It's the little things He does that blow my mind...

Tonight (06/21/06) Jeannine Brabon is staying with us - one of my missionary heroes! She came tonight and first thing out of her mouth was: "Do you know of anyone who could take medical supplies to Haiti?" She explained that a neighbour friend had some extra supplies and did not want to simply throw them away. I said that, yes we could use them. It wasn't until after we had unloaded the supplies (ACE bandages, zinc oxide dressings, and white bandages) that coming into the house she asked me: "You are a nurse?" to which I replied in the affirmative. "Really?" to which I again replied in the affirmative and added: "I'm going to Haiti in July to start 5 months of language study before working at The Clinic in Cap." "Well" she said, "I guess I did come to the right house!" 

I'm not at the moment 100% sure how, but I've got a feeling those supplies are in for a double blessing :D at the moment I'm awed at Him putting Jeannine under our roof - long story there...just quick - we were meant to have some of the board of director guys stay but at the last minute they got booked into a hotel. So late last night when we got a call asking if Jeannine could stay? we could (thankfully) say "Yes!"

How awesome to sit at the kitchen table and hear her recount stories. Stories of her life and struggles. Of getting to the mission field and since she was a returning MK others thinking she knew the ropes when she didn't, of her father dying of a massive heart attack just months after her arrival on field to help with the ministry, of praying for someone she hardly knew back in the States as a way of keeping from slipping into despair and frustration, of spiritual warfare that has caused physical pain..

She told how she had left her country of service having seen 191 people come to know the Lord in a set time frame - yet she'd been praying for 200 - and even though as she came back to the States thinking "People in the States are so hard" God put her in the right place at the right time resulting in NINE people coming 'into the Kingdom'! and then on the plane He gave her one more, what in Creole is called a "degi" - a little bit extra - God had not just given her 200 but 201! 201 people whose names are now written in the Book of Life! Hallelujah!