It wasn’t an audible voice Rachel Benson heard that morning in Mudanda, Zimbabwe. She heard it in her spirit. Since Rachel isn’t one to draw attention to herself, most everything she brought on the Jewish Voice Ministries International (JVMI) Medical Outreach was in subdued tones, blacks and khakis – except for the purple t-shirt with two words in sparkling rhinestone script across the front. A mentor friend had encouraged her to bring it along.
In her tent that morning, as Rachel got ready for another day of working in the Outreach Prayer Tent, she asked, “Lord? Is that You? Do you want me to wear this shirt today?”
The answer was clearly impressed on her: Yes.
Meanwhile, a woman named Violet made her way over the dry grass holding onto her daughter-in-law’s hand. The two Zimbabwean women had been cared for at the Mudanda Clinic and now sought the spiritual care offered in the Prayer Tent.
As they stepped into the white-walled tent, a helper motioned them over to a set of folding chairs and helped 74-year-old Violet sit down. They sat in a small circle with local translators and one American woman, who was wearing a purple shirt.
