{"id":2632,"date":"2015-05-29T06:34:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2015-05-29T06:34:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T13:34:52","slug":"trip-to-beira-part-2-visiting-friends-and-trusting-god-with-sick-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/trip-to-beira-part-2-visiting-friends-and-trusting-god-with-sick-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip to Beira Part 2 – Visiting Friends and Trusting God With Sick Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Layne Post<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This is a continuation of the story that began in the last post. Thanks for sticking with us.<\/em><\/p>\n

The next day was Saturday. Out of nowhere we received a text message from In\u00eas\u2019 son explaining who he was and that she wanted to talk with us. Our hearts leapt! It had been months since we had had contact with her, and now here we were in Beira and we could actually visit her! How awesome of the Lord! When Jon told her we were there, she could hardly believe it. We told her we could come to her house\u00a0on Monday. I joked with Jon, \u201cNow, if only Sara would call, we could see everyone!\u201d and we shrugged it off as an impossibility.<\/p>\n

Later that morning after a feed, Selah started gagging and not breathing well. We got out the nose sucker and after a max of a couple minutes, which felt like an eternity, she coughed up some mucus and was fine. I, on the other hand, was not. I was left in tears, tired from the lack of sleep of the previous nights and scared about what had just happened. Jon called an missionary\u00a0friend of ours that is a Doctor teaching in the central hospital of Beira. We wanted to know our options.<\/p>\n

There were not many.<\/p>\n

There is one German pediatrician in Beira he trusted.<\/p>\n

She was on vacation.<\/p>\n

And so we prayed. A peace came over us. Selah was fine at this point with a hint of snot, no fever. We decided to monitor through the night and decide if we wanted to see a doctor the next day. We continued to our first patient visit that afternoon.<\/p>\n

Edson was a boy when we met more than four years ago. He and his mom were quite dear to us. Edson lost his leg during his time with cancer, but since then has been thriving. We visited him in 2013 and were filled with excitement to be reunited. When Jon called him, Edson knew his voice and exclaimed, \u201cTio Jon!\u201d So off we went, me still a little shaky from the morning\u2019s event, but confident the Lord was in control.<\/p>\n

We were greeting with big grins and kisses. Edson was no longer the boy we once knew, but a man with his 18th birthday fast approaching. How good to see his same smile matured. His\u00a0grandma came to take Selah from me. I explained her congestion and the fact we wanted her upright and then I handed her over. In my spirit it was a handing her over to the Lord, a symbol that I trusted Him and His works. The visit was sweet.<\/p>\n

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