Prayer Request

This email was sent Sept.18th from Saul, Pilar, Eidi and Daniel at the Juarez Hospital in Mexico City. Saul writes:

"It is with tears that I have to communicate this prayer request to you. Dear Josias, one of our finest students who just started his university studies in accounting two weeks ago, has been admitted to hospital. He has been in the intensive care unit of Mexico City's Juarez Hospital since the night of the 16th September suffering from uncontrollable bleeding which is making him vomit blood.

The first night, the doctors thought that this was caused by a gastric problem which they medicated and he was released in the early hours of the 17th. Sadly, the problem was not solved and he was readmitted a few hours later. Doctors are fearing the worst and Josias is being kept in isolation as doctors look for a source of infection in his lungs. However, they have been unable to rule out a gastric problem. Currently he is having a gastric endoscopy, accompanied by Pilar. We have been in contact with his sister who recently came to work as a maid in Mexico City but it has not been possible to communicate with his mother or father because of the recent heavy rains and hurricanes Mexico has suffered.

We have spent two nights in the hospital waiting room so far and are begging and coveting your prayers for this situation. Please also pray for Bety from Santa Cruz (the grandmother of Yoyo, Pepe and Nadia ). Last week she suffered a hypertension crisis and was sent to hospital where we spent about two days with her too. She is currently doing a bit better but might suffer the consequences of this in one of her eyes. Thank God that she was able to attend the Sunday service at Santa Cruz with her husband Manuel and their grandchildren and that her eye is being treated with a patch. The crisis came from the possibility of her and her husband losing their piece of land because they went into debt a year ago trying to build their house. Having accepted a loan of $5000 from a bank shark, today they have to pay back $9000 or lose the land, which is worth $30,000. With that money they only built a piece of the house as the husband, Manuel, lost the remaining money. When the warning for eviction came, they suddenly felt very hopeless and this brought the crisis on."

These unexpected events, in the midst of Saul's continuing bad health (which he assures us has improved but is not totally recovered) are placing quite a strain on the Cruz Family and Armonía staff. Please pray also for them, that they might have the stamina to continue helping others and have ongoing hope in the Lord Jesus.

Chris Rimmer, Liz Jones and Todd Van Patter (volunteering in the Armonía office)