Doing What Jesus Did
Stephanie McCardel knelt on the floor of a 10-day clinic in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. She was tasked with cleaning the feet of a man whose brother said, “I felt God calling us to come here today.” He explained that the weeping sores on his brother’s feet came from wandering barefoot and drunk through the slums.
As Stephanie knelt and listened and washed away the muck of some of the world’s most disease-ridden streets, she was struck by a thought: this is exactly what Jesus did.
Later that afternoon Kenyan pastors shared the gospel with the man and his brother, and they came to faith. More than 25 new believers walked out of the clinics that week.
The Kenyan partners waved the shortterm missionaries home, calling joyfully, “You’ve left us with a lot of work!” Each day, the doors of the clinic closed on a crowd of waiting patients. This field is ripe and desperate for the gospel of mercy. So, go.
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She told me about her divorce nine years before in which her “fake” Christian husband gained custody of their three boys.
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In my nine years of leading medical-evangelism teams, I’d never seen the effect of so much heinous sin, especially against children.
SEE MOREPray that people will come to faith in Christ through our medical clinics, where we seek to do what Jesus did and care for those in need.
Pray for Francesca and others like her who receive medical care through MTW clinics. Pray that the care they receive would strengthen their faith in Christ.
Pray for a new initiative in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to hand deliver soap and provide education on disease prevention to 600 families in poverty-stricken communities.
Pray that MTW medical trips would be used of God to provide much needed care and to draw men and women to faith in Christ.
Pray for the young sexually-abused girls and adult survivors of childhood trauma in San Jose, Costa Rica, to find healing. Pray for the clinic workers who are proving much-needed counseling.
Pray for Muslims in West Africa who have been impacted by the Ebola virus to find hope in Jesus Christ.
Pray for the the Medical Campus Outreach team in Cusco, Peru, and for the medical and students at the clinic who are learning to practice medicine and hearing the gospel.
Give thanks for the work God is doing in South Asia in the wake of COVID lockdown relief. Ask God to grow the new believers who came to faith in Christ as a result.
Pray for those in the urban slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, who are struggling economically due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Pray for ongoing ministry in the Suki community during COVID-19. Many day workers cannot work, and the church is having to find creative ways to minister.
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