been found! Needless to say I was super excited! When I got there and picked up my wallet I discovered the little money I had in there was gone (not that I really care) but all of my ID was there, and both my credit card and bank card were still untouched where I had left them in the wallet! It was seriously a miracle! Since then I have had even more Mexicans tell me how amazing it was that I got my wallet back! They were in shock that it came back basically untouched in Mexico of all places! All I have to say is God is moving in Mexico and performing both huge miracles like healing little girls and smaller personal miracles like bringing my wallet back safe!
So God is seriously moving! He is hearing and answering our prayers and yours, so please keep praying! As always please please pray for health for our team. This is an area the enemy is attacking us big time! This week we had one girl on our team pick up tonsilitis, one girl dislocate her shoulder, and our leader have huge stomach pain! So prayers for health and healing are so vital! Please keep praying! We really need and covet your prayers! We have lots going on here for the rest of this week and into next week. Lots of kids ministry which is fun, lots of worship and evangelism, and on Sunday I will be giving my first ever sermon in front of a whole church! Crazy! So pray for our ministry because we need it and definitely keep praying for energy because we need that too; our schedule is crazy!
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