Update 4 - Building Up the Kuki Churches
February 3, 2011
Hey everyone!
Today is Thursday 3pm (Feb 3) in India and we apologize
for not updating since Sunday evening. My iPhone
doesn't pickup the internet here in Manipur so I haven't been
able to send out updates! I finally got internet through
one of the church leaders today. This update will summarize
the last 4 days so it may be a bit
long.
A brief background: The Manipur region is dominated by three
main ethnic groups. The Kukis, the Nagas, and the
Meitei. The Kuki and Nagas look very Mongolian and thus
they love Korean culture. The area has seen a lot of
bloodshed, insurgency, and terrorism over the years.
Since our last visit two years ago, there has been a lot
of peace. We are working with the Kuki people here.
Monday in
Manipur
After arriving in Manipur, we led a Monday Night service
at the Kuki people's version of the Joint Prayer
Meeting. The team gave words of knowledge and we saw
ten people 100% healed. I preached
on "Newness of Spirit" and then we prayed for a
lady with heart and bone marrow disease. She
started manifesting demonically and we prayed for her til she
was back in peace. The people came up to me afterwards and
was in amazement at how my sermon was exactly what their
apostle/pastor has been preaching over the last year.
It was a confirmation for them.
Tuesday - 1st Night
of the Revival
On Tuesday morning, we visited Pastor Letlal's hometown and
ministered to the children and staff of a brand new school
that was established. On Tuesday evening, Mark
and Diana Suk led us in worship and
then Mathew Wachtor shared his testimony. I
preached on "Shalom" at the first night of a 3 night revival
that they prepared for us here. We got massively
attacked and afterwards we realized that we were
underprepared. Nevertheless we had a dozen
people come fwd to break off unforgiveness from their
lives and saw 13 people 100% healed from
various conditions. One girl had blurriness in both
eyes and was instantly healed!
Wed - 2nd Night of
the Revival
On Wed morning, we had a children's ministry for the Imphal
city children. About 70 children gathered as Diana Suk
led a joyful time of ministry. We were blessed when the
children expressed afterwards that it was the most
fun they ever had in their lives! On Wed evening, we
went early to the revival service and took time to pray. We
also prayed for our interpreter who had gotten massively
attacked by a spirit of fear the previous night. We spoke
life and identity over her. At the service, Mark Yu and Diana
set a powerful atmosphere of worship and then Suzie shared
her testimony of a healing she saw earlier in the day.
Afterwards we laid hands and saw 6 people 100%
healed. Then Erin preached a wonderful sermon
on "Claiming Our New Identity". The interpreter was
much brighter and clearer than the previous night and the
message was so good that people spontaneously clapped several
times during the preaching! During the altar call, we prayed
for people struggling with depression or fear and as the team
prayed, people were getting slain in the Spirit left
and right. We had 5 people manifest
demonically and we did our best to heal them.
Thurs - Final Night
of the Revival
Today morning (Thurs), we joined a dedication service for the
establishment of "Apostolic Ministries" by Pastor Stephen, an
apostle. We saw a video where we saw Pastor Stephen
moving in signs and wonders and deliverance. We were
concerned how a very "Baptist" and conservative church
culture here would accept his ministry. But with
distinguished pastors and city officials present, it was
clear that they were actually very open. I went up and
preached on the "Restoration of the Apostle Office" and
honored and established what God is doing through Pastor
Stephen. It was a fabulous time! That was today.
Prayer
Requests
1) Our final revival service is about to take place in 2
hours (India time, Thurs Feb 3, 5pm which is around Korea
8pm). Pray for me as I preach and pray for a mighty
outpouring on the Kuki people here in Manipur. Pray for
FIRE!
2) Some of the people who manifested demonically were not
fully delivered yesterday, pray that there will be a
deliverance anointing to bring full freedom for them.
3) Pray for our final day (Friday) which will be in Delhi
tomorrow. We are still deciding on how to spend the
last day. Pray for greater intimacy within the team!
All 13 team members are in perfect health and doing
great! Inoh is doing a great job leading the team and
many team members are moving prophetically. Thank you
for your prayers, we are having a blast here and each
person is receiving so many personal revelations,
breakthroughs, and answered prayers.
Sincerely,
~ Pastor Christian