I received this email from my mom yesterday. She wrote so beautifully and honestly about the transition back home after her three weeks in Malawi. Please pray with her that God will give her the words to share her experience with those who need to hear it. It is odd being back to this land [...]
Archive for February, 2010
One must see for themselves… reflections by Myra Lassen
Posted in Culture, Family, Mission on February 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Prayer for Today
Posted in Mission, Uncategorized on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
O Christ, who is Living Water, who is deep calling to deep. You call us to carry hope to the hopeless, love to the lost, and water to the thirsty. Fill me with your love to overflowing that I may have a part in you and freely give it away. Amen Pam Hawkins, The Awkward [...]
It’s a wild, wild ride
Posted in Culture, Family, Mission on February 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
MONDAY 8:00am Wilson and Finna suspect they have malaria 8:30am Kara, Wilson, Finna and Christina to Clinic 10:30am Wilson positive for mild malaria, has medication. Finna positive for severe malaria and must stay for 6 hours of observation. 11:00am Home with Wilson to discover that Finna has the house key at the clinic. 11:30am Home [...]
Lucy
Posted in Culture, Family, Mission on February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If you have been praying for Lucy, your prayers have been answered! Jeff and I’s hearts were heavy all day yesterday. I woke up this morning so anxious to see Lucy and worried that we shouldn’t have left her alone last night. My morning prayers captured the groans of my spirit the past 24 hours… [...]
Praying for Lucy
Posted in Culture, Mission on February 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Today at Queen Elizabeth Government Hospital I saw … an ARV clinic with standing room only, lines for drugs and lines for counseling. … a woman carrying another woman on her back to the radiology department. The old woman hung on her daughter’s back just like the hundreds of children I see each day slung [...]
