Just to bring you all up to speed, we have had an amazing past few days here in so many ways. We have seen a few inches of snow -4 degrees celsius temperatures and the Lord continuing to rain His abundant blessings down here on the people.
Late Friday afternoon, we received a call from a local hospital regarding a young lady that had just given birth. She unfortunately had no place to sleep with her baby and they were desperately looking for a bed for her before they discharged her home. This family had little money and could not afford to purchase a bed. Moreover, they did not have enough room in their flat to accomodate a separate bed. It just so happened that a sofa bed had been delivered late Wednesday night. So instead of closing up shop and heading home for the evening we loaded up a sofa bed that we had received less than 48 hours earlier and delivered it to Newton Abbot (a small town about 20 minutes away). With some prayer and removal of door hardware we were able to squeeze the sofa bed in to the room. When we opened up the sofa bed, the young mother was shocked and said, "I didn't expect it to be a proper bed". As we loaded up the old sofa to be taken away, Nigel went back inside to make sure everything was all settled. He walked in to find the couple hugging and crying, completely blessed by the last minute delivery! Nigel then asked them if they could use a food parcel over the Christmas holiday and they were extremely grateful. We spent the drive home just reflecting on the blessing that God was gracious enough to allow us to be a part of.
I am always amazed at God's timing (even though I shouldn't be)!! What a wonderful blessing to impact people's lives in such tangible ways.
ReplyDeleteGave Liz and Tom Nigel's address so you may hear from them during your stay. Hope you can stay warm. The news here is reporting the frigid weather and travel limitations. Can't say enough about how blessed we are to see God working through all of you!! Keep it up!!!