Dear Praying Friends,


The following is the latest report on baby Jayden that I have received from his mother, Juliet. It is quite sad because this couple were waiting 18 years for a child and then they decided to accept baby Jayden as their own. This baby was born in our hospital and we had no idea of the health problem of this baby. We feel very sad at the distress they are going through. But we must admit that if any baby found a wonderful home with wonderful parents, this baby did. So, this is all the more reason to pray for Juliet, her husband and baby Jayden.

The following is the email I received from Juliet:

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Dear Colleen,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Glad to know that you are keeping good health by His Grace. Here all of us are well.

With regard to the development issues of my son, Y'day we took him to the neurologist for a regular check up after a month.

He is now taking the following medicines in the morning, noon and night:

Morning Noon Night
Omnocortin 5.00 ml 2.5 ml nil
Valparin 3.00 ml nil 3.00 ml
Tab.Lonazep tab 0.25 mg 1/2 nil 1 tab
Syp.Teffra 1.5 ml nil 1.5 ml
Tab.Benadone 40 mg 1 tab nil

The above medicines to control seizures.

To control cold which develops due to seizures

nil Ambrodil S - 2.5 ml nil
Multivitamin and calcium syrup:
Zincovit - 1 ml nil nil
Calcium syrup 2.5 ml nil 2.5 ml

Apart from the above, Copper Chloride injections of 1 ml will be injected thrice a week at night. Both his thighs are swollen due to injections. We have arranged Hestidinate inj also which will be less painful.

The doctor says to wait and see since lot of damages were seen in the brain when doing MRI and it will take some time to control since the disease is like that. When he said the above, I could not control my emotions and I cried a lot. I just wanted to see the daily/monthly development of a child but for the last 8 months only his physical growth I could see but his head control and other developments I could not enjoy.

I have so many questions and I ask Lord why did you do this to me? Anyway, I have no other go but to hold the feet of the Lord strongly to make my dear sonwhole and healthy. I want to proclaim to the doctors/to the world that how wonderfully he has spared my Son's life. I want to give thanks offering taking my son to the alter before the congregation.

When we took him as 1.8 kg, all the people who came to see him where surprised and had a thought why we took this baby? and believe me I did not have the thought that he was less weight etc., but took him whole heartedly with joy in my heart but now when the same people see him, they are surprised and say it is an incredible change. Before these people my Lord should raise my head again as he did already.

We propose to go over to Chennai on 25th the Sunday and wish to meet the neurologist on the 26th. Please let us know your availability and your plan.

Colleen, I want your team to pray for my child continously since prayers can do wonderful things. We all love him so much and it means so much for us. My Sister in law from Australia calls everyday to know about his development. My uncle who is in Canada calls once in 15 days to know about his health.He is so special to all of us.

God loves the destitutes and the widows. He is the father of the fatherless. When he has chosen and given a wonderful home to grow up, he will give him good health too. I am strong but sometimes I feel empty when I see him suffer.
I was not in a position to take the photos on the otherday after doctor said so. Anyway I shall take another snap and send it to you for your prayers.

Please uphold us in prayers. Take care of your health too. Regards to Vimala akka and love to Mariam and Tabitha and other little children.

Regards,

B.Naomi Juliet,
Materials Dept., LGB-Coimbatore

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With warmest greetings,

Colleen M Redit

Dear Praying Friends,

Warmest Greetings to all of you. Thank you once again for your prayers and encouragement.

We have a few urgent prayer requests, for which we will appreciate your joining with us in prayer.

1. It is very hot in Chennai and all our staff are finding it very difficult going out in the heat. Is also difficult for the children at school, especially as they are doing exams at present.
2. Pray urgently for Sanjay, a small boy of five years who has just had a cancer tumour removed from his shoulder, and an artificial bone inserted. He is now having radiotherapy. It is so sad but we believe that God will do a miracle. Praise God his mother is a believer and with much prayer, we want this child to live a normal life. The doctors were undecided for a long time as to what to do for him. Vairavel came to see us on the Open Day on Wednesday. He is having advanced cancer of the rectum and our Cancer doctor Dr. Soundaravalli who saw him yesterday has put him immediately on radiotherapy treatment. This is costly and he cannot afford the treatment because he is from a very poor family. We will be paying for the treatment.
3. By the time you receive this we would have had a School Board meeting. We have serious disciplinary problems with the boys in the 9th, 10th and 11th standards, and are constrained to take strict disciplinary action against them. We will be issuing Transfer Certificates to quite a few boys as we no longer want them in our school as they have created a lot of tension by their unruly behaviour. Some of the 10th standard boys, after completing their 10th standard government exam in an outside school, stood on chairs and got hold of a fan and bent the fan blades towards the floor This is such a bad testimony and we had to reply to the school authorities. Sadly all these boys are in our Sponsorship program for many years.
4. We would value special prayer for our International Board meeting to be held on the 15th, 16th and 17th. Pray for traveling mercies for all traveling into India and for our visit to Chinnakuppam on Wednesday.
5. We praise God that by Wednesday the roofs will be on all the Tsunami houses. Mr Bhaskar has promised to have this completed for us before the Board members visit Chinnakuppam. We urgently require funds for the Tsunami project. Please pray much for this.
6. Pray for us as we are conducting VBS leadership training. We, as a staff, praise God for His faithfulness day by day.We have been studying in the Chapel about excellence in leadership. In leadership the Lord requires that this should be our standard in every area of our life.

I look forward to hearing from you. Many think we are too busy to read emails but I want to tell you that we also need encouragement and it is always such a blessing when people keep in touch.

With warmest greetings.

In His glad service, Colleen