Monday, July 13, 2009

Negative!

Praise the Lord!! Moses tested negative for HIV today. Thank you so much for praying.

God is good to have had mercy on Moses. To have spare him from this sickness. In a nation where so many are suffering. In Uganda, we believe more than 10% of the population is infected with HIV. And more than 1 million children have been orphaned.

It's difficult to imagine such a situation. Even living here, it's hard to believe. But in many ways I live it with my Ugandan brothers and sisters. There is so much death here. So much sickness. Every week, one of my staff is down because of "malaria" or is attending a burial. Every week.

I pray that God will keep us sensitive to the things of this world that pain Him - even as they occur so often. May we all develop a holy compassion for the sick, the lost, and the hurting. And may we never stop praising Him for the amazing work that He has done to deliver us all - for eternity.

So tonight we're praising God for his work in Moses' life! And for the redeeming work He completed for us on the cross.

Thank you, Jesus.

5 comments:

Mrs. Bob said...

Yay! Rejoicing with you about Moses!d

Beth "Pilar" Christy said...

God is Good!!

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!! PRAISE GOD. HE IS SO AWESOME.

BIG HUGS

Lisa said...

Mel,

Oh yay! Wow. It must be hard to see those things all the time, Mel. But, it seems that God is stretching the compassion in your heart... that says a lot because you are such a compassionate, merciful, beautiful soul, Mel. I'm praying for you today and rejoicing in Moses' health!

Love, Lisa

Anonymous said...

Hey Mel,
Praise God about Moses. Just catching up on the blog - want you to know that you are so special to all those around you! It must be difficult some days but so amazing at the same time! :) Keep up the good work...Proud of you!
Love you...
The other Lisa...Red