Wrestling with situations that we will never be able to fully understand the magnitude of pain and suffering that poverty and injustice brings is something that keeps us fully relying on God. There are many times it is hard to know how to respond or what God is prompting us to do to help through MH4H.
God tells us over and over in scripture that whatever we ask in Jesus name will be given. We ask for answers and ask if you would also bring this before God.
Today we are searching for answers about what to do in this situation. We had a visit from a young father who has come to us many times in the past three weeks asking for formula for his two month old baby because the mother is sick and can no longer nurse the baby. We have been able to offer assistance because of the generosity of some teams that have visited and brought cans of baby formula.
Two days ago the young man came and said, "I do not know if I can count on my wife" meaning he was afraid his wife is going to die. We know the wife had been in the hospital the first time the man came to visit. We could sense the desperation now and began to ask how we could help get her to the hospital and how soon we should go. He thought a minute and said, "Lendi." Wait a second....Lendi? (Monday) that was on Thursday! If he thinks she is dying we can't wait until Monday. We persuade him to agree that we would go Friday morning.
So yesterday we went to his house to make arrangements for the wife to go to the hospital. She is very sick. He is not ready to take her...Now he says Madi. Tuesday. What? He says he needs to wash some clothes and find some food and blah, blah, before she would be able to go to the hospital. What? Do we force him to take her? What do we do? We get this thought.... a thought we hate to even consider but it could be...could it be that he is so burdened with the outlook of caring for his baby AND his sick wife that he is thinking he can't do it and is waiting for her to die? Hard to know.
We prayed together, told him we would bring some food later and left the house kind of numb. Hard to know.
So this morning, after kind of a restless night, it is still hard to know. Waiting on God and asking you to help us cover this in prayer. That is the part we CAN know..."Everything to God in prayer." Tomorrow is Sunday, a day to worship and give thanks for all HE has done and will do.
God tells us over and over in scripture that whatever we ask in Jesus name will be given. We ask for answers and ask if you would also bring this before God.
Today we are searching for answers about what to do in this situation. We had a visit from a young father who has come to us many times in the past three weeks asking for formula for his two month old baby because the mother is sick and can no longer nurse the baby. We have been able to offer assistance because of the generosity of some teams that have visited and brought cans of baby formula.
Two days ago the young man came and said, "I do not know if I can count on my wife" meaning he was afraid his wife is going to die. We know the wife had been in the hospital the first time the man came to visit. We could sense the desperation now and began to ask how we could help get her to the hospital and how soon we should go. He thought a minute and said, "Lendi." Wait a second....Lendi? (Monday) that was on Thursday! If he thinks she is dying we can't wait until Monday. We persuade him to agree that we would go Friday morning.
So yesterday we went to his house to make arrangements for the wife to go to the hospital. She is very sick. He is not ready to take her...Now he says Madi. Tuesday. What? He says he needs to wash some clothes and find some food and blah, blah, before she would be able to go to the hospital. What? Do we force him to take her? What do we do? We get this thought.... a thought we hate to even consider but it could be...could it be that he is so burdened with the outlook of caring for his baby AND his sick wife that he is thinking he can't do it and is waiting for her to die? Hard to know.
We prayed together, told him we would bring some food later and left the house kind of numb. Hard to know.
So this morning, after kind of a restless night, it is still hard to know. Waiting on God and asking you to help us cover this in prayer. That is the part we CAN know..."Everything to God in prayer." Tomorrow is Sunday, a day to worship and give thanks for all HE has done and will do.
Christi, we are praying for God's wisdom and discernment as you face this situation. And don't forget Bill and Jennifer Campbell if you need baby formula. Continued blessings on all you set your hands to do!
ReplyDeletePraying! Such a heartbreaking dilemma! Hope Craig is feeling better!
ReplyDeleteYou are right... we will never fully understand the desperation of poverty. In prayer.
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