Thank you for your prayers this week.
Those of us here who had been struggling with a virus doing the rounds are all feeling much better now, and the hospital was mercifully quiet on the days we were feeling worst!
This week I have had opportunity to pray with a number of patients, and have felt more confident in doing this, which is really great. I have also had some good conversations with the hospital pastor, and one of the missionary doctors about medical mission work. On Wednesday I spent a long time with a very sick man (very emaciated, dehydrated and struggling to breathe) praying and talking with him, but mainly just singing worship songs and hymns. I have no idea if he understood what I was saying, but he seemed to smile and respond. The next morning he was quite improved, and his son who is with him asked me for some reading material and I was able to point him towards the pastor who provides patients with Christian books.
Please continue to pray for the young boy who had the awful foot injury when hunting a pig. He returned to us and had his leg amputated below the knee this week. Pray for his time here at the hospital - the staff are feeling that God has his hand in bringing him back to us as a Christian hospital.
Please also pray for a lady who had a baby by emergency caesarean yesterday and has a difficult family situation.
Next week I will probably be visiting one of the hospital's outstations and staying in the community, so please be keeping that in your prayers.
Thank you!