Under the Neem tree the children sat quietly as we, myself, a missionary family, two interns and the pastor, approached the area where they gather for church. Despite the language barrier it was beautiful to worship God with my African brothers and sisters who on the surface live worlds apart from me, but share a common bond in Christ. After church we spent the afternoon with a Muslim family who just lost their ten-year-old son to a tumor. Lamine had been flown to the US for surgery, but despite all the medical efforts the tumor took his life. I never met Lamine, but heard all about his humor and joyful outlook from my colleague who visited him almost everyday when he was in the hospital. We came today to share in their sorrow and let them know our love for their family. Pray that the Gospel might touch their whole family (estimate of 20+ people were there today) and that they might believe this verse, "Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die (JN 11: 25)." Do you believe this?
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