Prayer for healing

Dear Father,

A few days ago I met little Jonah, visiting a family member here in the hospital. I suppose I had thought it was his grandmother. I later found out that the relative he was visiting was receiving chemotherapy. I know that sometimes when I would pass the room and his dad would be bringing him to visit, I would hear him greet what seemed to be his mother, based on the reactions, but I still supposed that Jonah's mom was visiting her mother or perhaps father--although I had seen the child with an older man likely to be his grandfather.

Just now I passed a lady about my own age, interacting with Jonah around one of the pieces of art with words, and she was asking him to identify the letters, like any mother with a small child around the age of two. The heart-wrenching thing is she was the patient he was visiting...hospital gown, IV and all, several bags of which were clear, one being orange. I'm not familiar enough on medication to know exactly what it was, or what she's being treated for...but oh, Father, please let this treatment work! Give her a full life to raise Jonah! I can tell that this is a family full of love. Please don't take his mother away from him at such a young age.

You are the Great Physician, Father, yet You love to work through Your creatures, giving us the wisdom to heal within a limited capacity. Touch this woman's body, Father. Either allow the medicine to do its intended purpose, or else heal in a way that only you can.

Surround little Jonah with all the love that he needs as he grows up, regardless of the outcome, Father, as it is in Your power alone to decide how long a person remains on this earth.

Thank You for allowing me to intercede on behalf of those with whom I cross paths here at work. You gave me this job for a reason. Let me be a light for You, Father.

Amen.

Bad weather

One thing about living in Haiti is we have to watch out for storms in the summer.

We just had a particularly bad storm that had a lot of rain and strong winds. The roof came off and our things for wet, but my father and the neighbors were able to put it back on the next day. Our beds and clothes dried out. I am glad that I had a bag to put the letters from my sponsor in, or they might have been ruined!

I pray for my sponsor every day. I pray for her, too, that if this storm goes to her home, that she will be okay.

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The above story is fictional, written by a sponsor from the viewpoint of the child. Sponsorship develops a bond between the two through the opportunity to exchange letters and to pray for each other. Sponsors also have the option to send additional monetary gifts for birthdays or child or family gifts throughout the year to help with whatever the family needs.

Please prayerfully consider sponsoring a child yourself. To see photos and profiles of children waiting for a sponsor, use this link to Compassion's website.