Miracles of God

 So much happens in a week….i don’t even know where to start! It’s been amazing; the experiences I’ve had are unreal. The ladies at Jiac and I are getting a lot closer. I love them so much. They are such wonderful believers. I am honored to call them my friends. When I am with them, in this ministry I feel like all my God given talents, interests and hobbies are used to give glory to God.

     I spent all of last Saturday at Kalighat with the women. It was such an eye opening time, seeing where all the ladies live, spending more time with the children who are raised in the brothels. This one girl in particular captured my heart, pia. I play with her every Saturday there. She is such a cutie and it breaks my heart that she has to be raised up in the brothels staying under the bed or outside when mom has customers. It’s just such a dark place for children to grow up in. hard to think there are so many of them in the brothels. I just pray she doesn’t become another number in the prostitution business once she is older. I really pray she can break that cycle.

    that same day i experienced jesus healing a lady After hours of praying she begin to proclaim jesus as lord and was healed and she accept Christ! She went with me to the Bengali church service the next day and was able to talk to a Christian counselor from the church!!!!!

 

   During one of my prayer walks in kalighat I saw a vision of God’s light shining through us with every step we take, making it a brighter place. God brings hope and hope does not disappoint us because god’s love has been poured into our hearts through the holy spirit (romans 5:5). 

     So much has happened, I was supposed to finish the blog for last week but its almost a week late,  a lot has happened since then. A teamed has arrived here for 3 weeks. We are excited to see what god does through them. Yesterday we spent a lot of time downtown showing them around, and the traffic was absolutely terrible. We spent 1+    hours looking for 3 taxis to fit the whole team, we ended up walking the whole way there because we couldn’t get a taxi. It was madness. Today I lead a day of prayer and fast, which we called “greater things are yet to come”. It went beautifully,; the holy spirit really moved and healed people in powerful ways. 

   My work is really picking up, the responsibilities are increasing and all the projects to get done in the next 4 weeks. Suddenly feel that my time here is coming to an end, it saddens me. I am however going to become an ambassador for the states for jewels in a crown!!! That way I will at least feel connected to the ministry and the ladies even when I’m not in Kolkata. 

I have been growing so much as a person here; spiritually, mentally and physically. I love it. It wasn’t until recently that I noticed the change, it happened subtly as my time here went on. When I think about how god wants his church to be, I always look in Acts of the Apostles. and In Kolkata I feel that I am living more in that manner, it’s beautiful, humbling and dreamlike all at the same time.