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No, not the character quality; I know better than to suggest that!\u00a0 Praying to become a more patient person usually results in circumstances demanding great amounts of patience.\u00a0 No, I mean pray for the woman named Patience.<\/p>\n

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She came to our door after dark Monday night.\u00a0 Her stated need was for help paying for prenatal care.\u00a0 As I asked more questions, in the process of discernment, more of her story came out, in bits and pieces, sprinkled with tears.<\/p>\n

As far as I can figure out, she was brought to the city by a man, to live with him.\u00a0 They lived together here for several months before she informed him that she was pregnant.\u00a0 At that news he changed, and one day he packed everything up and moved out, leaving her behind,\u00a0alone, abandoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She has no job, no income, and I’m not clear where she’s living now, except it is quite far from our neighborhood and she had walked here looking for help.\u00a0 She said that she was given house work by a woman who promised food in return.\u00a0 After working, she learned the “food” for her was only scraps burned into the bottom of the pan.\u00a0 “I sleep in a hallway, and I haven’t eaten for three days, Mama” she cried.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I hugged her, talked to her about Jesus, told her that because Jesus died on the cross for her she has extreme\u00a0value.\u00a0\u00a0 She said she is a believer, but one can never be sure if it’s true or if they’re just saying the “magic words” that will gain sympathy from missionaries.\u00a0 I prayed with her, for strength, prayed for the man who abandoned her, and prayed for specific direction how to help her.\u00a0 Then I went into the house and got her a little food and some money to help with medical care and for a taxi back to her side of town.<\/p>\n

So pray for Patience and her developping\u00a0baby.\u00a0 God alone knows her situation and the solution.\u00a0 Either she’s a really good actress or in desperate need.\u00a0 My heart breaks for her.<\/p>\n

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