Well friends, this is the last blog update I’m going to be writing from Benin! I can’t believe it is actually that time – how has it been 5 months already?!?! I am planning on continuing this blog when I’m back in Canada – to keep you updated on my ministry with DRIME. I probably won’t be writing quite as frequently, but I’ll still be keeping you in the loop – so keep checking it, okay?
The past week has been full of last minute preparations for our departure – preparing both ourselves and our leaders! Jamie has been doing a lot of translating [you’re awesome Jamie!!] and we’ve been doing a lot thinking and planning about next steps for DRIME Benin once we leave. We had our last official leaders meeting last night [sad!] and all that is left is a 2-day retreat we are having with them this weekend. We are going to give the leaders time to plan out the next DRIME year and dream about where they want to see the DRIME team. We are also going to treat them to a day at the pool – to let them know how much we appreciate them and all that they have done and will do for the ministry! It’s going to be a good weekend!
On Tuesday we had the privilege of going to Oussa village with a GAiN team that is here from Canada and the US. The drill team had just finished digging the well this village so they were doing a dedication ceremony for it. This was the first time GAiN had been to this village to do ministry – so it was very exciting! We ended up doing our ministry right outside the voodoo temple, which was quite interesting. Besides for problems with the generator everything went well. Around 30 people gave their life to the Lord that day!! I can’t wait to see where this village will be in 3 years – hopefully they will have their own church by then!
We had a time of prayer for anyone who wanted healing. Alphonse and one of the Pastor’s from the GAiN team were praying for this lady who could not have children and really wanted them. While they were praying she started crying and shaking. At the end Alphonse asked her what she felt when they prayed. She said that she couldn’t feel her legs, it felt like she was floating; and she felt something like a tunic come out and off of her! She said she felt different, felt lighter. The Pastor told her what God was telling him – God was saying that this was her year to have a baby – if she really believed that God has healed her, she will have a baby. Isn’t that incredible!!! Wow! God did a lot of work in that village on Tuesday – I am honoured to have been a part of it. Praise the Lord!
Prayer Requests:
I’d love your prayers for this weekend – that it would be refreshing and rejuvenating for the leaders – they have been so busy in the last few months so we hope that this weekend will allow them to relax and feel appreciated!
If you could also pray for us on Sunday as the DRIME Benin team is having practice and ministry in the afternoon/evening. Last week we did ministry at the beach and we easily had 200 people watching! I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes! Pray that God would be moving in people’s hearts already so that on Sunday people can experience the freedom of Christ in their lives!
Please pray for Abby, Jamie and I as we are getting ready for our departure. We all have mixed emotions of excitement to see family and friends as well as sadness because we have to leave our family and friends here. Pray for our leaders as well as this will be a big transition for them also.
Pray for our safety as we travel on Monday and Tuesday. Jamie and Abby will be flying to Vancouver and I will be flying to Toronto for my brothers wedding!
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