Wednesday
Today we had a clinic at the church in Diamante.
This is Florence’s (Nana’s) church. She and her husband were the pastors here
many years ago. The people here were so sweet and helpful and the day went
great. I laid my hands on Nana’s shoulders this morning and told her that I
wanted to see someone saved today so that meant the weight was on her
shoulders. We both laughed about it but I told her that I didn’t want our
primary reason for being here to be in vain. We haven’t seen anyone come to
know the Lord the last two days so we had to do something different. She said
she would take this on. She shared with them, prayed with them and praised with
them. By the end of the day, two more came to know the Lord as their personal
Savior. One more for Jesus!!!
We connected with a little girl named Cindy that
came to our medical clinic last year. She was very malnourished to the point of
dying. The medical team worked with her and then Evelyn got her to a hospital.
She is now living at an orphanage and is doing awesome. Her hair has grown back
and she is actually walking now. They said that she would not survive. She is
more than surviving – she is thriving. Another one of God’s precious miracles.
We saw a total of 59 patients today and gave out
only 15 prescription glasses. I noticed that the visual acuity of the people in
this town is much better than most areas we have worked in. We are not sure if
it is the environment or something else. So far we have seen 517 patients and
given out 215 prescription glasses and we have seen 14 come to know the Lord as
their Savior. God has blessed us beyond belief with what He has brought across
our path. By this time on our trip, we usually average seeing about 450+/-, but
517 people is awesome. I praise you God – thank you for this opportunity for us
to be blessed.
One last note: today I received some not so good
news from back home. Bucket told me to stop looking sad and get happy because I
just made the enemy mad at me. Bucket and I talked this morning after prayer
time at the clinic about how we got goose-bumps during prayer time because we
felt the power of the Holy Spirit. I was claiming one more for Jesus and I knew
something great was going to happen today and it did. He was telling me someone
was going to get saved. So now instead of feeling pitiful about myself, I am
praising God for what He did and is going to do – and I know He will take care
of all my stuff back in Alabama too. The Sunday before we left for Honduras, I
had asked that a music video be played during offertory. The song was “We
Believe” and the pictures were last year’s mission trip. The video played great
before the church service, but it wouldn’t play during the service so Brother
Chris, our pastor, got up and started his sermon. He apologized later for the
video not working. I told him that it was ok because it was an attack by the
enemy because he doesn’t want anyone praying for our team but that was fine
with me because that just meant that Brother Chris had more time to preach the
Word of God. Well, I guess the enemy just lost that one! he is losing this battle as well. In a
devotion we used during Lay Renewal at our church, one of the devotions (Day 2)
was “How can praise help us share the Gospel?” This was written by Erik Lutz.
In it he said that praise is essentially the opposite of complaint. It requires
us to take our eyes off our difficult situation and focus instead on the God
who upholds us. Misery and self-pity cannot last in the light of who our God is
and all the blessings He daily pours out on us. Paul later wrote the following
to the Philippian believers: Do all things without complaining and disputing,
that you may become blameless and harmless children of God without fault in the
midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in
the world. Philippians 2:14
Es una cosa de Dios! It’s a God thing!
