Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Fleas, Flies and Friends!

Has your pet ever had fleas? Have you ever been pestered by flies at a picnic? Have either one ever infested your house? They bite you, land on your food and drive you crazy, right? Imagine being 95 years old, partially blind and all alone. You spend your days stirring clay and water in a big steel pot with a giant stick all day long so that you can use it to fix your clay house before winter comes. Every rain drop washes away the clay because your roof is bad. As you work you pray and worry because you have no food, no family.....no one! Your bed has not been washed in months, maybe years! You go to lay your head down at night after a long day of work. You do not change your clothes you just lay in the same clothes you wore all weak. Your sleep is not sound because the fleas bite you all night and with every noise you awake worried that they will come and beat down the door and steal what little you have.

Then you wake up the next day tired and hopeless because you have no purpose, no friends and no hope. Then a man comes. You don't even know his name but his smile is familiar. He comes when he has food for you. He can't come every week because he donesn't have enough to go around. But when he comes you have enough food for one week.

What if this was your grandma or mine. What would you do? We have met hundreds of Widows, Widowers and orphans in this same condition. Please Pray! Only God can provide for these forgotten people!

1 comment:

  1. We pray for your team constantly. Reading your blog, gives a greater sence of urgency and remorse for the people you have met and are seeing. I'm sure your hearts are breaking over such matters. Know that
    God sees and knows all, and loves them however hopeless the situation
    may seem. Your time with them is a whisper from God to let them know
    there will peace and comfort for them in heaven. Hope all of you are staying healthy and strong. We miss you and can't wait to see my little angel, soon. Mommy and Daddy

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