I think that God has a thing with the name Elizabeth because all of the Elizabeths I have met through our door to door experiences have been glowing with Gods love. The first Elizabeth I met was at Tangi Tatu, we came accross her plowing her songs bean field. She looked to be around 85. WE learned that her husband and son had died in the Election riots a few years back, and her other children rarely visited. The mere gact that people were even talking to her brought a smile to her face. Tears ran down as she explained she rarely got visitors, let alone white ones! We all laid hands on her to pray for her, and after asked if she was hungry. All she could do was lift her hands in the air. We took out our sack lunch as the entire team gave her food. She began to cry even more and pray. We couldn't understand what she was saying, but we knew she was shouting Gods glory. We all walked away with tears streaming down our face.
The second Elizabeth I came accrosss was at the second tribe we stayed at, Karati. It was a rainy day of doing door to door. We walked into a stick house, with a family of 9 crammed on a bench. One of the children went by the name of Elizabeth. We learned that she was 10 years old and was Autistic. She was moving back and forth, but was content. We prayed for her and her family, and while I don't know how much she actually understood, I glanced over only to see her smiling. It was in that moment that I knew God was present, and showing his love through this little girl.
The third Elizabeth I met was also at Karati. She was an older woman, proabably in her 70's. We met her at a door to door ministry day as well. She was beaming the second we walked over to her. She explained that she was a believer and we are all Gods children. After allowing us to pick what little corn she had, she roasted it for us as we talked about how Good God is. We told her we would see her again in Heaven, and she asked what our number was so we could get intouch there…we all had to laugh. She was again, GLOWING with Gods never ending joy. It was amazing to be apart of that.
Who knows what other Elizabeth's God will have me run into, but it has been amazing!
