Good morning my friends,
So many of you are sending me words of encouragement and stories of how God is working in your life through your prayer time commitment. Thank you. Oh that we could keep that sweet quiet time with Jesus as a priority in our lives after this week's mission trip.
Everyone is handling their prayer time a bit differently: some are praying while they walk, some exercising and praying, some pulling away and being still, some are gathering with family and/or friends. One friend says she reads the blog and prays for everything mentioned in it. One friend said she looks at the team's picture and places them in a circle of light and protection. I have a 2 hour stretch each morning from 3 -5 a.m. and I have been combining prayer, scripture and journaling. Let me encourage you to fill your thoughts with the positive things that God is doing rather than the constant barrage of negative news blasts. Our thoughts are so powerful in creating the filter through we see the world.
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Philippians 4:4-8
With that in mind, I am attaching a link to a news clip on a young 12 year old artist inspired by God The picture she drew of Jesus really touched my heart, and in my prayer time yesterday I found myself holding each team member up and envisioning Jesus embracing them close to His heart at the end of a weary day of serving him. With the embrace of our loving Father, their individual fatigue and pain and fear melted away. With a gentle kiss on their forehead, he cleared their heads of all the pain and suffering they had witnessed and gave them a fresh compassion to be able to continue doing His work. I found that the image of Jesus was much like the picture this artist has drawn. It was quite beautiful and I realized I had spent an entire hour in that specific activity. The Lord renewed my own heart and weariness as well and I wept with his faithfulness.
The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm-0-Rdxo8
I am also including an email I received last night from one of our prayer warriors that testifies to yet more miracles occurring in Haiti. Praise God! There is no lack in the Creators hand.
Donna, I have to share this with you and maybe you can somehow share it with the team to encourage them. Our Life Group Leader works for the Fla Baptist Convention and he told this story this morning.
There is a team of doctors from Arizona who have been in Haiti, running a clinic. They took with them whatever they could gather on short notice, in the way of medical supplies, which wasn't much. When they set up their little clinic with one room was set aside to store the medical supplies. Every day, they've treated upwards of 75 patients and they pull the supplies and medicines all throughout the day. At the end of each day, they take stock and miraculously, none of the supplies have gone down. They are not low on anything and haven't run out of anything. It's as if they haven't used one thing!
Also, the FBC took cash to supply their pastors and church plants, feeling that if the pastors and their families are taken care of, then they can better minister to their church members and to those in the community. They took $20,000 cash to hand out to these (800 )pastors all over Haiti . The man said he keeps giving out cash and knows exactly how much money was in that bag yet there is more money in the bag now than when they started.
God is so good! It's like the story of the loaves and the fishes. We have many friends and family keeping up with the blog and praying. They may not have signed up for the prayer chain but they are praying. I've been posting a link everyday to my facebook page and I get at least 10-15 comments and e-mails per day about people watching it and praying.
There is HOPE for Haiti in the sweet love of our Savior, Jesus Christ and these willing servants who have made themselves available to do His work. Susan Eng
We serve an amazing God!
One of our mission team members, Pastor Jonathan Grooms, has established a new blog where he has uploaded his pictures and a daily account of the trip from his perspective.. He is a gifted writer and I encourage you to check out the blog.
That link is http://haiti-disaster-relief.blogspot.com/ .
Enjoy the Gift of Today! and Keep Praying!
In His Love,
Donna
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