It's an honor to travel abroad, share, and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ .We are forever grateful for the support and donations of our partners that affords us the opportunity to carry the gospel to nations. The people, the culture, and the music was absolutely beautiful. We began in Ivory Coast and later ventured to Abidjan and other surrounding cities. After days of meeting and talking with several pastors and officials it was time to share the gospel. The Lord was truly kind to us. His faithfulness, protection, and spirit guided us as we prayed for many that were literally healed of sickness and disease. During the nightly services many came plagued with demonic possession and oppression. The Lord healed them as well as the young lady that you see our First Lady holding. She was only 14 years old and was being visited by demons at night. She was tormented everyday. While in the service, Pastor Wells laid hands on her and rebuked the demon and commanded it to leave. The Lord set her free!
The word of the Lord preached by Pastor Wells was POWERFUL. The Lord used him and Pastor Koffi (our hosting Pastor) during alter call and prayer each night of the crusade. The people of Ivory Coast are like family. This mission being our first truly ignited our hearts, refined our oil, and aligned our vision.
We had come to a place where riches and wealth were scarce, but were simply in awe to see people with such little resources but much faith. As the gospel was preached their hearts were pricked, faith rekindled, and strength renewed. Immediately, we all understood that as we would depart the service , the experience of " Glory" would forever be etched in our minds. In the final days before departing we would come to understand more than ever before that the most prized possession was that of a "yielded and surrendered heart."
Mission Malawi was unforgettable! The music, the people, the culture was simply amazing. This mission occurred during Covid. With assurance but much uncertainty as our team navigated the waters of faith and understood that the missionaries they were going ; would not be who they would be on the return. Our journey began at the children's orphanage of Malawi in which we fed and provided bundles and pallets of clothing and provided items for daily living for the widows (who were keepers of the children). Next, we visited the Malawi Administration for the Board of Education to discuss the current issues that were interfering with school age children completing their education and offered solutions in hopes to resolving the issues. Finally, we were there to finally physically meet our 4 pastors of our newly founded sites for New Manna International Ministries of Malawi, Mozambique, and Blantyre. For the next few days we provided training and fed over 500 souls for 3 days. We ended the mission with a powerful 3 night crusade in which demon possessed people were delivered and those bound with sickness and disease were cured. Although, their departure was delayed; New Manna missionaries were all safe and returned home with a testimony of truly being "walking epistles". Their bravery and unwavering faith was commendable in the " face of adversity." All will tell the story in years to come as testaments that the Lord will indeed "make a way of escape".
This team consisted of Pastor Wells, First Lady Wells, Min Charlette Willis, Min Jackie Lovett, Min Charlotte Teague, Sisters Nikia Wilkins, Taronda Austin, and Paula Barial.