The Power of Prayer

I have been so busy these past couple of weeks. I started the ball rolling on a for profit business that will work in conjunction with a non-profit missionary organization of which I am an employee. The plan is to have the business (partnership with 2 friends) off the ground and running the first week of June – praise the LORD! This is a very exciting venture.

I am still in talks with GE Healthcare about a position based here in Seattle that would have responsibility for 3 sites in the US, 2 in Canada, 1 in the Middle East and 1 in India. I went through the final round of interviews last week and expect to hear back from them within a week or two. I had an interesting experience during the very last discussion – the person I met with was a VP and General Manager for one of the sites that I would support. It turns out; she is from Ethiopia and has a heart for Kingdom work. We talked about the non-profit organization that I work with and the mission for about 20 minutes. She mentioned to me that GE Healthcare was involved in a program called “Devices for Africa” and that they provide medical equipment and services to several regions in Africa. In addition, she talked about the fact that GE has a dedicated site for water filtration and purification. It was like God sat me in front of this really wonderful person to show me some of the potential benefits of working with GE. I have simply surrendered this to Him and pray every day that His will is met. I must say that I am feeling very positive about this potential opportunity.

I have been sort of stuck in traction for the last 2 weeks or so because some problems with my sciatic nerve. Seems it is being pinched and the pain is seriously bad from my pelvis, all the way down my right leg. The really bad pain began right around Weds of last week. When I woke up on Friday, I was in so much pain that I was considering calling GE and trying to reschedule my final interviews for another time. This would not have been good for me simply because there were a number of schedules that were shuffled around to make this happen. Because of the level of people that I was speaking to, even flights were reworked so that they were able to land in Seattle and meet with me before moving on to their next destination. Anyway, as I was barely standing and trying to shave before putting on my suit, I looked in the mirror and the light bulb came on. This was clearly the work of the enemy to try and keep me from going to these final meetings with GE. I immediately began to pray for healing and restoration so that I would be able to attend these meetings without worrying about the pain. I then sent a message to a number of prayer warriors that I have on speed dial in Outlook. I then put my suit on and told my wife that I was not going to allow the enemy to keep from going through with this and off I went. I prayed the entire drive in to downtown Seattle. When I entered The Georgian I sat and waited for the gentlemen I was to meet with there. The pain had literally gone down to about 3 out of 10 (I was at a 10 that morning). I sat down for the first meeting and honestly did not think about the sciatic pain for that entire discussion. When we were done, I walk 2 blocks to the GE Building and was feeling no pain at all. As I was going up the elevator, I was praising God and so thankful for the gift that He gave me. I went through the last meeting and was headed home after another 2 blocks to pick my car up from the valet parking at The Georgian. Although the pain returned that afternoon and I am still fighting with medication and daily visits to the chiropractor and with physical therapy scheduled to start next Tuesday, I was able to get through the final round of interviews pain free. This is sure demonstration of the power of prayer. God Is Good……

Stay tuned for more on GE – it normally takes GE 2 – 3 weeks to communicate after each round.