Today was fun, yet a little sad. We went to say goodbye to the people we met this past week, but a lot of them weren’t home. Our friend Bosh, who seemed to be our best relationship, was away in a different village. So, we were disappointed that we couldn’t say goodbye to her. We were really only able to visit a couple people we met. We went back to the elderly ladies’ house that we met yesterday. They were happy to see us again. Then they told us that their grandchildren had come home the other day and were very excited to tell them about the Bible story we taught them. We all found this very encouraging! We were so excited that we had already seen a positive result of our children’s ministry day.
Hospital ministry was interesting for me. I really liked talking to the men there. One man (I don’t remember his name but it started with a T so I’ll call him “Mr T”) was explaining how his colleague had poisoned him and his girlfriend, then stole his clothes and left him to die. Thankfully he and his girlfriend were both fine now. The man that poisoned him was still on the run, but Mr T was confident that he would be caught. What I found interesting about him and his story was that he wasn’t concerned about his body or his physical condition. Rather, he seemed so hurt that his colleague, his friend, would do such a thing to him. It showed to me that sometimes we expect someone with physical impairments to only be hurting physically. But we need to recognize that the pain is often deeper that that. Sometimes the hurt in the heart is worse that the hurt in the body. Through further conversation, we found that he knew Jesus and he acknowledged that God loves him, and that He even loves the man that poisoned him. I think that talking about the ordeal helped him process his emotions, and was very beneficial for him. Then we prayed for him and moved on to see other people. He was very grateful for us being there and praying for him.
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Answered prayers:
- My roommate Stephen is completely better. It seemed to just be some 24 hour bug. Thank you for your prayers!
Prayer Requests:
- Please pray for “Mr T” that we met in the hospital. Pray that he would remain in God’s care and that he would let go of any resentment towards the man that poisoned him.
- Pray that the people we met this week would be at church on Sunday and that the seeds we planted would continue to grow.
Thanks!
Dallas
Thanks for the update Dallas. I’ll be praying for Mr. T, and I’ll have Fusion pray as well.
The Lord is leading you to many different people and situations. We will add your prayer requests to our prayers, and remember you each day.