by Patty Smith
January 28, 2019
Friends are very important to us as
we live are lives. The encouragement, help and love they give us enables us to
embrace life well.
In 2012, Larry and I were in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia beginning a new school for our organization, NICS. During that
time Larry became very ill. Dr. Peter Ng,
who is a medical doctor and the Pastor for the local church, took one look at
Larry during Sunday morning service and told Larry he was ill and that after
church he would take us to the hospital.
That afternoon, Dr. Ng took us to
the hospital, where he had admitting privileges, and checked Larry into the
emergency room. When Dr. Ng talked to
the emergency room doctor he said, “This is my friend. Take good care of him.” Larry
retold that story to me and spoke of how those words were so encouraging to
him. The hospital staff took the best care of him and found the cancer, which took
his life in 2014, within a week.
Just as Dr. Ng told the emergency
doctor to take good care of Larry, as he was his friend, Jesus will stand in
our stead and tell God our Heavenly Father that we are His friends. The first
verse of the old song “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” says this:
“What
a friend we have in Jesus
All
our sins and griefs to bear!
What
a privilege to carry
Everything
to God in prayer!”
I returned from a short term
mission in Lima, Peru in August 2019 and am glad to be back worshiping at
Patuxent Presbyterian Church. Thank you for
praying for me and supporting me during my bv solo missionary experience in
Lima, Peru. I am blest to be back amongst
my friends.
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