May 2015
Dear Praying Friends,
The pastor had been having abdominal pain for the last
week but the doctor misdiagnosed those warning signs as an ulcer. Three days later, the pastor’s appendix
ruptured, yet this dedicated man continued to minister to his people in spite
of the agony because he thought it was just an ulcer. After two days, he passed out from the pain
while teaching a new members’ class at church.
Rushed to the hospital he was only given a 5% chance
of survival. On the operating table the
doctor said, “It is a miracle you are still alive, you must have some influence
with the Man upstairs.” The pastor
smiled through his pain and said, “No, I am simply a servant of the Almighty
God and my life is in His hands. I am
ready to go to meet him, are you sir?”
The doctor mumbled uncomfortably and administered the anesthetic.
Pastor Lenildo Monteiro pulled through and is
recuperating well, praise the Lord. He
pastors our sister church an hour and a half away. Praise the Lord for pastors
who are faithful, even to the point of death!
Please pray for his complete recovery and for me as I pastor both of our
churches in his absence. He was able to
attend a service recently and thank the church for their prayers, but his
recovery will take a while.
So much work here in Portugal, yet so few workers….
Working for the night is coming,
Mark Hale
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