I am constantly amazed by the dedication, innovation, and energy of our Casa Compasiva staff. Under the loving and patient guidance of our beloved Doctor Donaji, our midwife, monitrices, and doulas devote such energy to caring for mamas and babies. I am awed and humbled to observe their skillful enthusiasm. These wonderful servants of God love Jesus with all their hearts—and they love the women and babies of Oaxaca!
With compassionate, quality maternity
care, these Casa Compasiva staff members are changing birth outcomes
in Oaxaca for the better. Through their love and dedication, they
are pointing people to Jesus. Now, instead of being traumatized by
indifferent or negligent hospital staff, Casa Compasiva clients are
experiencing the affirmation of personalized attention and concern
for every aspect of their health—physical, emotional, and
spiritual. Marvelous things are happening here in Oaxaca!
Which leads me to wonder: what is God
thinking?
With all of these advances and all of
this success, why have we this week come to the very end of our
financial resources? Why have we drained our bank account and still
come up short for this week's bills? Living close to the edge is
nothing new for us at Casa—we know that God gets glory by granting
miraculous answers to prayer for financial provision. And when we
started on this adventure of launching Casa Compasiva, we were given
reassurance that God would always supply all of our needs—but it
would never be early. :) God seems to like eleventh-hour answers.
And we're okay with that. However, given the fact that today Casa
Compasiva is completely out of funds, I have to wonder what God is
thinking.
In a moment of financial
discouragement back in August, my new friend Temi shared with me
these words: “Anything and everything God calls us to do, He has
already gone ahead and made provision for.” So my question is:
where is the provision for next week? Did God go ahead and make
provision for Casa Compasiva for October of 2012, yet someone whom He
designated to provide for this month's needs neglected to comply?
But if --during the summer or at any
other time-- if God spoke to your heart convincing you of the value
of this ministry, then maybe now would be a good time to respond.
Maybe you're up on
deck for next week's or next month's provision! Maybe that's
what God is thinking! :)
We look forward to finding out.
We look forward to finding out.
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