2-52pm
After yesterday’s ‘Oxtail’ blog, it got me thinking of the many other amazing big and little things that God has done in the lives of regular every day people. And there was no better place to start than a conversation I had with a friend. She told us of a time when money was tight, so tight that there was no food for dinner. Being in that kind of situation, it’s often difficult to admit it and to ask for help. At 10am a friend phoned her and asked how things were going….”fine” she said. They chatted for a while and then hung up. Later at about 5pm, the lady phoned again and said, “God has had you on my mind the entire day. Do you have dinner?” “No,” my friend said. God supplied. He uses us to help others. Time has passed and things are going a WHOLE lot better for my friend, but that difficult time will be remembered by a faith-building reminder that God provides! God has you in mind 24/7. You are not forgotten! 
Then I went online and googled stories of God’s provision and came upon this amazing account sent as an email home. Source: http://www.chicken-and-fries.com/2007/01/amazing-story-of-gods-provision.html (You can read more about the ministry at www.irisglobal.org – it’s from here I got the photos below)
Pemba is in Mozambique…it was written in 2007
“Two days ago, I (Don) took a team of medical personnel to the village of Mieze, about a 20 minute drive from the Iris base in Pemba. As you know from our reports, I’ve been doing this every week for the past 4-5 months. The Mieze church is headed by Pastor Joao Juma, a joyful brother who has planted and oversees about 30 churches in the area. 
Our makeshift “clinic” was a slightly shaded area alongside the Iris church building. As has become usual, dozens of adults and 70 or more children gathered—many seeking medical attention, others socializing.
After a couple of hours in the heat and dust, I gave Pastor Juma some money to send an older boy to the market to buy some biscuits and juice powder as a rare treat for these impoverished and malnourished children. When the drink was prepared, Juma instructed the children in their Makua tongue to form two lines to receive their biscuits and then proceed toward the playground to receive a cup of juice. He then began to pray in exuberant thanksgiving for this gift, and the children joined in loudly and enthusiastically.
The two bags of biscuits were dumped into a clear plastic bag and Pastor Juma was about to begin distributing them. He asked me whether we should give two or three biscuits to each child. I looked at the bag and then at the two long lines and imagined how disappointing it would be if the biscuits ran out before the children at the end had received any. “Two,” I said; and Juma nodded in agreement.
I was only a few feet away, observing the various medical stations and answering questions, and watching the kids scamper happily toward the playground clutching their two biscuits. Then I noticed the bag of biscuits was still very full. Juma noticed my look, raised his hands in a gesture of surprise and began giving three biscuits to each child. A few minutes later, I looked again. The bag was still full and we both began to grin. Our God was doing something marvelous before our very eyes! The kids who had quietly taken their place at the back of the line and waited their turn were rewarded with handfuls of biscuits. And still the bag was full. Juma gave more biscuits to every child in sight and then went around to the several dozen adults and gave them large handfuls of biscuits. And when we couldn’t find anyone else to give biscuits to, Juma held up the bag, which was still as full as at the beginning; and we both praised God for His miraculous provision and love for “the least of these….”
Don and Elizabeth”
God provides!
God bless you loads!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂