You can hear all kind of stories in the hospital. This one is about a miracle. One young mother shared with me that her young girl Shamila (16 months) drowned two days ago. She stayed under water for 6 min, while the mother was busy doing something else. The pool was shallow, yet not shallow enough.... When they pulled her out, she was blue and stiff, didn't breathe and didn't show any signs of life, nor hope of survival. I look in disbelief at the healthy, active toddler trying to grab a donkey-puppet ear. Miraculously the little girl shows no signs of brain damage, or any other side effects of the accident. Well, it's a miracle to me. The mother totally agrees. I gave her a tract, explaining more about a Miracle-Worker.
Another interesting woman I found was a mother of eight healthy wonderful children. One of her little boys was brought to the hospital to stay for a couple of days as he had some intestinal blockage. The situation was promptly corrected, and both mother and son were sharing some special bonding time together. I found out, that this little two-year old was somewhat jealous that Mommy was spending all her time with a three-months old baby sister. Well, now he had Mommy all to himself for a while!
It was wonderful to offer everyone the prayer of spiritual and physical healing, and give out many coloring pages with simple Bible verses and nice drawings for the children to keep. Our clowns left each child with a balloon and lots of giggles! By the way, adults enjoyed the puppets as much as the children!
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