Yesterday we went back into Villa Zumbie to make home visits with Pastor Bart. These were visits to people who had either left the church or people that had promised to come to the church and never did. Our first visit was to a lady who had been in the hospital and hadn't returned after she had gotten out. As we entered her front gate the front yard was full of trash (you can see it in the picture). I think she just threw it out the window rather than into a trash can. Then when we entered the house, the smell was overwhelming. It was really unsanitary. The house she lived in was so poorly constructed. The walls were made of 1x4 boards (kind of like the wood that we make pallets out of) and you could see daylight shining through them! It was so sad. As we started speaking with her she began to tell us that her husband had just died and that one of her daughters had just left home to live with a drug dealer. She had 6 daughters total. Then in walked one of her daughters with 2 children. These children were beautiful! It was so weird seeing children so beautiful living in these conditions. Anyway, we ministered and prayed with them and then it was off to the next house. One house we went to was the home of a woman who's son was an alcoholic and he was also demon possessed. He had attended Daniel's Camp (that's the property we are looking at) a few years ago and gave his heart to Christ there! That was pretty cool to hear. Then we visited the home of a woman who had been walking down the street and a motorcycle hit her at full speed. She had been injured so severely that the doctors didn't think she would live. So when they repaired her leg (put it back together) they did it half-heartedly thinking she was going to die anyway. The Lord performed a miracle and she lived. But was still having problems with her leg. When you looked at her you could tell that she had lived a rough life but she actually looked like she took care of herself. She looked in shape, hair fixed, make-up... just a normal looking 30+ year old woman. As we spoke with her she began to tell us about the problems she was having with her leg. Then for some reason she decided to show us her leg. It totally took me by surprise! One minute we're talking about Jesus and the next minute she's pulling her pant leg up to her thigh. Now I'm not known to be squeamish but what I saw next freaked me out. I didn't know if I should throw up (which I did a little... in my mouth, lol!) or run. Her leg was healed but it was all crooked at the bottom because the doctors didn't set it right. Also you could see what looked like 10 or so holes from where the pins were in her leg. But then there it was... this course hair all over her leg (her legs were harrier then mine!). It was so freaky because here was this woman who looked like she cared about her appearance and hidden away under her pant leg was this leg full of hair! You had to be there because it just totally freaked me out. It was so unexpected. It's like this was the leg of somebody else. Totally bizarre. But if you think about it, that's kind of like some our lives. To most people we look like we're pretty normal. Like we are taking good care of ourselves with no issues. But tucked away where nobody sees we have these issues and secret sins that we've hidden and not dealt with. But God sees them. And He's totally grossed out by them. Just like I was with having to look at that lady's leg.
Lord please forgive us for not dealing with the hidden things in our lives.
Well, it's off to the lawyer's office this morning then we're going to try and go back to the property.
Love ya,
Jim
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