December 2, 2007

  • Saddened

    Thursday, November 28th

     

    Today Richard was scheduled to go home.  Yes you caught it…”was” supposed to go home.  And maybe I just didn’t realize what “home” God had in mind. 

     

    Well…. After breakfast, his family took him to the bathroom in a wheelchair to bathe him.  The next time we saw Richard he was being wheeled back into his room head back and unconscious looking.  His family said he just sort of fainted and his head fell backward in the chair.  When we got him back in bed, his respirations were labored and his heartbeat was fast and irregular. Remember we are in Zambia…we had reached the end of available medical care. So, we once again prayed for Richard….for his mom…for his brother….for his family.  Richard died within the hour.  That Zambian mom and Richard’s other brother just sat there and cried silent tears. HIV not only destroys lives here in Zambia , but destroys families as  well and in large proportions.  It is a devastating plague and is killing a nation. This mom has lost two sons….We have families with four sons and daughter-in-laws and children. ….all in the same family.

     

    I keep asking… “What’s the answer God?”

     

    I keep praying… “We need YOU Lord…We need Revival.”