AN AMAZING DETOUR!
I had just finished giving the children a 10 minute charge about the supernatural in a children camp I was attending when my cell leader asked me if I could accompany him the following day – Friday night – to another children’s camp at a High School at Ibesikpo Local Government Area. I happily agreed to this.
We got to the venue by 7pm and were warmly received. Before the meeting started, we went behind the meeting hall to pray in the spirit for 30 minutes. The meeting started with singing and dancing, after which my cell leader was called up to minister. After speaking, he called for those who wanted to be baptized in the Holy Spirit to come forward and only a few children with about 3 or 4 youths went forward. He then began the prayers for the baptism and told the children to pray. The majority were just sitting down at the back of the hall; some were falling asleep already. Then, he gave the microphone to me to speak briefly and I quieted everyone – even the prayers. I went to the centre of the hall and faced the youths; and shared my life testimony in bits and pieces, and I told stories of God’s move and work through youths. After speaking, I told those who wanted to experience God TANGIBLY to step forward, offering them another chance. Ninety-six percent of the people in the hall came out – including the ‘slay’ queens and kings; some were already crying with willing hearts.
We could not minister to everyone at once, so I told the youths to move backwards while we ministered to the children first. When I sang, the Holy Spirit shook the place and the children were sprawled all over on the floor; deliverances were taking place. I led the children to pray some personal cleansing [confession] prayers. Then we – my cell leader, some other camp officers and I – prayed for the children and laid hands on them.
THE SETBACK AND RECOVERY
I was moved by love as I hugged and prayed for many of the children. The power of God was very strong on the children that I began to cry at some point. After we finished praying for the children, we began to minister to the youths. I made them move forward. Some of the youths obviously needed more attention because they seemed to be under demonic influences. As I was charging the youths, the power [electricity] went out! And the generator refused to come on!
When I noticed that we did not have power for some time, and that the people were struggling to put on the generator, I went to pray for the generator while my cell leader continued to speak with the youths. After laying hands on the generator, I told the people to try to put it on again. They did, and it caught fire right in the fuel tank! After about 3 seconds, the fire went out!
‘Wow! What? How?’ I stood amazed at God’s miraculous deed. A second generator was brought, and when the revolver was pulled twice, the rope cut. There was no spanner for a quick fix, so we went back into the hall and ended the meeting. It was already 11:35pm. I saw the deep disappointment on the faces of the children and the stirred youths. Then, it was announced that those that were hungry for God and really wanted to be baptized could stay behind. Ninety percent of the children and youths stayed behind, to my surprise.
I went to a corner to pray while my cell leader sensitised the youths about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the process of receiving the Holy Spirit. While praying, a group of about five 6 to 10 year olds surrounded my chair, trying to get my attention by tapping it. I lifted my head to know what they wanted. They said that they had already been prayed for, but they wanted more. I told them to gather around my chair and to repeat some prayers after me (I engaged them in prayers). In less than a minute, they began to blast in full blown [fluent] tongues! They spoke in tongues so loudly that the youths said, “What are we waiting for?”
We separated the youths into batches so that we could pray for everyone. Then the power of God fell like an atomic bomb! The resultant effect it created was so great. Demons came out of many, about 31 of them.
Other young camp officers who love God and the supernatural also had a fulfilled day. Some of them that had doubts that God could move through them were amazed by what they saw and they believed that God could use them too! Emotional healings took place: people forgave others. There was also physical healings. In the end, about eighty-nine percent of the campers were baptized in the Holy Spirit and delivered. They spoke in tongues, prophesied, and saw visions. We had to close the meeting by 2am. I had been standing from about 10pm to about 2am to pray for people and cast out demons, my legs and waist were in so much pain but I was glad I did. About 200 Campers stayed back to be prayed for. I finished counselling and praying for the last batch of people by 3:45am. I was tired, but the Holy Spirit empowered me.
We got the phone numbers of some of the students that came to speak to us [open up about personal issues] with a plan to follow up on them as I had been trained by Pastor Ita during our various evangelism outreaches in Uyo.
Revival hit that camp!
Glory be to God.
