this time last summer

lately i have been reminiscing about last summer in senegal (of course!) looking through my old journal and posts, i was reminded of a horrifying, yet awesome experience that took place a year ago. late that night, lisa and i came home to a very sick Papa. he was barely breathing and lisa and i both thought that he was going to die at any moment. but he didn't. I know my God kept him alive. all praise!

here is a portion of what lisa wrote about it:
"we were holding a dying boy and trying not to freak out. we told them that we were going to pray in the name of Jesus...and boy did we pray!!! i was so scared that as he was passing out and going to sleep that his tiny body would give up on trying to fight for air. his whole body was struggling to get oxygen into his lungs and it was the worst sound!...we were so scared that he was not going to make it through the night...but in Jesus name, he was healed!!!"

God is the ultimate Provider, Healer, and Savior - the One and Only!
That experience taught me much. I have never before prayed so intensely for a sick person as i did that night. God showed more of his power to me.

"Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. And their prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make them well." James 5:14-15




little Papa