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Given up by the medical doctors in Belgium, but not by God

HEAL THE SICK Luke 10:9

This is one of the assignments with which Jesus commissioned his disciples to go out into the cities of Israel. It is still valid for us who are His disciples today. Ela took this up and sent us some of her testimonies (for which we are grateful!):

I have an acquaintance. She was given up. She is 43 and had a cerebral aneurysm. It started bleeding twice. As a result she was paralysed on one side and nearly blind in one eye. No one in Belgium dared to perform surgery.

I prayed for her for a long time. After many months I went back to visit her. When she answered the door, I could hardly believe what I saw:

Violent pain in wrists dissappears like snow before the sun

Since the Christmas period Nathalie was suffering from pain in both her wrists. It started with a stiff feeling, as if she had sprained or overburdened both her wrists. Yet there wasn't any indication for that. When Nathalie wanted to do something practical, such as cooking, serving the food or to do some gardening, it became still worse. Even writing gave her trouble!

Werner and Nathalie love to dedicate themselves to the Kingdom and they help wherever they can. It is their dream and wish to start a project in Africa, where they want to go and feed the children. Whenever she was in pain, also this kind of thoughts came: "I'll never be able to do that...".

Praying with the neighbours, with results!

Carine and Patrick have a nice testimony after praying with the neighbors:

“Alessio, a two year old boy is the grandson of our neighbor. He was only a moment alone in the kitchen of the restaurant of his daddy and grandma when his mama was upstairs. Jerisa, his mama, heard a noise in the kitchen. She ran downstairs and saw that her little boy had splatters drain cleaner on his skin and clothes. She tore the clothes from his little body and speeded to the hospital in Bonheiden.

After having received first aid for the burns Alessio was transferred to the University Hospital in Leuven. Quite soon the physicians were talking about skin transplant. After two weeks in the
hospital the doctors noticed a slight improvement in the large burn under his left arm. His mama asked if she could take Alessio home for the weekend. She kept the agreement not to take him
outside.

Patrick, Lies and I could visit them that Sunday afternoon. Jerisa said she hoped for a favorable ruling from the doctor that only a limited transplant would be needed. Alessio was standing right next to me. I touched him just a moment and said a simple prayer for a speedy recovery in Jesus’Name. Sunday night Alessio returned to the hospital.

On Monday our neighbor told Patrick that the doctor said the burns had healed wonderfully well and Alessio could go home. A skin transplant wouldn’t be necessary anymore!
What a joy there was in Alessio’s family… and what is so special is that our neighbor acknowledges Jesus in this.”