Guisela and Cristian Cesar

A few of you have asked for updates on Guisela, the little Ayore girl we wrote about in March. This week the doctors at the public children’s hospital finally figured out she didn’t have dengue (which we knew all along). Now they are fairly confident she has some form of leukemia. Although this is a sad diagnosis, in it there is an answer to prayer: she has been transferred to the public cancer hospital where she can finally begin receiving appropriate care.
Please pray for Guisela and for her family, particularly her grandmother, Robertina, who is a solid Christian woman. I was speaking to her relatives today and it sounded like she was very discouraged since all the doctors seem to be doing right now is taking samples for tests.



While we were in Santa Cruz this week another little boy has come to our team’s attention. Cristian Cesar is a 3.5 year old, Ayore boy, who has severely clubbed feet.

Cristian Cesar

Cristian comes from Porvenir, a small community about half an hour from where Jason and I live (about 2 hours outside the city). Apparently in the public health system here they had already done a surgery to correct his feet, however when the casts came off, there was no change. The surgery didn’t work.

After the first (unsuccessful) surgery

This family then decided to come to Placido (our team leader and a surgeon) in order to have the surgery done properly. The only problem is that to do the surgery well it will cost a lot of money. Although Placido himself will do the surgery for free, in order to buy the plates and screws, rent the operating room, and buy the meds it will end up costing about $2,000 USA dollars. Because this little boy is now 3 ½ years old, the surgery cannot be put off any longer and his feet need to be corrected now before he grows more.

So cute!
Please pray for Cristian. Pray that the funds and resources will come in to be able to do the surgery soon. We are confident that God will provide. We have seen His provision in lots of cases like this, so please join us to pray.