Days 5/6

[as told to Melody]

Yesterday, Raymond went to the healing rooms at Bethel. He was assigned a group letter (A-Z) and sent to wait in the Encounter room, where a beatnik band (two djembes, a guitar, a female singer, and a keyboardist) did worship. There was no set direction there. People danced, people prayed, people waited on the Holy Spirit.

There were a couple of people (scheduled) walking around the room praying for people. One of these was a very animated lady that unnerved Raymond just a little. Finally, she came to him and asked, very politely, if she could put her hand on his shoulder. She was honoring him by asking, and he was very aware of it. He said yes, and she prayed for him calmly. I can't remember what she said or prayed, or what - if anything - happened after that. Ask Raymond.

After one and a half to two hours, Raymond was summoned to one of the healing rooms. A man there, about ten years older than Raymond, prayed for the physical ailments that Raymond had listed. There were no "physical manifestations of healing" yesterday, but the man and Raymond talked at length. In prayer, the man just waited and listened to the Holy Spirit. Finally, he said, "God wants you to know...that progress is being made."

Raymond and this man really hit it off, and Raymond is planning on going to the man's heart/life/home/church group Tuesday night. I'm not sure if only the healing rooms took 3-4 hours (making it 5-6 hours total) or if that was the total. Either way, it was a long time.

Today was church. Dad and some of the other roomates were going to walk, but Jeff woke up and let them take the car last minute. He took the truck to where he leads worship at another church. Brian Johnson led worship. Nothing incredible or out of the ordinary to report. Good day.