Twenty-four members of our church choir recently returned home from a mission trip to the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. It is great that these faithful servants of the Lord were able to get away to perform a drama workshop with Hope Partnership in Mathare Valley slum.
It takes a commitment of time and money, lots of planning, sacrifice and love, to go on a trip of this nature. Those that got to go became broken-hearted as they witnessed what God was doing there in the people of the slums in Africa.
Their trip home had them helping the Lord as well as they flew across the Atlantic. It turned into a 40-hour adventure of being in airports and in the air. They flew from Kenya to Rome where they switched planes and then headed to New York City. A little way over the Atlantic a lady toward the front of the plane began having a heart attack.
Word was sent to the back of the plane for assistance. A R.N. that was with our church group, went to help the heart attack victum. Seeing that things were heading down hill very fast for the woman in need, she sent word to the back of the plane to our church group to start praying and start singing.
The people prayed and began singing "Amazing Grace" and it wasn't long before most everyone on the plane joined in. The plane turned around over the Atlantic and headed back east. It landed in France and a waiting medical team rushed on the plane, stabilized the victum, and took her to the local hospital for further medical care.
The lady survived and is still alive to this day. "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 118:1 (NIV)
"Our God is greater, our God is stronger. God You are higher than any other. Our God is Healer, awesome and power. Our God, Our God..." *
Awesome Lord, thank you for all of these loving people singing and praying together that day on the plane. I praise you for that story of victory. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for the glory bumps you have given me as I share such a story. You are a truely awesome God. Mighty to save! All Glory and Praise to your son, Jesus.
Serving an awesome God,
Rick Hawbaker
'Born to Love'
*That's the chorus from 'Our God' from the album Passion: Awakening by Chris Tomlin.
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