Street Stories - A Ringside Seat To Over 4 Decades Of Taking Jesus To The Streets Of The World

Then Bro Bill asked who wanted to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. Hands went up all over the room, which we later found out was the hospital’s Emergency Room. Hallelujah. We moved to the next room in the hospital and repeated our strategy from the Lord. I noticed a bed with a frail old man laying in it and the man ’s face was gaunt, and he was all shriveled up. He could not have weighed more than eighty pounds and appeared as if he was taking his last breaths. I went to his bedside and laid my hands upon him and prayed that he would live and not die. We began to lift up the Lord in praise and worship and pray for the patients. Again, we gave a call for people to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Hands went up all over the room as people were desperate to be saved and healed. We later found out this room was the AIDS wing of the hospital where patients with AIDS had been sent to die with no hope for their healing. Just as we were about to go into another hospital room to pray and sing, four security guards rushed in and began to shout at us in Creole French, so we did not understand what they were saying. Even though we did not understand their words, their intent was very clear. We were being evicted from these hospital rooms and the guards were taking us upstairs to the hospital Administrators office for reprimand and to be removed from the premises. As we talked to the hospital Administrator, we explained who we were and why we were at the hospital that day. We told him that we had been in prayer in our

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