I arrived in Nairobi at 8:50
PM on June 26th. There was quite mishmash in customs. It took a long time. But
expect God to give you an appointment any time. I was in the pay for Visa line and
was directed to another area where we could do the same. I went to find the
lines about the same but a different mix of people. Just ahead of me was a
young American lady headed into Kenya on second trip into Kenya working for two
weeks in a medical mission. She was feeling a bit lost and not sure of herself
and praying for God to show her if she was right in coming. Well God answered
her as we spoke. The Lord spoke to me about her and I told her she was in a
very good place not knowing what to do but just desiring God's will and His
glory. She was crying as the presence of the Lord hovered near and I spoke to
her what was on His heart concerning her. She was greatly encouraged as we
parted and promised to contact me in several weeks when she gets back to let me
know what happened to her.
Met Mickey Okeyo next day and
spent most of the day with him and other pastors and people involved with the
training and crusades. So many precious people whom heard some of what the Lord
spoke to me about them and some of what to expect. They had a word from the
Lord in the church last week and that word said "have faith and expect
much from the Lord. That was so true as God has spoken to and thru me such a
word as expectancy faith is the faith that reaches into the supernatural. We will see big things from a big God.
June 29th
Today we went into downtown
Nairobi to start the two days of pastor training. I preached on the
supernatural and how to enter into it. Many were deeply touched and saw how
they could come to God and become mighty in Him. Tomorrow we will do an all day
training and see what God wants to do. I got a compliment on my preaching when
one pastor quipped "you are white on the outside but you must be black on
the inside because no white man can preach like that."
June 30th.
All day pastor training. We had several
special music singers. As one dear lady was singing in Swahili a song about
Jehoshaphat’s battle the Lord dropped in on me a powerful word for Africa
and the Church in Africa. (Quite frankly this surprised me as this was my very
first trip to Africa and to have such a big and far reaching word made me
wonder. I asked the Lord if he meant me to deliver this word and He said yes.)
The verses were Isaiah 28:5-6. He said "Oh Africa, Oh Africa, Oh my Church
in Africa. Too long have you sat underneath the heal of the nations. You sing
songs of being the head and not the tail, but I tell you, you are the tail. It
is time to arise and come to Me and let me move in you and you become one in
all the land of Africa." He
wants the Church to move rapidly to the stage of God's inhabitation where the
African Church become so powerful it transcends all tribal, political and state
boundaries and drive the enemy from the gate and out of the whole land.
I taught on more of walking
in the supernatural and in the afternoon had an impartation service where
almost everyone had some manifestation of the heat in their bodies. Some even had oil from heaven on their
hands. What a precious group of men
and women!
I also heard today that there
were two spontaneous healings during the meeting as well. One lady came sick
and even had her husband tell her that she shouldn't come, but she said God
wanted her to come. While I was speaking she was healed. Another pastor, who had
been kicked out of his church after 17 years and who was slowly losing his
eyesight was also healed. I spoke of my being kicked out of a church and how it
was actually a very good thing and that I was so happy that I could walk with
Jesus. He heard that and the Lord healed his eyes and all the pain and
bitterness flooded out of him. Praise the Lord of glory for all he does!!
July 1st.
We visited with the vice mayor of Nairobi
and were able to encourage him and pray for him.
I also had two interviews with two people
from Christian magazines. (Miracles and KEGMA Voice) The first was a man, from
Miracle Magazine, who had looked at my site and knew that I was not going out
into the world because I saw others doing it, but I went out because God called
me. He also said that we were going to see incredible things in the Kibera slum
the next night. Wow that is what the Lord has been saying to me. He will be
going to the Kibera Crusade to take pictures and interview those healed.
The second lady is publishing
a magazine to pastors in Kenya. She asked about my views of the Kenyan Church.
I said there were two things. 1. There was complacency in the church that was
dangerous.
2. There was also a hunger
for God in the church as well.
I told her only the supernatural
in the church would solve the problems. She was fascinated with that idea and
would watch the DVD of the pastor training to learn more.
July 2nd.
I walked the Cambio slum with Mickey,
Alex and Samuel. We visited many places and saw much squalor that the Living
God has plans to lift up with economic and spiritual help. We visited Magdalene
who was a HIV widow and HIV positive herself with two children who were also
HIV positive. We prayed for her and her children and her. I laid my hands on
her stomach and she reported a heat and a releasing of something around her
stomach. She started coughing a strange cough as the demonic disease left her.
Next we visited Cecelia who has diabetes and a blind left eye. We prayed for
the diabetes and her vision came back to that eye. Lastly we visited Tekla also
an HIV widow and positive for HIV with two teenage sons who are not HIV
positive. The Lord spoke to me and told me to ask her is she wanted to be
married again. So I asked her and looked at me like I was crazy and said
"In my condition?". I said what if your condition goes away? And I asked her again, more forcefully
do you want to be married again?
She said yes. We prayed and she felt like a new freedom in her body as
the tendrils of this demonic disease left her.
Tonight Kibera!! Oh Lord of Heavens move upon the
people!!
Well the crowd wasn't huge
tonight maybe 500 to 1000. But God moved and we had 11 come for salvation. I
asked for those who had disease or pain in their bodies to raise their hands
and prayed over them and many were healed by the compassionate power of God.
Several came forward telling of pains and sickness flowing away.
July 3rd
We went to the animal park
and also to the market today to get some gifts. We ate at a restaurant today
and at the end of the lunch pastor Michael and pastor George cane and sat down
with us. We were talking about the Lord when with a sudden surge of the Spirit
the Lords presence came very close to us. We all could feel it! He spoke to again of how we were one in
the Spirit and how we needed His presence to be able to do anything. There was
such a palpable presence of love there and with tears in my eyes I expressed my
love for those men.
Kibera second night
We left early to go to Pastor
Steve Baraza's church in Kibera to pray for the meeting tonight. I also
connected with my brother Emmanuel Maroa who has a church just up the railroad
tracks from Baraza's Maximum Miracle Center. Emmanuel is my friend whom I help
to get a cyber cafe going to support his ministry. The Lord wanted him to
connect to KEGMA the Kenyan Gospel Ministers Association. Emmanuel and his wife
came to the crusade.
We had many more tonight,
though I couldn't tell as we got there late after dark and the crowd was out
beyond the lights. The Lord wanted to reverse the healing and salvation and
have the healing first. There were at least 100 healed as I prayed over those
who raised their hands. But only one lady came up to testify of her healing.
Then I preached the salvation sermon and we had about 50 come forward for
salvation. Oh Lord of wonder you deserve all the glory for what you do.
As we ministered I realized I
was probably I was the only white guy in this area of 4 million people. In fact
one of the pastors said how unusual it was to get a white man to come and
minister in Kibera. He said that the white men would preach in Nairobi but not
the slums of Kibera. Well I am overjoyed to come to Kibera to minister to these
beautiful people. Many people comment that they have never seen such power of
God so evident. Glory to Jesus the Mighty One on the throne!!
July 4rd
I ministered in Pastor Mickey
Okeyo's church in the morning. His church is in Jericho, a very tough hard
place. They meet in a tent because two church buildings have been burnt down.
Mickey Okeyo was given the land by the government to have an impact in this
tough area. They have won some of the residents but much work remains. They are
such warm and loving people. I taught on Isaiah 6: 1- 12 and showed them the
revelation about the hem of the robe. It rocked many in the church. Many came
forward with hot hands, feet etc and many were healed. Something they had not
seen yet.
We had out last night in
Kibera. It is so fun walking down into this enormous slum that the travel books
say; "Stay away from!" I hear the word "mzungu" from the
children, which means white person. They want to grab my hands and kiss them to
see how they feel. Some have never been close to a white person.
There were maybe 3000 people
the last night. The team from pastor Baraza’s church had worked hard and
expected big things from the crusade, but the crowds were small compared to
their expectations. I told them that we needed to let God define the success.
When the Lord of glory comes, and we see healings and salvations, then that is
success. Also after seeing the churches in Kibera that are small and
overflowing, I could see that the Lord wanted the crusade to be smaller so to
not overwhelm the church.
The Lord wanted me to bring
up some of the sick to the stage and pray for them there to show the power of
the Lord before the people. He also told me to bring up Mickey and Emmanuel up
to pray as well. This was to allow their anointings to grow and to make sure the
people don't attach the healing to the "mzungu". I also wanted to
document the healings on video as the man from Miracle Magazine was filming. We
prayed for the people on the platform and all were healed. We had the other
sick come forward and we prayed in mass for them and as far as I could see they
were all healed too. What a Lord of glory You are Lord. How precious you
are!! How excellent are all Your
ways. I preached the salvation message from the Roman Roads and about 150 came
forward.
July 5th
We caught an early morning
bus to Kisumu near Lake Victoria. We met Pastor Felix Wanyonyi who has a church
in the Kisumu slums. He has about 200 in his church but only about 40 showed up
tonight. I preached on walking in the supernatural and God moved as about 10
came forward with hot hands, feet etc. We called for the sick to come up and
there were about 20 and everyone was healed. The pastor was simply astounded
and was deeply touched to see God move so in his church. He wanted to talk with
me after the service but we had to go.
July 6th
Pastor Felix came the next morning as I
ate breakfast. I poured into this dear man in a sort of mini pastor training.
We left in a car to the ferry terminal and just missed it. We got on a smaller
boat on the two hour ride to Mbiti where we got on the Mfangano Island boat. It
was loaded with tons of goods including a tied up cow. We were carried onto the
boat by men in Mbiti to keep our shoes dry (also to perhaps keep us away from
parasites in the water too). We finally got to the landing for Mickey's home
area. One of Mickey's friends came along, the biggest Kenyan I have seen. He
helped us carry stuff up the steep pathway to the area where we are staying on
top. This is rather primitive by US standards but there are such precious
people here, pastors working on the backside of nowhere in Kenya. They are so
looking forward to these meetings with some walking many miles to get here. Oh
God of heaven and Lord of power and wonder. Move in loving power upon these
your precious people!!
July 7th
Today was a resting day.
Pastors and workers are arriving today - such precious people. Children staring
at this strange mzungu among them, but the pastors and leaders are very
excited. This place is really uptown as they have a bathroom instead of just
using the bushes. It has three rooms with holes cut into the concrete floor and
a pit beneath the building. One room was occupied by a goat to be eventually
sacrificed to feed the pastors here for the conference and crusade. Really quite nice as this like a camping
trip a bit. Tomorrow we start the two days of pastor training and then three
days to do a crusade in Mulundu and a joint church service Sunday morning and
then the long trip to Nairobi and home.
July 8th and 9th
Two days of Pastor training.
First day I taught on what the supernatural is and how to enter. I explained
how man is perfectly created to bridge heaven and earth and enabled to bring
heaven to earth. Many deeply
touched and excited about what God is doing. But the real explosion happened on
the second day. In the morning I taught on the principles of walking in the
supernatural. I taught the tie between authority and power in Matthew 10:1, 7.
I also taught the link between the gifts of the Spirit in I Cor. 12, 13 and the
fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5: 22 - 24. I also spoke on the truths of
supernatural walking in Mark 6: 35 - 52.
Then I spoke of the refining fire of God presence that permanently
abides, Malachi 3: 1 - 3 and Isaiah 33: 14 - 17. I also taught on the concept
of the prophetic acts in II Kings 13: 14 - 19. I spoke to them of prayer, due to the
African habit if crying out constantly to the Lord in petition. I said that it
is far more important for us to hear God's voice rather than to hear our own
voice. I suggested the prayer ratio of 10% talk and 90% listen. This rocked the
group as they realized they weren’t listening to the Lord. The Lord dropped on the group in the
late morning and I had them pray quietly for 1/2 hour knowing that these
precious people would not be able to be silent but would cry out to God until
they would grow silent and then God would speak to them. After that time I had
them get up and tell what God had spoken to them. Many related visions and
powerful words as well as spontaneous healings. One man was sick for
yesterday’s meeting but God healed yesterday while I was speaking and he
came the second day. Many had the signs of anointings and I prayed over them
and then had them pray for the sick and had many healings. People are blown
away by the reality and power of God.
All glory to You my precious Jesus!! You are the One who does the work and I
get to rest in You!!
That night the pastors and
people had their own service. I was tired and went to bed early. But they had a
powerful time in the Lord together and saw 6 salvations that night!
July 10th
Crusade in Mulundu
We walked about 3 miles to
the fishing center Mulundu. The team had organized a crusade on the beach in
this predominantly SDA area. The Lord wanted me to teach the full healing
sermon and call for the sick and have Brother Mickey and Pastor Phillip (the
pastor over the area) come up and pray for the sick. He also wanted Pastor
Phillip to preach the salvation message. We had about 20 come up for healing
and all but one were healed. Phillip preached his heart out but no one came
forward. Much religion in the area, but the people had seen the power of the
gospel and had heard the gospel and it would have an effect.
One young lady came forward
for healing of Malaria and who was also pregnant. She was instantly healed of
that terrible parasite driven disease. She was in her 11th month of pregnancy
as well as the parasite penetrates past the placenta barrier and retards the
development of the baby. Eventually around the 11th or 12th month the malaria
will kill the child and it will be stillborn. This precious lady had her
healthy baby boy that very night and knew it was a miracle of the living God
who had healed her. She also named her boy Evan Wiggs in honor of the miracle.
I now have a little boy with my name on Mfangano Island. I'll get pictures of
this little boy when I go back.
July 11th
Joint Church Service at
School
"And Raise the Dead"
Interpreter Mark told me two powerful
testimonies about some really cool stuff the Lord did during the meetings.
The first was a young man,
named Killian, who was into drugs and alcohol and was notorious on the Island.
He was so disturbed he had been apprehended by the police and had overcome them
and beat them and got away. He had even killed another person. Killian heard about the meetings we were
having and decided to come to the meetings because he realized his life was not
good. He heard the preaching and teaching and heard the voice of God. He came
to me for healing prayer for chest pain associated with the drug use before the
meetings started at our noon break and the Lord touched him and healed him of
the pain and the addictions. I told
him to go into the meeting house and dance before his God to seal his healing.
He went in and realized that he had just met and experienced the mighty living
God and he was saved. He was lit up and came the next day to the crusade in
Mulundu and the people were surprised to see him. His mother came to the last
meeting and told the pastors the wonderful change that had overwhelmed her son
and told the that if they wanted they could take him and teach him how to love
God like they do and to help him preach the true word.
Second there was a man who
came to the meeting who had two chickens stolen from him. This represents a
large amount of money in this culture. This hurt him so much he thought about
suicide. He came to the meetings and heard the power of God's Word and was
saved and touched and healed and became a child of God. Isn't God the most
marvelous and wonderful Lord??!!
Dead Baby Raised
We were starting into the
service, had awesome worship and God seemed to hover over the area. During a
lengthy time of introducing the pastors and letting them speak a
"short" word there developed a commotion on my left about 20 feet
away. Mickey came to me and said a baby is dying. I immediately went over where
a pastor was holding a baby and shouting at it and shaking it like he was
trying to awaken it. Hovering around in back was an extremely distraught
mother. I went and looked at the baby and saw death in her face. Eyes rolled
back, slack mouth a pale deathly pallor to the skin. No breathing and no
heartbeat. The baby had worms in her stomach and they had in mass tried to move
out and up the esophagus and had impacted the trachea and suffocated this
little baby girl. It had evidently happened as the mother was on the way to
church. She came up to the pastor and almost threw the baby into his arms. I
laid my hand on the chest of the child and cried out to the God of all life to
bring life to this child. I said "Bring life Precious Father!" Three
times as the other pastors were also crying out to the living God. I saw the baby's eyes roll back and her
mouth opened to cry!! At that
moment the Lord spoke to my heart that the baby will be OK!!! All glory to the Living Lord who
performs mighty miracles.
This event is even sweeter in
a way as I found out later that one of the pastors on the island who is an evangelist
was starting a meeting two years ago and lost a son to the same thing and had
to stop the evangelistic meeting. The devil tried the same tactic again, but
underestimated what God had done and when the attack came we cried out to the
compassionate and living God and he moved utterly defeating the enemy!!
Needless to say the meeting
was very powerful as God had already demonstrated His magnificent power. I
preached on Matthew 16: 13 - 19. And the people were moved. I called for the
sick and called for those whom had the anointing and had them pray for the sick
and there were maybe 30 healings. Pastor Daniel told me later that he had
prayed for a pastor with a broken rib that was hurting him badly and God healed
him!! Isn't this Lord of glory the
most loving and kind Lord to show Himself strong for these wonderful people!!
July 12th
Leaving Mfangano Island
Got up at 5:30 and left the
house at 6:00. We went on about a mile and a half mostly in the dark to go to a
beach with a small fishing village to catch the boat to Mbiti. Pastor Daniel
came much to my surprise as this village was his area. He wanted me to pray for
his business in a small tin hut about 20 yards away. I went up and came in to
this most dear man's place of business. Oh Lord of Heaven pour into this dear
man's life. It was pitiful by the world's standard, but God is so moving on
that island we must remember not to overlook the day of small beginnings. He
was also travelling to Mbiti with us to buy product for his store.
We caught the boat and I was
sitting by a young family from the island who were going to Mbiti to take their
young daughter to the hospital for malaria. The baby was very fretful and
crying. I heard someone say malaria and I started and asked if it was the baby.
Upon understanding I prayed for the baby who immediately quieted down and slept
with the fever gone. Oh Lord your wonders never cease!!
On to Mbiti, ferry to Kisumu
terminal, car to Kisumu bus terminal and jumping on the last bus to Nairobi.
The bus driver drove like a man possessed down those bad African roads and
there was no sleeping on that lurching, bouncing 7 hour ride - a full hour
shorter than normal, a more sedate 8 hour ride.
Further Testimonies
Crusade in Kinoo, Pastor Baraza.
I met pastor Baraza at the
Java House in Nairobi and he told me that he had done a crusade in Kinoo
another district of Kibera and found the healing to be easy. This speaks
volumes about how God works so mightily to help us to come to Him and
understand. These Africans are passionate people who want to see God move, but
in their passion they practically kill the person they are praying for with
hand on heads shaking them violently as if by their passion and effort they can
induce a recaltriant God in heaven to move. But the anointing is the presence
and the presence of Jesus the healer is full of compassion for the sick and
lost and moves with ease. So pastor Baraza, who did receive an anointing at the
pastor training and now understood how sweet the Lord moves in gentle power.
I have been getting e-mails
from Mickey Okeyo and Emmanuel Maroa saying that the healings and signs and
wonders are still streaming in Kenya.
Pastor Phillip’s church in Mulundu is growing with the miracle of
the baby raised from the dead.
Isn’t our God so grand and wonderful to do such things as
this? I am in awe of my King who
uses me for His glory.
Below is an e-mail from
Pastor Maroa who I also gave a healing anointing and here is what he is saying
is happening.
My dear brother Evan,
Praise God in the highest! Hallelujah! its such a blessing to serve God and to
be called his beloved child. receive greetings from my family and the churches,
we are doing very well and we love you so much!
I am so happy to tell you that for the last one week I have been having very
powerful revival meetings in church in Kibera slum, I tell you it’s a
week I will never forget. Many sick
people were brought for healing in our services. Miracle have began happening
in our church since you came and anointed me. I had never experienced the mighty power
of God I always feel when I stand to preach and minister to people. My brother
God did not only send to bless me financially but even spiritually. I love you
so much and I am praying for you.
I Thank God for your humble heart and your servant hood heart, I tell you I
have never seen HUMBLE SERVANT like you. Now I know that is why God is using you
mightily. Thanks for allowing God to use you in such a profound way.
I thank God that he spoke to you during your trip to look for me, that was
God's move and he had a reason. I am happy that you connected me with other
servants of God and groups that we will be working together..
My brother I am praying for you and your dear wife and daughters, we continue
to pray for your wife's quick recovery.
It will be my joy to meet you again next year. I am saying "next
year" because I have began praying that God will enable you to come
again next year.
I have to leave for now but remain in prayers for you.
I am your brother in Christ,
Pastor Emmanuel Maroa