The Mark

In one village, Mike Scharfe, a U.S. campaigner on our trip from Norflolk/Virginia Beach, came across a young boy. He was maybe four or five years old. Each day when Mike would see him, the young boy would run away from him. Mike also noticed that the boys peers and even the adults around him wouldn’t interact with him. They didn’t quite shun him, but they didn’t engage him either.

Guess which one Mike is.

On the third day of working in the villages, Mike came across the boy again. Mike, and the nationals with him, were at a home. Many at the home needed prayer for various sicknesses. That’s when Mike learned part of the boy’s story. He had a mark on his arm. A witch doctor had put the mark there and cursed the boy to die. Hence the failure to engage him. Why engage the dead?

Mike’s translator asked him to pray for all the illnesses. Mike prayed and during his prayer, he lifted the boy with death mark up to our Father.

The mark vanished. I believe the Lord broke the curse. Then as Mike walked to the next home, the boy ran up and grasped Mike’s hand. They walked hand in hand for awhile down the road. Christ’s love manifested.

When the apostle John wrote his Gospel account he said, “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.” 21:25 I know how he feels. I can’t write all that the Lord did, and you don’t have time to read it, but this is a taste. I’ll write you another taste or two this week. We’ll dribble them out so as not to overwhelm.

The Stats

· 587 Sudanese put their faith in Christ Jesus.

· 1 new church was established.

· 2 churches were strengthened, including one planted by the e3 team in April of this year. Ah, discipleship.

Thanks for praying. The four who fell behind caught up, Mike Scharfe was one of them. I supposed the story above is one reason the Lord worked things out.