Gee's Brother-In-Law Dying
Our helper, Gee, has a 38 year-old brother-in-law who is dying of lung cancer in an open ward in the government hospital of Phuket. We paused homeschooling for a day last Wednesday to drive Gee the 2 hours to the hospital to relieve her older sister from her 24-hour watch of the patient (that's how they do it here.) We met her sister's 2 children, just Poppy & Jasper's age. Ken & I prayed for him at the foot of his bed, and when we were done both Gee and her sister were crying. She told me later after we prayed for him he started feeling better, ate a little and sat up, even tried to walk a bit. She asked me a bit later how to pray again. I gave her a tract to read that night as she slept by the bed of her brother-in-law.
The ward was row after row of hospital beds with the ill, some dying. It was so depressing. Among all the Thais we saw an ex-pat western man, here without money, obviously, since he was with everyone else in the open hospital bed. It was sweltering and family members sat on the floor next to the patient's beds, surrounded by their bags of food, toothbrushes, shampoo, towels, and extra clothes.
Gee took the bus back a few days later. Today she told me she wants to go to church on Sunday. She looked happy.
The ward was row after row of hospital beds with the ill, some dying. It was so depressing. Among all the Thais we saw an ex-pat western man, here without money, obviously, since he was with everyone else in the open hospital bed. It was sweltering and family members sat on the floor next to the patient's beds, surrounded by their bags of food, toothbrushes, shampoo, towels, and extra clothes.
Gee took the bus back a few days later. Today she told me she wants to go to church on Sunday. She looked happy.
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