Archive for February, 2010

One must see for themselves… reflections by Myra Lassen

February 26, 2010

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 of [...]

Prayer for Today

February 25, 2010

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 Season: Prayers for Lent

It’s a wild, wild ride

February 24, 2010

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 again with key.  Siyileni arrives [...]

Lucy

February 24, 2010

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…
Give ear, [...]

Praying for Lucy

February 23, 2010

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 onto mothers’ [...]