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Younger than me and a mother of three
April 20, 2010
Wow, what a crazy two days. I’m sitting here at my desk in the medical room munching on dried wasabi peas and beans surrounded by shelves of meds and supplies. The indispensably valuable ceiling fan is wonderfully evaporating my fresh sweat after a much needed shower. We had a huge group leave yesterday and Mom and Dad Smoker and Chad left this morning to lead another one of the seminars in the province for the local pastors. But previously had 30 people using the same bathroom/shower for a week. Monday morning was definitely a Monday here at HFM. The construction team is busy going out to clear land and built sheds for families’ homes. Because all of our wonderful Restoration medical team left I had to run home clinic with 5 new volunteers from the Diquini Hospital and help staff the pharmacy for the hovering crowd of patients. We’re seeing between 120-165 patients a day at our clinic. Today a girl came with an arm that had broken last week and was never set. It still moved in the deformed area.
Last week we had 8 patients pray to receive the Lord into their heart in our clinic!! Praise the Lord for medical team who preach the Word of the Good News.
Ricardo’s Ministry school is going well in its second week. Some of those who received the Lord are now going every evening!
My friend Sella came to see me again yesterday. She is 22 yrs old with a 4 yr old and 1 yr old twins. Her husband died in the earthquake. Previously she told us that the mother of the twins died and we were setting up an orphanage leading to adoption, and supplying her with everything. Just before the twins went to the orphanage she told us she was the mother. Last night she came asking again for milk, food, clothes, diapers, and money. She asked me to take at least one of her babies. I talked with her for ~45minutes about God’s love for her still, His provision for her, His desire for Him to be her Husband, His pain knowing her every need. I prayed with her. We laughed together. Saturday I hope to get a chance to go with her to where she stays and see her twins again.
This is just one of many stories.