Be Strong

"So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. " 1 Corinthians 15:58 NLT As we continue to live in this new environment of the virus, let us remember we are covered by the Lord Jesus Christ. And His work must go on. The text that you just read is encouraging us to stand firm let nothing move us from our foundation of our faith. We are to excel (go the second mile) in our service for the Lord. As our world is changing let us continue steadfast in our faith that God has not and does not change therefore His word does not change. "The Great Commission" that was given to us all as Christian's has not changed, may be more important now than any other time in history. We may all need to understand that the work we need to do should be done today not put off until tomorrow, the Bible says that we do not know what tomorrow brings even if there is a tomorrow. I am finally back home in Eswatini / Swaziland. My journey was good. Beginning to get things up and going again. The first thing was to get my cell up and running again, then to get "little O" in to see the Neurologist. This is the 5-year-old boy of our head teacher at our Little Lambs preschool. He fell from a tree a month ago receiving a depressed skull fracture. God was certainly with him, this was a severe injury, none of the regular doctors really knew nothing about how to help this child. Meds. for pain and some vitamins. Diane had been posting for weeks on social media the situation and need for proper medical intervention. Prayers were going up from many churches and individuals. It was not looking good at this point, but God was in control in all of this. Just a week before I returned one of our Swazi friends (Nomtebo) happen to notice the FB post and reached out to Diane, about the same time another one of our friends and ministry partners The Rocking Horse Project Rachel, also contacted Diane, although both these ladies know each other and even minister together they did not know they had both contacted Diane. Nomtebo was able to communicate perfectly with the Mother of "O" and Rachel through her connections was able to arrange an appointment with a Taiwanese Neurosurgeon. I was able to get them to the hospital for the appointment. To make this long story short, the doctor said that due to the amount of time that had elapsed since the injury, that basically the child's brain/skull fracture had healed on its own. We know that it did not heal on its own, but the Great Physician had been at work. Although there is still a slight depression in the skull no further treatment was advised. As we felt out of control during all this God was fully in control. Praises to God and thank you all that were continually praying for little “O". Our preschools are open and the and our feeding ministry is fully back up and running. As time goes on, we will be able to get the ministry back up and going. Eswatini-Swaziland like other countries has been severely affected by the virus, but all in all things are beginning to improve as time goes own, still many restrictions due to covid but we are managing. Diane will be joining me in three weeks, yippee!! Please pray for her very safe travels. Thank you all, our donors and prayer warriors during these times. Through it all God is in it and continues to bless us all. To Him we give all the praise and thankfulness. Love in Christ, Don & Diane