Geordy is a 2 yr old whose parents are from Togo, Africa and active members of the church we are serving. They are part of our son’s home group where we study God’s word every Thursday nite. We were the only ones participating via the internet(everyone else was in person).We were planning to visit them one day , so we called them to set up a day & time. When we called, the father said his wife was having contractions(3 months early). She was going to go to hospital by herself while the dad watched Geordy. We immediately got ready & went there to watch him so the dad could take her to the hospital.
When we got there the mom greeted us in tears because she was thankful her husband would be able to go with her to hospital. To our surprise, Geordy was comfortable being with us, since he has seen us often on the camera at home group. Geordy was eating his lunch and then we thought to watch cartoons with him. He loved the cartoons and even stopped eating because he was so into them. Later we used the word for sleep in Togo(‘dodo’). Lester put him to bed and he immediately went to sleep.
The mom was released from hospital with doctor’s orders to bed rest for the next 3 months. We thought to apply what we learned to bless people, which was to prepare some meals for them. We asked if they had any food allergies and told them of our plan to fix some meals. The menu we came up with was a variety of native American meals. Lester went to the store to get the food and then we helped fix lunch with the husband and had lunch with them. We shared about the sermon that God has authority over distance and time. We praised God that we came the distance to be at the right place at the right time.
Our son’s family and us prepared enough meals for several days and then delivered them. We give God the glory that we were His hands and feet to bless them.Psalm 100:3 “Know that the LORD he is God: It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves, we are his people , and the sheep of his pasture”.