What Shall I Say?

What shall I say?  What words can describe the growth of a soul, what mind can find adequate expression for infinite power and might? 

During the time I was in Haiti in March, we saw many people in the clinic and many new lives were brought into the world, but the most significant things were the outright miracles God did!  I will try to relate a few of them; try to share with you some of the awesomeness and power of our God.

A girl was brought in by her family, but her problem was spiritual, not physical.  This girl definitely was under the power of an evil spirit, and several of our team members started praying for her to be delivered from it.  I had never seen anyone who was possessed, much less freed from the power of an evil spirit, so I was a little skeptical about “casting out the devil” though I do believe that people can be possessed by an evil spirit.  But I did not doubt the power of God to free this girl, so I decided I would stay and pray that God would do what He alone can do.  We prayed and prayed for hours, and the struggle in the girl was fierce.  The pastors from her church came and joined us in prayer.  Finally, something happened in the girl, and the power of God triumphed once again over the devil!  It was amazing!  I could see a change the girl’s face, and when she was told what had gone on, she broke out crying.  The work of God did not stop there; when the gospel was presented to her, she gave her life to Christ!  One our translators saw the power of God and gave his life to Christ as well!  My own faith was increased and strengthened, and God filled my heart with joy!  What an amazing God we serve!

There are miracles that happen every day all over the world, though I had not fully realized just what a miracle birth really is!  As the hospital was closed, the pregnant ladies came to us when they gave birth.  I got to assist in a dozen births and I loved it! There’s nothing quite like standing by a mother’s side and helping bring a baby into the world!  I asked one of the mothers what she was going to name her son, and she said, you name him.  So I named him Caleb, and prayed that he would grow up into a man of God like Caleb in the Bible! 

“Baby Caleb”

God did a few miracles in my own life.  The second day we were there, Timothy’s, Jonathan’s, and my luggage was stolen.  Thankfully they left our passports!  We talked to the people on the compound, and over the next two days our clothes were returned but my Bible and journal were not with them.  The miracle was the fact that God gave me peace about the whole situation.  I kept praying and praying that He would give them back to me, but nothing happened.  The morning we had to leave, I looked around the clinic and was a little disappointed that neither of them had showed up.  I thought “Oh well, I’ll just have to go home with out them.”  We had to leave for the airport at 11:00 am, and thirty minutes before we left I walked into the clinic.  There lying in the open was my Bible!  I was so surprised and overjoyed!  I have no idea who bought it back; as far as I’m concerned it came straight from God Himself!  My journal never did show up, but through it all I’ve learned that He truly is enough for me.  I don’t need “stuff” to live.  I only need a willing heart to serve Him and to bring glory to His name.  I do believe though that at anytime, anywhere, He could give it back to me, even twenty years down the road!

We serve an amazing and powerful God, and I ask that you pray with me that His light and gospel will spread throughout the land of Haiti!