After working with the Checkleys in Zimbabwe for a few times over
the past years we started to dream of what we could achieve as a team together.
They have now joined us for the next few years to help lead the work here in
Malawi together. These guys are amazing and you will hear a lot more about them
over the coming years. But for now here is the report Andy wrote about the
outreach we went on together last night where we saw God really break in.

Last night we went to a local village and showed the story of Jesus
as a film on a huge screen. This is an amazing way to tell people about God,
which does not demand literacy skills in order to know God! After the film
people came forward for Jesus to heal them, and we had the privilege of being
used by God to release his power. Many were healed. Anna prayed for a boy who
was deaf in one ear. Jesus restored his hearing, tested by asking questions in
his ear all of which he answered. A lady called Alema asked Andy to pray for her
arm. She had completely lost sensation in her left arm, from the shoulder to the finger tips. After prayer she told us the numbness
had gone and she had regained feeling. We tested by hiding her hand and touching
each finger (which she could not detect before). Thanks to God she now scored
100% in the test! Another lady could not walk without pain in her legs, so
naturally we told the legs to be healed in Jesus name. The pain left and she
walked around freely. I kept testing and questioning her, but she insisted she
was now fine. But for some reason it only sunk in when I saw her separate from
the group dancing freely before God in worship. Many others were freed from
physical pains. Another lady was suffering from a headache. As soon as it was
healed she immediately fetched her sick son for prayer. Gradually more people
came for prayer and were added to the crowd. God's love was tangible, and the
level of worship to God increased as the stars came out. Then people threw
themselves into high energy African dance, stamping and clapping while singing
favourite local worship songs to God. The venue was basic, a rural village with
some simple houses surrounded by corn fields, but the party was unforgettable!
And under a sky filled with stars the atmosphere was charged with energy and
God's love and power. As we bumped our way back along the dirt road the words to
a favourite worship song of mine came to mind:

"Heaven is here now. He's
all around us. Heaven is Jesus. It's the moments we meet."