Life-changing Guatemala
Dear friends and family in Christ.
I want to thank you all for your continuous prayer for me and for our group! I appreciate it so much and I don’t think we know how much of a difference prayer makes in our battle against the forces of evil.
Guatemala was a life-changing experience! We were hosted by Ben and his congregation here in Panajachel, one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
During day time we work at various work sites, I work at Nimmer and Jenifer’s house. The reason for doing construction work at the various sites is to get a point of contact with the people. Ben and a few men in His congregation does this trough the whole year, they build beds and additional rooms etc for the needy, free of charge. The Lord provides all that is needed. I learned so much during these 2 weeks!
During the night we were taught by Ben. WOW!
This man of God had a life worst than any movie you can imagine! He was born from a prostitute on heroin in Holland and she gave him up for adoption. Then he was brought up in a home where his pastor dad left his new catholic mom for his gay lover. He and mom left for the USA where he got raped each weekend by the priest. He got caught up in drugs and occult since an age of 7, demonic manifestation since the age of 5. At the age of 16 he was a satanic priest drinking human blood and eating human flesh for more demonic power. He was dead 9 times through gun shots, suicide attempts, drug over doze etc. His mom said he must leave the US and go to Guatemala in his twenties to get out of the gangs and occult and drugs. When he arrived in Guatemala, everything where cheaper and easier to get and occult flourished here. He became a tattoo artist and met his wife in a night club. She was also caught up in almost everything that he was. They owned night clubs where they prayed for demonic gateways to be open when the people drank
there and danced influenced music. He was abusive for the demonic and his wife was well. She tried to kill him with a knife by cutting him 14 times. They separated. Her mom met Christ and she also came to Jesus through her moms testimony.
One night he was high on crack cocaine and went to a mountain to light his car and drive of the mountain. While he was preparing to take his own life an old lady passed him as only told him that Jesus loved him and that he must give Jesus a chance. She said if Jesus didn’t come through for him then he can
kill himself. He then said to God he wanted to be freed from drug addiction and he wanted his wife back and his mother in law’s attitude towards him must change. He said to the Lord all of this should happen in a day! All of it did happen with-in 24 hours! He came to Christ and was freed from all His drug addiction with-in 24 hours, his wife drove past him and invited him to her mothers house and there the mother also was very glad to see him! He repented and asked forgiveness for his arrogance. He also received deliverance from all the demons in his life! He was also dying with lung cancer and various other medical conditions. The Holy Spirit came over him for 3 days and the Lord made
everything new in his body!
He started to make up at 3am in the morning for the next few years and the Lord started to teach him every morning, from a Spanish Bible, even though he could speak or read Spanish!
He and his wife now lives life’s dedicated to the Kingdom and to setting Christ&
rsquo; people free from all kinds of demonic oppression.
It was a privilege for me that he sowed into my life. He taught us a lot about how the spiritual realm works and what opens up gateways for demon oppression and how to deal with it. He inspired us to be radical for Christ and His people.
The Lord touched my life forever here. He showed me things I didn’t know.
I am very thankful for everything that I could learn here and I am so excited to see what the future brings! Things will never be the same again!
My prayer for everybody that reads this is that you may have a spectacular 2010 and that you will be bold in Christ and search for the whole truth and live it!
He loves you more than you can imagine! The question is; how are you going to react when you receive the revelation of His love for you? I want to encourage you to be radical and don’t hold anything back in responding in your love for Him!
From strength to strength in Christ.
Francois, Freeman.