Prayer for Kasia

As usual, I'm sitting here on a Saturday morning with my computer and Bible open and coffee in hand; and as usual I just finished another conversation with my teammate Shan that ended in..."all we can do is pray."  The longer we are here in Africa the more we realize how helpless we truly are.  We cling to the PROMISES we have been given through Christ.  We cling to the HOPE that HE is alive and active in our lives.  We cling to POWER of our Father when we know how small we are.  We cling to our ROCK when everything around us is shaky and terrifying.  We cling to the BODY OF CHRIST, who we know lifts us up in prayer.  This morning we claim all these promises and more. 

Meet precious baby Kasia.  She is almost 9 months old. She was born with a small tumor in between her eyes.  The tumor is growing rapidly and will eventually grow into her nasal cavity, her brain and her optic nerves if not removed.  Kasia's mother and father are very hard workers and have paid for everything by themselves up to this point, even her initial scan, which was very costly.  They own a small piece of property, where they grow corn.  They have sacrificed and saved to save the life of their precious baby girl, Kasia.

 

A few weeks ago we were able to watch God provide in an incredible way through our dear friends back in the states.  Together, a group of them from our church, raised the rest of the money needed for Kasia to have the surgery that will save her life.  We truly can’t express our gratitude and excitement for what they have done for Kasia! This is something that is impacting an entire village; they are seeing first-hand the love of Christ extended to a child that our friends back home have never even met.  We are blessed to have watched God use them in this way.
 


Kasia went to Dar es Salaam with her mother last week to get her pre-surgery consultation.  This is a government hospital, which would quite-honestly horrify any American parent.  We made the decision not to go along with Kasia and her mother due to the problems it can cause when they see a white face in the hospital.  If they knew that Kasia was getting aide from Americans they would bride and demand more money of the family.
 


Unfortunately, Shan received a very disappointing phonecall this morning after Kasia's 5-day stay in the hospital.  Kasia’s tumor is growing rapidly and they are now saying they don’t know what to do.  They turned her mother away only to tell her to return in 3 months.  This hospital does not have the ability or the experience to deal with Kasia’s condition.  She does not have 3 months to wait.
 


We are asking you to join us in prayer that God would send a surgeon who would have the skill to remove Kasia’s tumor.  We are taking Kasia to another surgeon this week.  Please pray that he would be able to remove the tumor.  
We ask that you pray without ceasing for a miracle to happen for Kasia.  Our Lord is able to do abundantly more than all we ask or think.  We believe that HE will get the glory for the great things HE will do.

Ephesians 3:14-21

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.