Tuesday, April 2
Bad throat and all, we sang Name Above All Names and Kenny talked about Jonah with Araz translating since Aram wasn't feeling well - starting yesterday afternoon and he slept for at least 14 hours straight and was still sleeping when we left the hotel. We were joined by two young ladies, Siang and Marsha visiting this ministry from Duhok. Siang just arrived in Iraq two weeks ago from Singapore and is committed to stay for 2 years. Marsha is from New York City, has been here for four years and staying for at least two more years. Right after Kenny spoke and the doctors examining patients, Marsha, Araz, and Kenny started talking to a young Yazidi girl having problems sleeping and brought here by her mother. Marsha shared the good news and found out this young girl was already a believer. We were able to pray for them. Siang was asked to counsel a lady with Hollis translating. As soon as she was done, another lady came in for counseling. It was good to meet these two new friends.
We did our children's teaching in the morning and also visited some homes, having opportunity to pray for them this time. Christine was also able to teach some exercises to a couple of elderly ladies with specific physical problems (for example, backaches or stiff neck) Aram arrived at the camp at noon, fully recovered after all that sleep. He decided he suffered from dehydration but we decided he had not slept enough the last week. After lunch, it really started pouring, in fact, it hailed! That did not keep the ladies from coming for their exercise and crocheting classes. We saw about 75 patients today and was finished at 3 PM when no more patients showed up. So we left camp at 4 PM and Meiring cooked a simple meal, soup with lots of veggies in the soup, porridge and ramen noodle, an almost vegan non-sishkabob meal, but we had tea eggs left, beef jerky, and pork sung. We debriefed and thanked God that we were able to accomplish our tasks even with bad throats and coughs.
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