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<\/a>We would like to ask you to bring this young boy before the Throne in prayer.<\/p>\n
Joshua is a 13 year old Ga\u2019dang boy that lives in our village.\u00a0 He is very sick.\u00a0 None of the\u00a0 handful of possible illnesses he has are very good.\u00a0 Would you pray for healing for Joshua?\u00a0 We are asking for His will to be done.\u00a0 We pray that he will be able to live long enough to hear the Gospel and accept Him as his Savour.<\/p>\n
Here is a little of the story:<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago Joshua started to have pain and swelling in his right leg.\u00a0 The midwife came to look at it and didn\u2019t see any injury so gave him pain medication.\u00a0 A couple days later Joshua\u2019s father came to us to see if we could look at his leg.\u00a0 We figured that there was an infection in his leg and gave them some antibiotics.\u00a0 He took 1 day of the antibiotic and then decided to go see the Espiritista church to see if they could heal him.\u00a0 The family is part of another religious group\u00a0but they went there anyway.\u00a0 They don\u2019t attend the Espiritista church.\u00a0 The church tried working on healing him but said that his pain was so great that they couldn\u2019t do anything.\u00a0 Joshua\u2019s family decided to take him to the hospital in town last Friday.\u00a0 He spent 4 days and nights in the hospital.\u00a0 He was on strong antibiotics by intravenous\u00a0and having trouble breathing.\u00a0 After 4 days the doctors also said they couldn\u2019t do anything more for him and sent him home.\u00a0 He arrived home to Paradi late this Wednesday and we went to see him Thursday morning.\u00a0 His leg is more swollen now and his pain is more and he is still having trouble breathing.\u00a0 There is a lot of pus in his leg that Joshua himself is squeezing out!\u00a0 We have been in contact with a doctor friend.\u00a0 After sharing what has happened and how his chest X-rays look, the prognosis isn\u2019t good.\u00a0 The quality of care this boy needs just isn\u2019t available here.\u00a0 And even if he got it, there still might not be a cure even if they figured out what it was for sure.
\nHe is now on some new antibiotics and we have some TB meds coming in in the next few days to try and see if that is the possible cause of this.<\/p>\n
Pray for his healing.
\nPray for guidance for us as we treat him.
\nPray for the witness that we are to him and his family and even the village.
\nPray for his family as they go through this difficult time watching their son be so very sick.
\nPray for us as it makes us very weary.
\nPray for Joshua\u2019s salvation.<\/p>\n
Most of all pray the HIS will will be done in this situation.<\/p>\n
APRIL 6, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you for your continued prayers for Joshua.\u00a0 The swelling in his leg has gone down some since Friday but he is having a lot of trouble breathing still.\u00a0 He is in a lot of pain still and maybe even more so than he was a couple days ago.\u00a0 We have noticed that he is getting thinner too.<\/p>\n Friday after we shared with you all about this situation, we were contacted by a group that ministers to poor children here in the Philippines that are in need of medical care.\u00a0 One of their locations is in Baguio City.\u00a0 This is about 120km from us but would take 12 hrs by bus to get there because of the mountainous terrain.\u00a0 We are working with our helicopter pilot to have Joshua flown to Baguio on Tuesday (your Monday night).\u00a0 We are praying for clear weather and calm winds for this flight.\u00a0 We just had a tropical storm blow through over the weekend and it causes some strong winds off the back side of it.<\/p>\n Please pray that Joshua would be stable enough to travel tomorrow.\u00a0 Pray for the doctors there that they would be able to find out what is the problem and get him treatment.\u00a0 Pray also for those who will minister to him and his family during this time.\u00a0 Pray for the salvation of Joshua and his family.<\/p>\n We will keep you updated on Joshua as we hear more.<\/p>\n If you would like to help in a practical way to help cover the cost of his helicopter flight you can donate at these links for\u00a0\u00a0US Donors<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and for\u00a0Canadian Donors<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0It will cost between $500-$600 to fly him to Baguio.<\/p>\n To learn more about those who will help Joshua in Baguio you can check out their website\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Thank you again for your prayers.<\/p>\n APRIL 7, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you all for your prayers for Joshua.<\/p>\n This morning we were amazed at how much more alert Joshua\u00a0was compared to yesterday.\u00a0 He was dressed and ready to go when we got to his home.\u00a0 The helicopter arrived at 8:30am and took Joshua and his father to Baguio. Claire was there waiting to pick them up and take them to the hospital.\u00a0 He was quickly assessed and tests were done.<\/p>\n The infection in his leg is getting better and they determined that it was NOT in the bone.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0 He also has pneumonia.\u00a0 This explains his difficulty breathing.\u00a0 Joshua has been admitted to the hospital for treatment.\u00a0 He is expected to fully recover.<\/p>\n Thank you to each one for praying for Joshua.\u00a0 We truly believe that through your prayers Joshua was and is being healed.\u00a0 The way he looked on Friday and again on Monday made us think that it was impossible for him to make it through this illness if not for the grace of God.<\/p>\n We trust that the Lord has great things in store of Joshua and his family.\u00a0 Continue to pray for continued healing for Joshua.\u00a0 Pray for those ministering to him in Baguio.\u00a0 Pray also for the relationship that we have been building with the family.\u00a0 We pray that it will give us an open door to sharing the Gospel with them in the future.<\/p>\n APRIL 15, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n Please continue to pray for Joshua.\u00a0 He is still in the hospital in Baguio.\u00a0 He\u00a0has quite the cough still and is on some strong antibiotics.\u00a0 He also continues to have a fever off and on.\u00a0 We are praying that he can start to improve in that area too.\u00a0\u00a0Yesterday\u00a0he was able to walk around a little bit.\u00a0 Thank you to all those who have been praying and for those that have given financially to help Joshua and his family.<\/p>\n APRIL 23, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you for your continued prayers for Joshua.<\/p>\n He has been in the hospital for 2 1\/2 weeks now in Baguio.\u00a0 Helping Hands Healing Hearts has done a great job taking care of him and his family there.\u00a0 We are so very thankful for all they have done for Joshua.<\/p>\n Joshua’s dad came home last weekend and came to visit with us.\u00a0 He was truly amazed and thankful for all the help he received from us (you all) and from those at HHHH.\u00a0 He commented that it was God who brought the doctor back from vacation when they needed him.\u00a0 Praise God for the light that Johnny is seeing.\u00a0 He thanked everyone for their prayers.<\/p>\n Joshua has been doing well in the hospital and there was hope that he would be able to\u00a0come home this coming week but today I heard from Claire saying that the most recent\u00a0x-ray of his leg doesn’t look good despite the strong antibiotics he has been on.\u00a0 It had been looking good before.\u00a0 They are referring him to an orthopedic surgeon to see what else is the problem and what can be done.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>