Outreach has finally arrived! Tomorrow is our final day on the base, as we finish preparations for our journey. We will be spending the next 3 weeks living in a squatter camp here in South Africa called Kysne (pronounced Nigh-zna), and working with a massive population of HIV victims. Much of this time will be spent in the HIV clinic, in the maternity ward, as well as working with street kids and in a preschool of HIV-positive children. It will be a very challenging and heart-wrenching period of time, but we are SO thrilled to have the opportunity to bring HOPE to these people! To show them unconditional love and just be there to listen to their struggles and pain. And it will be a life-changing experience, living in the shacks with these families during our time in the camp! The chances of us having access to electricity are quite slim, so updates will not be easy. But we will attempt to send out a team update every few weeks (technology permitting) from the address : iphc2008@gmail.com So watch for news, as we are EXPECTANT that God is going to do HUGE things during this time!
Following our weeks is Kysne, we’ll embark on a 5-day journey to northern Mozambique, where we will spend 5 weeks in the bush. Our team will work in the bush health clinic, as well as give many health teachings in the villages and schools. This period of time, as well, is going to be filled with unbelievable challenges and opportunities to bring healing to a desperate people! Praise the Lord for the chance to go where healthcare is nearly non-existent, and to love, love LOVE on these villagers! Please pray for safety, financial breakthrough (as many students are still struggling to pay their expenses), and God’s AWESOME grace as we deal with corruption on the borders and in travel plans. Thank you for trusting in the Lord alongside of us, and joining in this spectacular journey through your NEEDED and powerful prayers!

Looking forward to the next update!

Walking by Faith,
Katie

Hello my dear ones!



I pray you are all having a splendid day, and enjoying the last beautiful moments of August! It’s so strange to be in the middle of a winter storm, and hear updates from home about summer travels and adventures and the return to classes! I love being reminded of all that the other half of the world is experiencing, and I miss you all SO very much!

Life at the base has been full, to say the least, but simply beautiful. We are in full-throttle, gearing up for our travels to the bush of Mozambique, and packing more and more medical knowledge into our ever-expanding minds. However, we are not only studying, but have now begun actually doing! Spending many hours performing physical examinations on patients and traveling around Worcester, serving and practicing our skills. We spent part of last week at the blood transfusion clinic, studying and testing in an awesome healthcare setting, and recently returned from an afternoon in the slums, providing wound care at a gathering of more than 200 children. Our practical exams took place last week as well, where we spent 4 hours demonstrating all of our skills and knowledge – caring for and treating patients, as well as diagnosing diseases and conditions. It was nerve-wracking but an excellent beginning to all that we will be doing in the field next month! We’ve begun our last four weeks in South Africa, and it is mind-boggling how quickly time has flown by! But to be honest, I have struggled a bit during this lecture phase, to be patient during this time of preparation. My heart is eager to begin loving on the people of Mozambique, and my hands burning to bring them the healing that they are crying out for!

And thank you SO much to all of you who have emailed prayer requests! I have had so many sweet times of prayer for you and will continue to intercede constantly for those things!

Please pray for continued health and unity of our team, as well as financial breakthrough for numerous students who are still struggling to pay their fees for outreach! We are standing with them in faith as the time of our departure draws near.



All my love,

Katie



“For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever!”

~Romans 11:36

Good morning brothers and sisters!

I want to quickly share some AMAZING news with you all and give God ALL the Glory He deserves!
Two days ago, during an incredible and powerful prayer meeting of over 300 people, there was a moment when our Base Director asked if there was anyone suffering from an illness that desired to see and experience healing. I didn’t think anything of it, but moments later, the Lord spoke straight to my heart and said, “Katie, I want to heal you of your Asthma. Go forward.” I was quite surprised, but I know the voice of my Heavenly Father very well, and know that when He speaks, He will act. So I walked forward, and as a few pastors and leaders began praying over me, a little boy (about 8 years old) came to me, grabbed my hand, and began praying for healing! It was an incredible experience, and all of a sudden, I physically felt my trachea (wind-pipe) and lungs open wide and fill completely (something that has not taken place since I was about 6 years old)! I felt this amazing sensation throughout my entire body – from the tips of my fingers, down to my toes, up into my head…I could literally feel new air…new oxygen…coursing through my veins and filling my body with strength and life that I have not had since I was a very young child! It was an unbelievable miracle! So, after spending many hours praising the Lord for his awesome might and power, and calling friends and family, my friend Natasha and I decided to go for a RUN. I have never in my life been able to run without chest-pain and closure of my airways, but having ALL FAITH that the Creator of the Universe had healed me of life-long Asthma (not just partially, but FULLY and COMPLETELY) I tied my running shoes and stepped outside (at 11:30pm, in the freezing cold winter night) and began running…at full speed…sprinting around the entire base……..without one second of pain or difficulty! In fact, I was breathing better and more deeply, mid-sprint, than I had ever breathed on a normal day of my life! It was an absolute miracle, and I cannot stop praising our Awesome God for His power!! The Lord continued speaking that night, whispering to my heart that He had brought healing to me so that now, I can go and bring this same healing to the Nations! He desired to demonstrate His power in me first – renewing my faith that He truly can work through me, and fully receiving this gift and anointing of Healing! All week, He was speaking to me about His desire for me to receive this anointing…this gift of touching and healing through His power and authority IN ME, yet there was a barrier of unbelief in my heart…I did not truly believe that He could use ME. But when I finally allowed God to break that unbelief, and I put ALL my faith in His awesome power, He immediately came to make it a reality in my life! He has anointed me with this gift, and I will run hard with it until my last day on this earth! PRAISE THE LORD!

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound…to comfort all who mourn…to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be GLORIFIED!” ~Isaiah 61:1-3