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could not communicate to anybody outside, at the destination and in town. Finally NJE
team managed to arrive at the crusade place more than one hour late. When the team
arrived the crusade was already started. And the local pastor, his wife and their praying
team met abruptly the team, weepingly hugged all the team members, while praising
the Lord as well. All team members were surprised with that ‘unusual greeting’. Here
was the story: they had thought that NJE’s team were ambushed and kidnapped by
the terrorist gang who often did those things on the road we had just passed by to get
ransums. Wow, the Lord had avoided the team from any danger or bad luck. Praise to
God, to our Lord Jesus Christ!
Healings, miracles and unique events in the crusades also took place in many
other parts of Indonesia. In NJE experiences, deaf-and-mute people were quite often
showed up and got healed in the crusades. These healings happened in several towns
(and provinces) such as in Senakin and Sosok (West Kalimantan), Soe (NTT-East Nusa
Tenggara) etc. In the village of Amanaton (near Soe), God touched and healed many
blind people and lung disease, asthma, hard-breathing suffering people. The number
of healed people was strikingly high and almost all of them wanted to give testimony
on the stage. The local committee had them queing and allowing only a group of
people to ascend onto the stage at each testimony session. Problems started to
happen because the people started to loose their patience in waiting their time to step
on onto the stage. Suddenly more and more people ascended onto the stage that it
started to sound like it would break instantly and immediately. In order to avoid any
possible accident, the testimony session had to be stopped and the long chain of
testimonying people had to be dismissed. That was pity but it had to be done. Praising
the Lord and singing together and clapping the hands for His glory were started
immediately before closing the meeting. Later on, from this province, from one island
Kupang emerged the NTT-1 area coordinator Ps. Bernard Kapitan S.Th, and also from
other islands the coordinator of NTT-2 area Ps. Dolfi Mingkid S.Th for Sumba-Flores
islands.
The coverage areas of the evangelical services reached cities, towns and villages
even the isolated places without electricity, telecommunication signals, potable water
and non-paved access roads. The transportation modes have ranged from aeroplanes,
cars, buses, trains, ships, speedboats and motorcycles. NJE teams used to spend the
nights in church’s pastoral facilities, residential houses of church’s members, hotels
and inns, offshore log cabins of the special ‘fisherman tribes’ etc. Wherever it is, it has
been so good because Lord Jesus is always with us (Matthew 28:19-20). Praise the Lord
forever!

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