Hello 🙂 We spent our last two weeks in the incredibly green and lush city of Karati with the Kikuyu tribe. It rained (POURED) each day we were there. These two weeks were totally different than the ones we spent with the Masaii in Tangitatu, but they were wonderful. We spent each day going door to door in the village to encourage believers, share the gospel with non believers,and to pray for the sick. I saw many come to Christ and realize the hope, joy, life, and restoration that come from a relationship with Him. I also had an amazing opportunity to work with a little girl named Elizabeth. Elizabeth was 10 years old and her parents told me she was "sick", but it became apparent right away that she had pretty severe autism. I was able to use my background in speech language pathology to explain to her mother why she acted the way she did and to teach her new techniques that would help her to communicate and to have relationships with those around her. It was really cool to be able to use my college degree for the glory of God!
Last week, I was able to pray over a boy who was deaf. He was 22 years old and had never heard a sound. While I was praying for Him, God gave me a vision of trumpets blowing into his ears. The mouthpiece of the trumpets said "The voice of God." I knew that even though this boy couldn't hear the people around him, he could hear clearly from the Lord.
Hearing from the Lord and listening have been two things that I have been learning about these past two weeks. "Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; Let the people renew their strength. Let them approach, then let them speak" Isaiah 41:1.
So often in my walk with the Lord, I had struggled with hearing from the Lord and knowing whether or not what I did hear was from Him. But then I realized how little time I spent actually intentionally listening for His voice. It has been to good to be able to spend that time listening and to hear from Him in new and exciting ways!
God is good, life is good 🙂
