Tuesday September, 2016 5:00 pm
After once again jumping into the tender I
arrived on the black sand beaches of Tanna.
It is mildly amusing to me that the area of Tanna that is called
White Sands has black sand beaches…but I regress…
Once again I’m standing on the beach, among the
hollowed out wooden canoes, ready for all that the Lord has in store. Little
did I know that this day was set aside to meet the people of the crew who I
needed to meet.
Meet Mike, a man who is known as the director
and yet is so much more. His awareness of the Spirit of God, voice of God, and
direction of the Holy Spirit is very encouraging. Together with Christian, the
guitar player from day one, we joined our hearts together on the grass to seek
the Lord and pray people through to coming to the medical centre. Mike even
prayed to the Lord that the crew would be allowed to travel to the top of the
volcano for free…and guess what? As I was typing this message this news just
in… everyone is going to the top for free! Praise the Lord.
Meet Christian, a young Maori (from New Zealand) man so filled
with excitement and enthusiasm that he constantly goes spiritually into the
place where you would think he should not go. He speaks the words that others
would not have the courage to speak and pray in a way that others would find
difficult to believe or agree with. With the guidance from Mike he has begun
his walk in the spirit. Praying in tongues, moving in the spirit and seeing the
hand of God move in his life.
Meet Layla an English YWAM member who is filled
with life, and enthusiasm, ready to tackle all that the world is ready to
offer. During this day it was Layla that sat with me and asked about what made
men tick? What do they think like? What motivates them? Why are they the way
they are?
Slowly as the conversation progressed, we two
turned to three, then four, soon five and finally seven people talking and
sharing all about communication and how relationships are to work according to
the plan of God. In the midst of this discussion one father stood listening and
finally in a moment of silence spoke up and confirmed all that was being
discussed. This was reassuring to myself but shocking to his daughter who
finally saw her father for all that he was. A man of God.
Lastly, we once again joined the glasses crew
as the people were once again crowding around the table seeking help and
appointments to see the optometry crew and receive their eyes check. So
from prayer to parenting, from Spirit to sharing, from the gang to glasses God has been working through all of us today as we bring hope to a people who needed to have a hand up after cyclone Pam, La Niña and the volcano shower ash on everyone and everything here in Tanna.
Pray for rain, lives are counting on it.
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