Treasure Hunt Testimony

Today I had an opportunity to go on a Treasure Hunt with some of my classmates on our weekly outreach in the community. Before we left the church, our group filled out treasure hunt maps by asking God for clues to lead us to specific people. We spent about five minutes writing down what we thought God was telling us in the following categories- location, person's name, person's appearance, what they might need prayer for, and the unusual. When we arrived at our local park, we were divided into smaller groups. I was paired with a classmate named Sarah, who had never done a treasure hunt before. She was scared and shy. We saw a couple of women walking on the path who looked like they matched a couple of clues Sarah had written down. As we were catching up to them, I asked Sarah if she wanted to start talking but she was too timid. I was trying to suppress feelings of fear as well but managed to say hello and introduce ourselves, explaining that we were from a church doing a treasure hunt. We found out that one of the women (Linda) was from Bethel church and actually went to our school the first year it started, before Treasure Hunts were created. This comforted Sarah and she quietly spoke to the other woman (Molly) saying, "I think you are on my map". Sarah had written down the following clues: brown jacket, blue pants, red hair, and blue eyes (all of which matched Molly's appearance). Sarah then shared that she had "back", "stomach", and "ankle" written under "ailments", which Molly acknowledged were all places with physical ailments! At this point, Molly asked if we were making this up but we reassured her that this was a divine appointment. We then offered to pray for her and she agreed. Molly wasn't able to test out any of her ailments because she had taken some medication just prior to her walk and didn't feel any pain at the moment, but we believed for her healing. All of us were pretty amazed at this point.

We then turned to Linda and asked if she needed prayer for anything. She told us that her right hip needed replacing. We prayed for complete restoration and that there would be no need to have surgery. When we finished, we asked if she felt any difference and she said it felt a little better. We thanked God and asked if we could pray again. She agreed and after the second prayer the pain was completely gone! Praise God! After talking together, we hugged and got their contact information so we could follow up on their healing. Needless to say, we were all excited and encouraged by what just happened. Linda even said she would like to start doing treasure hunts too! God is so good!

"He called his twelve disciples to him
and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits
and to heal every disease and sickness." Matthew 10:1