Deborah Wallace of Northeast Texas
The trip was certainly a positive experience. It put me in a place where the Lord could stretch me beyond myself. I had been asking the Lord to stretch me beyond my limits and this trip did just that. This trip really taught me what teamwork is about and how the Body of Christ is really to function. Where one team member left off, another one picked up.
I had been asking the Lord to teach me more about deliverance. Praise God He took me to “hands-on deliverance school” with the Holy Ghost as instructor and also used other team members to help teach me.
This trip truly showed me what God’s genuine true and pure love is all about. I can’t really explain it, but how my perspective as a Christian is truly different. For all of us our only hope is Jesus and when I saw the desperation of the Egyptian people and their only hope is Jesus – it stirred me and my focus is truly different towards ministry. And it stirred an urgency in me that I thought was already in me. I really just do not know how to describe what I want to say. I just know I have been turned inside out, and as I have shared with many this week about what the Lord did in Egypt the only thing that mattered was Jesus. And as I saw their faces and the tears they shed as they heard the testimonies – no one cared what denomination we were part of, who had the most salvations or healings or largest crowds, but they only were concerned what Jesus did.
There is so much that the Lord did and started. I am so looking forward to going back to Egypt. I feel my heart was knit with the Egyptian people. I had been asking the Lord to teach me about deliverance and to put me where I could learn from Him – not just what the books say, but truely learn from the Holy Spirit. Well, the first week in al Minia my learning began with the Holy Ghost as instructor. God is so good! My life has been so changed by this trip. The Lord did something in me that I really don’t know how to put in words. Everything looks different since I’ve been home. And I really don’t want to be the way I used to be; I want the Lord to continue to change me. I don’t want what took place in Egypt to be just in Egypt, but in my home and church and city. My church has really gotten excited about what took place on the trip. And a part of the church has rallied and wants to be a part of the next trip. We have two fund raisers set to raise money for the trip. It is amazing God didn’t just work on me during the trip but also began a work within the body of believers!
I think every born-again believer should go on a trip like this. It should be mandatory. This trip truly opened up the Gospels and it taught us as believers to walk in the power and authority the Lord has entrusted to us. I feel I can “whoop” any devil that tries to run me over in the Name of Jesus! I know that sounds silly — but the Lord has put a confidence in me that it is His power and authority and in His name, I don’t have to be intimidated nor step out of the way when the Lord says do it! A trip like this truly takes a believer out of his comfort zone and stretches us beyond our limits. It has been great and I can’t wait for the next trip. So to answer the question — I would promote and encourage others to join future trips, and I have already started in letters I’ve sent out to family, friends, supporters and prayer warriors.