- when half the team misses 6:30 a.m. prayer meeting, because they just went back to bed after unloading the much delayed (brake failure, road blocked by mud, etc) truck of goats which pulled up to the Masso house at 3 am today!!
- when the teammates who DO show up report the theft of a significant chunk of money from their house in the last day
- when Luke wakes up, and yesterday’s bruised nose now clearly moves where it shouldn’t, i.e. It is actually broken
- when Scott comes walking back from taking the kids to school without the truck he left in (driving them because of Jack’s feet, and the terrible rain . . . ), he had slipped off the slick muddy road into a ditch, stuck on a journey of half a mile . . .
- when perky Caleb stays home sick with aches and a mild fever
- when a two-week-old baby manages to collect a half a liter of pus under his scalp, just from a simple infected wound (though the good news is that the baby looks much better after incision and drainage), reminding us of this swamp of infection we live in
- when we struggle through our first post-Stephanie HIV clinic day
Praying for glimpses of redemption in all this tomorrow.
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Wow....sending prayers your way!
I woke up and prayed for the team this morning, then I read your blog....I'll continue to pray throughout the day. I am missing you all very much, and wish I could be there to help unload goats, help with ARV clinic and nutrition programs, see peds patients, and help push your truck out of the mud. May peace and calm come your way....
I think more happens to the BGO team in one day than happens to most of us in America in one year - pray'n.
Bob
I'm a nursing student at Valparaiso University in Indiana and found your blog during SALT's "Mission Nutrition." I began closely following your blog during the Ebola outbreak and have been inspired by your work, successes, trials, joys and frustrations. You have touched, and are in the thoughts and prayers of more people than you know. May God bless you and bring you peace!
You guys are daily in my prayers. Specifically praying this morning for a more encouraging day - Bob's statement that you all handle more things in any given day than most Americans handle in a year is so true, and the fact that you keep running the race is such a testament to your spirits and your faith. Hoping and praying today brings unexpected joys : )
I am very sad for the girls losing the money, but exponentially more sad that their trust in others on whom they relied has been so badly tarnished. Those are miserable times in life. I am also sorry about Luke's nose, but proud of him for going the distance. The nose will heal, but no one will forget he gave it everything! We pray for you daily, and that others who read this blog will be touched and moved.
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