We were blessed today by the power and grace of God.

There is a young couple in our church (~30 years old) whom we have known since they were 5 year old kids. Now they are grown up, active in the Palawano church and have 3 children of their own. The wife is Karing, who was one of Elisa’s playmates in the 80’s. The husband is Rinard, a brother of another of Elisa’s friends; a boy who use to color our Bible story pictures we used in the evangelistic outreaches.

For a number of months, Rinard has had a cough and felt weak. Antibiotics didn’t seem to do the trick and we were afraid his childhood tuberculosis had returned. So we had him taken to town to see the doctor, who had x-rays done. His lungs looked a bit cloudy and the doctor prescribed stronger antibiotics. But the greater concern was a mass in his left lung. The doctor wanted him to come back later when more tests could be done and the other doctor would be there to help make the diagnosis.

Rinard just went out to the doctor when we fly in (read my last two blogs for more on the travel circus to get us home!) That’s the last we knew until today…

…after church Karing came running over to our house, calling to us from outside (the custom here) and crying her eyes out. When we went out to greet her, she said that Rinard had come home and that a second x-ray showed that the mass was gone. That’s right, GONE. She was crying for joy, not sorrow, and kept praising God for how he cares for his children and hears our prayers. Read Donna’s blog for more detail on what Karing was saying.

Praise God with us for his grace and healing of Rinard. Pray, too, that this will touch hearts of believers and unbelievers alike, and bear fruit for the gospel.

Yours for Reaching Palawanos,

-Bill and Donna