Although Mercy Midwives is a medically based mission, caring for laboring mothers, my teammates and I continually seek out opportunities not only to share God’s love through actions, but also to present the Good News of salvation.
On my first outreach since arriving, I visited the humble home of one mother who gave birth days before. We performed postnatal care on the mother and baby as neighborhood children began to come upon hearing the news of Americans visiting. They were quite amazed at how pale my teammates’ skin tones are.
We led an impromptu Bible study about Zaccheus to entertain the kids, but also to open the conversation about Christianity. They absolutely loved the children’s song and even memorized 1 John 4:8, “God is love.”
As the children continued to play with my American teammates, I saw the opportunity to share the gospel with the mother. She didn’t associate with a specific religion, but she knew about Christianity. I explained the Gospel plan of salvation to her, and she seemed very interested. She shyly told me she no longer had a Bible but would love to read one. I ended our visit by praying for her and her family. I will be visiting her and her family again soon, and I already have begun highlighting some verses in a Visayan Bible in her native language that I will give to her.
Katherine Bautista is a nursing student from Angelo State University, serving this summer with Go Now Missions in the Mercy Midwives project in the Philippines.
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