The Hospital Ministry

So we pile into the van again and head to the hospital. It is quite a different world, traveling through the streets of San Pablo. Nothing at all like back home. The markets are full and the streets are packed! We are unable to reach a speed past 15 miles per hour because the traffic is so bad. But that makes it easy for us to be able to really soak up our surroundings. We arrive at our destination. A shabby 4-story building. San Pablo Hospital. We split up into groups and we each went to a different floor to minister. Some of the children from Frontline were the team leaders. At the ages of about 13 through 16, these girls really took a leadership roll. These are the FUTURE LEADERS of the Frontline!

 

The walls were bare and the paint is chipping. The rooms are packed with beds as well as the hallways, every place was occupied. We laid hands on the sick and injured and we prayed for the will of God to be done. We also prayed, as the Lord led us, for the family members that surrounded the patients.

 

We gathered in a circle by the lake after we ministered, to do a little debriefing as a team. One of the things that we all seemed to have noticed was the strong spirit of religion among the families.  At times when we were praying for the sick, we could feel its hindrance hovering over us. It was a definite that some of these people believed in God and that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but there was NO relationship involved in this belief. Most spoke of WORKS and how they do things for GOD in serving at their churches. We discussed with the team at Frontline what we were discerning, and they said they would join us in praying away this spirit of religion.

 

Lanie was one of the girls who lead the teams. I found out a little more about her that makes her even more remarkable to me. I told you before how she was homeless when they found her on the street. Well, Jeff Rice actually ran across her lying in the street. She was stoned from sniffing glue. The street children do this to cure the hunger pains, and then they get addicted. Lanie’s parents left her and she was to take care of herself. While in the market searching for food she found a lady that was wiling to provide for her. She was a Madam. (Female PIMP) She sold Lanie to men in hotels several times a night. Lanie received 500 pesos a night. This is about 10 dollars. This is how she became pregnant with Sarah.

 

Lanie is now born again Christian and an AMAZING young lady of God. She is a wonderful mother and has such a desire to serve the Lord with all of her heart.

 

God is so faithful to His children.