Monday, April 7, 2008
Our Walks
So the kids and I go for a walk almost every day, it is for the purpose of exploring and keeping occupied. Today was no exception but a little different as a little boy about 10 took us on a tour. This means we can go where it kind of looks like your walking into some ones yard or house but in reality it is part of the intricate maze of little foot paths. We don't often go on unknown ones but it is very interesting when you can (with someone who knows where they are going)! Today a lady came out holding a baby girl that looked like she was starving to death as she was all concave and her skin was just hanging off of her little body. The lady spoke good english and said that she had been dropped causing head trauma and got meningitis. She used to weigh 12.5 pounds and now weighed about 6.5lbs. She was 9 months old. She said she was getting help from the sisters of charity. It was strange because all we could do is pray for the little girl that somehow God would come through and heal her body. So the girls and I prayed and nothing physically changed, then I am left with Why Not. So we leave and say bless you, we will continue to pray for her. Man that stinks! I just let myself picture in my head for a moment what that would be like if God came through and put flesh back on her bones and straightened out her crippled feet and corrected any mental side effects. Not only hers but the whole areas lives would be face to face with the undeniable reality of the Kingdom of God. This would seem so good to me!! I am left feeling a little choked up from the thought of what could have been.
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Jason: right now i am praying for that little girl... that not only she is healed physically but somehow when she is old enough to understand... she will realize the amount of love our lord has for each of his children... please keep us up to date... maybe a name and picture would be great tooo.. just so we can keep her in our thoughts... you guys mean the world to me! Miss you tons!
thanks Rahid
hey guys... you do have a name for that little girl?? just wondering... so that when i pray for her i can feel like i really know her... i now it is not necesarry but i was just wondering.... miss you guys!!
Wow, that's sad about that little girl. Glad that you prayed for her. I don't know the answer to the question, "Why not?" when people aren't healed. Wish I did. But we just have to trust God and be obedient. And I wanted to mention that when you pictured her healed afterwards, that was also prayer. Envisioning what people would be like if our prayers are answered is prayer - a very cool kind of prayer. You said you were choked up about what could have been. But it might still happen. It's God's will that all people would be healed and have life to the fullest. That's why Jesus died on the cross. So think of it as being choked up about what God is doing and will do...He will heal that girl. We're just not sure of the timing. I bless you to keep letting your heart feel that way, to feel what His heart feels for His people. It actually matters and it actually makes a difference ...it ministers to your own heart, to God's heart and to the people you come into contact with. Keep up the good work!
It's hard to know how to respond from my cushy home on my fancy computer.... but I'm really glad you guys are posting about the good times and the trials you're facing as a family over there. I believe you are going to amass some very wonderful and very difficult stories. The stories and the lessons matter, not only for you, but for us as well... so keep on sharing.
Kris
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