BULA from hot and humid Fiji! It is amazing to be back at Homes of Hope reconnecting with so many of the moms and children and meeting many new faces. A couple days before our departure I asked the Lord for a vision of the person he wants me to minister. The Lord answered and I saw a medium colored pink with light pink tapestry and knew it was a beautiful Indian girl he wanted me to speak with. Of course at the time I did not know who she was … so I asked Lord, what would you have me say to her? He said tell her about me. So, on Monday I saw the girl, Ashifa, from my vision as she was wearing the exact same colors. I prayed and asked God to confirm and give me the words to speak to her. Yesterday after Uni, a bible study for the moms, I got the opportunity to speak with this beautiful 16 year old girl that last year would use Uni as sleep time. This year she is chasing after her young son, but not missing a word that is spoken with her eyes fixed on us … almost hanging on every word that is spoken through the Holy Spirit. We talked for a little bit about who Jesus is and that he is the one and only God that came to set us free from our pasts. I knew the Lord would use that conversation, but then later that night at Cell, their Wednesday night church service, Ashifa really opened up. She shared some of her story with me … the hurts, abuse, confusion, uncertainty. I told her about the vision the Lord gave me and said; “the Lord has big plans for you, Ashifa. He wants you to know and trust him completely and solely.” After all, out of all the people the Lord could have point out … HE PICKED YOU! The Lord knew not to show me Ashifa’s face in the vision because she was so disengaged last year that I may have been less willing to believe she was the one he had pointed out. (Father, forgive me of my flesh!) But there has been change in Ashifa over the past year, an openness to the Lord that was not there a year ago. She told me she borrows a Bible from other girls to read. Upon the approval of the leaders here on the campus, we will be leaving behind one of the Bibles funded by COC specifically addressed to Ashifa. Please raise her up in prayer that Ashifa would receive the fullness of God’s salvation!
~Courtney~
P.S. Thank you for all your prayers for restored health, yesterday I was back up and at ‘em PRAISE THE LORD! Keep lifting Rob up in prayer, as he trusts the Lord to heal and RESTORE his full health and strength. He feels somewhat better, but needs our prayer warriors to intercede on his behalf, please.
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