The construction of Hospital Bethel has never had any planned financing upon which we could depend. Our help has come from unusual donations that I should write a book about: A few rentals I have in the US that seem to stay rented despite the recession; A young couple that saved and sent the extra bandages when their new-born needed surgery; A group of VBS kids that gave 50 cents for each roof tile they bought for the hospital (they sent $1,300!); A nursing student from England who may give her life working here because God spoke to her about Bolivia as she prayed when she was 8 years old; A friend of mine whose Mother died and left her an inheritance which she gave to build our guard-house; Bolivian friends who donated a guard dog to stop a string of robberies here; a man and his wife who just anonymously donated a brand new computer; The Alcaldia of El Alto that has given us water and let us use some construction equipment; A fellow Vietnam Vet who helps with my excess baggage and expenses; a group of women in my church in Ohio who have formed the BBBB group - they hand knit Boots and Bonnets for Babies in Bolivia; A US Dr. that pays each month for the salary for a full-time Doc for the clinic in my house; an elderly saint who requested before he died that his expensive tool collection be given to missions; etc,etc,etc.
Just because we have no planned financing, does not mean that we have no one upon Whom to depend from month to month (day to day actually). I hear the voice of the Eternal Whisperer in each of the above situations. I only stand in awe of the access He has to human hearts. A special thanks to each reader who has followed "His Promptings" in regard to Bethel Hospital. Judy
Check out Job 26; 1, 4a and 14 " What a help You have been to one without resource! What deliverence You have brought to the powerless. Who has prompted you? ............these are but the fringes of His power, and how faint the Whisper that we hear of Him! Who could comprehend the thunder of His might? "
PRAYER REQUEST!!! Our Dr. Roberto has felt God´s leading in an opportunity to finish his OB - GYN specialty and learn Chiropractic tecnique. His wife, at the same time, will finish her liscence in Physical Therapy. They may be gone up to three years but plan to return to Bethel. Please pray that God will bring another of His Docs to fill this essential slot.
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