In March of 2000 I traveled again with Dr. Kathy Bleise and Hope International Services  to Nigeria, Africa.  This trip was filled with abundant blessings as our team set up medical clinics in remote villages and attended nightly crusades with Dr. Uma Ukpai, Nigerian evangelist. 

The picture above gives you a glimpse into these crusades - as many as 200,000 African people coming to Christ in a single night!  Many of them walked miles and miles to get to the sand lot in Port Harcourt, and spent the nights sleeping on the dirt.  Each night the Holy Spirit fell upon the crowds and thousands were healed of diseases and delivered of demons.  My life was forever changed as I experienced the power of the Holy Spirit and the glory of Almighty God, such as I had only read about in the book of Acts!

It was always my job in the clinics to fill the prescriptions after the doctors examined the patients.  Often there were between 500-800 people waiting in line for their prescriptions.  And we complain when we have to wait 10 minutes at the pharmacy!  

The picture above shows a woman giving the antibiotic prescribed for her infant.  I had the great privilege of praying over every patient that came through the line! 

Amos, a youth pastor on our team, preached in one of the churches on Sunday morning.  I got to sing with the awesome all-African Gospel choir - definitely one of the thrills of my life!  I also got to teach a Sunday School class.  Classes are divided into 7 different groups - with over 700 people in each class!  Below you see Amos peeking into the children's Sunday School room.