Saturday afternoon, we are back
at the compound after a lovely time with our teens at the conference. Rekik and I have thirty minutes to prepare
for our Transformation Love meeting with all of our beneficiary women. We called this meeting to inform them about
the activities the team is doing with them.
I say a quick prayer because it is very cloudy and it looks like it is
going to pour down rain any minute. We
are meeting outside for this meeting because we don’t have a room that will
hold everyone. Please God, don’t let it
rain until we are done with our meeting.
I can’t wait for the
women to arrive! This is my first time
seeing most of them since I arrived on Wednesday. I love being with these beautiful women, but
I am wondering if Eman will come. She
promised she would come for all of the team activities and would attend this
meeting. I wait anxiously as the women
start arriving. I love greeting all of
our women with Ethiopian hugs (it is a kiss on one cheek and then the other
cheek and back to the first cheek again).
I am always amazed with the love that we have for each other. We certainly have a beautiful love for each
other which God has given us. It is a
love that is so amazing.
We start the meeting and tell the
women about the schedule for the next nine days. They are all so excited to have a team coming
to spend all this time with them. It has
been ten months since the last team was here with them. This is really a special treat for them! We serve them soda and just enjoy fellowship
with each other. Just catching up on
what has happened the past three months in our lives. Ethiopians really know how to fellowship,
that is for sure. I love this quality
about them.
After everyone leaves, Eman comes
into our office. She sits in a chair in
front of Rekik’s desk. She starts
telling Rekik that she is very sick. The
medicine for this cancer is making her very nauseous. She is crying and says she is sick right now,
but she really wanted to come, so she forced herself to come here. Now Dawit has just arrived from the teen conference,
totally exhausted. I looked at him and
asked him if he would pray over her. He
looked at me and said yes. I turned to
Eman and asked her if Dawit could pray for healing over her and she
agreed. Dawit got up and told me to come
with him. I told Dawit I have never done
this before. He just took Eman by the
hand and walked to my bedroom with her and I followed. He asked me to close the door.
Dawit places one hand on her
forehead and his other hand on the back of her neck. He looks up to God, closes his eyes and
starts praying for her. I stood behind
her with one hand on her shoulder and my other hand lifted up to God and
started praying the way I knew how. Eman
is wobbly and receptive to the prayer.
After Dawit was done praying for her, she started crying and telling him
all she wants is to be healed so she can see her baby grow up and become a
man. Dawit tells her all about Jesus and
how much he loves her. That Jesus is the
only one that can answer her prays, help her and heal her. She is resting her head on Dawit’s shoulder
crying, he has his arm around her shoulder, as he is talking to her with so
much love and truth. He is so full of
compassion and a Christ-like love. She
asks Dawit if he is telling her to believe.
Dawit tells her no, I am telling you to cry out to God and ask Him to
show her the truth. She is silent and
then replies with an “ish” which means “okay.”
Eman thanks us for praying for
her. I give her some money so she can
buy some protein to eat before she takes her medicine. This will keep her from getting sick from the
medication she is taking. We go back
into the office and I told her we would take her home. She was so happy to hear this because she
lives so far away. Sammy, Dawit, Eman
and I get into the car and we start to drive her home. She reaches over and holds my hand and
smiles.
I look out the back
side window and look up to God in the sky and just thank Him for this time with
Eman. At that very moment the sky opens
up and sun rays started shining through.
I hear God saying she will come to know the truth and the light. I quickly told Dawit (who had my camera) to
take a picture of the sun peaking out of the clouds. God just spoke to me through these clouds and
I wanted a picture of them! I smile and
thank God for this beautiful message. I
look at Eman and squeeze her hand gently.
She smiles back at me. 
We slowly drive away. Wow!
What an amazing day this has been.
Thank you God for allowing me to experience you in a very close and
intimate way today, you have truly blessed me today. Thank you for sharing your love. I am so blessed by you. I pray you bless this team that is coming
tomorrow with you love too.