Africa journal entry.

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Dear freinds and family,
Tonight finds me in a small town called, uumm, ya I forgot what its called. Its about two hours inland from the coast between kokstad and the drakensburg mountains.A few weeks ago I was on a trip to East London adn we stopped in a small gas station to get fuel and eat breakfast, on the way in I seen a white guy in a truck, and I felt he had back pain. So I went over and asked him, he said no, so I continued on inside and the pastor and I had a good breakfast. On the way back out I stopped to pray for a young man on crutches and I seen man I asked earlier about back pain, he was waving at me, So I went over to him. He said he had been waiting tyhe whole time for me to finish eating, and he asked me " how did you know I had back pain"? (he lied to me). I just told him I am a christian and I listen to the holy spirit. So we chatted a bit and I told his back top be healed. Well a few weeks later I hear about a guy who lived a few hours away telling everybody in his area he was healed of back pain, it turns out it was the guy I had prayed for. He had a crushed back, his entire lower back was crushed, the doctors said there was nothing they could do, he took lots of pain medication. but he was totally healed after I had prayed for him. Anyways, in this town there are a lot of sick and dying people that needed heal, and wanted it badly, and there allso was a witch doctor killing babies, and I beleive drinking there blood, and using there bodiy parts for "muty" rituals, hexes, healing, ect. So we might be looking into putting a stop to that. and othger crazy stuff, people eating other people and such.
But backing up a bit, I dont remeber the last time I blogged, because I have been quite busy, the only internet accessusually is limited. Not last sunday but the sunday before, i went dirtbike riding with some of the guys and it was great fun, I jumped on a fourwheeler after riding a dirt bike for a while, and rolled it before I had even went 100 feet:(. I was a bit bruised and I smashed my wrist pretty good. And because I had not took very good care of my body I had a pretty bad couph. I told God, This doesnt look good, preaching healing sick. So I preached that night, and monday morning I went to minister in a prison with a few awesome freinds, It was AWESOME!. I officially love ministering in prisons, because the have these huge keys, and they let you in and then lock the door behind you and leave. I would just get on my knees, pray, and tell them about Jesus, then heal all the sick, and hurting in the cell, (which there were many), and then lead them to Jesus, It is so amazing watching there faces change as their lives are transformed by the power of Jesus. and then we leave the cell with them singing, and go to the next cell to start all over again. we would walk into the cell and it stank, and the guys were ticked, sad, sick, and the atmosphere was bad, by the time we left we didnt want to leave, they were all hugging us and loving on us.My wrist was hurting, but I was the guy there getting them healed, so I shook all their hands, and the more hands I shook, the better my wrist became. I left that prison excited, on the outside on the street we met a man leaving the police department from reporting a hit and run, he was limping with a cane on one side and his wife bracing him on the other, his knee was pretty bashed by a car, we prayed, I took his stick, grabbed him and said walk, and he was instantly healed, his wife ewas instantly healed of pains as well, they left in a shock worshipping Jesus.
There is way to much to write, but I have to say it has been an amazing past 2 weeks, because the people I have been discipling have really gotten it, they really have, seein the states when people are healed, saved and delivered, everyone hears about it on facebook. here the young and old people I have been discipling dont see it as a great big thing, to themthis is the normal lifestyle, they are healing people every day, crutches, lame, blind, deaf, every one. They hear me tell stories and then they go do what they hear. I hear stories like, " oh he was deaf so I prayed for him, after a bunch of goo ran out of his ears he was healed". " ya on the job the other day, I stopped on the side of the road for cripples and put them on the tailgate and grew out there legs while my boss looked on".
The one guy here is a youth pastor, Wikkus schutte, he is the youth pastor for the God squad,see many people I have been discipling are iether just saved or being saved, when I met him and his wife though they were youth pastirs they were still smoking, lol. its true, many people I take on the streets and such still smoke, or are just in the process of quitting. See most people woyuld prerach intensely against them, NO, I just demonstrate Jesus, and Guess what I have seen wikkus preach, and then have a smoke break:) he quit smoking now, because He knows its right. But do you see what i am saying, I have a team of people, half of which would not be excepted in american churches, but they are so passionate, in love, powerfull, committed, and healing more sick, leading more people to christ and casting out more devils than anyone else. I took a few of them ministering with me and on the plane behind me I heard the one young man named Nixon, a passionate crazy young guy, 17 years old scars all over his arms. He was passionately preaching to the lady next to him, about Jesus being born, to a man named Joseph, and how Joseph had a coat of many colours, and how Joseph worked for a man named, uuumm,, potiphar, or maybe noah he said. I was cracking up, but he was so real, so just in love with Jesus, and fearless.
After I told wikkus one story he went to the mall and rigged up "holy spirit" traps. where he prayed and rigged up invisible trip wires so that the first person to walk through would get touched with the power of the holy spirit. the first lady through staggered and was touched, she asked him " Did you see that?!, he said yes I put that there, that was the holy spirit. she said she was atheist, but that was the most wonderful thing she had ever felt, he continued and shared the gospel with her. He was allso driving past KFC, and the holsy spirit told him to stop, he did, and got direct words of knowledge for people , after praying for them, they couphed up sone black material and were instantly healed. and this is normal to them, they are meeting with people regularly, and discipling people. Wikkus was a hardened, racist, fighter, they used to put people agaisnt him to fight for money. He was a mean man, his step dad slapped his mom, and broke just about every bone in his body, leaving him in ICU for 6 months. The stories of what they would do to people are to horrible to write, but God got ahold of him, and the same fearless warrior he used for the devil he is now using for God. He plans on raising up and discpling entire regions, and then going into every religiuos church one at a time and tearing them apart. And trust me, he will, he is a man drivien by love, but he is studying his bible intensely, and curries teaching, and he will fearlessly tear religion apart. when he was 13 he went to church with his grandma, during the service he realized the pracher had changed the words. So he stood up and challanged the preacher, and went up to the pulpit and gave him his bible to read, he then saw the preacher had chanegd the words, he rebuked the preacher and with tears he tore into the preacher right there. in 3 weeks the church closed. He then left church for a long time. He is now burning with a deep passion, he doesnt say much but when he does every one listens. He really grasped this whole living by faith message and plans to step out and quit his job in december even though he has bills and everything. Even allready he gives stuff away, and is living the kingdom. I just have to share about this man a little bit. Because its so exciting when real warriors rise up.
Nixon is another young man, who grew up in a bad place, and was kind of adopted by another couple, he did drugs, and crazy stuff, he has scars all over, but God got ahold of him as well, now lately he does fire dance, chains with fire on them, on the beach, draws crowd then they preach and heal the sick. And he is constantly living Jesus lifestyle and reaching out to people most people wont reach out to. But he as well is just learning and the bible is his only reference for life. if you tell him not to heal the sick, he will rebuke you in Jesus name. lol, cause thats what Jesus did. I am excited for him, he is raw.
The God squad is growing and really going after it, while I was gone over the weekend they really stepped out and went to the night clubs, for the halloween parties, and healed the sick and ministered to people, mind you, they are bewteen 15- 20 years old, mostly girls. Ive been sooooo proud of them.
The week was awesome lots of awesome stuff, I felt I needed to fly up to Joburg, and take wikkus and his wife debbie, and nixon with me for the weekend and minister and hang out together. So i booked tickets for all of us, and friday night I got to bed at 1am, got up at 3am drove to durban, boarded the flight flew to Joburg, drove 2 hours to a town wnere the "joburg team" lives, a radicall group of young peoples, hung out for a few hours, hoppedinto a taxi and drove till 6pm to kobus's church, " a mega church built around miracles. left there at midnight drove till 5:30 am, slept a few hours, ministered, hung out, hopped into a car drove to the airport, got on a plane and got home at midnight. spent time with the Godsquad yesterday, hopped on a bus this morning and came to this town for a few days.
I was dissapointed at kobus's church I had heard so much and seen a bit on tv, yes itw as awesome seeing the thousands of crutches and such hanging on the walls, and across the ceiling, and such but it was disspointing. It is what happens when people with great hearts know how to get people healed, but choose to kinda level off, and build an empire, surround themselves with yes men, who all live for the "prophet", and the "prophets vision" instead of Jesus. There were great people there, and it ws great seeing kobus pull a few people out of wheelchairs, but most of the ones that were pulled out, were allready able to walk anyways, and most of the sick people who really really needed a healing didnt get healed. I sat and was quite in shock at the amount of sick people that were there. I talked to his wife and she asked me if I wanted to pray for folks, so I got to pull a few people out of wheelchairs, and see some people healed, the one lady had paralyzed legs so that was nice to see her walk. But at the same time, my guys and the Joburg team were healing the sick in the back, and got shut down. so wikkus just went to a different part of the church and continued healing the sick. Nixon igored them and kept healing folks, but I guess they asked kobus and he told them NO, they cannot pray for people. So they pulled Nixon'x hand away and said NO, prophet kobus said you cannot pray, nixon , says, " who the hell is prophet"?! like I said, he is raw, real, and learning. He said why shouldny I pray, I am a christian, and these people need help. The staff member was pushing nixon a bit, and nixon said " in Jesus name dont touch me!!" then the staff started getting quite intense, so nixon and the joburg team left and went outside to pray for people. i had no idea this was going on, because I was in the healing pool praying for folks. So to say the least I was really disspointed in Kobus, he is to busy being famous, healer, and getting deep revelation, that he has lost sight of the real, raw, Jesus, what its all about.
But it was ssoooo awesome to hang out with the Joburg team, They are truly family, I felt I was back in our house in san Jose, they look just like we did in san jose 8 months ago. They are the real deal, if anyone sows into any of these guys, wikkus, nixon, joburg team, its good soil. I am going to help wikkus set up a blog and donation button. But he doesnt really know how to type, So I will probably teach him to video blog.
This blog is allready way to long, I havent even shared what I am learning, But basically have been really humbled, and as I have been having revelations on the life of Jesus, and the heart of God, it is humbling, and i realized that as much as i had worked at not being religiuos, i was still pretty stinkin religiuos. And I have really just been reading the bible , and really looking at what would Jesus look like, if he waslked into my town, if he walked just like he did in the bible, he would be nicer to the people in the pubs than the people in church. I dont have much time, i am really tired, but basically The Holy spirit told me, If you cannot spend time hanging out in gatherings of sinners and be comfortable, and transform their lives with love, and sinners actually love hanging out with you, than you are religiuos. period. And if you spend more time doing church, conferences, meetings and being in church, than you do hanging out with sinners, you do not know the heart, will, or character of God. Jesus was called a drunkard, glutton, and friend of sinners and tax collectors! you dont get called that unless you are eating bread drinking wine, and hanging out with the sinners and tax collectors and they actualy love you. I know Jesus wasnt a drunk, we know that. But come on, look at his life. He didnt build churches, he didnt do conferences, he didnt do most of what we do today. Does that mean its wrong? not exactly, there is just a better way. I have a few things i will be preaching right soon, but i would rather wait to be stoned till I get back to america so I can actually see those stoning me. :)

Well it is now midnight, the wind is blowing strong outside, its pretty open and flat here, untill you get in the mountains, I prayed for quite a few people today, some with limited time to live, most were healed instantly. Tomorrow will be an interesting day, we will praying all day solid for the most part, the first thing on the list is a deaf school, yup, thats right, i am going to a deaf school. I have seen lots of ears open, but for me personally I have yt to lay hands on someone with both ears completely deaf and have them open. So I will be stepping out a bit. then the rest of the day is packed. I leave thrusday morning for maargate again, where I will spend my last weekend, we have baptisms, and then the following tuesday I fly hom. arriving on the 10th at noon in sanfransisco.
I am going to sleep now, I know I am not the best blogger, but I do my best, i super miss my family, and cannot wait to see them!!
Much Love,
Dennis