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Deep Waters—John
"Help me, O Lord my
God;
Oh, save me according to
thy mercy."
Psalm 109:26
Six weeks after moving to the Island of Sulawesi, the Mission's monthly
voucher somehow failed to make it to Indonesia and John and Lynn were
literally down to the equivalent of one US cent, which was all of the
money they had in the world. It was at that time that Lynn was
encouraged by another missionary lady to go to a doctor to have a lump
checked in her breast. The doctor's voice was very serious as he told
her that she needed to seek medical help immediately. Someone lent the McGhees just enough money to purchase plane tickets to fly to the city
of Surabaya, on the Island of Java. Two days after they arrived, Lynn
was admitted to the Salvation Army Hospital. A six-hour operation
revealed that she had advanced breast cancer. This was probably the
longest six hours in John's life, as he waited alone in the waiting room
during Lynn's operation. Afterward, questions flooded their minds:
"What will we do now?" "Why did God allow this to happen when we
were right on the very brink of moving into a tribal ministry?"
Sarah had just turned three the day before her Mommy's
operation and she was too young to understand what was really happening.
After a month at the hospital, Lynn, John, and Sarah were on the long,
lonely flight back to London, England, Lynn's homeland. The Lord
had provided their airfare through John's parents, who had kindly wired
them enough money for their tickets. Leaving the mission field so
suddenly, with a very sick wife and their little girl, was the most
difficult thing that John had ever faced in his entire life, up until
that time. But for God...
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