Night Watch

Here at the mission we have a night watchman named Thomas. He comes and sleeps on the front porch to keep an eye on things throughout the night. He is in his nineties and mostly deaf and mostly blind. He has worked with the mission most of his life. He is an incredible man with a wonderful heart for God. We do not really need a night watchman at the mission, escpecially one who can hardly see or hear... yet he is such a blessing. He decided this week to retire because he is getting so old and is not well. He asked if he could come to live at the mission until he dies. We told him it would be better for him to be with his family for this. We will not hire another watchman because it really is not necessary. We have many of these people on staff in order to provide an income and stability for them. We will continue to help Thomas financially. After he turned in his resignation we prayed for him and as he left the building he prayed a blessing on Moriah. He truly loves her dearly. He prayed very hard for her safe delivery.

We also had two baptisms done at the mission. One of the pastors named Immanuel Ragu used our baptismal and invited us to pray for the people being baptised. He said both are converts from Hinduism. They came to know the Lord through the ministry of the church. Immanuel Ragu said that he is also arranging for them to be married to each other next year. Since they have converted from Hinduism it is difficult for their marriages to be arranged by their families because their families are Hindu so Pastor Ragu will arrange for them to be married to each other.

Another interesting fact... I was taking care of Moriah up in the apartment and the door bell rang. I went to get it and it was Amma (grandmother), the grandma of the children who live below us. She had cut her hand cleaning and it was bleeding. She was very distraught. She doesnt speak any English so I just tried to be very gentle and clean it for her. I used one of Moriah's clean cloth diapers to wrap it until the bleeding stopped. Then I put some neosporin on it. She was very scared of the neosporin. I tried to tell her it would not hurt and that it would kill the germs but she was still scared. Once I applied it though she looked very relieved. I also put a band aid over it. I do not think she had ever seen a band aid before. They just do not use them here. They would cost money... So all of this just reminds me of all things from the states I took for granted. I had easy access to any first aid items I needed. I had a doctor who could always caare for me. I never imagined people who never saw a band aid...