What happens when the missionary who does all the medivac work needs a missionary for their medivac needs? It is written in Psalms 34:17, “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.” And in 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 it says, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.” When we enter the mission field–see just getting out of bed in the morning for reference–there is a battle that ignites. Spiritual maintenance is ongoing, and, in an emergency, we must grab our spiritual-maintenance travel kit: a pair of knees, a pair of hands, one mind and one heart to use the universe’s most powerful tool–prayer. Just recently, we experienced being the missionaries to answer the emergency call of AWA’s newest Zambian missionaries in training, the Hamombe Family. They’d had an engagement in South Carolina and in short
