Will you pray for me?

by Julie

Just recently I was reading the biography of George Mueller to Eden for school.  He was a man who walked by faith by caring for orphans in England and never asked for money from anyone.  He prayed and asked God, who was faithful to provide for hundreds of orphans.  One day, one of the women helping care for the children came to George and said 'The day has finally come.  The children are lined up for the meal and there is no food.'  George called over his granddaughter. He wanted her to see how the Lord was going to answer his prayer.  By the time George finished the prayer for the meal, there was a knock on the door, and enough bread and milk for all the children's meal was delivered.  It was so impressive to me.  It's one thing to tell what the Lord has done, once he's done it.  But its another thing to call witnesses to watch and see what the Lord will do before we can see it with our natural eyes.  I want that kind of faith.  

So this post has two motives.  First, to ask for prayer.  And the second is to call witnesses to see what the Lord will do.  When we were at Tenwek from '06-'08, it was an intense two years, lots of good and some really  challenging times.  Some even traumatic for me.  I thought after years of being away in the US and having those events far behind me, that I was moving on.  Since returning, though, especially with children, it seems that those events are not behind me.  In fact, I've been showing signs of PTSD.  Thankfully, the Lord has brought people to come alongside me and help me.  And God's provision in this gives me confidence that he is in control of this even when I am not....which is always.  

This coming weekend I am going to Nairobi for a two week intensive counseling program.  I've heard such good things about this program and am happy for the chance to go...in the same way I would be happy to have a festering wound debrided or a broken arm reset.  So the prayer request is this: Would you pray with us during these two weeks that this would be a time of healing and of walls that I can't see over coming down?  I will also be away from my kids for two weeks for the first time in their lives.  And finally for good sleep.  Nairobi is a place that triggers my anxiety and that's where I'll be staying during this time.  Thank you for joining us in this.

Some days I don't feel like I know a lot of things, but I do know this.  I know this is not the new normal.  I know the Lord is going to do something big with this.  At first I wondered why this couldn't have all come to light while we were still in the US where resources abound.  But it didn't.  Even still the Lord has brought each person I've needed all the way out to a remote mission hospital in East Africa exactly on time.  I know He has not left me here.  I know this will be a story showing His power, His provision, His love and His deep healing.  And I want to call witnesses to see it even before we can see it with our natural eyes.