my first trip to the middle east. wow--i feel a bit overwhelmed. we went from one amazing person and place to the next. everyone there wants to talk about politics. if you lived there, you'd understand why, so i extend grace to them all. we went to learn, love and pray and our great team of jesus-followers did all three quite well in my view.
one story to begin with:
we were invited to visit the home of a cabinet member of the Palistinian Territories--a fine and gracious man--very experienced and highly educated. after giving us briefing on his work and the challenge of it all, he asked his wife to share a spiritual encounter that she had experienced, now some 12 or so years ago. their youngest son had been born premature and his life and health were in the balance. one night she had a vivid dream of Jesus coming out of his tomb arrayed in white, approaching her, laying his hand on her shoulder and telling her that everything would be alright. it was--her son lived and was sitting in the room with us as we were visiting. she also said to us with a twinkle in her eye, "Mohammad never visited me in a dream!"
three of our team members, we later discovered, received from the Holy Spirit the very same word for her regarding her "gift of dreams" during that interchange. we each shared this word with her privately and personally without knowing that anyone else had shared something with her. we did notice that she had been moved to tears by something. to further the impact of it all, it turned out that her name in Arabic means "dreamer".
seeds of the gospel were sown throughout our wonderful trip. more to come!
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