Road building in Truchouchou

Francois and I have been building around 4 miles of road in a mountain community.  The people have been great to be around and often join us at lunch time.  The kids typically get half of our beans and rice.  This has been a great way for us to interact with the kids and share the gospel.  

On Wednesday, as I was getting ready to stop for the day, I felt as if the spirit was prompting me to do something.  There is always a crowd watching as you work here.  This particular day their happened to be around 100 people watching.  So I had my translator ask the crowd if there was anyone that wanted me to pray for them.  One man that was close came forward.  I asked the man how I could pray for him, then laid hands on him and prayed.  After that, the whole crowd came up.  I realized that I didn’t have time to pray for each one individually, so I prayed for the whole crowd at once.  Another man, who is the community leader, said that he wanted me to lay hands on him as well.  So we pray some more.  We had given this man a bible just 10 days before. 

On Thursday morning I wanted to pray for the people again.  As the day went on I forgot about praying.  When it was time to shut down for the day, an old lady asked if we were going to pray again.  I was so glad to be reminded and of course I said yes.  This time Francois was with me so he shared about Christ and then asked how we could pray for them.  They said they wanted to pray that God would get rid of the bad spirits in the community.  So Francoise prayed for them in their language.  This reminded me that if we are simply obedient to God, He will take over and do a mighty work in the lives of others.  It also reminded me that these people recognize that there are evil strongholds and that the spiritual realm is very real.  I am just thankful that God has allowed me the opportunity to take His love to these people.