This is Mu Htee pictured with my wife. She was my wife's visitor this past Sunday morning. Mu Htee is of Karen nationality coming to America several years ago by way of Thailand. Our city has a large population of these people. I have a real burden for them, as well as countless other nationalities. Our missionary to Thailand; Dr. Robert Bowen is currently helping us locate Karen tracts and Bibles. Lincoln is the fifth largest Asian refugee relocation center in the Untied States of America. There is a great need for a man with a burden to help us reach this resource of people right here in Lincoln, please pray for us about this matter.
Our overall Sunday was a good day with good attendance. We had 136 in Sunday school and brought in 59 on the buses. We had two public professions of faith made at the invitation time Sunday morning. After the services I was at home waiting for my wife to serve lunch when my phone rang. I noticed it was a church member so I answered it right away. The member was very excited in their voice and was asking me to come to the hospital right away. He told me he had a friend who was going to die in the next few hours and wanted me to come and pray for him about accepting Jesus as his Saviour.
I had my wife hold my lunch and I arrived at the hospital in less than 20 minutes. Upon my arrival I saw our church member that had called me in the hallway with tears in his eyes. I thought perhaps his friend had already passed. He told me that he had not, but he just had to stay out in the hallway for now. When I came into the room they had two nurses in there along with a room full of family members. This man was a Sudanese man from out of town and one of the nurses who appeared to be Sudanese also was speaking to him in Arabic.
I then introduced myself and made my way through the crowd of people to the bed side. One of the ladies in the crowd had been saved and baptized at our church several years ago and told the people to "make way the pastor is coming through." Once at the bed side, I asked immediately if the man understood English. They responded that he did. I was able to get groaning responses and head nods to my questions. I began immediately to present the gospel to the man. He indicated with a head nod and a groan that he wanted to trust Christ. I was able to lead him through a sinners pray and asked him if he had prayed that prayer and accepted Christ. He nodded his head that he did. I was also able to lead his wife and his cousin to Christ before I left. Thank God for a Saviour who saves them right at the end of of their life just like the thief on the cross! God is a gracious God!
