Friday, August 3, 2007

Super Dave Osborn

A quick bio on David Osborn. Was a nominal Christian most of his life, but started to take the words of Jesus seriously, that whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and the sake of the gospel will surely find it. Take up the cross daily and follow me. Dave is a middle aged guy and is currently a full time missionary in Kisumu, Kenya. He has never been married and has been in Kenya for four months. He has a laundry list of degrees and could make tons of money in the states if he wanted to, but he left that to follow what God would want from him. He doesn't own a computer so I get to talk to him about every three days when he comes to our house to check the email. We are both going to those glue-selling people to minister to them and get them to stop selling to children. Dave knows them very well. Dave rides his own personal boda boda around town as transportation. Dave works with older street boys also and lives with a few of them while he brings them into understanding the character of God. I really love him. He is such a humble and genuine soul. God is clearly with this man.

A cool, but creepy story he told me today.

He went to go pray for Josephine the other day and he witnessed the manifestation of demonic possession. Josephine is a glue dealer to children. Dave has been talking to her for a while, but the last two times the demon that occupies her body poked his/her head out to say hello. The demon said to him, "I AM NOW SAVED BY JESUS THE SON OF GOD." Prior to the demon talking out of her mouth she put her head between her legs and was sobbing then she went over to some grass and laid face down in the grass in her pretty dress. Then she came up and the demon did his talking.

Don't think that God doesn't know all your sin today. God is no respecter of persons. Demons are clearly real and so is God. If you aren't right with God at the point of death then you will die in your sins and receive condemnation for dying in your sins. God sent his only son to pay for all your sins and the only way to heaven is through Christ by trusting Him and receiving Christ and what he did on the cross. You will now that God has saved you by a changed life. Things will begin to happen that show evidence of a saved individual.

I care about you all and I wanna be there in heaven with you all. I love you all.