Today was a day I’ve been looking forward to for 4 months. Meeting the beautiful women from the church in Hossana. This women’s church started several years ago as an Ethiopian hero, Fantu started ministering to women who were making their living as prostitutes. Today there were 97 women at the conference we put on for them, all soaking in the life-changing presence of Jesus!
As I walked into the room and saw the worn, weathered, dark-skinned faces I saw only beauty. As I watched them worship, I saw only joy. As I listened to them pray I experienced the power of the Holy Spirit as never before. The entire team was struck by the women and their hearts for God.
We got to see God weave a tapestry today. There were many parts to the conference and each part was presented by a different person. Having only a general theme we were amazed at how each part fit together perfectly in a way that only God could orchestrate.
One of the moments I will never forget was when one of the women shared after a talk. She shared that they were the forgotten ones by their family, by their neighbors, by their community. But they were NEVER forgotten by God and they were not forgotten by the people thousands of miles away who came to encourage them. And those people are not just us, they are all of you, who have supported us and prayed for us to bring this hope to these women.
The highlight of the day was when we gave each woman a picture of a woman of Hosanna Minnesota who has committed to praying for them. We then took their picture to bring back to the women in Minnesota so they have a picture of the one they are praying for. The women loved the pictures and held onto them as if they were precious gifts. The smiles on their faces when they got their pictures was priceless.
We ended the day with the privilege of walking down to the land that has been donated for the new church and training center. We anointed and prayed over this precious piece of land that will be used to change the lives of many many people. It is also the realization of a vision that Mary-Beth and Randy Rolfe have had for years and we were honored to be walking on a living miracle!
We are blessed that the team is all doing well in every way. We are unified. We are feeling good physically and spiritually and we look very forward to a great day tomorrow as we experience the graduation of the 13 women who have completed the Danamme training program and we go to the women's prison.
Praise Report - The Lost Bag has been brought to us here at Hosanna today. It is an incredible gift in that all that is in it is needed for tomorrow. We are so excited and blessed. God is GOOD!
Prayer -
We are starting to feel tired. Pray for the Lord to continue to strength us in our inner being with the POWER of his HOLY SPIRIT!
That we'll be able to gift the women of the prison with the pillows we brought for them.
Thank you all for your continued prayers. Pam
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