Our day began with Kirsten encouraging us to claim God's faithfulness when we are anxious or fearful. Off to chapel where Marilee spoke on trusting God in our lives. What a priviledge to also join the AIDS patients from the clinic for another chapel with Anne speaking on loss and the joy of seeing God work through pain.
Marilee speaking on God's peace.
Anne Storm speaking to women/men and children who are affected with HIV/AIDS. This ministry has grown tremendously and many people have come to the Lord as a result.
Then off to one of the 5 soup kitchens run by CMCT staff daily where we served the poorest of the poor and Leslie beautifully shared the gospel of Christ.
The women who receive lunch from CMCT each day via the soup kitchen. For most it is their only meal of the day.
Sundare, Allison, Carlin and Marilee serving the food at the soup kitchen.
After a great lunch at CMCT, we saw the AIDS blood machine. Thanks to many of you for donating toward this gift. The medical staff were thrilled and told us how it will now diagnose not only AIDS, but rat fever, hepatitis, and other infections in 3 hours. The benefit to patients is tremendous, with medication dispensed the same day instead of waiting 3-4 days for test results that were sent out.
The HIV/AIDS blood machine that many of you contributed money towards. They are very appreciative!!
We were able to meet many of our sponsored children today.
Teri with the young man she sponsors.
Thank you to all who sent gifts with us--we took lots of pictures. Tonight we will enjoy more Chinese in Chennai--a meal we all look forward to in celebration of Colleen's 71st birthday. Yum.
The work you all are doing is absolutely inspiring. Thank you so much for your commitment to this ministry. I miss you Kir!
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping all of us posted with the great news from India. I am praying for all of those girls everytime I think of them, which is so often. What a mighty work for God that they are doing and their beautiful spirits must be such an encouragement to all they are ministering to.
ReplyDeleteI send my love and assure them this weekend Dan & I will be praying for safe journeys home. We will be very relieved when they arrive!
Love, Sherry Fenley
Hi guys - kt here. been so blessed to be a part from home in your journey and can't wait to see you and hear your stories! A friend sent this to me recently - a quote by Sir Frances Drake - who I know nothing about....but it challenged me and is how i want to live....then i realized it's what the 12 of you have DONE!...good for you...best, kt
ReplyDeleteDisturb us, God, when we are
too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
because we dreamed too little;
When we arrived safely because
we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us when with the
abundance of things we possess,
We have lost our thirst for the waters of life.
Having fallen in love with life,
we have failed to dream of eternity.
In our efforts to build a new earth
we have allowed
Our vision of the new heaven to dim
Disturb us to dare more boldly,
to venture into wider seas,
Where storms will show your majesty,
Where losing sight of land,
we shall find the stars.
We ask you to push
back the horizons of our hopes,
To push back the future in
strength, courage, hope and love.