rob welch´s team

So thrusday after I worked with the kids in Egypto, the youth pastor that volunteers with me took me to see a couple historical sights nearby.

the buildings were beatiful

This is in front of the President´s house!

And finally Rob Welch and his team got to Colombia! It was so good to see Becky! So they got in Saturday and then we drove 4 hours to Sorgamoso, where we stayed for the next few days. 3 boys from El Camino came to help translate, Joshua, Ruben, and David. It ended up being God sent because the translator for Rob backed out the day of, and so Joshua, a 15 year old, translated Rob´s message. He did incredibly well! He was able to match Rob´s enthusiam for the Truth. I didn´t know what to expect really, I´ve never been a part of an evagelistic team before.

I shared my testimony before Rob spoke one night. I had felt earlier that day that God wanted me to speak about the hope that we have in Him, so I did!! It was incredible to feel God call me to do something and to obey that call no matter how crazy it may seem.

I was nervous at first because after Rob spoke he had us go out and ask to pray for people. I love praying for people I know, but it was new to be praying for people I didn´t know who didn´t even speak the same language as me. So Viv and I teamed up and she translated their needs. And guess what?? I SAW 2 PEOPLE HEALED! I´ve never seen a healing before. I guess I´ve always known they were possible but it scared me a little too. This woman asked me and Viv to pray for healing in her leg. She had been limping. At first I was intimidated but then a boldness came over me. I know that God has the power to heal! So why should I be scared? He has not given us a spirit of fear! So I prayed with all my heart that God would glorify Himself in this woman´s life by healing her. We finished praying and asked her how she felt. She said she felt great! She walked with no limp! GOD HEALED HER IN FRONT OF ME!!!! I was stunned. I stood there silenced and in awe of His power. HE IS AMAZING!!! Our God is a God that is working here and NOW!! SO the next weekend a man asked me and Viv to pray for his baby who had been in the hospital for 4 days and would die if his fever didn´t go down soon. The next night the festival was in the same town and we saw the man again. He had with him his BEATIFUL, HEALTHY BABY BOY! God used his healing powers again!! My heart was so moved by the way God can touch lives now, today. He wants us to be free of sickness and He wants us to see His mighty power!!

So one of the nights one of the boys from ECA, David, and I played worship songs in a park nearby to draw people to the festival. Then Rob had us sing befor he spoke!! I was so nervous. I prayed that God would give me the confidence to pull through. I love to sing, but I get insecure when I have to sing alone for a crowd. I was shaking and scared but the minute David started playing the guitar I felt soothed by the music and was able to sing for Jesus!

We also did a skit a couple of nights that visually demostrates how we let ourselves get seperated from God by the sin in our lives and how God sent His son to take the punishment for that sin so that we might have a relationship with Him.

Rob has a passion for God and for preaching the Truth that is incredible! He has a gift of speaking and has beatiful prayer life. Watching him inspired me to grow in my prayer life!

Overall, I am so glad that I was able to tag along and be a part of this amazing trip! It was different than the trips I am used to. But it is a beautiful ministry. I personally feel that I am more prone to go on a compassion trip. I work better with people one on one, showing them love through my actions of giving and serving. But evangelism is just as necessary as compassion. People need to KNOW that they are sinners and they need to know that Jesus christ died for them. It was great to see Becky travelling in a country she loves again and it felt like a got to reconnect with a peice of home. I´m sad it had to end but grateful I was able to watch God move in the cities of Colombia!!!