Guest Post by Kacie Jones

The power of prayer is the biggest “take-away” that I have from this experience. Over and over again during our week in Germany, the Lord reminded us of His faithfulness through answering prayers.   On our first day, the training was long, and we did not have as much time to visit the refugee centers.  We’d been encouraged to prayer walk for an hour or so first, but because we only had about an hour and a half we did not spend as much time in prayer.  We jumped straight in by sending two pairs into the center while one pair prayed outside the center.  Though we met people and were able to share the Gospel with them, something was off. Feeling a little defeated and uneasy about our time that day, I didn’t say much to anyone about it.  Later that night, my husband and I talked about how we should have definitely prayed more before entering.  As we joined with our small team, everyone seemed to agree.

The next day as we met with our larger team, one of the members spoke up that she’d been impressed upon to pray for unity within our groups.  This was the beginning of a day filled with prayer for our group as a whole.  As we arrived to the neighborhood we’d work in, we prayed more than ever for very specific things, and then we would listen and wait.  He would answer.  During one of our walks around the block of our center, my husband was given an extremely clear name and location of a man that we would meet. Later that afternoon while sharing with another man who lived there, this individual- the one God had shown my husband, walked right up and joined the conversation in the exact spot told to my husband.  Our team was eventually invited to his apartment to have tea and continue sharing with him and his roommate. Everyone we’d met was invited to a picnic at the park the next day, and though he did not come, his roommate did.

At the picnic our friend’s roommate enjoyed conversation and a lot of soccer. Through conversation we found out that this man had some influence from followers of Jesus in his life.  Another man that came to the picnic was a friend we had briefly met as we were leaving the center.  As he arrived to the picnic he immediately greeted us by name.  He had certainly seemed to be a person of peace, which is something we’d been praying for.  My husband was able to share with him, and he asked to hear more.

The next day, we went to our center again to see this man who was eager to hear more.  Everyone around the center was busy painting, as it seemed to be a workday.  Though we did not see the friend we intended to meet, we were able to meet with the roommates again.  They were eager to learn and read from the Bible, but we did not have an interpreter and communication was limited.   We left that day not knowing for sure if we’d be able to return the next day.

That night we were told of two guys, who were believers, that could possibly meet the next day with my husband and these men that we’d come to love as friends. That evening we got the text that everything was worked out, and my husband joked that God had already answered his prayer before he’d voiced it.

Though this only scrapes the surface of what I saw God do in Germany, it still amazes me how easily we forget His faithfulness. Sometimes we get so busy trying to do the work, but He gently reminds us that it is all about Him. We must abide in Him. Maintaining constant communication with our Father is the only way to serve Him effectively.

“Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater works.”
–Oswald Chambers