3rd day

I've got less than 20 minutes before our International Director presents "the most important message of his life" (according to him, Dr. Rick Love)--stay tuned.

That's just enough time to share another story I received this morning from a Swiss worker who has been church planting in Africa.

Recently, a Muslim man, "Ahmed" and his believing brother came to this worker, "Hans" During their time together, Hans was able to share the gospel with Ahmed, who received Christ into his life and decided he wanted to learn as much about Him as possible, so he could carry it back to his rural village. The next day, they found Ahmed was unwilling/unable to speak, eat, or drink. Something seemed to be seriously wrong with him, so they took him to the doctor. The physician could find nothing wrong with Ahmed and blamed evil spirits. Hans and Ahmed's brother prayed and fasted for this afflicted man, but nothing seemed to work. After a week of laboring to free him from this, Hans insisted that the "charms" Ahmed was wearing on his arms be removed--otherwise, Hans said he would need to give up and move on. The brother agreed to remove them and, two hours later, Ahmed was drinking water on his own again. The next morning, during a time of worship, Ahmed began to dance, effectively announcing his freedom from the evil spirits.

Later, Ahmed said that, during the week of prayer for him, he could hear and understand what was going on around him, but he was held back from doing anything about it. Praise God for this new believer. Pray that he might serve as an effective witness in his village, that many may become followers of Jesus.

Please intercede for me, as I seek to listen well and ask good questions over this next week.