I still like to sing a lot, especially sing songs to Jesus. Well, I think I got addict to make up songs when I sing. It’s freer to sing like that, cuz I am that kind of person who forgets lyrics all the time.
So, this Vegas trip, I did the same thing I always do @ home when no body’s in the house; just start with a simple song, and let it flow, somehow, Jesus come to join me as usual… but this time, it’s not only me and Him, there’re some other people singing with me, together. And I think Jesus loves it a lot.
About Da Trip
Yeah! Vegas Trip! I think it’s my turn to share something. I bet you guys would like to know how to make 3 strangers singing, jumping and dancing together @ the bus stop under 109F’ degree.
The Treasure Hunt
So, as everyone knows. We have to pray and ask God to show as some picture / clue before we go out to pray for our target people. Therefore, after me and my teammates put up our list together, we decide to go to some place that Chinese people will gather, cuz somehow, we all think we’ll find our target there.
We started with a bakery store, cus that’s the only location that list on our list, but there’s no one in there. So we though maybe we should walk around that plaza see if we can find our target person.
It took most of our time to walk over the whole plaza, time is running out, we only pray for one person, and that person has nothing match our treasure list.
God! Give us Clue
I can’t find anybody match my list like last time I did city invasion in Jesus Culture! While I record this memory, I see someone holding a Starbucks coffee cup. Suddenly, a voice pop into my mind, “go to Starbucks”. But my teammate told me there’s no Starbucks around that area, so I thought maybe I was wrong.
And we kept walk on to next plaza. By this time, some of my teammates are frustrated already. That makes us have to stop and pray for more clue!
Oh! Starbucks
After short prayer, one of the teammate had the feeling that we have to keep walk down to next plaza, so we did. And as we see next plaza, I got all excited “here we go, Starbucks!” I yelled! God just confirmed the feeling that I had have was right!
Big Guy, Frankie
I saw this big guy went into Startbucks and come out with a cup of ice water. Then he grabs a chair and sits outside of Starbucks alone. Somehow, I feel that his name is “Duke” (maybe it’s because the name “Duke” was on my list), so I decide to get a cup of ice teak and sits down with him.
“Do you mind if I sit with you?” I ask.
“Go ahead” he reply.
“Hi, I’m Andy, nice to meet you…do you live around here?” I tend to chat with him.
“Yes and no, sometimes I live here”
“Oh? I’m from LA; hey! By any chance, is your name Duke?” since he didn’t tell me what his name is, I decide to give it a try.
“No, my name is Frank.”
“Hmmm!” I’m still thinking how to ask my next question, cuz I have “rainbow image” in my list, and it’s very awkward to ask a man this kind of question. But the truth is, I don’t have much time to consult.
“And……Does Rainbow picture, motorbike and Saturn have to do anything with you?” I can only ask or, I will lose the chance.
“No! What do you want?” the way he replies, makes me feel very embarrassed and nervous. I think, maybe I should just cut into the point. So I told him what me and my teammates are doing now, and ask him if there’s anything I can pray for him.
“I’m a Christian, too. You can pray for me to have more wisdom. So I can stand against whoever wants to attack Israel people; since they are the chosen group of people from God in the beginning, therefore, we should protect them, till the day they believe in Jesus.” After he listens to what we are doing, he shared what’s on his mind with me. And I can feel Gods love strongly hits me through his sharing. So I spend some time to pray for him.
Dunamis, Miracle and the Faithful woman
After I pray for Frank, I walk on to the bus stop with other teammates to help our team leader. She has been talking with a lady @ that bus stop over 10 minutes already.
So I walk up to the woman, introduce myself, and tell her a little about what we are doing here. Her name is Esther, and she seems very happy about what we are doing, cuz before we meet her, our team leader has pray for her twice already.
As I know, Esther was limping to the bus stop from her house, just want to join a prayer meeting called “Dunamis” (which the “Can I pray for you Tshirt” that I wear that day has the word on it” ……coincident? Nonono! It’s all God~), and She is late, cuz by the time we saw her, is pass 5:00pm already, but the meeting ends @ 6.
She told us, it doesn’t matter what happen, even she will arrive there @ very last minutes, she still wants to go, cuz she wants to get heal. So she has to be there, just like the story from the bible, that person waited for so long just want to be the first one who jump into the pool when angel stir up the water. Because of her face, somehow I know God will heal her right away, so I asked:
“Do you mind if we pray for you one more time?”
“Sure, of course, Praise God?” She seems very happy.
Then my partner and I lay our hands over her back, pray for her back to get completely heal. After prayer, I ask her:
”how do you feel now”
“The pain is gone” she replied without much expression on her face, so I’m not exactly sure if it’s completely heal or not.
“Are you sure the pain is completely gone? Like no pain at al…no more?” I just want to confirm that she got heal.
She stretches her back a little, and replied: “yeah! The pain’s not there anymore, it’s gone!”
I had a big Wowwwww in my heart, and I pray to God “Common, completely heal, heal her knees, too”
“Let’s pray for your knees, too” this time, I offer the prayer without asking for her permission. “I believe God’s gonna heal your knees, too!” I proclaimed.
And then, we did it again, a short prayer, and we also add in a simple worship this time. Just 3 people singing hallelujah @ bus stop, under 109F.
We pray and worship for almost 10 minutes, and then she just stood up, and starts to walk step by step, keep walking, faster and faster, from bus stop down to the corner and then come back. After few rounds, she was running, jumping, dancing, and praise God in the same time, while she was still walking around the corner. So does my partner and I were jumping and shouting, too. People probably thought we were crazy…..but we just can’t wait to tell them what just happen. And yes, I did share the testimony right away as I went back starbucks for a cup of ice water.
Well, I guess the story ends here. Oh, one more thing to mention, my teammate did drive her back home afterwards,and we actually found out that Esther lives a certain distance away from the bus stop. which means earlier, she was limping far away to the bus stop from her house. Which shows how much she wants to get heal, too. And I believe Jesus sees that...
At the end, I must add this point “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
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