Victoria

Hi. I'm so behind in blogging, it feels like. So much can happen in two days and I want to remember it all. Well, during our surgery and procedures day on Tuesday, Dr. Dunn and I checked out the chaplain's room. We met a young 26 year old woman named Victoria. It was so appropriate for her testimony of victory in Jesus. She is from southern Ghana and speaks 7 languages, mainly several tribal languages. She grew up learning to worship idols with her parents. When she was 12 years old, she had a dream that she was standing and a man was facing her with a gun telling her that she was his and that her life belonged to him. She was so afraid and he kept saying that over and over. Then, all of the sudden in her dream, she saw a light behind him, and another voice said "no, walk with me, come and follow me." She woke up from the dream and told everyone. Her dad said that maybe that was the idols trying to help her. She then went to church, she had been going a few times and she told the pastor. The pastor said that was Jesus trying to help her and that He is the Way. She said she believed. Well, several more years passed. When she was 18 years old, she went to church and thought she was a Christian. She said it wasn't until she moved here to Nalerigu that there was a revisal at the Baptist church. The pastor explained specifically how to believe in Jesus and the plan of salvation was to not only believe but walk with Him and have a relationship with Him. She said from that moment on, she became a Christian. She also was a patient here in this hospital back then and almost died of pneumonia. She felt Jesus tell her that her life was not over. Now she serves as a chaplain and daily proclaims the good news of believing Jesus. Many, many muslims and traditional idol worshipers here have accepted Christ with her help. God has totally used this woman's life. I'm amazed at the victorious life she has in Christ and how God chooses unique ways of revealing Himself to people. She told us that 18 people accepted Christ that very morning in the clinic. Everyday I see a line of people, many of them are muslims wanting this hope and accepting Christ.