There are 2 girls in Haiti that need heart surgery, and their cases are being evaluated at Hershey. At least two things will be needed:
1. acceptance by the medical center--that their problems are fixable, and that they are healthy enough to undergo surgery. One of the girls, Vanessa, is in a hospital in Haiti right now.
2. funding. If either (or both!) are accepted there will need to be some money to help them get the surgeries. With the economy as it is, the medical center is no longer able to provide entirely free surgery. They are still generously writing off a great amount of it, but there will be about $5000 that is required for each surgery.
Lest we become overwhelmed at the needs, it is good to be reminded of something that I just finished reading by Spurgeon this morning:
"It is extraordinary grace, not talent, that wins the day; extraordinary spiritual power, not extraordinary mental power...Spirit of the living God! we want thee. Thou are the life, the soul; thou are the source of thy people's success; without thee they can do nothing, with thee they can do everything."
Let the community of Faith respond with prayer! Because it does take faith to believe Spurgeon's words
:)
Ben
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