PRAISE!!!

So I had been disheartened at the beginning of this week by what God had not been doing with the clinic. You see, there is a building coming up before my eyes, but we have no doctors yet.  And we have some supplies, but not necessarily the means to ship it over.  Last Sunday during church, I was talking to God about all that was going on. I understand the fact that these things take time, but what about my timing? I've felt that He has called me here for a purpose, and that purpose is the clinic. I love the kids here, the programs, and teaching in the schools.  They do bring me joy…but I don't want to miss why it is that I came here in the first place. So I'm telling God all this and I hear in my spirit "Sarah, pray it in!"

Pray it in? You want me to simply pray in the clinic at this time? But it's right in front of me. So, God is that why you keep talking to me about the prophet Anna? She had prayed for the coming of the messiah decades before she finally got to see. Is that why I keep having dreams of myself giving birth?--(weird I know, but is a common one when helping "birth" something in this world) Is that why when Martha and Robin prayed and prophesied over me that they were saying I would be a pioneer…breaking through on new projects and then passing the baton? So….okay I should "Pray it in."

So of course I came home from church and immediately started praying!…haha NOT. Thoughts like, "I don't want to go out by myself to the clinic," or "maybe I'll do it tomorrow," come to mind. The next day is Monday, so men are building and working on finishing the clinic, "I definitely can't go now, how would it look for a Munzungu to start praying and worshipping amongst a bunch of Ugandan workers." And then of course I go back to feeling like, why am I here? Why did God make the clinic a desire of my heart? I want to be raising money, creating a system for the clinic, finding doctors and medicine! Let's get the pray healing team going! And the Lord again says, "Sarah, pray it in."

Then Wednesday night while the other interns are praying for me, I see myself going out into the clinic praying and worshipping and encouraging the men that are helping to finish the building. Something in my shifts. And instead of wanting to avoid the clinic I feel not only the need to go to pray, but the assurance that I am going to do it! So yesterday. Kimberly, Allie and I go out to the clinic. It's the middle of the day, there are men all around, and the clinic isn't your regular praying in an empty space. There was some awkwardness at first, but I we were determined! We asked the painter if we could pray in an empty examining room and he said yes. We get there and immediately the Holy Spirit leads us into powerful prayer. It was like he was giving us a book on what He wants this place to be like, and we just declared it out loud and prayed it out so it could come to pass. Towards the end the Holy Spirit tugs at my heart and says, "Ask the painter if he wants prayer." At that point in time I had forgotten about what I had seen the other night. Luckily, the painter--Sebastian--spoke English and so when we asked if he needed prayer he immediately got on his knees. We soon found that Sebastian was a believer and knew Jesus, and it was really fun to just pray for him and see the Holy Spirit bless and encourage him.

After we left the clinic, my heart was full from finally taking the step God had been asking me! As soon as we walk out it was like stepping into the picture I had seen a couple nights previous, and I soon found God had more in store than just our prayer time. We ended up getting to pray for a sick baby and minister to a couple of the workers through simply talking about Jesus. They had seen my Bible and kept asking me questions. We all became very excited when as soon as a question came up in conversation we would turn to a page on the Bible and God would be giving us the answer right there underlined on the page!

So…I am blessed! To know that God is doing His work around me and I'm getting to be a part of it, along with so many others. So after I went to "pray it in"…I  felt led to meet with Mike and Lori about the clinics progress.  I haven't really gotten to sit and talk to them about it for a couple weeks now. So pray with me on this! I still feel so little in meeting with adults, and the idea of taking their time or inconveniencing makes me nervous. You should have seen the nervous wreck I was when I felt God tell me to ask to meet and it still makes my stomach go in knots.

Love you and miss you guys!

Sarah

P.S. Feel free to pray it in with me! If God puts anything on your heart about the clinic--ideas, words of knowledge, encouragement--Please please message me.