Today has been an AMAZING day!:

My husband lost his glasses on the plane coming in to Florida. Went to two different places to get replacements, but they couldn’t fit him in. The third place we went to could see him immediately. They had pictures on the wall with messages about hope and faith. We got talking to the receptionist gal (Mayola) and asked her if the clinic’s owners are God-minded. She said yes and that everyone who works there also goes to church. We asked her the question according to Acts 19: “Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed”? She said no. We asked her if she would like to be filled with the Spirit. She said yes. It happened very simply, just like that. We asked what time they closed. We were going to come back, but she said we could go pray right away in the back room. She said she wanted to invite two others in, too (Tiffany and Oscar). They were keen and came to pray as well.

Now this is particularly amazing: It turns out that Oscar had JUST been saying to Tiffany (literally seconds before Mayola poked her head in the door to invite them for prayer) that he didn’t know what was wrong with him, that he felt empty and distant with his relationship with God. (We later recorded his explanation on video; it was very awesome.) Anyway, all three of them received the Holy Spirit right there in the back room of the optometrist’s clinic. I was praying with Mayola and she said she felt a warmth go through her body when she began to pray in tongues. (We often get this description from people – after all, the Bible describes the Holy Spirit as a fire.) We chatted very briefly about various things, including the necessity of water baptism, and then they had to be on their way back to work. We got to talk to Oscar a little more as he was helping my husband finalize his glasses. It was hard for Oscar to concentrate because he was so overwhelmed by what had just happened!

THEN, just as we left the optometrist, we saw a drive-thru prayer group standing by the road with signs offering one-minute prayer. Wow! So, needless to say that we pulled into the parking lot. We got out and my husband asked them questions and preached to them. It turned out that most of the group were already filled with the Spirit except for three of them. We offered prayer and one wanted to pray (Christian). Christian received the Holy Spirit, praise God, while we stood there laying hands on him and praying in the parking lot! We heard him speaking in tongues quietly, and the leader of the group heard him ,too. He was very happy for him. We left cards with most of them and had to zip on our way to drop off the rental car.

That makes:

* 10 people that have been anointed with the Holy Spirit (some baptized as well) since the trip.

* Plus, we connected and prayed with 3 others – who were already filled with the Holy Spirit – and got them praying in tongues again after some time of not praying, and we encouraged them with scriptures.

* Plus, we have had the opportunity to lay hands on others – 4 that I can think of right now – and pray with them.

* And many others have been preached to – some, again, already Spirit-filled but needing clarity and inspiration.

Praise Jesus!!! What an amazing trip so far! God never ceases to amaze us. We are simply His willing instruments, but He totally does the orchestrating. It’s amazing how He gives increase to conversations when we simply step out and open our mouths in faith!