This Friday, October 10, 2014, a group of us plan to fast and pray for the country of Sierra Leone. Please consider joining us!
In preparation, we can draw our inspiration from the Biblical story of Nehemiah. Nehemiah's people had been exiled from their homeland. In this foreign land Nehemiah found himself working directly for the king. One day a group of men came to Nehemiah with a report concerning his homeland and the city of Jerusalem. They reported that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down and the gates had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah's response upon hearing this news was this: "As soon as I heard those words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven." Nehemiah 1:4.
Nehemiah had a deeply emotional response to the bad news, followed by a lot of prayer and fasting. After this, instead of asking the king to do something about the problem, he asked the king to send him to do something about the problem. The king honored his request and gave him the freedom to go.
In the process of completing the work he rallied a unified team around him, strategically faced opposition, stood up for the poor, wisely responded to a conspiracy against his personal character, and finally finished what he set out to do which was the rebuilding of the broken walls.
Phebian's story shares many parallels to Nehemiah. She was taken out of Sierra Leone as a refugee and now has been called back to repair walls that have been broken. Dr. Glick will be leaving this Saturday to join her for a couple of weeks. This Friday, we would like to pray for the broken walls in Sierra Leone, for Phebian's ongoing work, for Dr. Glick's upcoming trip, for the Ebola crisis to end, for deepening of strategic partnerships, and for our mission to continue moving forward.
Thank you,
The Global Health Outreach Team
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