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Prapadaeng Peace
7/14/09
Daniel (our Prapadaeng staff member), Crystal and I were riding over in the taxi on Monday to do visitations.
One of the major Buddhist holidays happened this week so schools were out and the city generally shut down until Thursday. We still went to Prapadaeng to hang out and talk with people in the community.
In the taxi, though, we could tell that all three of us were dead in the water. Quiet, sleepy, lethargic, we walked up to the school and flopped down on the porch just to pray before we went out. I was making a huge effort just to move and I know the other two were very tired.
We sat and talked to God for a long time, praying for the day and each other, hoping to be centered on Jesus and hoping for energy and care from God. More than ever, I felt completely helpless.
As we stood up to go out to the neighborhood, Pii Simaan, an amazing woman who works at Prapadaeng (but lives upcountry in another leprosy colony), rode up on her bike. We hadn’t expected to see her again until the very end of July. She was definitely a gift from God.
We made plans to come back and visit the ministry offices with her. God provided again while we walked the neighborhood, giving us bathrooms and a water tank at the hospital. We had some good conversations with residents.
When we came back, Pii Simaan told us she had called ahead and lunch would be ready for us at the offices. We had been a little worried about lunch, since a lot of street vendors were closed for the holiday, but since we were hosted by Thais, our worry was instead over the ridiculous amount of food!
We all had our slump during the day. Crystal was dizzy in the morning, I was falling asleep in the afternoon, Daniel was slowly drained by evening after carrying most of the conversations and translating from Thai to English for us all day. All of us were still exhausted at the end of the day, but it was the start of a growing peace that I’ve continued to pray into for the past two days.
The day was truly an experience in trusting and centering on God that I’ve never felt before. I want to continue to trust for the rest of the trip – and hopefully the rest of my life.
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