Thank you all for your prayers. We feel like we lived out Luke 10:1-9 during our outreach in Central Asia. In one of the rural villages we entered, we saw two new brothers added to the family. It began while in the home of local unreached people group when we asked them if they needed prayer for anything physically. At first, everyone said they were alright but then someone spoke up and said they had stomach pain. We prayed for this gentleman and his pain left. Then a lady spoke up about her headache, and when we prayed for her, the headache left. Next the grandmother had us pray for her partially blind left eye. Upon praying no change occurred but she said she felt a soothing feeling come over her eye. We prayed again and this time full healing occurred. She joked that she had already been to several doctors with no results and was now thankful because she did not have to pay us.
After seeing and hearing about these miracles, two men whom the local missionary, John, had been sowing into for several years became believers in Jesus as their Lord. We watched, not understanding the language, as these two men got down on their knees in front of John, the missionary, and declare Jesus as their Lord. They had gotten down on their knees without John even prompting them to do so. It was an amazing sight to see and be apart. We went to bed that night with joy overflowing. We thought to ourselves, “it sure would be neat if word spread about the goodness of God and people come to us to receive prayer tomorrow.”
The next morning we awoke to a lady waiting for us to pray for her stomach and shoulder pain. She found relief upon receiving prayer. We then went to a young man’s home where he had asked us to come pray for his family. Again everyone we prayed for was healed. The most memorable testimony was seeing the grandfather’s leg healed. He said his right leg had been numb for 15 years. Upon praying and asking him to test it, we watched him do a little kick, making this expression of amazement upon realizing he could now feel his foot. It was incredible to see. We had seen everyone we prayed for healed, and we are still in awe over our experiences.
About the People:
The people we visited in Central Asia are some of the most joyful people we have met. As we walked through the village, everyone would wave and say hello. We came unannounced and upon arriving to their home, they stopped everything to host us, feed us, and house us. They brought out their best food, and they ate only after we were full. This welcome was humbling to Allison and me as these people are poor farmers. Their diet consisted of rice, potatoes, pork, and eggs. The homes had no plumbing, and the home we stayed in had goats and pigs in the basement with chickens moving throughout the home. Salted meat hung from the rafters because of no refrigeration.
Sadly, these people have been influenced by Buddhism. Above the village was a lake in which they believed an evil spirit resided. They feared this demonic spirit and would make sacrifices to appease it. They believed if they entered the lake they would die.
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