A Wonderful Healing!

Exactly three months ago, I told you we'd been asked by a Buddhist organisation to help Zhuo Ma, an eighteen-year-old Tibetan girl who was not in one of the orphanages co-managed by Christian Action. I asked you to pray for this very sick girl from Yushu county, who had been given, at the age of eight, to be the sole carer of an old and poverty-stricken herdsman and his daughter, both with mental disabilities.

When she arrived, Zhuo Ma had an abdominal mass and a perforated appendix. The doctors discovered she also had abdominal tuberculosis and an intestinal fistula. She was severely malnourished, so every effort was made to build up her strength before further surgery. At first she could only lie on her bed but by August Zhuo Ma was able to walk around freely. Amy, our social worker from Xining, and several of our staff and volunteers spent many hours with Zhuo Ma during those months of recovery. Her ward mates said she brought fun and joy to them all.

Miraculously, Zhuo Ma has recovered without surgery!  Her adoptive brother, who came to take her home last week, has helped Zhuo Ma successfully submit earthquake victim documentation and apply for basic living allowances. She previously knew nothing of these allowances. They were both very grateful to CA for our care and said they'd keep in touch.

Zhuo Ma's case had raised a question we're often faced with: How much does a life cost? I'm so pleased that we agreed to care for her, despite the huge potential cost of HK$100,000(US$12,890). In the end it cost HK$20,000(US$2,578), and we received $12,000(US$1,546) in donations. So while we marvel that God heard our prayers and healed her, it would be good to now cover the small gap remaining in the income for her treatment.

The sad news is that half the financial year has passed and while we have had good support for developing our vitally important Yushu orphanage, we haven't yet filled the financial needs right now in our two orphanages in Qinghai Province. We must keep up the standard of care for these needy little lives, but we can't continue to adequately care for them without your loving financial support.

Would you please give and pray faithfully for more donations very soon?
And thank you for YOUR care and your prayers!

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Earlier posts about Zhuo Ma:
Pray for Zhuo Ma - and for us! | A Week to be Grateful!