The Sounds

The storm came raging in around 2am Sunday morning. Our team, though spread out across the beauitful town of Buea, was wide awake. But as the faithful sleepy team they are ...they began to pray and hear God's heart for the week to come. Rain and heavy storms are a common occurance here, but somehow we all felt God brought the rain! In the morning we awoke to the clouds being lifted and the glorious Mt. Cameroon showing its peak. (perfect place for a picture if I could get the pictures to upload!)But with lack of sleep, we were TIRED!

ASHIA is word we have come quite accustom to here. It means "I'm sorry" or "OOOO...too bad." The morning started to dawn-- roosters crowing as early as 4a, soliders marching by chanting at the top of their lungs, pigs squealing, and car horns honking---the water is off -- bucket baths again, electricity is off, and it was hot already...perfect conditions to test our attitudes..."ASHIA!" But the team was in rare form and ready for the day.

We had church-- 5+ hours of church yesterday. African music with voices blending in a harmonious sound that reminded us all of the heart beat of God. Meredith felt at home with the African music, the girls loved the dancing, the guys smiled in sheer contentment-- we are in Africa!

Most of the church was young adults that are apart of Youth Aglo-- not related to other internatianal youth aglos--but rather a group of young people here in Cameroom that came together from many different churches to pursue God ...amazing! They led worship, I preached a bit and then we opened the "doors" for ministry. We prophesied, delivered words of knowledge, and had the famous "fire tunnel," (this is where the team makes a tunnel and individuals pass between us as we lay hands on them to bless, impart, and stir them up to walk in the fullness God has for them. There were healings of backs, ears, and other pains...there were tears of joy and release from the prophetic words, and there were even demons cast out and a young man started his journey of becoming whole-- sounds like the Gospel! The team brought Good News and God demonstrated His love in powerful ways! No "Ashaia!"

The afternoon was spent with was a house full of people. We laughed, enjoyed a meal together, and shared our stories of the day about how good God is. The day birthed a deeper connection between us all...I even received the loving honorable name of "Auntie."

Today, we are hitting the streets and then school tonight with the ministry students.
More stories of God's goodness to come!