HungryForLifeInternational

So many things to tell don't even know where to start....Just like always, the day was totally planed out for us by God. Today was our home visitation day, people we visited have stories beyond reality...

The first stop we made though before starting the day was shopping. We shopped for food, mattress, pillows, bedding, and lunch to have with one family. That part of a day was fun part and than the reality of seeing people in need began...

On the way to the first family we picked up a little boy (mute) named Andrew who is left to be raised by his great grandmother who is 80 some years old now. He became a part of our team for the day. but that is a story all of it's own and we will share with you when we get home.

The first family we visited was Pasha's family. He is 27 year old fellow that 1.5 years ago got into a car accident and since than he's been bedridden. It was devastation to see this young man laying there helpless, crippled with extremely bad sores, something we've never seen before. The only people that care for him are his two older sisters. No medical staff, no doctors, nothing.(we have been trying to find rehab center here for people like Pasha and so far we've been able to locate one. Please pray for the administrative to except him in as we are going to try to get him in as soon as possible) After we helped to move him and changed him mattress, pillows, and bedding, we had lunch with all of the rest of the family. It was so encouraging and touching to hear his testimony. "You know, one week ago I did not want to live and now I do. You can't imagine home much it means to me that you are here, more for my soul even than the material part of it."
Please pray for Pasha as he still wrestles with "two powers inside of me" as he shared with us that he is contemplating giving his life to Christ.

It was such a blessing for us to visit Valya (43 yr old down syndrome) and her mother . We brought some food, clothes, and some goodies.

It was getting darker outside but we were not done yet, we dropped of little Andrew at home and went to a different village in which we struggled to find the road to get to the house. We brought some more food for these two families, a young widow and the other lady is a mother who's son was convicted of murder he never did. She sold all she had, house, land, and animals, including a loan from the bank to be able to appeal at 27 courts. The most recent time she appealed to the supreme court in which one person told her to stop or she will either be convicted with something like her son or a serious accident could happen to her. Please pray for people like Zena.
Well, time to go to church and we better get ready. Thanks again for praying, see you soon

Mary Martz

HFL Team Leader