As elders of our church my husband and I
routinely visit the local hospitals to pray for the sick. One morning
about four years ago we received a call from our long time friend
Pauline telling us that her husband John was scheduled to have his leg
removed the following morning. She asked us to please go and pray for
his healing. When I hung up the phone and relayed the message, my
husband and I knew that we had to go. When we arrived at the hospital we
found our friend very depressed a... Continue reading ...
Christ in the Redwoods
In July, 2010 my family and I
vacationed in northern California. We were on our way to go camping in
the Redwood forest when we stopped at a restaurant for lunch. As we were
getting out of the car I noticed a group of young Hispanic males going
into the restaurant being led by a man on crutches. After getting our
food we ended up seated beside the young men. As I looked over I noticed
the fellow with the crutches also had a cast like boot up to his knee. I
spoke to the young man and a... Continue reading ...
Hope
I began my day in the hospital as
usual. Being a respiratory therapist I was always looking for extra flow
meters to connect patients up to oxygen. Many times they would be left
in the room when patients were discharged. So I would go from room to
room checking. As I stepped into the room I noticed the patient was
connected to a catheter and the bag was filled with blood clots. As I
looked up I saw a middle aged lady lying there sobbing uncontrollably.
I asked "Honey what is wrong?... Continue reading ...