Not sure where to begin....

So we haven't been able to get to the Internet cafe due to 2 consecutive holidays here in Zambia. A lot has happened in the last 3 days.

I think it might be best if I just do a day-by-day post..

Monday....The first part of the day we finished painting the playground.

We went to an "All Night" prayer meeting. This is conducted once a month where Bishop Peter holds a service in which prayer begins at 7pm and goes until 6 am the following day. You had everyone there from babies, young, and old. When the Zambian people call out to the Lord it's like nothing I have ever heard. They use not only their voices but their entire body! They pray with such passion and reverence to the Mighty One.

Sorry it is a bit blurry but the flash was VERY distracting. I didn't want to take another one.

Bishops' church was packed. It was a full house, standing room only.

This is where the night became truly interesting for all of us. A woman who appeared to be slain in the Holy Spirit was in fact demon possessed. She dropped to the floor and began to steam roll the Church floor. Her shoes went flying,her body was contortting and convulsing, she was foaming at the mouth and throwing up. When she rolled our way Leon grabbed her and began praying for deliverance over her. Michaela and I stood back for a minute to asses the situation. Once we discerned the truth of the matter, we jumped in to help Robert and Leon. They both said later that she has the strength of 7 men, and she did. It was really intense. When we were done praying, Leon went outside and got some air. He came back in and said it wasn't finished. The woman was weeping on what we think was her friends shoulder and then dropped to floor again. All of the same symptoms presented and we prayed even harder for deliverance. The crazy thing was that the church became quiet because they were switching the prayers to worship. Leon was praying so loud that it over came the church. Do you think they stopped to leave or interrupt?? No way!!! they continued on. In the US...if this was happening, people would run from church saying this was crazy....

This wasnt the end all.....once the 2nd episode came to a close, she lay there weeping that she wasnt forgiven. We tried our best in English to explain that she was but it didn't resonate. She got up, collected herself, and went back to her seat. We all took a deep breath and continued the service. Michaela and Leon kept watching her in her seat until she got up and walked out of the church. Leon discerned that the demon wasnt finished with her and followed her out. He knew that she needed to confess her sins to the Lord to be FREE from the continued torture.

Sure enough he found her vomiting again behind a wall and he asked Robert to go get Bishop Peter so she could confess. Once Bishop came she confessed that she was a married woman and had been having an affair with a married man and just had an abortion. Talk about bondage!!! The demon presented because she was ready to be freed up and give her burden over to God.

Bishop had 2 women from his church pray with her and take her back for counseling immediately. Praise God!!!

Tuesday....We went to the Arcade to have dinner and watch a movie but the movie was sold out. We ended up hanging out with Du.

Wednesday....We began the VBS program with the kids....here are some pics from today..