Women's Conferences Nov.7-14
There was a special touch of God’s grace at the Lady’s Conference in Chenalho this past November. A generous person had donated some money specifically to purchase blankets for some of the Indians. Keep in mind that these Indians live anywhere from 5000-7500 feet in elevation, and it can get pretty cold at night. Many of these Indians still live in mud huts and sleep on the ground at night. Blankets are a God-send, both to sleep on to block some of the cold from the ground, and to cover with.
Russell had found a place in San Cristobal where he could buy thick, warm wool blankets for about $7 each (U.S. dollars). When we went to buy the blankets, with the money donated and the price quoted, Russell could buy 157 blankets. They came in bundles of 25, so we had 6 bundles and 7 extra single blankets. Russell had a new pick-up with a camper shell, and he had never bought blankets in this quantity since he had this pick-up. When we started loading blankets in the back of the truck, we had to open up the sixth bundle and begin stuffing blankets along the sides, on top of the first bundles up to the inside of the camper shell, and against the back of the tailgate. When we had the last blanket and were about to close the back of the camper shell, I told Russell, “we found out that your truck can hold 158 blankets, because there might be room for one more, but there sure isn’t room for two more!”.
Russell had planned on giving one blanket to every lady who came to the lady’s conference in Chenalho, many of whom came from a good distance away. However, the turn-out was even larger than expected. That’s a good thing, but more blankets were given away than anticipated. On Friday, we went to Oxinam, another village about an hour and a half from Chenalho on very bad roads, and at much higher elevation, and had another lady’s conference for ladies who were unable to travel to Chenalho. At the end of the conference, Russell wanted to give out the last of the blankets to the ladies there. There were 47 ladies at this conference, and there were 47 blankets left! It came out just right! And I’m convinced that God had it calculated and under control all along! Just the right amount of money donated to fill the truck, just the right amount of space in the truck to hold the right number of blankets, and just the right number of blankets for the number of ladies attending. As I was thinking about this later, it dawned on me that the biggest part of the miracle was the 47th lady in line in Oxinam, the last lady. I’m sure she was wondering if there would be a blanket for her, whether we would run out, and what if she hadn’t been at the back of the line. But God loved that lady at the end of the line enough to make sure that she got her blanket, and that she knew that God had her in mind all along!
Report written by Jim Nichols, DDS
Russell had found a place in San Cristobal where he could buy thick, warm wool blankets for about $7 each (U.S. dollars). When we went to buy the blankets, with the money donated and the price quoted, Russell could buy 157 blankets. They came in bundles of 25, so we had 6 bundles and 7 extra single blankets. Russell had a new pick-up with a camper shell, and he had never bought blankets in this quantity since he had this pick-up. When we started loading blankets in the back of the truck, we had to open up the sixth bundle and begin stuffing blankets along the sides, on top of the first bundles up to the inside of the camper shell, and against the back of the tailgate. When we had the last blanket and were about to close the back of the camper shell, I told Russell, “we found out that your truck can hold 158 blankets, because there might be room for one more, but there sure isn’t room for two more!”.
Russell had planned on giving one blanket to every lady who came to the lady’s conference in Chenalho, many of whom came from a good distance away. However, the turn-out was even larger than expected. That’s a good thing, but more blankets were given away than anticipated. On Friday, we went to Oxinam, another village about an hour and a half from Chenalho on very bad roads, and at much higher elevation, and had another lady’s conference for ladies who were unable to travel to Chenalho. At the end of the conference, Russell wanted to give out the last of the blankets to the ladies there. There were 47 ladies at this conference, and there were 47 blankets left! It came out just right! And I’m convinced that God had it calculated and under control all along! Just the right amount of money donated to fill the truck, just the right amount of space in the truck to hold the right number of blankets, and just the right number of blankets for the number of ladies attending. As I was thinking about this later, it dawned on me that the biggest part of the miracle was the 47th lady in line in Oxinam, the last lady. I’m sure she was wondering if there would be a blanket for her, whether we would run out, and what if she hadn’t been at the back of the line. But God loved that lady at the end of the line enough to make sure that she got her blanket, and that she knew that God had her in mind all along!
Report written by Jim Nichols, DDS
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