DAY 4

day 4

God right now I feel as though I can understand this language. I am amazed by You. You turn the rain off then on, off then on again. The world is at your command. This man seems to know of You, but he dosent know You. Lord God heal him only so Your Glory can be shown. Save his life Father God spare his old soul. Izzy has placed his hand on the old mans heart. I believe he is telling him how important it is to know You personally by accepting you with his whole heart. The old man just looked up at me. Though blind, I felt he could see me. God if You don't heal him on this earth, then I have faith that You will save him, and make him new in the kingdom. I cry and plea for this man. I see his heart, but not as you do Lord. I'm standing here thinking of Your glory and what You've done. God your amazing, always on time, and forever mine. I have realized through this trip that You are calling me to search your scriptures. You want to show me great and mighty things.

- this was written by a member of our team. i think it shows the kind of hearts that God has placed on this mission. the comment tonite was made that we have these seperate groups from different parts of the country, that God has brought together and now there are no divisions, its one team that God has pulled together, each with different talents and abilities that God has used for his purposes. its such a the power of the spirt is so beautiful to witness and be apart of. i feel spoiled and have this amazing sence of joy, that i get to be aroud people with such a servents heart.

ive been told by those most experianced here in the amazon that "every trip is different. you will see different things and God works in many different ways." now being on my second trip i can see what that ment. last september i came with a team (many of which are also on this trip) to this same area and it was like harvest time. God chose to glorify Himself by using us to share the gospel. the Spirit was so powerfull and many lives were saved. this time around, it feels like we've been sent to plant the new seed in those who are still lost and to encourage the saints here. but i must be honest, many here feel that the enemy liked having those previous in the dark and, now having lost that battle, is starting to fight back. The truth that the Spirit has shown us is allowing us to see the spiritual warfare that is going on here. many unbelievers that we would speak with knew the gospel and could tell us who Christ is. some even have personnaly seen the power of Christ. but kept saying that they were not ready to accept Christ as their savior. many of our team testified that they could feel something fighting against them. i am reminded of John 3:8 "The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you cant explain how poeple are born of the Spirit" the Spirit comes when it comes and goes when it goes and God will save these people when He has planned it and not before. in the words of one of my brothers in Christ "we serve a Big Big God" it is also clear to us all that God is far from done here.

God did wonderfull things here today, some we witnessed most we may never know of. and what we saw will be included in tomorrows blog.

but i wanted to share that a commen theme throughout the week has been for us to turn to God and Pray, Pray, and Pray for the Spirit to be present and working and for any opposition to be bound and cast away from here. so i pass along that prayer to all our family and friends. Resistance to the Gospel has been less and less as the days pass. with your prayers as well anything can happen.