Megiti, MozambiqueSaturday, November 28, 2009
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Outreach in Megiti
Went on our final outreach for IRIS Harvest School HS11 this last weekend. Most of the time, students only go on one outreach, but praise God, I’ve been blessed to go on two additional outreaches that were optional, as well as two other outreaches on my own. We went to the village of Megiti this time. We traveled due west toward Meteoro, and then headed north to the village. We had a wonderful time.
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The first night we set up to show a different film about Jesus that was translated into Portuguese. It is a much shorter film than the Jesus film, but the Jesus in this film is much happier than the normal portrayal of Jesus, which I really like. After the film we had a time when people could receive Jesus. Many people raised their hands to receive Jesus after Jesse preached. Then Heidi Baker arrived and had local Mozambicans put on a skit based on the parable of the sower. Then we had a time to pray over children who were having trouble passing their exams in school. We also prayed for anyone who was having trouble sleeping due to demonic attacks. There was a time to pray for people with other ailments as well. Quite a few deaf people came forward for prayer from Heidi, who, once again, has a 100% healing rate for people to receive their hearing. All who came to her were healed by Jesus.
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Setting up tents at village of Megiti.............Iris church at village of Megiti
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Beautiful rainbow at the outreach...............This man was deaf but can now hear
Beautiful rainbow at the outreach...............This man was deaf but can now hear
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One really cool thing that happened was the healing of a boy who I was able to pray for. Heidi was busy up front praying for people, and a mother and her son were trying to get to the front so that he could get prayer to receive his hearing. Seeing that he needed prayer I just took him up in my arms (he was probably 4 to 5 years old). With his mother right next to him, I asked her in Portuguese about his hearing. She said that he barely had any hearing. I tested this. He could read my lips but could barely hear me snapping my fingers near his ears. I stuck my thumbs in his ears and began to pray for him in Makhua and Portuguese. When I finished praying, I took my thumbs from his ears, snapped my fingers and asked if he could hear me. The boy’s eyes got really wide and his face lit up as he told his mom excitedly that he could hear now. His mother screamed in excitement and praised the Lord for his healing. I had the boy repeat after me the words, “kushukuru Yesu” (which means “thank you Jesus” in Makhua) to make sure he had received full hearing. My faith was boosted as the boy and his mother repeated this after me.
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The next morning we had a church service where we prayed over some adopted children and then went with Heidi to a couple of new homes that were built next to the local pastor’s house, in which they would be taking in these children who are no longer orphans to care for. We prayed over each of the four rooms, and I anointed each door with oil. Then some prominent Muslim shieks from the area came to the village where we were staying because they heard about the healings that took place the previous night. They actually prayed right there and received Christ. Then they gave Heidi and Rolland a chicken and some pigeons to say, Thank you." Amazing! From there we went to a small lake where we held baptisms. Rolland Baker gave a teaching on the meaning and importance of water baptism. Another really cool thing is that Heidi asked me if I would like to help her baptize the new converts. I was happy to, and emptied my pockets of my cell phone and wallet, jumped into the lake with Heidi and a few Mozambican pastors, and helped Heidi Baker baptize 15 to 20 people. It was a glorious time of people making a public declaration of their faith in Christ. Many of them converted from Islam, which is a huge testimony of true conversion, because of the pressures in the villages to conform to Islam. After they were baptized, they knelt at the shore and received prayer. What an exciting day!
One really cool thing that happened was the healing of a boy who I was able to pray for. Heidi was busy up front praying for people, and a mother and her son were trying to get to the front so that he could get prayer to receive his hearing. Seeing that he needed prayer I just took him up in my arms (he was probably 4 to 5 years old). With his mother right next to him, I asked her in Portuguese about his hearing. She said that he barely had any hearing. I tested this. He could read my lips but could barely hear me snapping my fingers near his ears. I stuck my thumbs in his ears and began to pray for him in Makhua and Portuguese. When I finished praying, I took my thumbs from his ears, snapped my fingers and asked if he could hear me. The boy’s eyes got really wide and his face lit up as he told his mom excitedly that he could hear now. His mother screamed in excitement and praised the Lord for his healing. I had the boy repeat after me the words, “kushukuru Yesu” (which means “thank you Jesus” in Makhua) to make sure he had received full hearing. My faith was boosted as the boy and his mother repeated this after me.
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The next morning we had a church service where we prayed over some adopted children and then went with Heidi to a couple of new homes that were built next to the local pastor’s house, in which they would be taking in these children who are no longer orphans to care for. We prayed over each of the four rooms, and I anointed each door with oil. Then some prominent Muslim shieks from the area came to the village where we were staying because they heard about the healings that took place the previous night. They actually prayed right there and received Christ. Then they gave Heidi and Rolland a chicken and some pigeons to say, Thank you." Amazing! From there we went to a small lake where we held baptisms. Rolland Baker gave a teaching on the meaning and importance of water baptism. Another really cool thing is that Heidi asked me if I would like to help her baptize the new converts. I was happy to, and emptied my pockets of my cell phone and wallet, jumped into the lake with Heidi and a few Mozambican pastors, and helped Heidi Baker baptize 15 to 20 people. It was a glorious time of people making a public declaration of their faith in Christ. Many of them converted from Islam, which is a huge testimony of true conversion, because of the pressures in the villages to conform to Islam. After they were baptized, they knelt at the shore and received prayer. What an exciting day!
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Praying for the adopted children in Megiti.........Praying in the new rooms for adopted children
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Praying for the adopted children in Megiti.........Praying in the new rooms for adopted children
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Rolland teaching on water baptism..........Christian and Heidi baptizing in lake
.Rolland teaching on water baptism..........Christian and Heidi baptizing in lake
Rejoicing with new converts from Megiti being baptized
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It began to rain while we were having baptisms, and didn’t really stop raining for the rest of our outreach. We all sang beautiful songs in Makhua and Portuguese as we crowded into the covered Camion and headed back to the village. We were originally planning on showing the film about Jesus at another village that night, but couldn’t due to the rain. So we hung out with the people from the village and had fellowship with each other. We also held a service in the church in Megiti that evening, where I played my guitar and we led worship in Makhua and English. There were testimonies and a message from an awesome woman of God named Amy, who ministers with her family and other believers to drug users and prostitutes in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. We slept in our tents through the rain, woke up and broke camp while there was a break in the weather, had another service in the church, and headed back to the IRIS center in Pemba. The Kingdom of God is being forcefully advanced here in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. Thousands of churches have been planted in this province alone since IRIS Ministries came to Pemba in 2003. There is an amazing amount of acceleration happening here. Mozambique is a nation that is being transformed from within. Praise the Lord!
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It began to rain while we were having baptisms, and didn’t really stop raining for the rest of our outreach. We all sang beautiful songs in Makhua and Portuguese as we crowded into the covered Camion and headed back to the village. We were originally planning on showing the film about Jesus at another village that night, but couldn’t due to the rain. So we hung out with the people from the village and had fellowship with each other. We also held a service in the church in Megiti that evening, where I played my guitar and we led worship in Makhua and English. There were testimonies and a message from an awesome woman of God named Amy, who ministers with her family and other believers to drug users and prostitutes in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. We slept in our tents through the rain, woke up and broke camp while there was a break in the weather, had another service in the church, and headed back to the IRIS center in Pemba. The Kingdom of God is being forcefully advanced here in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. Thousands of churches have been planted in this province alone since IRIS Ministries came to Pemba in 2003. There is an amazing amount of acceleration happening here. Mozambique is a nation that is being transformed from within. Praise the Lord!
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Christian Young
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