Sveiki (hello) from Latvia!
It has been quite an adventure here in Latvia these past
couple of weeks! While being on outreach, our team has placed a big focus on
prayer and discovered the importance of it. We have been stretched in our faith
and believing in the power
of prayer and that it truly works!
Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, our team steps alongside
the staff of Freedom 61 and prays for the prostitutes and trafficked victims in
the city. As the Freedom 61 staff reaches out to these women of the streets
through offering tea, coffee, treats, care packages, and a café where a
relationship is built, our team surrounds the team and women in prayer as we
walk the streets. While prayer walking last Thursday, our team spotted two prostitutes
on a street corner and we started praying for these hopeless women from the
other side of the street. As these women paced the streets, searching for
business, our team prayed for
HOPE, RESTORATION, AND CHAINS TO BE
BROKEN.
After praying for at least 20 minutes for what seemed a lost
cause, God answered our prayers as the Freedom 61 staff came along, meeting
these two women, and inviting them into the café (normally they aren’t met with
a positive response!) where they ended up hearing about Jesus.
Sometimes we feel that prayers are empty words spoken out
just to fill time or fit our “routine.” Sometimes we feel hopeless, believing
the lie that prayer doesn’t change things; but we’re learning that
PRAYER IS POWERFUL AND MAKES A
DIFFERENCE EVEN IF WE DON’T SEE IT.
God is moving in this place,
he’s touching the hearts of the people, and he’s teaching our team that we must
BELIEVE.
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