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Our Land cruiser had made it to Rumbek by the grace of God. One mile
before the city there was a noise and Jimmy noticed oil pouring out onto
the ground. Urgent communications followed, we needed a new crankshaft
pulley and seals. Without these we would be grounded. Well the Lord of
the Harvest is not going to allow that to happen. We found every last
item. A team of Sudanese mechanics had the car running in about 2 hours.
We arrived at Liberation Square to set up for the evening meeting. What a tremendous opening meeting with every hand of the 2500 people present, raising their hands to receive Jesus. Everyone present expected to receive a miracle as we prayed for the sick. Now the moment had come. I prayed for the Lord to heal the sick. The next day a flood of people came testifying of their healing. Four blind people could now see. A baby who had suffered with convulsions was now normal again. A lady who had been partially paralysed from a stroke was healed. Jesus was healing in Rumbek. One touching testimony is of an old grandmother that came to the service totally blind. She didn’t receive her healing until she arrived home. At home suddenly her eyes popped open and she could see. That night her daughter delivered a baby and grandmother could see her newborn grandchild. Praise the Lord. We were then scheduled to move on to Tonj but there was an error on our travel permit and we were not permitted to travel. Strangely I had peace about this. Later I learned that at the exact time I should have been there the town of Tonj received a visit from an American Evangelist. Sudan is hearing the Gospel. We moved on to Kotobi taking almost 11 hours to drive the 150 miles! Although we were a week early we were warmly welcomed. Publicity was simple. We set up the sound system on the roof carrier and drove around the town announcing the upcoming meetings. Children ran after the Land Cruiser singing and dancing as we moved down the main road. Almost the whole town turned out to hear the Gospel, and most of those who attended gladly opened their hearts to Jesus and prayed the salvation prayer. Again the miracles of healing astounded us all. Perhaps one of the most dynamic was a child with a mysterious disease, known as ‘nodding disease’. I was told that it affected the young children and whenever it was mealtime they refused to eat but just sat and nodded their heads continuously. Some had become so thin and weak that they died. Desperate mothers had sought help at the nearby hospital but doctors were unable to establish the root cause of this terrible sickness. Well after hearing about this during one evening crusade we took authority over this and spoke healing over the children. The very next day one delighted mother bought her child who had not been eating for some time and testified that after prayer the child had begun eating once again. The nodding had ceased. The meetings were now over and we made our way back to Northern Uganda. On the way we heard marvellous testimonies of what the Lord did in Yei last year. A friend of mine who takes admissions at Sudan Pentecostal Bible School told me a wonderful story. While interviewing a new student and asking what prompted him to come to bible school he said, his wife had been barren and they had been trying for several years to have a child. She conceived immediately after prayer at the Yei Crusade last year and gave birth to healthy child. Now he wanted to honour God by serving him with all his heart. James the witchdoctor who was saved last year during the Yei Crusade is now a flaming Evangelist. He has memorised many bible verses and preaches wherever he goes. He is soon to start literacy classes as he says a preacher must be able to read the bible. The blessings are so evident on his life that his father-in-law thought he had come into some money, so increased the dowry owed to him for James wife! |
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