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“Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes we were healed. ” 1 Peter 2:24
By his Stripes was originally developed because of a severely burned little girl, Crizantina. Because of the overwhelming need to find specialized medical care for children with difficult medical problems, we have decided to continue this project permanently with the focus now being on children suspect of heart problems. We pay a Romanian pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Eniko Bereki, to see children for free during the week using the ultrasound and EKG machine that our ministry provides. She is able to give extremely accurate diagnoses and then works very hard to find the needed intervention on a case by case assessment.
We continue to be amazed at the provision of The Lord for this project and we are so thankful for how many children received early diagnosis and intervention for their cardiology problems.
Critzantina’s Story
Critzantina was a patient at the Children’s Hospital in Oradea, Romania and was unable to walk because she had not received medical treatment for severe burns for over one year. Critzantina had sustained burns over 60% of her body and was confined to the fetal position on her back. Through the grace of God, we were able to get a medical visa for Critzantina to travel to the United States to receive wonderful medical care that included over 8 operations in 10 months. By His stripes, Critzantina was healed and is walking!! She was reunited with her family in September, 1999. In May of 2000, she demonstrated how she can now run. What an astounding miracle!!
David
We were contacted by a doctor in the local children’s hospital regarding this case. David has hydrocephalous and his mother was told he would not receive surgery in Romania until he was two years old; way too late for him. We prayed for his case for almost a year before the Lord provided miraculously. We found a neurosurgeon in Budapest, Hungary who could easily do the surgery but the cost of the care would exceed $6,000. We were given $2,000 by one church and no more money came in for him for almost a year. Out of the blue, we were contacted by a charity from Germany also based in Oradea asking us if they could partner with us to get David surgery. We exclaimed, Absolutely!!! Two weeks later, David received neurosurgery and returned home to be with his mother. For the first time in his 18 months of life, he was allowed to go home to live with his mother! Many happy tears were shed for the miracle we saw happen in the life of David and his mother.
We thank all of you for all your prayers and support in Romania. Please pray about how God could use you to glorify His name wherever you are!