The last three days of the conference in Ganta continued to produce a harvest. On Thursday we had the car back, so I taught in the day time session and preached in the evening. That night four people recommitted their lives to Jesus.
Again on Friday I taught at the morning session and preached in the evening. There was a bit of confusion over the altar call – I gave a call for salvation, as I always do these days, but my interpreter turned it into a call for those who were saved but struggling. When I questioned the number that had come out, and whether they were all first-time salvations, he told me what he had done. I was pretty ticked off, but I prayed for those who had come out anyway. Then it turned out that three of them had come to accept Jesus for the first time, so I led them through the salvation prayer.
I also prayed for those who wanted to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and for those who needed healing. At the Saturday morning service, the final one where I was to minister, they asked for testimonies from Friday night and two testified that they had received the Spirit, and two that they had been healed. There may also have been others, as not everyone from Friday night was there on Saturday morning.
After lunch, it was time to come back to Monrovia. The pastor who had been driving us through the week agreed to bring us back, so it was a long (about six hours) but uneventful trip – the only drama was getting caught up in a traffic jam with hundreds of people going to a funeral. As usual, I did my “good baby” thing and slept a large part of the way.
This morning I ministered at Pastor Mac’s church, and one man responded to the altar call to receive Jesus. That takes the total for the first week of April to 17 salvations, 9 recommitments, and at least 2 healings and 2 baptisms in the Holy Spirit.
Tomorrow I have a day off, and will be trying to link in to our board meeting at home through WhatsApp.