Micah has a strong desire to work for God in this country. As he observed the tremendous need at Sunshine Orchard, he wants to help by starting his own ministry and providing a much needed truck and transport missionaries, patients, students, food, water, building supplies etc. Later he wants to take training so he can run one of the clinics in the mountains which I am now planning to build, by God’s grace. So when he presented his plan to go to America and sell his “old” truck and everything that he owned so he could return to Thailand and put it towards the truck which he has already begun to fund raise for, I understood. He also needed to get his hard copy Driver’s License, and work towards taking the GED exam.
Though I understood these things, I couldn’t help but cry out to God about many things. One of them was how would I manage without him here! He was so helpful to me in so many ways. I leaned on him heavily- close family ties, how precious they are! Without my dear oldest boy Bradley and now Micah, I would have to do all the driving and figure out how to handle everything technical and mechanical. I felt so incapable. As the final day drew near when he would leave, we made the most of our time together. Oh how I dreaded Thailand without him. Neither of us knew how long he would be gone.
It happened that we went to Chiang Mai one week early because one of Lena Adam’s baby was sick and needed to be transported to the hospital there. This gave us a break from the usual work and gave us special time together. Micah had made fast friends with the Rawlings family on a previous trip, and made arrangements for us to stay with them. This indeed was the providence of God as you will find out in the next article.
The dreaded day arrived when we were driving to the airport with the noisy Chiang Mai traffic pressing around us. Oh how I longed for Micah to stay. He also suffered from the separation soon to take place. As I sat watching him drive my eyes, were again flooded with tears. I gratefully noticed a bath towel beside me and felt I could just soak it with my tears. I cried silently, “Help us Oh Lord!” Once again I gave my sorrows to the One who said, “I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you.” At that moment, I literally felt strength come to my weak knees, my eyes dried, peace flooded my soul and added strength entered my mind. I patted Micah’s shoulder and said, “God is with us my son, I feel His strength.” Our dear Saviour! His promises are sure! “He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might, He increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29