Saturday was interesting. Not sure how many people responded as many don't want to come forward but rather they pray where they are standing. A lot of the churches here are divided along tribal lines so if someone is backslidden or doesn't want to go to that church they have to consider their relationship with their own community group. Therefore it is awkward to go to another church {although they don't take it anywhere near as far as the muslims do}.
On Sunday morning we celebrated the resuurection and thats when things started kicking off. As I was preaching one woman who had come to the church let out a huge shriek and threw herself back into the chair before writhing on the floor. As we neared the end of the service and we were all praising God the same thing happened to a girl who was seated nearby. In both cases disciples from the church led the person away to be delivered. Demon oppression and possession is not uncommon in Mariakani although no one has manifested one during the crusade. It reminded me of the scripture that tells us that when Jesus came the demons cried out. It's pretty awesome to know that God is among us in such power but sobering nonetheless. It makes me all the more determioned to avoid like the plague whatever these people were involved in to get to that state.
The final crusade on Sunday was excellent. After praying about it I decided to go all out for conversions. {If God wants to do anything else too then so be it}
We saw people actually start to come forward tonight and 12 people gave their lives to the Lord including one elderly Muslim lady. She came forward with the crowd for healing the previous night but nothing happened to her. I was glad to see her again. There has been a very good atmosphere in the crusades and to see many have the boldness to come forward the final night was great.
Today we are in Maweni.
God bless you...steve
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