Divine Encounters

My heart is so full of the joy of the Lord as I write this tonight! We went back to do evangelism to what is called Thapae Gate! It is the place where G has his bench.  Ria and I were so excited to meet with him again for the last time before we went to Fang! Last time we got to pray for him and were excited to see what more God could do through us! Ria and I split up but we both ended up getting to him, Ria was talking to him when I got there and telling him about how he can get out and how we want to help him, he was listening but I wasn't sure how he felt.  We told him about lighthouse ministries who helps rescue prostitutes out of brothels and get them out of the streets and bring them healing along with the love of Jesus. We told him he could help him and we shared God's heart for him and how much God loves him and see's his heart. We asked him about the dreams he had when he was a kid and he said "I don't ream I just wanted to be cool like the rest of the people."  What a heartbreaking fact that is, that we as humans are just searching for acceptance, we all have the desire to be loved and to be wanted and to "fit in". He then told us how he used to be an accountant and a receptionist and that he taught himself English so that he would be better at his job, but somehow the job had failed.  We encouraged him and said even though we were leaving we could talk to people that can come and get him out and that can help him find a job.  The next words he said were like music to my ears "If you are giving me this opportunity, I need to take it" We just kept saying yes! yes! we are going to help you! We are going to find you a job! We are going to come visit you after we come back from Fang! We got his phone number and are going to give it to Lighthouse Ministries so that they can work with him and find him a way out! He let us pray for him again and once again expressed his thankfulness to us and the ways his eyes lit up you could see how happy he was! I felt so blessed, even though we had been the ones to be a blessing I felt like I had been blessed by him, by hearing his story, by being his friend, I was blessed! I want to cry and laugh and shout and dance for Joy, I just praised God as I walked back to the market! For me this was worth the whole outreach, if I was able to help him get out of prostitution and into healing and eternal life and love with Jesus, I would be more than content! My heart is so happy and I just can't stop smiling! Please, please, please, join us in praying for G! Pray that God would continue to reveal himself to G, and that he would feel an outpouring of love from his Father God, and that Lighthouse Ministries would be able to find him a job where he is happy, safe, and appreciated! Do not underestimate the power of prayer, prayer changes things, your prayers can help change his life and bring him into the kingdom of God! I praise God for this Divine Encounter! 

Ria, G, & I