Overwhelmed.

I started this blog post of with a different title but it has now changed.

Graham and Betty have guests for the night. Brian and his father are from Ocosito and arrived this afternoon about 5 and leave tomorrow morning around 5am.

They are up in the city because Brian has an appointment at the hospital. He is 9 years old now, but when he was 6 he was diagnosed with Leukemia. It was also highly likely that he had had leukemia for a few years before he was diagnosed.

Brian is a miracle. He is a walking, talking (though I cannot understand him) miracle. He is (obviously) alive and is free of the cancer! They are just in the city for him to have a check up. I had met Brian last week at vacation Bible School but it was another thing to have him sitting at the table eating dinner with us. It overwhelmed me for some reason.

His Father is so polite and loving. Whenever they have been up in the city for Brian's treatment over the years, Betty said they have been such a delight to have. I could see why.

Every time they come up to the city (a 3 hour car ride away) they have to take a more expensive bus because of Brian's health. I can't imagine what this family has been through over the years, how this has affected them. But I can tell that they are strong, they have love and they are centered by their faith in our Heavenly Father.

The greatest thing? Just last week Brian and his older brother accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour at Vacation Bible School. Not only is Brian free from cancer, but he is also now free with Christ! He is part of God's family. He saw his need for salvation, his need to be a child of the most loving Father in the world and he accepted the best free gift anyone could ever accept.

Overwhelmed.