from http://omusa.org/articles/r23545:

The OM team in northern Pakistan continues to provide medical help for hundreds of people in villages and relief camps. The team is grateful to the local church for help in arranging these life-saving medical camps. People receiving treatment commented: “This is the first medical camp we have come across which provides good, quality medicines. We are happy that we are receiving these medicines, as we will be cured soon.”

The local church pastor told these people that the medics treating them are Christians. Explaining the medical workers’ motivation, he said: “Now you have witnessed how we Christians help the needy. We do it because God loves you and we want to share His love with you flood-affected people.”

Grateful People

The medical team in the south has been very busy during the past week treating 631 patients. The team is thankful to their American and Chinese medical colleagues who have helped to provide good treatment.

The team received several telephone calls from people who wished to thank them for their help. These people contacted them using a follow-up number issued during the relief distributions. People expressed their gratitude saying: “We are thankful for what we received in the food aid packages. We are thankful to you and request that you help us in rebuilding our houses.”

To date, the teams have provided food for 5,794 families and medical help for 6,782 patients.

Prayer Points
• Praise God for the teams’ physical well-being after two months of strenuous relief work.
• The team in Sindh is preparing to carry out an intensive survey for reconstruction work; it takes five visits to a place to plan the work. Please pray for wisdom for the leaders as they make plans and for further finances to meet the costs.