All day long I prayed asking God to show me what today’s
blog should be about. I waited and
wondered, “What will He show me?” His
answer to my prayer was just that – it truly is all about prayer.
We prayed before we came that we would be God’s
servants. We asked you to pray for us
while we are here. We have prayed while
we are here. It’s all about prayer.
We prayed for travelling mercies and for medicines to
clear customs without incident. We all
arrived safely, all our medicines and bags arrived except for two, and they
arrived the following day. Today
Michelle, a doctor from Colorado, arrived safely to complete our team.
We prayed that our bus would run and would be free from
mechanical difficulty. So far, so
good! However, we forgot to pray for the
other vehicles! Today, the red pickup
truck carrying our supplies had a flat tire in route to the clinic. Then, later in the afternoon, it narrowly
missed hitting several of our team members when the brakes failed. Our prayer for safety was answered again.
Yesterday, Doug Nally, our dentist, related this
story: “A lady came in and needed two
teeth pulled. As I was pulling the
first, it broke, and some of the root didn’t come out. I tried and tried to get it, but I just couldn’t. I went to the other tooth and pulled it
without difficulty. I was ready to give
up when Brian said ‘You can’t give up.
You have to get it out.’ Even though I had no confidence that I could, I
told him to let me rest for a minute. I
got a drink of water and prayed ‘Lord, I need your help to get this broken root
out.’ I went back to the patient, gave
two tugs on the tooth, and out it came!”
We prayed for the health of the team members. So far, so good! Even today, after asking for prayer for endurance,
the stamina of the team seemed much improved.
Will you continue to pray for restful sleep? The dogs and roosters around here are very
loud. They bark and crow, seemingly at each other, at all hours of the night!
Near the end of today’s clinic, a woman came to the
eyeglass station. After determining she
needed a +1.00 pair of glasses, Missy began to look for them. Certain they were in the box, she looked and
looked but could not find a single pair of the right strength. Breathing a
prayer that she would have the glasses this woman needed, Missy found a lone
pair of glasses in the bottom of the storage trunk that had fallen out of their
box. You guessed it! There was the very last pair of +1.00
glasses.
Even in the little things, answered prayer is evident. Our shower water is heated by electric coil contraptions
mounted on the showerhead nicknamed the “widow-maker” (seriously!). Sometimes they work well, other times they
are very temperamental. More than a few
of us have breathed “Lord, just a little hot water?!” And those hot showers feel amazing!
“The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how for everyone you
know.” 1Timothy 2:1
2 comments:
My experience is that Prayer doesn't always come naturally to those freshly exposed to the Faith. But, it certainly does seem to work for those who Trust. That's encouraging! All of your examples offer a lesson to all those you touch, both there and here back home! Great going! And Ola to Bueno Margarita...message received!
I miss y'all I wish I could have come However the Lord had some things for me to do here.
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