Good things (part II)

We wrote earlier about our concerns for the medical cover at the hospital during our time in the UK this summer. For a moment it looked like we might have to close for inpatient patient services which would have been very sad for the people round here.
 

 All my well intentioned efforts, trying to find Chadian and Cameroonian doctors, came to nothing. Despite that, thankfully, a solution has been found and in the end it had nothing to do with me.  

A week ago, on Saturday morning we received a phone call from a friend who said she had a doctor, James Appel, staying with her. He wanted to visit the hospital and might be able to help out sometime.

He came that morning and Andrea showed him round, and as she spoke to him she could hardly believing what was happening.

James has been working as a missionary in Chad since 2004 at a couple of hospital projects in the south of Chad. He has been preparing a new hospital work at Abeche in the east but it is not yet ready and he had just flown back into Chad from the USA and was at a loose end for a couple of months. He has been praying that God would find him some medical work to do.

So now we have an experienced surgeon to work alongside Isaac and provide a full emergency service over the summer for the full 2 months of our absence.  He has moved in to the guest house with his wife Sarah, a nurse, and their family. He will start work next week. Their two friendly dogs have already chased our cats up the trees.

It is amazing and can only be seen as a response to prayer, so thank you, what would you like to pray for next?

''Is there a man among you who would offer his son a stone if he asked for bread?

No.

A snake if he asked for fish?
No.

How much more will your heavenly Father give you
Good things, Good things, Good things.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.''