Thursday, May 17, 2007

Being a Healing Place for a Hurting World/Sendo um lugar de cura para um mundo ferido

Last week we visited a 6 year old kid in the hospital. We don’t know what he had but he wasn’t doing well. His mom is one of the cooks at the carepoint. On our way to the hospital we picked up his dad to go with us. Carol prayed with him and gave the mom some money to buy medicine and food during their stay there. On Sunday the father of this kid shows up at church. At the end of service he stands up and tells me and everyone in the church that his son is doing better and should be getting out of the hospital this week. It was great to see him there and seeing him stand up to say that. It was his first time at church. A friend of ours has told us that he was opposed to the being there and now he went to the church he was fighting against. God is good.

We also visited a young lady that was in the hospital. We think she had a stroke. She was doing much better when we saw her but it was great to be able to visit some one and show them that we care about them. All of us could not go in to see her so she made an effort to go out to the waiting area to see us. She couldn't even walk normally. We stood there in the middle of the crowd and prayed with her for her complete recovery.

Na semana passada nós visitamos uma criança, de 6 anos de idade, no hospital. Não sabemos qual o problema com ela mas o menino não estava nada bem. A mãe dele é uma das cozinheiras do centro. No caminho para o hospital nós pegamos o pai dele para ir conosco. A Carol orou com ele e deu um pouco de dinheiro para a mãe comprar remédios e comida para o tempo que ficassem no hospital. No Domingo o pai da criança apareceu na igreja. No final do culto ele se levantou e disse a todos na igreja que o filho dele estava muito melhor, e que esta semana estaria saindo do hospital. Foi muito bom ve-lo na igreja dizendo isso. Foi a primeira vez dele na igreja. Um amigo nosso nos contou que logo no começo ele se opos a igreja, mas agora estava lá dando testemunho. Deus é bom.

Nós também visitamos uma jovem que estava no hospital. Achamos que ela teve um derrame. Ela já estava bem melhor última vez que a vimos. É sempre bom poder visitarmos alguém e mostrar que nos preocupamos com ela. Todos náo pudiamos entrar para ve-la, então ela fez um esforço e foi lá fora para nos ver na área de espera. Ela nem conseguia caminhar direito. Nós ficamos parados no meio da multidão e oramos com ela pela sua restauração completa.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Y'all are doing SUCH an amazing job there!! It's so great to hear of the lives being changed in the community! They played a Mozambique video this weekend at Highland and we were all crying! We all miss it so much- and we miss you guys! We have been praying for you...and we think about you and the church all the time. Know that you are in our prayers, and we can't wait to hear of more amazing things that God is doing at Igreja Lugar De Cura!! :0) LOVE Y'ALL!!!
Lauren B

Unknown said...

Isaac & Carol,
I'm so glad to see that you guys are doing so well. We miss you both! Your church seems to be doing well. I'm really proud of you both. I pray that God will bless you and keep you safe while you are away from us. We are praying for you all.
Please let us hear from you!
Love,
Sandy & Dale

Brandon said...

I love getting updates from Mozambique! We are constantly praying for you, talking about you and planning when we can come back to Nkobe!

Jean Ohlerking said...

Jesus is here and anything can happen!

Looks like the DNA of HPC USA is there in HPC Mozambique.

We are so excited about what God is doing and will do in your ministry there.

We love you dearly.

Pop & Meemaw

Joseph & Cheri LeBlanc said...

How AWESOME! I pray for your strength that is not possible on your own, but will come from God. Because ya'll are doing what is in His heart. My heart aches because I want to be there so much! Miss you!

Anonymous said...

Oi Isaac e Carol ,eu estou chegando por ai ,vou passar um bom tempo com voces e sei que vai ser muito legal e as bencaos de DEUS vai ser derramada neste lugar de maneira maravilhosa.

beijos e saudades ,
Ainda parece um sonho que estou indo ,realmente DEUS e demais .

Tiiiia Judy .