Mme. Mpomo, her daughter, and her 4 year old granddaughter stopped by for a visit today.  Said she didn't want the year to end without coming to thank us for all we have done for her down through the years of our friendship.  Brought us a music DVD she had produced earlier this year.  Her daughter cooked a pot of corn chaff for us.  They just couldn't thank us enough.

We met in early 2007, shortly after I had returned from my 95 year old mother's memorial service in the U.S.  She wanted me  to speak to a group of ladies.  I shared about my mother's life and death, and the need to be prepared to die.  The end can come at any time for anyone.  As a result of the things I shared, several of the ladies gave their hearts to the Lord.  

 

Our friendship deepened over the years. She is a well educated, cultured, upper class lady, with a good paying job.  Her husband also has a good paying job.  She came to know the Lord sometime after she got married.  Her husband, though a nice man, never has accepted the Lord as he Savior.  She has been back to Shiloh many times, often with a group of ladies.  

 

And then one day she fell sick.  It was a strange sickness.  She was talking out of her mind.  The family didn't know what to do.  In moments of coherence she told them to bring her to Shiloh.  We  would be able to help her.  It turned out that Jim and I were in the U.S. at that time.  But Guy was there and he spent a lot of time trying to help her.  He prayed for her and with her over and over again.  Finally the family took her to France.  She was hospitalized there for a long time.  She was in a coma for part of that time.  They diagnosed her with a serious mental problem.  Eventually, with medication and counseling, she began to recover.  

 

She was brought back to Cameroon to live with her daughter until she would be strong enough to return home to her husband.  It was then that she learned her husband had thrown her out of his house.  He did not want a wife who was mental.  So she took up permanent residence with her daughter and family.  She had lost her job over the course of her illness, but was at retirement age, so has not tried to find another job.  Slowly she regained full health and strength, and her mind was fully healed.  She gives all the credit to our Lord.  

 

And so during 2016 she wrote and produced a DVD to the Glory of God.  She wanted to let us know how much she appreciates the part Shiloh played in her illness and ultimate recovery.  We had a wonderful visit and then I prayed for her before they left.  She is a dear lady and a living miracle.