The team and I went ahead and ministered to several
people in the hospital. We saw God touch many people by his love! When it was
time for us to go, I called our driver to come pick us up and I see him down
the hill talking to a police officer. I
go down to go see what the problem was and the officer was very rude and was
making a big deal out of the situation then it really was. Come to find out,
the officer held our driver the whole time we were ministering in the hospital.
The officer sternly told me that he would not allow
our driver to drive us home and he wanted him to spend the night in “the
cells”. I was definitely not going to let that happen! Then all of a sudden this
boldness rose up inside of me and I knew I couldn’t just stand back and watch
this go on! So I get in the officer’s face (because he wasn’t listening to me
haha) and I begin to explain to him what happened and that I have a team of 21
people that need to get home! I also told him we were not leaving without our
driver and that he was going to work with me! Long story short, I asked to
speak to the head guy and he took us to the police station.
When we arrived in the office, there was a woman and
three men who had asked us to come in and explain what had happened. My driver
began to explain to them and they ignored him and started to accuse him of
things. So I stepped up once again. They
replied and said “this does not concern you!” I said “It sure does concern me,
I have a team of 21 people waiting to get home and you will not let our driver
go!” I told them “we will take care of whatever needs to be done so we can be
on our way”. They were being extremely difficult and took our driver away again
and to view the damages.
So here I am sitting in the office with one of my
team mates, with these angry officials as we’re waiting for our driver. The
situation wasn’t getting any better and it looked like we were not going
anywhere for a while. So I thought why
not release the love of Jesus to these people while we wait. So we began to
make conversation with them. I started asking them about their job and thanked
them for their service and hard work. Then we began to ask them if they knew
Jesus and if they were born again and I shared with them why I am a Christian.
It was awesome! Come to find out they all were born again so I got to pray with
each one and encourage them!
Afterwards, their countenance totally changed and
they were now working with us to get this whole situation resolved. They were
so thankful to have met us and one of the officers said “Don’t go! We’re talking
about the Kingdom of God!” It was so amazing to see each of their hearts begin
to soften as we were praying. After being in that office for about two hours,
we got everything resolved and they thanked us for everything and let us go!
It was so awesome to see God take a stressful
situation and turn it around for his Glory! God is always speaking and is
always moving. You never know who you are going to meet and who God will bring
in your path! It is so exciting flowing
with the Holy Spirit and releasing His love and in turn seeing hearts changed!
Begin to be expectant for God to use and flow
through you to bring life and encouragement into someone’s life throughout your
day! J
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