In Chiquimula I met Marabeth. She is one of the women that Karen lodges with. 2 weeks ago she went to the doctors because she had a bloated stomach, which she thought was wind or something simple. It turned out to be a tumour on one of her ovaries. She was told this on the Thursday, and after a weekend of everyone praying for her she was operated on on Monday. They removed a 20lb tumour and the ovary. Amazingly the tumour had not attached itself or damaged any other organ at all. She's now recovering at home.
One evening when we were visiting her, she received a phone call from a woman who was sort of connected to their church. She explained that her daughter had been to the doctor that day and was told that she had cists in her breasts and needed further tests. Immediately some of us went to her house, and prayed and laid hands on her asking God to heal her. After we had prayed, the daughter, who wasn't a Christian, said that she knew that God would heal her. It struck me how quick they responded to somebody else's need and wanted to demonstrate God's care and power. What also struck me was that here in Guatemala, there is a very high level of faith and receptivity, amongst those who aren't Christians. Many people who aren't Christians still recognise God's power in their lives -often healing illnesses- when those in Britain would explain it away with other 'logical' explanations. God is at work - if we only want to see it.
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