"My daughter's brain was damaged by serious seizures, but she is quickly recovering!"
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August 26, 2018 |
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Sister Kanglim Park, age 28, Gumi Manmin Church
In early March 2018, my three-year-old daughter Seura had a sudden seizure. And even after a week in hospital, she did not recover consciousness. The doctor said she had been afflicted by unspecified epilepsy that was persisting for a long time. The long-lasting convulsion damaged her brain function.
While I was walking around outside without knowing what to do, the sign of Gumi Manmin Church came into my sight that I had attended when I was young. When I entered, there was a prayer meeting. I said to God in prayer, "God, I want to give up my life, but I am afraid of going to hell." After offering up the tearful prayer for a while, I was about to leave. Then, I bumped into my friend who had guided me to the church and talked to her about my situation. The next day a pastor of Students' and Young Adults' Mission in the church visited me in the hospital. She prayed for my daughter with the handkerchief on which Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee had prayed (Acts 19:11-12).
The following day a miracle happened! Seura opened her eyes, cried, and recognized me! She was moved to a general ward and soon discharged. On March 30, the doctor said her brain had been seriously damaged as an aftereffect of long seizures. It caused her dysdipsia, so she would have to be fed through a tube through her nose for the rest of her life. He added no further treatment could assure her healing or improvement.
I started to rely on the living God. I began to keep the Lord's Day, give the tithe, and attend every kind of service including Wednesday Service and Friday All-night Service. While I prayed in Daniel Prayer Meeting, Afternoon Prayer Meeting, and Special Prayer Meeting, I repented with tears that I had not attended church. I repented not realizing the love of God and having befriended the world. I let my child receive Senior Pastor's prayer for the sick every day and night.
On April 20, I suddenly came to think she probably could swallow food. When I fed her porridge, she started to swallow it. I had her undergo an exam to determine her ability to swallow in the hospital, and it showed her swallowing process became normal. In addition, her facial muscles had not moved, so when she had a crying sound there was no movement in her face. But the muscles were loosened! She came to move her facial muscles and smiled! Her arms and legs also became flexible. As I relied more on God, her symptoms improved more.
Her doctor said she would often have serious convulsions, but she did not even though I did not give her anticonvulsant medication. She showed great improvement over time. Now she can suck the baby bottle.
During Manmin Summer Retreat 2018, she was set free from acromyotonia which had troubled her at times. Although there was medicine for it, I did not give it to her. But she was healed in the retreat! And I received much grace in the retreat. I discovered my negative thoughts and prayed to offer up the fragrance of perfect joy and thanks to God. I had not felt close to the Lord though I said I believe Him. But through this incident, I felt His great love for me and gave thanks for leading me to salvation.
I give all thanks and glory to the living God who is so good. I also extend my heartfelt thanks to the Lord who healed me.
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