Well, apologies if you have visited here expecting to see an update - we are staying some way away from an internet cafe and so can only get to it from time to time. This past weekend many of us travelled to city called Iligan, about two hours away by coach. There we were greeted by the Mayor, the councillors, city hall employees and a jazz band. Maged, the leader of the outreach, had negotiated with the leaders of the churches and the municipal authorities for us to come for three days to support the churches in reaching out to their communities.
We went out sharing the Good News in the poor areas, preaching on the Sunday and doing a prayer walk downtown. I got to do my first preach in a church which was up in the hills, just outside the city! It went well - it was on Psalm 139 - how we are fearfully and wonderfully made, how God is pleased with us and we obey because we love Him, not out of duty. Yesterday they took us to a hydrolectric power plant and to waterfall where most of us went for a swim.
Today we were back here in Cagayan de Oro - some of us went to Smokey Mountain which is a rubbish tip where people actually live. I stayed back to do some intercessory prayer - our leader felt God was asking us to pray for unity in the team. This meant some time repenting of attitudes and selfishness, praying against the spiritual strongholds, such as division and miscommunication, on the island of Mindanao, and then praying positively for the team to be blessed. In all, two and a half hours !
This evening there were more reports of healings and people giving their lives to the Lord.
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