What a week we have had!! Many people have chosen the follow Christ and start a new relationship with Him. God has gone ahead of this week and prepared many people's heart's to receive Him a new. We have again made new friendships with the team members from Texas and have enjoyed the company of North Americans for a time. I participated in the dental clinic on Monday and was amazed at all the equipment required to do dental work. It was equally amazing to see how the Lord provided in time of need and how others were so willing to step in and give when necessary. Monday we treated over 20 people with cleanings, extractions, and fillings. It was of course hard to see the little ones having to get their teeth pulled but with the help of anesthesia it went okay. The North American dentist was joined down here by a Nicaragua young lady dentist named Helen. She was very skilled in what she could do and was also very patient and willing to do what most dentists in the states I would say would not be willing to do. Tuesday I participated in the fiesta's and was able to share with several grandmas and great grandmas. We were in a community of the very poor and medical needs were high. I pray that in time God will send a team to help them with their medical needs. Mostly the needs were visible in the older ladies which was interesting. I wonder as a non-doctor what it is in that community that is harming only the older ladies and not the younger ones. We were able to discover what medicine has helped some in the past and are planning on making that purchase for them in Leon and delivering it to them next week. Among all the acitivities going on with the different groups each day there was a women's conference, pastor's conference, youth conference, dental clinic, fiesta's and the evenings are filled with the crusade.
It was my first time seeing a crusade last night. I was amazed at the stage they were able to set up and the enormous amount of speakers and sound they can create in an open field. Many, many people came last night. The estimate was about 1700 people. At one point in the evening all the sound lost power. We waited around for awhile to see what would happen. My understanding was that the electric didn't have enough watts to run all the sound equipment. I wondered if they were going to have to give up on the evening. The people from the churches that help to run the crusade all wore white shirts so they could be visible to all. While the sound was not working they gathered as a group and prayed. There were close to 50 people in white shirts. After they finished praying they began to walk around the field of the crusade. I really didn't understand why. I finally asked a friend of mine about it and why they kept walking around the field in a circle. Her explanation was absolutely amazing. They had decided they were going to use the power of God to fix the problem and where walking around the field like the Isrealites did when they walked around Jericho.
After they had walked around the field seven times do you know what happened???????????
The sound came back on and worked for the rest of the evening. What an amazing testimony of the amount of faith the people have down here to rely on God when things go wrong. I was so humbled by their faith.
There are two more nights of the crusade and then the team is planning to head back to the states. They have given so much of their time and their effort has been fruitful and God has blessed them. We are grateful once again for all that God has down here before the team arrived and all that He has done while they were here. To God be the Glory!!!
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