Providing Comfort - Real Life

 One of the many things we have been reminded of here in Nicaragua is that living in community and providing comfort is often more important in growing God’s kingdom than being physically healed.   We wanted to share one of the many real life stories today:

 A young lady showed up for a clinical visit.  She explained that she was having heart palpitations with chest pain.  She was worried because her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother also have the same palpitations and pain.  She came to the clinic because she had become more fearful because her great grandmothers passed away because of her heart condition.  During the doctor portion of the visit, Melissa recommended for her to have an EKG to see how well her heart was working.  Instantly, the young woman began to cry, because she thought that an EKG was something to be afraid of.  Melissa took the time to listen to this young woman’s concerns and speak with her.  Melissa helped her to understand that her concern was normal and reassured her that the EKG would be beneficial.  She took the time to explain the procedure and reassured her the test was safe.  The young woman instantly became happy and began to smile.  We could see that she realized the EKG would be a great step in confronting a fear that spanned four generations of her family! 
-Chris