The Lord keeps causing us to run into people!…

A couple of posts back, we shared how we ended up praying with Nikki’s mom because they drove by a coffee shop just as we were outside praying with some people. Well, this time we were outside a grocery store. Don had parked in a spot far from where he normally parks, and he quickly popped into the store for a few items. At the same time, Nikki and her mom were coming out of a different store and they saw our vehicle - parked just a few spots away from theirs.

All week, it had been on Nikki’s mind to contact us as she had not yet been quite ready to have us pray over her (as we had done so for her mom). This time, however, as soon as Nikki saw our vehicle, she knew what God was doing and she was finally willing to obey His calling. Nikki immediately came over to the passenger side where I was sitting, and as I opened the door to say hi, she immediately asked me if we could pray for her. She was ready!

A few of us piled into Nikki’s car with her mom where we laid hands on Nikki and prayed for her to receive the Holy Spirit. (Although, as part of the initial prayer, we always get people to confess Jesus and verbally ask God for the Holy Spirit themselves, too.) Nikki was filled with the Holy Spirit very quickly, speaking in tongues as proof. We spoke a while, confirming once again that she had in fact also been water baptized unto Jesus in the past. Then we prayed some more so that Nikki would feel comfortable praying in tongues on her own in the future.

What a night! It was such a joy for me to look up from my phone (as I sat in the car waiting for Don) and see Nikki standing outside of our vehicle, sporting a big smile. Another special thing is that Ethan (our oldest son) had prayed just the day before that we would have a chance to pray with Nikki before we are due to leave here at the end of the month. We indeed have a mighty God, and He hears and answers!