"Pam, you must come to the ladies' prayer group,” called a friendly
voice. I looked out the door of our home and saw a short older woman
smiling at me. Rosalyn, a nurse at the May River Health Clinic, has
already become Boo Boo—the Tok Pisin word for grandma—to our girls and
Mama to me. I agreed to attend but felt a little apprehensive. It was
our first week in May River, and I didn’t speak much Tok Pisin, but
since Mama spoke some English, I felt reassured.
As we walked down the dirt path toward the church, Mama explained that
she had just recently started the prayer group, and not many women were
coming yet. My apprehension turned to excitement as I thought of joining
other women in prayer and praise.
As the first woman shyly began sharing her testimony, I knew my faith
would be strengthened. “This past Friday,” she began, I was hurrying to
finish my Sabbath meal preparations and quickly wash in the river before
vespers. I wanted everything to be ready to welcome the Sabbath hours.
Everything was going smoothly, but as I hurried to the river to bathe,
my husband and his friends arrived. When they get together, they like to
play music and drink, so I cried out to the Lord and pleaded for His
help. ‘Please don’t let the generator work, Lord,’ I prayed. I kept
praying silently as my husband pulled the starter cord. Nothing
happened. Again and again, he pulled the cord, but the generator would
not start. Finally, in disgust, my husband and his friends left the
house, and I praised the Lord for hearing my prayer.”
God does hear and answer our prayers. Please pray that the Lord will
show our family how to witness daily to His love in this very new and
different place. —Pam Lello
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