And the Lord (…) confirmed the word by the accompanying signs… (Mark 16,17) After every Gospel message, we prayed for the sick. Not because we are special in any way. We simply want to take the Bible at its word and expect Jesus, the healer, to intervene. So we prayed for people who were to wake up from a coma. (We knew of a man in our community who was in a coma. Unfortunately, this man did not wake up.) What we didn't know at the time, however, was that another person was also in a coma. The next day, a woman came onto the stage to publicly glorify Jesus and share her story with us. What she told us completely blew us away: Her baby had fallen into a coma for unexplained reasons at just two months old. By then, the child was almost a year old. The doctors had essentially given up hope. But on that very day, God woke the child after ten months in a coma. Glory to God!
God's power in Sofia
The time had finally come. From July 18th to 20th, two friends I met in Orlando, together with HOFFNUNG royal, organized a large evangelistic campaign in the Roma neighborhood of Hristo Botev. Prior to this, we trained 45 leaders in a 5-day workshop in Sofia. Together with these 45 leaders, we carried out the evangelistic outreach. They invited people from the neighborhood, took on many practical tasks, and built bridges to integrate the new converts into their communities.
Over three days of evangelism, we kicked things off with games and two bouncy castles for the kids. Afterwards, there was a powerful evangelistic message for children. For the adults, several well-known Christian singers performed. Roma worship leaders later led us in a special time of worship. Then, each evening, we preached the Gospel and called for repentance. In the end, we were able to count 632 documented decisions* for Jesus.
*(documented means that each individual has spoken with one of our volunteers, filled out a decision card and will be put in contact with the local community)
Why are the numbers important to us? Behind every single number is a human life. A person who decided to repent and follow Jesus. We want to celebrate that with heaven.
„So there will be more joy in heaven over every sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.” Luke 15,7
