Jesus Heals

"Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, 'Look at us!' So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then Peter said, 'Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk'. Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God." -Acts 3:2-8

In an earlier blog I talked about a family we were able to feed that spends the evenings digging through a small garbage dump in town. We were able to help feed them last week and again today. Last week, as we talked and prayed with them, the mother requested that we pray for her son, Wilmer, who was in bed at home with a bad fever and had been sick for a while. The majority of the people we help feed are shy in response, not asking many questions or making many requests. This woman asking us to pray for her child wasn't a small matter. It was obvious that she was distressed about the health of her kid. We gladly prayed for this family, more specifically for Wilmer, and gave them all dinner for the evening. Before we left Pablo looked at Wilmer's mom and said to her, "In the name of Jesus, Wilmer is healed." Now I don't speak great Spanish, but I understood what Pablo said and I could tell that he meant it.

Pablo's been wanting to head back to the little dump to bring some food and check on the family for the past week, but we weren't able to until today. We pulled up to the little dump today and everyone came out to greet us. The mother we had spoke with last week was so excited to tell Pablo that when they went home the evening we prayed for Wilmer, they found Wilmer dressed and leaving their house to go to church. He said he felt great! Call it what you will but Jesus healed that kid. We saw him today and he was all smiles. It's difficult to kick a bad fever, much less a bad fever while on a diet of garbage, literally garbage. And if Nica kids are anything like American kids, they know how to drag out the sick days to get nursed a little by the family. But no, this kid wasn't just better, he was going to church.

After another time of talk and prayer we gave the family meals and drove off. Driving away Pablo said something like, "I told you Jesus healed that kid". Yes you did brother, and yes he did.