What a mighty God we serve!

Today has been a good day! My day started at 5:30 this morning. The sky was still dark and I was sleeping very well, when I awoke to a VERY LOUD speaker playing the Muslim call to worship, and then I think reading the Koran. For a moment I laid there in my warm bed and began to get angry and then a verse came to my head. Ephesians 6:12 For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Suddenly my anger melted and I began to pray. I began to pray for the speaker to quit working, I prayed for the darkness to be overcome by light, and for the word of God to be proclaimed in this village. I prayed for the lies to be stopped and for THE TRUTH to be known. What happened next could be explained away by many as coincidence or chance, but I BELIEVE it was a direct answer to my prayer. Within two minutes, the loud speaker began to cut in and out. In the same few moments a radio in the next house began to play praise and worship music very LOUD. Only a few moments later the outside speaker fell completely silent leaving only the sound of the Amazing Grace echoing in the sunrise. It was simply amazing to me and I was left on my bed for quite a while thanking God and praising him for his Faithfulness.

The next thing that happened is I took two of our children to see a visiting eye specialist. It was an adventure as all things in Africa seem to be. The three of us piled onto a boda behind the driver and the four of us were off to the clinic just a few miles away. I spent the first ninety minutes sitting in the wrong building,but eventually made it where I needed to be. Both kids were seen and the Dr was so nice. One of the children came home with a badly needed glass eye. It not only improves his appearance, but will save the integrity of the eye socket for the rest of his life. The second child a young girl of nearly 3, is scheduled for surgery tommorrow morning. She basically has two lazy eyes and has difficulty focusing on nearly anything. Tomorrow the world will look very different for this little girl. I am praising God for both of these children and the favor that they recieved today. The odds of them both getting seen and treatment in this village are pretty small. Please pray for the young girl as she goes to surgery in the morning.

It is nearly 6 weeks here now and life is getting a little easier. I am learning a routine, learning to tune out the screaming babies when nessasary, and making time to get filled back up. It is still hard to be away from those I love, but I know I am here serving where I am called and that makes the difficult times much easier to bare. I miss you all and will be thinking of you eating turkey and pumpkin pie,and watching it snow. I will be here thinking of you , thankful for your friendship and enjoying the African sun. Know that you are in my prayers.
Serving til he comes or takes me home,
Jennifer