2/23/2011

As I write this it is 1:00 in the morning in Kenya and why am I not sleeping? Just pondering today's events and what God wants me to share. My human part naturally goes to statistics and how many medical patients we saw and what interesting cases we encountered - and then God stops me and says - what did I (God) do today? What did I (God) show you? What did I (God) reveal about Myself today? Those questions are harder than just giving statistics. The first thing is forming teams- this is a unique one that was put together by God. It is kind of a strange one - with 4 women from ages 47 - 62 who travelled from the U.S., and the rest are Africans and that is how it should be. God is raising up these young men and women to take the gospel out and this time he let Helping Hands see this take shape. I watched today as Celestine and James and Rose met the challenge. They ministered, shared the gospel, counseled, did medical work, played with the kids, helped feed the kids, prayed with many and were examples of the love of CHRIST. God also changed our plans and that was okay. Even though I like to think I am flexible I am not very. We planned to finish clinic today at 4 and show the Jesus film and get back to the hotel early to pack as we leave for Tanzania tomorrow. But there were so many patients and I couldn't say no and clinic didn't finish til 7. I was worried about keeping the team working so late but in the meantime the rest of the team was showing the Jesus film and people were getting saved - over 50 in all. God let me know that He is in charge of our plans and that I must always submit my plans to Him and He will take care of us which He did. So today was God's day which is how it should always be but which is what we sometimes forget in our efforts to do good works for the Lord.
Love from Dr. Brenda in Kenya