Prayers - November 2002

ANSWERED PRAYERS

  1. Praise that we are gradually getting more patients!
  2. Praise that we have once again received enough donations this month to cover our employee's salaries!
  3. Praise that Drs. Jantz, Dunbar, Hillman and Dickey provided excellent care to our patients while we were gone!
  4. Praise that we had a safe and productive trip to the U.S.
  5. Praise that Nick, Ana and Florentina all are improving!

PRAYER REQUESTS

  1. For the Lord to bless our clinic with more patients, both Romanian and foreigners.
  2. For more donations for our clinic project--enough to cover our employees' salaries and the utilities for especially the next 4-6 months. Our expenses over the winter will be about $4,800/month. We hope that within 6 months we will have enough Western patients to cover the overhead. The CBC lab machine, an X-ray machine and finishing the basement are still long term goals. Donations toward the clinic are best given to Open Door Medical Ministries, C/O Clifford Olson, 9210 Science Center Drive, New Hope, MN 55428. Donations to our Work Fund, Support Fund, Travel Fund and Personal Gift Fund should go to World Mission Prayer League, 232 Clifton Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403, specifying to which fund you wish to give.
  3. For additional funds to be able to help some of the poorest of our patients with their medication expenses, costs of lab and other medical tests and other acute financial problems.
  4. For the Lord to open doors to enable our participation with the National Insurance House (government health plan--the only health plan in Romania). This would help our poor patients get reduced prices for their medications. Like everything else here, obtaining this without bribes will require the Lord's intervention.
  5. For Dr. Francisco Gross, that God will provide a way for him and his family to return to Bucharest to work with us, at the same time providing for his mother's care.
  6. For us to find other high quality Christian specialists who would like to work part-time in the clinic.
  7. For continued general good health, safety and unity, for us and for all of the people who are working at the clinic.
  8. For continued protection of the clinic against theft or damage.
  9. That the residents who will be learning at our clinic and the patients who come will experience Christ's love for them through our work and our words.
  10. That God will raise up more missionaries to work with us in Romania. We need people with medical training, clinic organization and management skills, Christian counseling and evangelism skills as well as other skills.
  11. For the country of Romania: 1) that the leaders and the people will rediscover the meaning of integrity, 2) against the spirits of deception, self-deception and corruption that are so dominant in this country, and 3) for a revival in the church in Romania, especially among the men, for their hearts and their minds. This is an ongoing, long term prayer. Every time we see a step forward, a step backward appears soon thereafter!