Chaplain Moses has been at Nazarene Hospital for about 5 months. A few days ago he said that he wanted to come to see us before we leave on furlough. He just wanted to share a few words of scripture and to pray with us. Last evening he came.He read from the 48th chapter of Genesis, the account of Jacob's blessing on Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons of Joseph. He talked about how God had blessed Joseph in Egypt, but then God brought Jacob, who blessed Joseph's sons. He drew the comparison to God's blessings on PNG, but that God had brought us and other missionaries to be a further blessing. He said that he is at heart a pastor, and he wanted to minister to every one at Kudjip Station, including the missionaries.
He prayer for us, for each of our kids by name, for safe travel on home assignment, for effective ministry in the US, and for our safe return to PNG.
We are far from our home church and pastor. In fact, the pastor at our home church is someone we have never met (we'll get to meet him in just a few weeks), and he can't come to our home to share the Word or pray with us. But last evening we felt the blessing and comfort of pastoral care. We thank God for Chaplain Moses, kind, sensitive, gentle pastor.
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That is great. Sgows that the Lord sends just what - or who is needed at the correct time. HIS ways are mysterious and far beyond our thinking sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI know how important pastoral calls can be.
Donna