There's not much new to report around here, thankfully!! We were all invited to be involved in a HL Board conference call this week. The board was given details of what is going on in hopes that they can understand better the situation and give advise. It was a really good call, and the communication was helpful to all I hope. One of the things discussed was of how to make this known and garner more prayer support. Some of the Brothers were given some tasks of ways to spread the word, and just a day or two later, I have seen some of their work come out in an email from AC Harvest Call, and also a Facebook post. We are very thankful for the overwhelming amount of support that is being given.
Another meeting was held this week with the MEBSH administration. MEBSH is the Haitian church organization that actually owns the Hospital and grounds. We are seeking their increased and continued involvement in this problem, and hope that they can provide some necessary and missing pieces of this...culture, authority, history in the community, etc. Please be prayerful for them as they seek to come help us.
Some of the "group" that started all this have been communicating with our administration. There is one or two specifically that has been talking with David and seems to be able to understand where we're coming from on this. They have said that the group is taking back a few of the things that they were wanting the hospital to do (some of their "terms") and that we don't have to worry about them hurting us.
There is a meeting set with the community again on July 13th. David also heard that there is a rumor going around that we will start giving power back on the 15th. This is hard because it sometimes doesn't matter what the truth is. All that matters is what is truth in their minds. In their minds they think that we promised something. So....here are a few dates to pray for in advance and cover with prayer when they come. Hopefully we can make some headway clearing up the rumors before then too. Hopefully we can continue to make progress in relationships.
And while we work, we wait. We wait for God to show His power. We wait for God to work a mighty work here. We wait on the Lord and the power of His strength. We wait for his defeat of the Evil One.
This week there have been a few scriptures shared with me that I keep going back to.
Really the whole chapter 4 of Second Corinthians is fitting, but here are verses 7-9 "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;"
2 Samuel 22:4-7. "I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears."
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