What a week we had last week. One day in particular was such a disaster. That morning i met with the mother of one of our ex patients. This mum had been with us for all the months her son stayed at CRU so we had got to know her very well. Her son had come to us dying and had gone home in great health but with ADHD. He is super hyper and she has quite a hard time running after him constantly. Anyway, in 2008 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was devastating. The family are so poor. The dad drives a tricycle (public transportation here in the philippines) and earns around $6 a day. There was no way they could afford the cycles of chemotherapy which amounted to around $500 per cycle. She needed 6 cycles. She worked so hard going around the politicians asking for help. She asked the lottery, the mayor and every foundation she could find. She managed to get all the chemo she needed. It was horrific for her though. Every round she underwent she had to bring Dominic with her and he is so hyper. The dad was out driving the tricycle so they would eat that day. Such hardship but she overcame.
She began to feel pain in her hips at the start of this year and so we advised her to get a scan. Sure enough the cancer was back but this time it was in her bones. What news to give someone. It was terrible. We had to tell her but somehow try to encourage her to find help again and we offered to help take care of Dominic for her while she fights this.She needs your prayers..
The day got worse.. That morning the pregnant mum of our 11 year old patient suddenly went into labor and had to leave her daughter in the pedia ward to go downstairs to the delivery room. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy. It should have been a happy day but that night, at around 8pm, her precious daughter Alexis died upstairs on the ward. So heartbreaking… A few minutes later our other little 4 day old baby boy Benjamin also died.. He had been born at home and the midwife had not given the vitamin K injection. He began to vomit blood. His death could have been prevented.
That is one of the worst days we’ve had in a long time..
The next day though we heard a miraculous testimony that filled our hearts with hope again..
A few weeks before this we had been ministering in Benguet General Hospital. We had prayed that day for many patients but one in particular touched our hearts. His name was Renniel and he was 1 year old. He had a fever for almost a month and had been in a coma for 10 days and no one knew the cause for sure. He hadn’t had a ctscan as the family could not afford it. So Doctors where at a loss to know what was wrong for sure. We looked at the mum and granny. They looked so hopeless and sad. We prayed for Renniel and we asked God to heal him. In fact i think we prayed about 3 times. We kept being drawn back to him.
So, a week later when Marissa, Grace and the team went back to the hospital the mum came to find them. She was so excited. She said that about 5 minutes after we left Renniel woke up!! Its a miracle she said. She knew the minute he opened his eyes that God had healed him. Everyone was astounded and amazed.
Miracles still happen. God hasn’t changed!!