"The Rest of the Story" - posted by Karen

Thank You all for your prayers while Christie has been ill. It is hard to be her family here at home sooooooooo far away when she is sooooo ill. After one of our phone conversations I called my cousin, Brenda, who is a nurse on Lukes One Emergency Helicopter. She in turn called Mike who is an ER doctor at St. Luke's, and also the father of Nicholas and Anabelle, the twins Christie has cared for since they were four months old. She had us give Mike Christie's number so he could talk with her directly. After Christie had seen the doctor and had the blood work done that determined this is a kind of Malaria that is resistant to the preventive medication she is taking, Dr. Mike researched this strain of Malaria and the medication they prescribed for her and put our minds at rest that this is indeed the right kind of care for her condition. He has also called Christie and kept tabs on her healing.

When Brenda called to see how Ceek is doing, she told me "the Rest of the Story". The two days before I had called her, Lukes One was down for maintenance for ONE day so she had to take a Vacation Day or go without pay. When one day turned into two, she chose to work in the Emergency Room rather than use up Vacation time. Mike Stowman was also working that day and it was a quieter day than usual and they got to spend time talking together. Brenda said that this has never happened before. They got to talk about Christie and Brenda was telling him about her Malaria and he began researching it before she ever called him the next day! He was ready with the right questions when he called Christie. Brenda said that as she left for the ER that morning, her husband, Dan said "God must have plans for you in the ER today". He sure did, it was for Christie, a half a world away!!

Thanks for praying for Christie and staying actively involved in her ministry in this way. God is not bound by our time and uses our prayers to orchestrate His will and shield His beloved children in ways we'll never know!