At the beginning of May we brought 1000 Adjaran Georgians together in an hotel ballroom in Batumi for 3 days and David preached Jesus to them – the Jesus whom the Koran calls ‘Isa Messih’ – but who is alive today in power! Rarely have we experienced His actual Presence in our midst as we did in the large Conference Centre we hired for these days. When David prayed for the sick, so many miracles happened – which was the evidence to these Moslems that the Isa of the Koran is the Jesus of the Bible who is alive today – as only He can work these miracles! Men, women, old and young eagerly came to the platform to share their amazing stories in front of all their friends and relatives!
On the Saturday night, David laid hands on all 1000 people and with a brief prayer many were instantly healed. A crippled man walked without sticks, blind eyes opened, lame limbs healed…
We are working with a missionary church of Moslem converts, Adjarans who all came to Christ through powerful miracles of healing or deliverance from drugs and alcohol. In a vision 17 years ago, Pastor Elguja saw Jesus walking alone towards the Adjaran mountains and Turkey. Elguja asked, "Why are You alone?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going is wild, hard and difficult – no one will come with Me." Pained that no one dared risk all to go into these Moslem communities and bring the Gospel to them, Elguja replied, "Jesus, I'll go with You!"
From that time, he and his church have worked patiently to win the trust and friendship of their own Adjaran people group, bringing aid packages to the mountain villages, running summer camps for the kids, praying with the sick and seeing healings, so that one family tells another what Isa, Jesus, has done for them. In our 3 days with them this May, there was such a strong sense that the Lord Himself was with us, no longer walking all one, but with many Adjaran people beginning to follow Him.
So many miracles happened, it was just like the old days in the 1990s when revival broke out in the newly liberated Soviet Union countries. God has not changed – His Power fell on Georgia in these meetings. We will be back next year and the numbers will multiply!
