[Oe List ...] When Two Prayers Meet

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I love this story, Jack. Bendiciones at todos. The prayers continue.
 
Jann McGuire
 
 
In a message dated 9/28/2013 8:07:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jackcgilles at gmail.com writes:

Dear  Colleagues,

My recovery will take several weeks. I will not be engaging  in any 
missional activity until I am back to normal.

I promised more  details on our situation, so here is a story.

After about 10 days of  rest at the Scotts after my hospital stay I was 
ready to come home, mostly  emotionally and spiritually. But I knew I was not 
capable of doing all that  would be required at home, cooking and caring for 
Judy. I had asked George  West, our neighbor, to find someone for us, but he 
was having difficulty and  it looked like I might be on my own for a day or 
two. I was concerned, but not  anxious. In fact, I have had no anxiety 
since the gallbladder attack. I'm  living in a strange equanimity.

Now to Dianne's situation. Dianne was  working at Imanta for three years, 
the high-scale resort just to the north of  us, very exclusive and very 
expensive. She was the supervisor for the  housekeepers. A pretty good job. Two 
weeks ago she quit, it was just not for  her. The big boss, Mario, yelled all 
the time, and she was the only one who  would stand up to him. So she quit. 
They asked her to come back, but she  refused. Now the family had no income 
as her husband, a carpenter, had no  work. She told me that she rarely does 
this, but last Sunday she got her Bible  and asked God to please help her 
find work.

Enter Candi, our great  repair and maintenance man who picked Judy and I up 
at the airport last  Tuesday. I was telling him how we needed someone and 
how George was having  trouble finding anyone. He said, "I think I know 
someone who might do it". He  delivered us home, I unpacked and just sat down 
exhausted, wondering how I  would cook breakfast the next day and get Judy 
ready. Here comes Candi with  Dianne in tow. We met, I told her what I needed, 
we talked price for six days,  five hours per day of care and she said "I'll 
be here tomorrow."

Now  not only can Dianne cook and care for Judy, she has background in 
geriatric  care and some nursing training. She can do PT with Judy. I was going 
to hire  someone to come once a week for an hour. Now Judy can get it 
everyday. I was  going to hire someone to come and give Judy a massage once every 
two weeks.  Dianne can give them weekly, especially the feet. She loves to 
clean and this  house will have never been so clean. Sleeping in the bed is 
fantastic as she  makes it up like a hotel so you sleep each night in a tight 
wonderful place. I  forgot to say she was born and raised in San Antonio 
for her first 30 years,  English is no problem!

But there is more. She can stay overnight and  care for Judy if I ever have 
to leave, like to go to India or the States. She  would stay for two weeks 
or more if necessary. Her son was in the youth  program that Nick and Josh 
did and so she is ready to work with them to make  sure things continue to 
happen. She could cook our meals when we meet for our  community annual 
meeting, or if there is a group here. I just want to find  some work she can do in 
the afternoon so that she has full employment. But she  loves Judy and we 
love her!

So this is what can happen when two prayers  meet.

Grace &  Peace,

Jack

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