DAY 34

Louisa Murebwa | Re:Hope West End

My friends and I were hiking up Ben Nevis, and one of our people got injured on day one. We prayed multiple times but nothing happened. His foot was pretty bad to the point he was getting carried up and down stairs and supported as he walked.

We decided he needed to go to the hospital. My brother and his friend drove him down and on the way they saw a man hitchhiking so they picked him up. He was clearly not sober. They were chatting and asked what he was doing there. He said that, honestly, he had been in the woods to kill himself, but the branch had snapped and he couldn’t do it. The boys said they were Christian and asked to pray for him. He was clearly really moved and said he believed in God but life was just really hopeless at the moment. He said that the car before had been full of Christians too. The boys said they believed that God was chasing him and wanted to have a relationship with him. He left saying that he was still going to find drugs but really grateful to meet them. 

When my friend arrived at the hospital, they put him in a wheelchair. When the nurse asked to see him walk, he stood up and he was almost fully healed. His pain was down so far that he could walk around so they left without any treatment. The reason he had decided to go to the hospital in the first place was because when he had said he didn’t want to go, his girlfriend said “What if the reason you’re in pain is because you’re meant to meet someone on the way?”

That young man didn’t give his life to God that day, but I think that God’s love for him is evident. He is chasing after his heart and I pray that he truly meets with God and decides to give Him his life