Prayers Answered

Today we have been praying for a man named David. He is the brother in law of one of the drivers who works at the mission named Raja. David is 35 and had symptoms of a heart attack. He was taken to a hospital and they said he had a blockage which would need treated. They also said that Davids family would not have enough money to pay for this level of care so David would have to be transfered to a government hospital. The care in a government hospital is not very good at all so this was a difficult move for the family to make. I know that I was just in one of India's nice hospitals and cannot imagine what a not so nice Indian hospital would be like. The mission spent time praying for David today and trying to find alternative ways to help him. This evening when Raja went to visit David in the hospital he seemed much better. David was talking and in much less pain. Earlier in the day he had paralysis on one side of his face and pain in his arm so it was an answer to prayer and a great blessing to see his condition improve so much. I am learning to trust God more and more through my time here because I see God move mightily and in very tangible ways. Please continue to pray for David's recovery and health.
We also had a meeting with the main workers in the mission in order to discuss our roles and responsibilities. I am very excited about what God is going to do in the next days and how our ministry will develop. Rob is going to focus on training and development of leaders in the churches. This is a major need because the pastors have little money for formal education. I will be doing children and womens ministries. The women here are very neglected. I am excied about getting to know the pastors wives and women leaders. I pray that God will show me how to be a blessing to them. We also have a meeting this week to prepare for VBS next year. This is a huge outreach project that the mission helps the churches pull off every year so it will be exciting to be involved.