After a bit of a rough week, I am feeling on top of the
world again. I really have an amazing church family here in Port Elizabeth and it’s something to praise
God for. It’s really great being a part of such a fun young adults group that
really cares a lot about me. I was sitting in McDonald’s at midnight a few days
ago with a bunch of my friends and someone said something that really struck
me. Everyone was asking how I’m doing without the team, and I mentioned that I
really miss them a lot and it’s weird being here without them. But then someone
said, “But Leah, we are your team now.” It just really struck me because I am
not living in last year anymore. It doesn’t mean I have to forget about my
“beloved AIM team,” it just means that this is a new season, and I have a new
team/family.
I really feel that I am fitting in quite nicely. It’s just
been tough without a car. But I’m managing, and people are being more than
generous about picking me up and taking me where I need to go. Pray that I will
have a car soon!
This past weekend, myself and some others attended a
conference at another church in PE. There was a team from Bethel
in Redding, CA that came to speak! It was so fun to talk
to Americans! My friends were making fun of me because while everyone else was
standing in line to get prayer for healing, I was standing in line to speak to
an American.
So, the conference was all about healing and walking in the
supernatural. We heard all kinds of crazy stories about cancer being healed,
eye balls growing in blind eyes, ears being opened, and all other kinds of back
pain, headaches, and everything in between being healed. On Friday night at the
church, a leg grew to match the other. On Saturday morning we got to practice
our own treasure hunting, aka, searching out the treasure (people) that God
wants to bless and heal. So, we spent some time in prayer to receive “clues” of
who God is pursuing. Some of our clues were things like brown hair, cowboy
boots, a fountain, the name Amy, etc. So we went out in search of these things
and people.
Nothing super crazy happened, but God met with some people
that needed to be encouraged. My friend Tash and I prayed for a whole family
suffering from all kinds of things: Back pains, infections, TB, and asthma. It
was just so cool to see how God is after people. And He is pursuing each one of
us! Even when someone would reject us and didn’t want prayer, we know that God
is going to do something in their life anyway, because he is pursuing them
WHOLE-HEARTEDLY!
PS- less than a week till I turn 24.
Love always wins.
