While here in Arusha I have been attending the Vineyard church. It is like many churches a random assortment of people drawn from Tanzania and all over the world who are here to do the thing they believe God has put on their heart to do.
There are a number of people at the church who run orphanages . And it is so lovely each week to see an eclectic mix of families, adopted families, foster families etc. A grandpa from America or Australia with a little toddler snuggled up and fast asleep on his shoulder. He looked more content than the toddler!
Well for the first time in the 4 months I have been there a lady stood up on Sunday with one precious little baby in her arms. She had been abandoned in a drain. As the woman was saying this she was weeping, you could just feel her love and compassion for this little thing. And as she stood there she simply said I am not sure if any of you know anyone who would give this little girl and there was a year old boy too, a home?
I thought a bit of a strange request almost like an auction but filled with love!
Well to cut a long story short during the time of sharing a woman stands up just to say she has come with her friend from Nairobi. They both travelled to Arusha as God had told them this was the time to visit. The lady had tried for many many years to have a baby. Lots of pain and heartache for her.
Anyway there and then in the service she had the little girl on her lap, was giving her a bottle. And God had brought her here on this very weekend to collect the baby He had assigned for her.
I am reminded again that nothing is random with God. He is working out his master plan even when it looks like nothing is !
I was thinking also about that verse where he says look how I care for the sparrow and the lilies etc, how much more is his eye on every little baby.
This brings me to a patient I will call Anna. I met her 9 weeks ago when she was 20 weeks pregnant. She is a 42 yr old lady who has had 3 pregnancies but no live children. In this culture here for a woman to not have born children is a great great sadness, you need to prove you are a woman with your fertility. For many reasons she just touched my heart so deeply. She was admitted with severe pain and we thought she was losing this baby too at 20 weeks. She has a very large fibroid in her uterus and it was expected that she would not carry the baby past the first trimester. Her plight just touched me and I have been praying so fervently that God would not let her hope be disappointed. Anyway by the Grace of God alone she is now 29 weeks pregnant. A miracle in itself. I am so praying that she will be able to carry the baby for a few more weeks then the chance of survival here in Tanzania would be good.
Some patients just seem to creep into your heart. And she is right there deep in my heart. I am so scared for her and to be honest for myself too, that she will not see the fulfillment of her hope. What can we do but trust and pray, God knows. Every little one counts with Him and he knows the days and hours and years he has planned for this little one. And I just pray for her that she will be spared another sorrow.
There are a number of people at the church who run orphanages . And it is so lovely each week to see an eclectic mix of families, adopted families, foster families etc. A grandpa from America or Australia with a little toddler snuggled up and fast asleep on his shoulder. He looked more content than the toddler!
Well for the first time in the 4 months I have been there a lady stood up on Sunday with one precious little baby in her arms. She had been abandoned in a drain. As the woman was saying this she was weeping, you could just feel her love and compassion for this little thing. And as she stood there she simply said I am not sure if any of you know anyone who would give this little girl and there was a year old boy too, a home?
I thought a bit of a strange request almost like an auction but filled with love!
Well to cut a long story short during the time of sharing a woman stands up just to say she has come with her friend from Nairobi. They both travelled to Arusha as God had told them this was the time to visit. The lady had tried for many many years to have a baby. Lots of pain and heartache for her.
Anyway there and then in the service she had the little girl on her lap, was giving her a bottle. And God had brought her here on this very weekend to collect the baby He had assigned for her.
I am reminded again that nothing is random with God. He is working out his master plan even when it looks like nothing is !
I was thinking also about that verse where he says look how I care for the sparrow and the lilies etc, how much more is his eye on every little baby.
This brings me to a patient I will call Anna. I met her 9 weeks ago when she was 20 weeks pregnant. She is a 42 yr old lady who has had 3 pregnancies but no live children. In this culture here for a woman to not have born children is a great great sadness, you need to prove you are a woman with your fertility. For many reasons she just touched my heart so deeply. She was admitted with severe pain and we thought she was losing this baby too at 20 weeks. She has a very large fibroid in her uterus and it was expected that she would not carry the baby past the first trimester. Her plight just touched me and I have been praying so fervently that God would not let her hope be disappointed. Anyway by the Grace of God alone she is now 29 weeks pregnant. A miracle in itself. I am so praying that she will be able to carry the baby for a few more weeks then the chance of survival here in Tanzania would be good.
Some patients just seem to creep into your heart. And she is right there deep in my heart. I am so scared for her and to be honest for myself too, that she will not see the fulfillment of her hope. What can we do but trust and pray, God knows. Every little one counts with Him and he knows the days and hours and years he has planned for this little one. And I just pray for her that she will be spared another sorrow.
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