Hugged by God

Well, I got pretty spoiled last month when Emily was in the DR (Dominican Republic)and we heard from her every couple of days. I didn't know how good we had it until this month. She's been living in El Reten, Ecuador, a tiny village located in a rain forest five or six hours from Quito and two hours from the nearest town where internet is available,though not a strong signal. So, let's just say that we have been out of touch with Emily, and that has been disconcerting to me. My tendencies to worry and speculate have been excessively abused. When I found out that the whole village was down with an intestinal virus, and that Emily had come down with a fever and nausea (she managed to text me somehow....she keeps her phone off since it's very expensive to let it roam when unused, but she tried it once to see if it worked). Of course, on the one hand, I was ecstatic to hear from her, because it had been several weeks....and on the other hand, I started worrying afterwards, imagining dehydration and not able to get good medical help with the closest town two hours away. Several days went by, and my mind was quite creative with all the possible outcomes that had inevitably developed. I was sitting in my family room, holding my phone the other night, and God did something very kind to me. I prayed that I would hear something from Emily soon to know that she was ok so that I could have some peace of mind. Literally within seconds of praying that, my phone beeped. I looked down in my hand to see who sent me a text....it was Emily!!!! She said sorry that she had turned off her phone and hadn't seen my message asking for an update on her health. She was doing fine and had returned to ministering with the VBS program 6 miles away. Her appetite had not returned, but she was much better. Talk about perfect timing! This was it! In one week, she will leave El Reten and return to Quito for several days of Debriefing, then off to Peru...