The other day, we spent the morning painting a house with another group of people who were visiting Mission of Hope for the week. In total, we had 28 people working on painting this one tiny block house. It really seemed like we had way too many people for this one job. Many of us on my team felt that we could have been put to better use doing different ministry that morning, and I just kept asking the Lord “Why have you placed us here today?”
After we had been there for over an hour, I realized there was this little boy just laying, curled up, on a mattress in the house. He looked about 7 years old and he looked miserable. Me and a few of my teammates asked our translator the boy’s name and if he was sick. The translator said yes he is sick, and his name is Jude. Hearing this, we sat down and laid our hands on Jude, very quickly realizing that he was burning up. Not knowing what else to do, we desperately called out to the Lord asking for healing over Jude. For forty minutes we just sat and prayed and cried and sang. Sitting in that tiny room the Lord was wrecking all of our hearts for His sick child, and I realized THIS is why He sent us here.
The boy didn’t even live in this house and our team was definitely not necessary to get the painting job done, but somehow God still brought us all together.
It’s never coincidence, it’s His perfect plan.
We are called to heal the sick in the name of Jesus Christ and that is what we were doing that afternoon in this random house, in this tiny village. The Lord could’ve healed Jude on his own, but He CHOSE to use us. All we had to do was be willing to say yes.
By the time we left the house, the boy was up walking around outside and feeling better.
God is so so good and He continues to reveal Himself to me in new ways each and everyday. I am in continuous awe of His faithfulness. Feeling so blessed to be on this journey that constantly calls me deeper into my faith with the Father. The more I seek Him, the more He shows up and exceeds all my expectations.
Loving Haiti and loving life.
