Janet from Friday

We asked her about her faith and she responded, “I pray every few days, and I read my bible, but only because I don’t have anything else to do.” When she sees herself in the future she doesn’t picture anything. After we failed at trying to convince her to start the ARV’s, we talked to Dr. Bemm. Together we decided that we needed to admit her and her child, but we didn’t necessarily admit them for physical reasons. Don’t get me wrong, they were both extremely malnourished, but not to the point of death. We admitted them in hopes of giving her a reason to live. We admitted her to share the gospel with her, and let her know that her life does matter; her child’s life matters; and she can overcome this….Many of you remember this story in a previous blog. Her name was Judy , and she had a one year-old son. She had give up hope on all means of life. She has been in the hospital for only two weeks and I would like to say, with a HUGE smile on my face, that one would not recognize her if they saw her. She is radiating with Joy. Every time I see her in the hospital she approaches me to shake my hand, and tells me how happy she is. She kept saying over and over, “Praise the Lord for saving my life. Praise the Lord for saving my child. I am like Lazarus. He has risen me from the grave.” I’ve never seen such a huge transformation in such a short amount of time. She wrote us a letter today informing Reika and I of all that the Lord has done in her life. She has so much passion for life. She informed me that she really wants to start her own little business so that she can support herself and her child. She no longer wants to die. Upon hearing this, Reika and I immediately went to the community health building. We talked with Simon, the person in charge, and informed him of her situation. He has agreed to support her. She wants to start selling dry corn in front of the large tea factory, which she lives right next to. We are going to provide her with three large bags of corn to get her started. She seems to be so motivated and excited. I can’t wait to follow-up with her in a few weeks to see how she is doing. For all who read this story and prayed for her…thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We so often forget the power of prayer, but it is one of our most powerful weapons.