This mornin i found myself asking God to enlarge my cup. I really desire a greater capacity to retain and absorb everything He is teaching and showing me here. I feel incapable almost too do so. Some are lessons that i'm constanyly applying and others are new things. I feel like there is so much that I am learning about real trust & faith in God, about true humility, about daily daily daily gettin on my knees and beggin God for His annointing and empowering of His Spirit because i wont make it without Him. I find myself literaly never being at the point where i've been more relient on God, then right now. I find my self being ever more aware of the spiritual battle going on here in Niger and Guinea. Today we talked about Anamism and how it is engrained into the culture here in West Africa.
600 years ago the people of West and Northern Africa were told convert or die by the muslims so they chose islam. Anamism has been rooted in for centuries so Anamism is what goes on behind the scenes. Vodo originated here, was spread through slavery and down to the Caribbean. We got into the nitty gritty of their beliefs.
Basicaly Atheism is a joke here in West Africa. To them the creator God created the universe and man. Their are spirits in everything trees, grass, clouds, and other various objects. These spirits and man were left by God to fend for themselves. God is somewhere far off. The spirits are constantly harrasing the people with sickness, poverty, and any kind of bad thing that could ever happen. The pharse "wrong place, wrong time" is none existent here, there is always some kind of evil force behind it all.
Power over these forces are highly valued here. This forces the people to turn to those with "spiritual powers" (witchdoctors). These witches over charge the people for rediculous remedys that never cure squat. They also render their services by casting spells and such on people. I don't know enough to write a doctoral thesis but I do know enough to know that they are enslaved by the devil. They live their lives in fear of the spirits and will do whatever the witches tell them to ward them off.
I was very sad and upset but their is Hope and it's Jesus. At the name of Jesus demons shutter and tremble, the blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk, the dead arise. By Him, through Him, and for Him were all things created. Amen all Glory and Honor be unto our Savior Christ Jesus!
prayer request:
-We abide in Him clinging daily and every blessing that comes from that
-Walking in the Power and Confidence of the Spirit. The warfare is different here.
-Comfort during times of homes sickness, missing our families, friends, and also we both have girlfriends ;)
-Africa is extremely different from Hawaii so pray for cultural adjustments and climates. This seems. This and the one before this seems panzy but its real request.
-God would reveal Himself in dreams and visions (very common with muslims).
-Stir up the Hearts of Conakry (especially university students)
-Unity between Matt and I, we would be binded together in grace and love.
rocky
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