What God Did

How evident God's work was in this trip! Many things occurred not only in the clinic, but also among our team to turn our eyes to Him.

One of the most encouraging things I observed was how God's hand worked in many of the lives of fellow team mates. Dad's roommate, a Jew, had many questions about the Christian faith throughout the week. Despite their weariness from the long, involved days, they would stay up for hours before bed intently discussing matters of faith and the Bible. How neat to observe how God was softening this man's heart and using the week to turn his gaze toward spiritual things. May God continue to work and cause him to see and know the truth of Jesus Christ.

Optical Crew

During our debriefing gathering a team mate who worked in the optical portion of the clinic told us of an interesting occurrence. One of the patients that day needed a certain type of glasses Dave was sure they had run out of. Having looked through the box of glasses several times for this size to no avail, he decided to search again. Amazingly, he immediately found a pair of the specific type they thought were gone. Apparently this did not happen only once, but several times after. In this way, God continually re-filled our jars to provide for the needs of others.

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Also, during a different team gathering another team member told of an instance of God's provision. First, let me give a little background to this. One of the members of the church in Condevilla has a neat testimony through the ministry he has begun by opening up a school in a town an hour or two away. He gave up many of his possessions for the cause of this ministry, showing a neat heart of selfless giving for the sake of others and God's work. One of our team members planned on doing a video recording of this man's testimony in order to distribute here to raise support for his ministry. About to do the interview, he turned on the camera and realized the battery was low. He had forgotten to charge it the night before! Knowing the Lord wanted to use this man's testimony to touch others lives, he prayed for the Lord's provision. Soon after he glanced at the battery and saw it slowly rise to full power! Wow! The interview was successful, and the battery died about five minutes after they had finished.

These few instances mentioned here testify to the powerful work God did in and through the team. What a faith-building experience!