But cataract surgeries were performed when we sent a van with 6 patients to a nearby medical center this afternoon. We saw 302 patients and all were treated with dignity and respect. After a song and a prayer by Pastor Peter (one of the Pastors from the Pipeline Churches), I was blessed to do the daily devotion and I chose Mark 5:14-20 which describes what happened after Jesus healed the demon possessed man by have his demons go from him into a large herd of pigs which promptly ran off of a cliff into the sea and drowned. My main point was the Jesus would not let the man come with him but sent him to tell his people what the Lord had done for him, a very powerful evangelism tool to this day. I mentioned that in my studies, some think he was the first missionary and was responsible for the 4000 people being there when Jesus returned and fed them. So, God can use any badly broken person to spread the Good News! Also, any one of our patients may be broken in some serious way and the Lord is just waiting for them to receive faith by hearing the Word and they in turn may tell others. What a great concept!
We got stuck in a huge traffic jam and it was almost an hour and half ride home. I went straight to dinner and worried about my shower later. Time to get some rest so we can do it again tomorrow!
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