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Signs and Wonders in Samoa

SAMOA: When God surprises even the believers Samoa is a real believers' island: the government has declared a 'quiet time' every evening at dusk, during which everyone should pray and read their Bible. 98% of all Samoans consider themselves Christians, but almost 25% of them are Mormons, and only 11% - according to Patrick Johnstone's figures - are evangelical Christians. In May 2000, over 3,000 people took part in a healing and prophecy conference which was even covered by the national television, which reaches 178,000 people in the South Pacific island group. A Canadian team consisting of Kelowna's Gord and Jan Whyte and Victoria's Bob Brasset spoke at several locations. Le Tie, a local Christian leader and one of the translators, remarked 'I'm basically shocked. Not only were people healed during the conference, but the healings continued when the team left. This is the first time, as far as we can tell, that such healings and miracles have occurred since Samoa was evangelized in the 18th Century. That was a great awakening, with signs and wonders; tens of thousands were saved. We have seen nothing like it since. Even youngsters are now praying for the sick," says Le Tie. "One man's body, for example, was bent and twisted. The next day, he woke up completely healed, able to 'stand to attention, just as in the army'. Some of our pastors are so shocked that they don't know how to explain everything to their churches, which are not used to such things."

Source: Le Tie and others, via Rob Brasset, e-mail rbrasset@hotmail.com, http://www.across.co.nz

and Dawn Fridayfax