Today was one of those classic Balkan days. I had a great conversation with two of our church members about one of the teachings of Jesus. A few minutes later we were calling the police to report a break-in. Seriously. Last Sunday, while we were away, our core group had a discussion about the meaning of Jesus’ parable of the two brothers. The first told his father he wouldn’t work in the vineyard, but later did. The second said he would, but never went to work. There was some misunderstandings about Jesus’ audience here that threw the whole meaning of the parable out of whack. I had one of those “this is why I’m here” moments when they realized Jesus was addressing the Pharisees, not his disciples. One of believers eyes popped open when she realized how one little mistake in understanding the context of a passage can really affect the interpretation.
A few minutes later I went downstairs into our therapy clinic to look for crutches for someone. As I went to unlock the door I noticed it was already unlocked. This was strange, but I thought that one of the workers might have momentarily stepped out. I went in and immediately noticed that both of the clinic computers were gone…stolen. A few minutes later, after making sure I had all the facts, the police where called and came to fill out their reports. Who knows what will happen now. The value of the computers was about $1900. As big a loss as that is, the data on the computers is a greater loss. All the clinic patient records where there as well as an unknown amount of information about the therapy training program that my collegue is working on. Bummer. My co-worker Di has been working for months on a program to train local nurses in Occupational Therapy, a type of therapy unknown and highly valuable here. This may be a major set-back.
Please be praying that God would convinct the theives to, at a minimum, return the data that was stolen…okay, that’s not likely but we believe in a God of miracles, right?
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