Stories from the Field

May - June 2005

Miraculous Healing

From East Asia Preachables, Vol. 57, March 31, 2005

A small team of volunteers recently witnessed God's miraculous healing of a mute teenager while prayer walking in a small town. They first noticed the afflicted child while giving gospel materials to her mother. The mother explained that her daughter had never been able to speak and had the mind of a toddler. The group leader, who was able to communicate with the mother in Chinese, suddenly sensed the Holy Spirit telling him that He wanted to heal the child. By then the group had entered a Buddhist temple. It was there, on enemy territory, that God reached down and healed the child as the men gathered around her in prayer. The mother wept and wept as she heard her daughter speak words and phrases. She explained to the men that she had asked for help from many gods. Now she was crying out to the True God in gratitude as she heard her daughter learn to say, "Jesus loves me." The volunteers knew that they had experienced a mighty and compassionate display of God's healing power. They left the town elated, and rejoiced even more when follow-up efforts confirmed that the teenager truly had been healed.