{"id":460,"date":"2012-08-27T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/?p=460"},"modified":"2012-09-21T14:59:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T04:59:10","slug":"why-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/2012\/08\/27\/why-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The night before we left the tribe to start heading back to America the Patpatar believers organized a farewell meal for us.\u00a0 Standing to his feet during the little program, one of the men began to share.\u00a0 \u201cWhy us?\u00a0 Many years ago God started to get up the thinking of Aaron and Lori so they would be missionaries.\u00a0 Then they ended up here in the Patpatar, then here in our village, then here among us.\u00a0 Then God made it so we were here too to hear the truth.\u00a0 Now we are part of God\u2019s clan.\u201d\u00a0 In tears the man concluded,\u00a0 \u201cIt wasn\u2019t another village or another tribe.\u00a0 It was here and now we have life.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why it was us, but I am so thankful to God.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week we have found ourselves asking the same questions, \u201cWhy us?\u201d \u00a0We have spent our days with Briella up in NICU at the hospital and watched her grow and progress remarkably well.\u00a0 Her 14 \u00bd inch body has stretched to 15 \u00bd half and she has gained 20% of her body weight and now tips the scales at 3 lbs 9 ounces.\u00a0 She has begun to nurse several times a day and has had hardly any issues.\u00a0 Yet her neighbor to the right who was born about the same weight is not going to make it.\u00a0 Other babies around her are demanding constant attention because of lung, heart, or breathing issues.\u00a0 For some reason God has allowed our Briella to have life.\u00a0 I don\u2019t why it was us, but I am so thankful to God.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t help but believe that part of it is God graciously answers the many prayers you have offered.\u00a0 We continue to thank you for upholding us and Briella in prayer.\u00a0 Lori is now pretty much full time at the hospital as Briella is learning how to eat.\u00a0 The girls begin their second full week of school and are adapting very well.\u00a0 This week I am away in Indiana for an international tribal church planting meeting.<\/p>\n

This week as you reflect on God\u2019s undeserved mercy and grace toward us, may you bask in the amazing thought of \u201cWhy us?\u201d<\/p>\n

Aaron<\/p>\n

Fact:\u00a0 Though small Briella is still capable of big messes.\u00a0 She is now attempting to master the ability to make sure her bowels are working during the few seconds of exposure between the diaper changes.\u00a0 (There are new pictures, no messes, uploaded to our website.)<\/p>\n

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The 3 oldest girls with Mom for their first day of school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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