BANGALORE - ENGLAND TESTIMONY!

Hello! - posted 29th september 2008

I didn't expect to be writing this but God has done such wonderful things it must be communicated.
In my last email, I asked for prayer for Fiona and Andy who I spoke to about Jesus while in India.
They've both been back in England for over 3 months but two weeks ago Fi told me that she's been thinking a lot about Christianity and would like to come to church with me.
She came to church with me that Sunday and to a student Bible study group on Tuesday. She has read through most of the New Testament and is now on Genesis. She has many questions and is hungry to understand.

Fi has also decided to attend an Alpha Course (a 7 week introduction to Christianity) and has invited Andy and another friend, Rosie, who is an atheist and is coming just to prove her wrong. Fi joined me at church last Sunday and there made a formal and public acknowledgement of her faith in Jesus! She says since encountering Jesus she now feels a peace and joy that she hasn't known before. Because of this change she experienced much hostility from Andy at first as her faith was challenging him spiritually. Nevertheless, by the grace of God and through prayer he is coming around and is now reading the Bible with her.

These are early days but I am so thankful to God for the work he's done in Fiona's life and for her testimony that is already being shared with Andy and Rosie. Please continue to pray for all three of them to enter into full communion with Jesus and for His love to be established in their lives.

Big love and thanks,

Adesola

Dear All, - posted 29th May 2008

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support! I am safely back in London and doing well by the grace of God.

Regarding the previous prayer points I have the following updates:

Fiona
During the rest of my stay I was able to pray with her and share the gospel some more with both her and her boyfriend, Andy. She also took the opportunity to read my Bible and has expressed interest in coming to church when she returns to London later in the year. Please continue to pray for Fi and Andy for their complete commitment to Jesus.

The Jiandani's (host family)
I was delighted to see Natasha (Neha's younger sister) come to church with us twice before I left. Neha says this is her first time doing so and so we celebrate this breakthrough in Natasha's life. Please continue to pray that the entire family will come to know Jesus and make him known.

Parikrma students and me
Over the course of my trip I developed a love and admiration for these children and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to assist in their academic and personal development. I've never considered myself maternal but by my last day at the school  I felt a pull on my heartstrings and I knew despite the challenging times I would never forget them. Please continue to pray for the blessing of God to be upon them and for the light of God to pierce the darkness in their families and communities.


Much love and appreciation,

Adesola

Please pray! - posted 26th March 2008
 
For my roommate Fiona (who is doing the same volunteer programme I am). She has an attachment to star signs and fortune tellers and is struggling to surrender her life to Jesus. Our dialogue continues and I pray that God will remove the veils and let her see Him in truth. Please also pray and bind the spirit of witchcraft from her mind and will.
 
For my host family, the Jiandani's. Neha (their eldest daughter) has been standing in the gap for them for several years and we now pray together for her family, particularly for her father who is very sick. Last night when we were talking, she described his personality and the family dynamic before his illness and he sounded so much like my own father that I don't think it's a coincidence we were brought together. Please pray for the family to be saved, healed and delivered.
 
For the children at Parikrma, who are from some of the poorest and most disadvantaged families and communities. I sense when I am teaching, particularly with one on one tuition, that there are several spiritual barriers to their learning and development. Most of them are from Hindu homes and this influence, together with the demonic interference that comes through abuse and neglect has created a bondage over their minds. As I prayed over a child today, binding the spirit of confusion I began to see an immediate improvement in her aptitude and understanding. Please pray for these children and bind such spirits that try to keep them bound. There is victory in Jesus!
 
Finally, please pray for me. For my sensitivity to the Spirit and always for the blood of Jesus to cover me. These past few days I have been feeling intensely tired despite lots of food and sleep. This morning the Lord revealed to me that this was a spiritual attack and I began to confess that my life is hidden in Christ in God and pray in tongues. Within minutes I started to feel strong, alert and the fatigue in my eyes was gone. It seems I've upset a few demons by coming here (the school I'm working for and the home I'm staying in are Hindu) but Jesus has purchased everyone, including the Hindu community by His precious blood, so I am encouraged.
 
Thank you for praying! I am learning the value of carrying each other's burdens in prayer, so that when the enemy comes looking for a weakness, he finds instead a strong defence because we have covered each other's backs.
Leviticus 26:7-8 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
Let us chase the enemy out of the land!