Transformation In Cuenca Ecuador
January 21, 2002
From: FridayFax@DawnEurope.net
Friday Fax 2003 Issue 3, 18 January
Rainer Killus of Open Doors reports of an awakening in Ecuador: When I arrived in Cuenca 19 years ago, there were around 500 Christians in 8 churches - in a city of 400,000.
One month ago, I returned for the first time in 11 years, having lived in the city for 8 years until 1990. Today, there are 30,000 to
40,000 Christians in over 50 churches!
When I arrived at the airport on 15 November 2001, people asked me 'Do you remember me? I'm Lola. I haven't suffered from epilepsy for 16 years now!' and 'Do you remember me? No? I only had a month to live when you prayed for me. I had cancer!'
Given up by the hospital - but not by God:
A 50-year-old woman lay in the hospital after almost dying of a brain haemorrhage caused by falling down when she was drunk. After 14 days, she started screaming in her delirium, and had to be bound to her bed. Her screams could be heard two floors below. We visited her, and I read the story of Jesus healing in Mark chapters 1 and 2. She became quiet, and we started praying with her. After a moment, she began repeating our prayers, after not speaking for two weeks! She accepted Jesus, and freed her hands from the bonds. Two days later, after telling us very calmly about the accident, she was discharged from hospital and could return home by bus. The doctors had declared her a hopeless case only four days earlier.
The quick tempered nurse set free:
When the two nurses who had been taking care of the woman came in, one of them asked "So, have you driven the demons out yet?" When I affirmed that we had, she asked us to pray for her, saying "I have such a quick temper. My husband wants to leave me." Five minutes later, they were both saved! The one nurse exclaimed "Oh! The pressure's gone!"
Two healed of cancer:
During the visit, I heard a number of reports of long-lasting healings. Rosa Barros from Cuenca, for example, was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer in 1988. The doctors did not expect her to survive the day when the family asked me to accompany them to the hospital and pray for her healing. When I arrived, the doctor confirmed that the young mother of three small children was close to death. Through our prayer, she was healed, and with her husband, still serves on the staff in a church. Rosa asked me to visit her sister, who was also in hospital with pancreatic cancer. We prayed for her, and she was saved and subsequently healed. Her doctor confirmed the healing the same day.
A new eye:
A Christian glass-blower had a tragic accident in November: a drop of liquid glass sprayed into his left eye. He was taken to hospital, where the doctors immediately operated. The drop of glass, at 1100 degrees Celcius, had destroyed the cornea and pupil. I went to the hospital with his brother to pray for him after the operation. When the doctor removed the eye-patch the next day, he
could see perfectly, and had a new eye! Even today, he can still see better with the 'replacement' eye than the 'healthy' one!
The city has really been transformed - almost 10% of the population are born-again Christians!
The Catholic church stopped all forms of persecution some time ago. Christians are everywhere; there is a Christian radio station, at least one Christian newspaper in each town, and there will soon be a Christian television station. And people continue to be saved!
Source: Rainer Killus, Open Doors,
e-mail info@offenegrenzen.de,
www.offenegrenzen.de
Location: Cuenca, Ecuador
Website: http://www.offenegrenzen.de
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