Portuguese Snail on a Portuguese Flower outside

 

Day 75:

Spring time means spring cleaning. Major cleaning for those who just got a new apartment that had to be ready in a matter of hours for two traveling sisters to move into. Audry and I awoke at the crack of dawn, something the Portuguese typically don't do, to meet Tia. This past Sunday she had signed a contract for an apartment that she had hoped to move into by the end of the month when the utilities and electricity would be running and a stove was installed. Long story short- Claudia and Gloria (the two sisters from Oregon who are serving for six months in Lisbon English- had come with no arranged place to stay besides the hotel they booked for the first week. They'd been searching for an apartment but nothing had been found by the time they had to be out of the hotel. So what do they do? They pray and rely on Jehovah and so everything in their power to come up with a solution. This is where Tia and her empty apartment come in. It just so happens that with a few phone calls and a couple answered prayers the utilities were on, water running, stove installed, ready for move in this morning! The Portuguese now believe in miracles.

So we cleaned the morning away. The three of us scrubbed and talked, it w's actually a lot of fun. I really enjoy Tia's company- she is so nurturing and fun and full of zeal and love for Jehovah. Time goes by and Audrey begins to feel her arm getting worse from yet another bug bite... urgent care in Portugal swallowed up our afternoon. A doctor's visit, many euros, and some prescribed antibiotics will cure her infected arm right up! Post cleaning, urgent care portion the of the day brought us to meeting. Worn out and groggy, we made it to the end feeling so much better than we had before. We all came back to Campolide with smiles on our faces and schedules filled with friends for the remainder of our time here in Portugal.

Moral of the story- Urgent Care can come in many forms. Whether it is a physical healing, or an emotional pick me up being surrounded by those who encourage you and renew your spirit, or a spiritual type of care that one receives from Jehovah and his loving organization- when you throw your anxieties on Jehovah, don't be surprised when things work out to be quite alright.

Matthew 6:25-34; 1 Peter 5:7