Praises

As I write, I am sitting in the shade outside of "Big C", a supermarket in downtown Danang. The bus to Dai Loc stops here, though its schedule is still somewhat of a mystery to us.

We've been back and forth between Danang and Dai Loc a lot lately because of the orphanage renovations. The rooms are coming along--the cracks and holes have been repaired in several rooms. Many of the rooms and some of the shutters have been sanded and painted. I can't wait to see the finished product!

A few days ago when Duc and I were in Dai Loc to purchase paint and supplies we discovered that one of the children was sick. She was in bed with a high fever and couldn't open her eyes; when asked a question, her responses were mumbled and weak. We were very concerned. The caregiver explained that she had started to run a high fever the previous day and had been taken to the hospital. The doctor said that the girl had a "super virus" and that no medicine was available other than fever reducers. Many in Danang have been sick with this particular virus and their fevers are lasting for 7-10 days.

To make things worse, this is finals week for the children. There is no way to reschedule final exams. If you do not take the tests, you fail and have to repeat the grade.

Duc said something to the caregiver and asked if I wanted to pray. Quietly, we brought the girl's needs before our Father. A short time later we returned to Danang.

The next day as Enoch, Duc, and I prepared to leave for Dai Loc we grabbed a box from the US. A while back, an individual in the US had seen the pictures of the children in Dai Loc and felt compelled to send a gift to one particular girl. Duc looked at the name on the box and laughed in surprise--it was for the girl with the fever!

Another surprise was in store for us when we reached Dai Loc. The sweet girl who a day before had been incoherent was on her feet laughing and playing with the other children. The fever that doctors said would last for a week was gone two days after it had begun.

We serve a God who cares about our every need--a God who delights in meeting our requests and blessing us with abundantly more than we dare to ask.