Again, it’s been a while since I’ve written. It’s been busy working on the ward lately because we have a lot of sick kids coming in for esophageal dilataion and abdominal surgeries. So, what happens is children drink caustic liquids and it causes their esophagus to constrict until it’s small and the kids can barely swallow anything. These children are SICK. Thank God for so many amazing pediatric nurses who support the rest of us as we learn how to care for these children.
Last Thursday evening we had a really awesome service. It was Liberian Thanksgiving Day, so the International Lounge was all set up with vegetables and produce of all sorts, reminding us what we have to be thankful for. The school kids dressed up as produce and had a little show for us. The coolest part of the evening was when we had a worship time, and had one person from every country represented on the ship come forward and say a prayer of thanks to God in their own language. It was beautiful. My good friend Holly stood up and said thanks to God for helping her believe in him over her time here. She did not come here as a Christian, but is leaving with a heart that is so excited about God. So amazing!
On Sunday we went to Marshall Town beach. It was a relaxing day in the HOT sun. Some local fishermen made us a shelter with one of their sails since there was no shelter at all. I definitely still got burnt.
I went to show the Jesus Film on Wednesday this week. We went out to a village on the outskirts of Monrovia, set up a screen on the back of the landrover and showed the film. It was in Mandigo because that is the language that this village spoke. It was so good to watch it again, even though I didn’t understand most of it. I tried to guess what Jesus was saying and interpret it for a few friends who had never seen it before. It was amazing to see how many people gathered as the night wore on. I bet there were 300-400 people in front of that screen. One lady in the front row was so obviously touched by God. It was so great to see her reactions. It truly is a powerful film, because it’s not just a story!!!
Holly left for home yesterday. We had a going away party for her Thursday night. It was funny because Amy was sitting in the middle of our big circle of women who had gathered for this time, and she had an empty bottle. We were joking about playing spin the bottle, and then decided it would be fun to spin the bottle and whoever it landed on could share a scripture for Holly that was special to them. It was so fun to be encouraged by some amazing scriptures. At the end Holly chose 2 scriptures that she’d recently found were encouraging. After she said them, a couple more girls joined our group, and they ended up sharing scriptures also. What are the chances that the scriptures they shared were the exact ones that Holly had just shared? God is pretty amazing. I also realized that one of the scriptures that was shared was one I had previously chosen to share with her in a card I was writing to her. It’s a good one: Psalm 37:3-7. Read and enjoy!
Friday morning Lanita, Katelyn, Denice and I made Holly a special going away breakfast. It was such a good time with her. I’m really going to miss her. She’s so excited about her newfound faith. It’s really encouraging to see!
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