Words cannot describe what God is doing…
So sorry that we have not posted yet! The internet connection at the hotel we are staying at is not working so it’s been difficult to get stuff posted…Our teams have been recording testimonies all week long so we will be posting a ton of them shortly. Here’s a quick recap of some things that have taken place:
Sunday Morning (March 13th): Each of our teams went to a different small town to join in worship with some of the different churches we would be partnering with later in the week. One team went to Grace Point Community Church in Merkel with a heart to be a blessing and encouragement to the people there. Before getting off of the bus, the team took some time to listen to God for any specific words of encouragement or specific direction. They wrote down several different things they believed that God wanted to do and then went in to love on the people. The service went great and was an encouraging time of praise and worship. As the service ended the team was able to share some of the words that they had received from God with the congregation…and well, several of them were dead on, including words about healing of celiac, healing of a right hand, healing of a broken heart, healing of pain from the loss of a recent child, and several more. God did awesome things! The church was encouraged big time. Here is an email their pastor sent later that day to the elders at Beltway:
I just wanted to say what a blessing it was to have part of your college mission team over to visit for worship yesterday. It was like a blitzkrieg of encouragement and prayer! It was amazing and truly humbling to see the passion these young people have for the Lord. I can honestly say that I don’t think one person was able to leave our church without someone from your team praying for them. I know that you are confident that the money you are investing in college missions is well spent but I just wanted you to hear from actual people on the receiving end of this ministry of how awesome it really is. Thanks to everyone at Beltway for having such a Kingdom vision and a heart for the Big Country and we are looking forward to their return to Merkel on Thursday evening!
-Brit Pursley, Grace Point Church
Sunday Evening in Anson, TX: At the outreach in Anson on Sunday night our team saw God do an incredible miracle! After the gospel drama & preaching of the gospel by one of our students, there was an invitation to receive Christ and receive prayer for healing, here’s what followed:
Healing – two team members went over to an older Hispanic lady and asked if they could pray in any way for her. She said I would like for you to pray for my hand. She stuck out her hand that was severely crippled with arthritis (especially the ring finger). The knuckles were swollen & she was unable to stretch out her ring finger at all. The two team members prayed twice for her with a little improvement each time. On the third time, as they prayed the swelling visibly went completely away and her clinched fist was released! She stretched her fingers out for the first time in years! Totally healed right before our eyes.
Salvation – there were two young men there who believed upon the Lord for the first time. These two young men are sons of the biggest drug dealer in the city. They totally abandoned themselves to the Lord Jesus!
