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After we left the community school, we drove back into the bush and arrived at Charity's village. Charity is a little girl about 8 years old that was born with club feet. Encounter over the past 2 years made it possible for Charity to have the surgery she needed so that she could walk for the first time. Today we were able to see her and she was able to walk. The village was so overwhelmed by Encounter's investment in Charity's life, that it has opened such a Gospel opportunity to over 100+ people. The people are amazed that our God would reach down in their little remote village and bring the healing that was needed to help this little girl walk. So today the team sang, we loved on people, we had lunch with them, and I was able to share the Gospel from John 4 which tells us about Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. The main point was to center the Gospel around the fact that Jesus is the Living Eternal Water that we need. At the end, my guess is that 50 or 60 hands went up saying they would like to trust Christ as their Lord and Savior. The Lord knows, seeds were planted, and sinner's prayers prayed. I was able to see inside Charity's house....2 cinder block rooms. Nothing...just nothing. But to them, they were thankful and proud of what they had. It is at this particular village that Hope Jewelry from Mt. Carmel was able to send $900 for the purchase of a well because they do not have clean drinking water. But it will take $4100 more to accomplish the goal. However, when we told them that we were praying for that to be accomplished, they danced around and sang for joy. We were actually able to give Charity a bicycle so she could get around a little better. Her grandmother shouted for joy, her mom cried, and they danced around praising the Lord. No one in this particular village had a bike. Before we left, we ate a packed lunch and it was hard to eat lunch when 100 people and tons of children were sitting there staring at our sandwich, banana, and chips while they waited on something called shema. We couldn't give them our lunches because we did not have enough for everyone and it was start a minor riot. It's hard to eat a lunch when people are starving and kids are walking around with bloated stomachs. But the Lord is the defender of the orphans and the widows and He does all things well. But in His sovereign plan, He has chosen to use His people for our joy and His glory. Jesus said, "Behold, I make all things new." So Lord Jesus... renew, restore, transform our hearts, bring Your kingdom, provide, show up and show off.
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