We had a young boy come to the eye clinic today whose eyes were crossed. As he sat in the chair, Allen came by and asked how he could help. I told him to pray, because this would be impossible for ME to get a reading. He stood behind the boy and placed one hand on his back and raised his other hand up to the sky. Allen is a big guy, so when he stood there praying, all eyes in the long line waiting for glasses, were on him. They watched and listened as this huge man cried out to God on behalf of the young boy. As God guided the machine and we received a reading, we were able to fit the boy with glasses. His eyes lit up and a smile engulfed his face. We were so excited, that we all shouted for joy and the Hondurans in line joined in with ‘Gloria a Dios!!’
We joked at the beginning of the week about the fact that three men were running hospitality. This is the area where we distribute vitamins, hygiene items, rice, beans, photos and Bibles. I have to admit that they have given a whole new spin on this area of the clinic. They have turned hospitality into a prayer ministry. A woman who had watched the miracle with the young boy from eyeglasses, came looking for Allen. She asked him to pray for her. She had seen the power of God in Allen’s prayer and wanted that power in her life. As the men gave the needed items to the families, Charles prayed with each family in Spanish. You could see the hope in their eyes and the joy on their faces as they felt God’s power through that prayer.
A woman came in at the end of the day. All the other stations were finished and packing up and we were starting to pack up the glasses as well. We were hot and tired and having a hard time getting a reading on this woman’s eyes. What is usually seen as a round circle of dots for the scope to focus on was, for her, a sideways teardrop shape. It was the oddest eye either of us had seen. Trina stood behind the woman and prayed as I wondered how we could possibly get a reading on this abnormality. I heard Trina pray “Father God, we know that you can do all things and we ask that you focus this machine on her eye so that we can fit her with glasses’. I watched in awe as the abnormal shape zapped into a perfect circle of dots and the machine beeped out a reading. Overcome with amazement, I shouted Hallelujah, for what I had just seen! Others around joined in and the woman was crying with joy as we fitted her with glasses. Our God is awesome!!!!
As we shared our stories from today and all the AMAZING ways we saw God work, we reflected on the power of prayer. Our prayers were received by God and He is faithful to bless the Hondurans, but there is more than one level to those prayers. God revealed Himself to those who received the miracles AND He revealed Himself to those watching. Those watching God move …..through the power of prayer.
