Saturday on the field

Half of us went to the village on Saturday morning and the team I was with (Ted, Molly & Breanna) had a GREAT morning. There is a mute man in the village who seems a little "off" and he almost always interrupts our storying with adults and children trying to sell us things or just being disruptive. You never know what he will do and sometimes it is a bit scary. Sometimes the villagers will shew him away and other times, they'll try and calm him. On Thursday, when I was with Justin's group (Justin, Paul & Megan), Justin and Paul were sharing with a group of men and he came to interrupt. The men who they were talking with, who also know that he is mental, asked Justin to heal him. Cephas explained that Jesus could heal him, but that it would take MUCH faith from those that were praying (us) and the african men themselves. Justin prayed for him and we continued on our way.

On Saturday, "crazy guy" came back around when I was with Ted, Molly & Breanna and we were sharing with another group of men. But THIS time, he moved the children who were crowding us, as if to protect us. He was calm and listened to what Ted was saying. Ted asked Cephas if he could take him aside and pray for him while Breanna continued to story and he did. He walked across the "road" and sat down with him, held his hands and prayed for him (all while Molly and I were praying silently across the way); praying that God would HEAL him, that he would SPEAK today so that ALL would know that Jesus is real and He is capable of such miracles. When Ted finished praying "crazy guy" went on his way.

We moved on to another family who had invited us to come and share with them the day before. And as we entered their home, "crazy guy" entered as well. And before we knew what was going on he spoke, LOUD and CLEAR in fluent French (a language only educated people would know). He sat down by Ted, held his hand and listened as best he could. We tried to get him to say more and the people walking by would say "why are you asking him to speak, he doesn't speak." But the women with us testified that he did!! Before the storying was over, he had spoken in FOUR different languages and although he was still a little off, almost as if he were fighting with himself, God performed a miracle in the village!! There is so much MORE to the story than I can write on the blog, so you'll have to come to hear us share when we return to the US!!

Here are some photos from Saturday...

Ted riding a donkey!!

working hard at the school

our potty =)

an African woman traveling the "roads"
I am amazed at how they do this!!