Chief healed and received Jesus in tent evangelism crusade - South Africa

Hi everyone,


Life Evangelism International ( www.lei.org.za ) had a really good time as we traveled up to Elisras (on the boarder of South Africa and Botswana). We held a tent crusade there for a week in a small rural village (approx 60km away from Elisras) in the village of Shongoane.

Dr. Des Sinclair and his team first went and talked with the chief and the elders, and spoke to them about Jesus.
He said that he had never heard of him before, and asked his elders if they know anything about this man named Jesus. They also said they didn’t know anything about him, so we all waited for a short time till the school children came back from school on the bus, and then the chief asked them if they know anything.
This is their response: ....... A few of them knew that Jesus = Church, also that he was the white mans God - but that they were not allowed to know him - and that was all they knew!

The chief of this village then told us that we were the first people EVER to come and share about this man named Jesus. Until we came, they had NOONE come and tell the people about Jesus.

The chief of the village came to every one of our meetings and eagerly sat right up the front for all to see that he was there.

On the 2nd night, he came forward to the alter of God and received salvation for the first time. Praise the Lord!

The next night he came to the meeting with much thrill and excitement and wanted to share news with his people there. He shared with all the villagers in the tent his testimony of how in the past 20 years he had not been able to sleep very well as he had a leg deformity and many body problems and pain. He said that he had been to many Sangormas (witchdoctors), Medical Doctors and anyone else he could, to take away the pain – but it wouldn’t leave!

That night when he asked Jesus into his heart, the curse over his body was gone and he shared how he slept like a baby with all pain now gone for the 1st time in 20 years!

.....The chief also said that “we need to follow Jesus, the whole village, we need to follow and learn about this Jesus.

PRAISE BE TO GOD ALMIGHTY!