Summer 2000 War Stories

Taken word-for-word from a sheet handed out at Honor Academy Homecoming, October 2000

Guatamala
One ministry group prayed for a lady in a wheelchair. She was shot two years ago and had not walked since - a fact the project director verified with her friends. After believing in faith that God wanted to heal her, one of the team members told her to stand up. She stood to her feet and walked!

New Zealand
On one occasion in an intermediate school, we gave the net and one hundred students raised their hands to receive Christ in response. They each prayed the prayer, and the team got to pray personally with thirty-eight of them. In New Zealand, it would typically take a church about fifty years to see this many people come to Christ. According to our contacts, an average church sees about two converts per year.

Mexico - Jr. Missions
One young missionary came up to a leader and said, "I never know sharing Jesus would be this much fun!"

Bolivia
A ministry group saw a man walking down the street in Bolivia and ran after him to speak with him. After telling the man about Jesus, his face lit up with joy and he decided to make Jesus Lord of his life. The group wanted to make sure that the man knew of the decision he was making so they asked him to tell them, in his own words, what his decision meant to him. The man said, "Beer, lots of women, lying, stealing, NO MORE! I will now follow Jesus with ALL of my heart!"

Nepal
One ministry group was able to minister to the chief of a village of 3000, who said that he wanted to follow Jesus and would be bringing many people with him in his decision.

Thailand
One team had amazing favor from God, and was able to perform the drama for 137 Buddhist monks within three monasteries. Several monks stated they could not openly confess Jesus in front of other monks but they would make a decision to follow Jesus after they got out of the monastery. However, one monk made a blatant decision to commit his life to follow Jesus after watching the drama. The monk reported to the missionaries that he would be making attempts to leave the monastery. Another Buddhist monk asked for prayer for pain in his jaw and was healed, and told the team that he knew "their God was a strong God."

Final Stats
Total number of missionaries: 5,108
Total dramas/alternative ministry sites: 5,546
Total people reached: 504,654
Total responses to the net (alter call): 67,212
Total adult salvations: 60,734
Total child salvations: 62,305
Total salvations: 123,039

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