me: Morgan's home!!!! I'll fill you in tomorrow! Love you! mom (((hug)))
my daughter
Debbie: you sent me this before Tina's msg! Just didn't get on fb right away to read it!!! THANK GOD! and Thank you for keeping me in the loop. I have decided to have a non stop praise party until Monday since I was cryin out to God since I heard on Thursday, should spend AT LEAST that long rejoicing right?????
Debbie: Mom! Praise God!
me: Amen daughter of encouragemnt!
Debbie: Just gettin in from a prayer rally of about 5,000 people! Praise Party!!!!
about 30 people gave their hearts to Jesus!
me: wooo Hoooo!!!! God is moooooving!! Amen!!
Debbie: I took EVERY opportunity to share our testimony about my niece with anyone who would listen to encourage someone in the LORD!
me: amen!!!
Debbie: Revival is in this city MOM! A fresh WIND!!!!!!
me: praise God!! God moves like a tidal wave sometimes, doesn't He? Hahaaaa! LOVE it!!
Debbie: Jean was the interpreter for the main speaker so he sat in a place of honor!! I was so proud of him, my camera isn't that good and it was night so hard to take pics
me: praise God!!!
Debbie: the best part?
The meeting took place on the grounds of the most pretigious hotel in Kinshasa 'Grand Hotel'
so after, Jean and I went inside to use the 'powder rooms' that's what you say in dignified places like that, anyway.....
in the lady's room as I walk in I see this lady about my age,
She was wearing nothing but a white blouse that stopped right below her butt! no joke, I don't even think she had a bra on maybe panties but i wasn't lookin' that hard, I tried to ignore her completely!
So I walked to my stall and took care of business, as I'm sittin there God tells me that I need to share God's love with this lady!
I was really strugglin' cause all I could think was judgement and criticism towards her, and how she tried to trap men into sinning with her, etc....
But God spoke to me clearly and told me to minister to her.....So I started to negotiate with God. ok, if she's still there when I come out I will ask her to speak with her about God. But I was hoping she would be gone.
Well I repented to God for my judgemental attitude and reminded me that I needed to speak out of love, so I started asking God to give me a heart of love for this lady, that I can see her the way God sees her, and you know what He did!
I was reminded of Morgan, and what if Morgan were in that situation how would I want someone to speak to her.....so I stepped out and trembling asked her if we could talk for a minute?
She looked a little surprised but said yes. She was standing there at the mirror with a counter full of makeup making up her face.....
My french is very imperfect and I was shaking the whole time because I'm not comfortable ministering or praying in that language, I usually have an interpreter at church.
But somehow with the Holy Spirit's help I was able to share with her how God loves her and has a better plan for her, that He doesn't want to chase her away, but wants to welcome her to Himself as she follows His Will for her which is GOOD, which gives true peace and LOVE! I shared the testimony of what God just did with answering our prayers for Morgan's return through prayer and declaring His promises, and that He wants her to 'come home' to Him through Jesus.
I don't know how much she understood of my terrible french but I could tell she was blinking back tears and when I asked her if we could pray she said YES! I prayed for her in English and a little french, and then gave her our church number so she could get more prayer or visit us as God moves.
As I came out of the bathroom I remembered Jean had been waiting and thought he would be wondering where I am..........found out he had just finished praying too! with a man that works for the hotel. There is a revival blowing !
I don't want to go back, only forward in God!!!
me: oh may God bless BOTH of you like He did with Jabez!!!! What a glorious testimony!!!! Mind if i share it?
Debbie: not at all....but I may beat you to it!
me: hahaaa!!
Debbie: LOL, I don't think there could ever be enough of sharing about what God is doing!
me: Amen!!!
6:24pm
Debbie: Every day I am going to pray for God to give me a fresh testimony and an ear that needs to hear it!