Love looks like Soup and Sandals

  Last night at the House of Prayer, which is in the middle of the slum, we had our first soup outreach. They have been wanting to do a soup outreach for a while but this was the first night!  It was awesome. They made a giant pot of soup, and we prayed and then I went around part of the neighborhood with Andrew and a couple others to invite people. (Andrew knows everyone there)  They served soup in disposable cups on the first floor of the prayer house and prayed with people as they came in.  Most people left from there after they got soup, but if they wanted to talk or pray more, we would invite them up the stairs to a little seating area for coffee and ministry time, and if they still wanted more or to stick around we invited them into the top worship room and later had a 7 minute message, worshipped and prayed more.  The room was full of ministers and people of all ages. It was amazing!!  It went so well, and was such a perfect set up for people to receive as much ministry as they were ready for and to get more of a taste of the presence of God if they wanted.  And it just felt so natural and like a family to worship with them all, only God makes family so well!  So glad to be a part, and experiencing supernatural as natural.

   One girl is 16 and very pregnant.  She came to the city from her hometown and family 4 hrs away.  She is selling her body for food and crack, and has no support system, and was barely clothed.  She said she wants to give away the baby when it is born because she can't take care of it...  She was so hungry and got lots of prayer, told her story a few times and cried a few times especially during our short worship time together.  Lorelei gave her her sandals.  She received Jesus!  And she picked out a couple of dresses from the bags of clothes we keep there, then took a shower and changed, she looked so beautiful and had a huge smile on her face.  Hopefully she will keep in contact with us.  She is the type of situation that we would like to be able to invite her to stay with us at the big house once we get settled in there and ask God about how he wants to do that.  Lots of things to consider and to learn, but for sure it will be an adventure.

  Oh also, at the beginning of the night another teenager, who I had met in March and who has had a baby since then, she wanted to dedicate her baby to Jesus that night.  Which was an amazing decision for her, as she has been friends with these missionaries for a long time, but not usually wanted to make decisions to follow Jesus.  And also, she herself had been dedicated to Macumba (a regional witchcraft) when she was a baby by her mother.  So this was a huge breakthru and blessing for her and her adorable baby girl....

Jesus is so amazing!  Love is just so simple sometimes.  And supernaturally powerful to change our lives and hearts.