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As I sat with Aaron contemplating the scene that was before me I felt tears well up in my eyes. \u00a0My Patpatar friend sat holding her 14 year old boy, Jordan on her lap tightly trying to keep him from hurting himself. \u00a0Just a minute earlier I had noticed him put his head on his mother\u2019s shoulder. \u00a0What was to come next was an epileptic fit. \u00a0I sat shocked and not sure how to help my poor friend, but other believers that live in closer proximity to her knew what to do. \u00a0They helped to hold Jordan in place as all of us as a body of believers sat waiting for the seizure to pass, and prayed for God\u2019s protection on him. \u00a0I glanced over to my coworker to see that her eyes matched mine. \u00a0We were both crying as we thought of how much help is available in our home countries for physical ailments and situations such as these. \u00a0Our friend lives with this 24 hours a day, and can hardly leave home because there isn\u2019t help available. \u00a0\u00a0She just watches as her son goes through these difficult seizures and asks God to help him. \u00a0I imagine that as a mother this is a very painful situation.<\/p>\n
That meeting was so sweet for many reasons. \u00a0One of the reasons was to share the burden of my sweet friend \u00a0and know better how to pray for her. \u00a0Another sweet memory is how the believers banded together to help and pray for Jordan. \u00a0There was more, though. \u00a0The fellowship around God\u2019s Word was amazing. \u00a0We have been doing a study on the family based out of the book of Ephesians, and this time around, for some reason, it is really resonating with the group of believers, and they are seeing that the way of life here is so very different from God\u2019s Word. \u00a0They are applying it and seeing changes in their families. \u00a0This day was yet another step in them seeing how they are to be different in yet another way.<\/p>\n
The subject of being unequally yoked was one of the subjects of the day. \u00a0We were also talking about how a Godly marriage begins. \u00a0This is yet another area that the church sees a need for change in their thinking. \u00a0We have done this study 3 times, and yet this time around, these things are hitting home for them, and they are seeing how they can apply these truths from God\u2019s Word. \u00a0The discussion of single people and widows was also a subject, and it left room for our dear coworker to tell her story of how she\u2019s remained single, why and how God has used it in her life.<\/p>\n
This is an example of our times together on Wednesdays. \u00a0We walk to the home of someone in the church and discuss the lesson from the Sunday before, and share how we are applying it in our lives. \u00a0We share how God\u2019s Word is changing us. \u00a0This world is not my home, and I\u2019m realizing the more I live according to God\u2019s Word, the more I\u2019ll be seen as a foreigner. \u00a0The suffering I see, and the pain of missing those I love reminds me that this is not it. \u00a0There\u2019s something better to come.<\/p>\n
Thankful for all of you, our supporters in prayer, finance, and encouragement,<\/p>\n
Lori<\/p>\n
PS \u2013 Aaron has just returned from a trip to the northern tip of the island 6 hours away.\u00a0 He was able to take Jordan and his parents to the local \u201chaus sik\u201d there and got some medicine for Jordan that should help him some.<\/p>\n
Also, from the last update, the Pastor\u2019s little boy who broke his leg is doing much better and it seems everything will be fine.<\/p>\n
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Jordan’s dad and others in the truck headed back to the village!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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