April
2015
Dear
Praying Friends,
Many of you have asked recently about Michele’s hospital
outreach ministry. She is still sewing
20 stuffed animals every month and donating them to the Lagos city
hospital. So far she has made and given
away 277. Each stuffed animal comes with
a tag identifying our church and giving contact information. Through
this ministry, we are getting to know the hospital staff and several of them
have asked why we do this. As a result, praise the Lord, we have had
opportunities to share the Gospel and invite them to church!
Recently, a lady called Michele
out of the blue. Cristina works at a local daycare and saw a stuffed
doggy one of the little boys in her class had received in his stay at the
hospital. She looked up the website on the tag sewn on the toy, found our
phone number, and called my wife. Cristina was participating in a charity
event and wanted the dog pattern so she could make some for the event. Michele
shared the pattern but also sewed 10 dogs to help. My wife was able to meet Cristina when she
delivered the stuffed toys to her. They had a good conversation and
Michele was able to answer her many questions about our church and why she
would help total strangers.
We just never know the
eternal impact of one stuffed animal, one kind word, one Christ - like
action. May God help each one of us to
not only talk like Christ, but to act like Him, to love like Him and seek to
reach the lost like Him. Thank you for
your prayers for us, for our ministries and for Cristina.
Seeking to reflect Him,
Mark Hale
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