Glasses

A kind church in America gave us a box full of glasses to give away here in Zambia. A couple members from the church we are working with have been complaining about their eyes. Yesterday I brought some of the glasses to church in the bush and tried to surprise them knowing they would truly be thrilled. For many of the older people in the church, it is difficult to read the Bible simply because their eyes are hurting. This gift from Grace Baptist Church is allowing people not only to see better but also to read their Bibles better! Praise the LORD. 

Pictured below is Mr. Tonga - he has been excitedly coming to church for the last couple months. About 4 or 5 weeks ago he mentioned he had dropped his glasses somewhere and they were lost. When I brought him a new pair of glasses yesterday he was like a little boy jumping up and down and just so excited. Imagine not being able to see and one day coming to church and someone has given you the gift of sight! Of course, you see the spiritual application there as well... many of us walk around blindly or with our sight significantly reduced until we meet with God and He restores our vision enabling us to walk by faith and see the things of God. The church can be a place where people get their vision corrected and are enabled to see, rejoicing, and giving thanks as Christ is preached and God's Word is known!  We still have lots of glasses to give out and look forward to being both a physical and spiritual blessing to the people in Chinunda area. Imagine,  being able to SEE!

2 Kings 6:17  And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw:

Psalms 119:18  Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

John 9:25   He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.