Feb 27, 2018 Answered Prayer in Botswana!

When life gets stressful, prayer can sometimes feel like another thing on your to-do list. But it can be the solution to resolving your stress. From healing to conversion, it is powerful enough to impact big changes in this world.

Prayer is an essential part of the Christian walk of faith. This is why Paul says, Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere (Ephesians 6:18). When you stay in constant communication with God, you are empowered to handle anything the world throws at you.

One of our mission team leaders, Freddy Fuentes, witnessed the impact of prayer when he led a group of college students on a mission trip to Botswana. Some of the team members came to him and pointed out that the locals did not have enough water in their village. The students couldn’t understand why they were spending their time preaching when the people had a more urgent need.

When they asked Freddy what they could do, he calmly said, “We can only pray.” The students were not impressed with that answer. It seemed to them insufficient and uninspiring.

But they prayed anyway and the next day, to their surprise, there was a flood in a nearby pond. The locals said they had never seen anything like it in many years–the water overflowed! The team was amazed at what God did to provide for His people.

At the end of their evangelistic meetings, when it came time for the appeal, the student speaker made an altar call. Can you believe that 500 people made decisions and got baptized, doubling the church membership of that conference?

Freddy’s story is a perfect example of the power of prayer! This World Day of Prayer, we invite you to pause and pray with us. We also invite you to send us your prayer requests! Our prayer warriors are honored to lift up your individual prayer requests.