"I heard an Old, Old Story...How Jesus Came..."

I (Deb) just came back from visiting some patients in the hospital ward. Two of them are from Nigeria, so they speak English very well. Others only speak only their local dialect...so many different languages I have never heard of. The first patient, from Nigeria, tomorrow will be having a bone graft. Several months ago she had a large tumor and part of her jaw removed and had a titanium plate put in her jaw. She said when she went home she danced and praised God and was so thankful for the removal of the tumor. The other patient from Nigeria, had heard about Mercy Ships about 5 years ago and did not believe we were true...he was skeptical about our offering free surgeries. Finally someone encouraged him to come and see us for his tumor that he has had for 28 years. He praised God tonight for Mercy Ships and the people that give of their time to help. He cannot understand why more churches do not get involved with helping the way Mercy Ships does. He described it this way: "I have been to churches in Nigeria that are 500,000 people and I have been to large churches in America. All the people do in these churches in Nigeria and America are go to church and then go home. They are not involved in reaching out and helping the way you (Mercy Ships) is. Someone had the vision to do this and did it. Many churches don't have a vision." I will go back to the ward tomorrow and visit with these two people to follow up on their surgeries.