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Divine Connections

Healing finds Jairus

By CURE International

June 19^th, 2019

Our God sees. He sees the future and His people and everything that happens. Our God loves. He loves deeply, with a compassion that cannot be fully understood. And so, our God connects. Because He sees His people and loves them deeply, He demonstrates that through the actions of His people. This is Jairus' story.

Jairus had a spine condition. His dad left the family because of his son's disability. Jairus struggled with feelings of loneliness and didn't have much hope for his future. All of this changed the day he connected with CURE Kenya.

Jairus, before surgery. (Photo by a friend of CURE)

A few years ago, Jairus came to one of our mobile clinics. A friend of one of CURE Kenya's pastors referred Jairus to us. At the clinic, Jarus met Livingstone. "Of course, when I see a patient with spine [problems], I get interested," Livingstone said. You see, Livingstone understood Jairus' struggles, because he too had a spine condition, and Livingstone had found healing through surgery at CURE Kenya.

After connecting with Livingstone, a doctor examined Jairus and then requested an MRI ... but MRIs cost a lot of money. God facilitated another connection. Shortly after the clinic, Livingstone happened to be doing home visits with a friend of CURE who helps find funding for surgeries. Through a series of events, the friend met Jairus and decided to provide funding, for not only the possible operation that Jairus would need but also for his MRI!

Jairus was able to get the MRI the doctor requested, and on the next clinic visit, doctors informed him that he would indeed need surgery. Jairus waited at home until his surgery. Livingstone visited him during that time. When Jairus' mom remarked that the operation was going to be free, Livingstone told her: "It's not free, but God has used somebody to pay."

God used somebody to help pay for Jairus' surgery—four times. Three of those times, it's been the same friend of CURE.

Jairus with Livingstone, his mom, and two of his teachers. (Photo by Elvis Lemaiyan)

Along the way, Jairus has been on an adventure, continuing to find God-ordained connections. Another organization visited him at home and offered to help pay for one of his surgeries. Both CURE Kenya and a local TV station filmed him at his school on school prayer day—a day when people come together to pray before exams. He even had the opportunity to share his story of hope during CURE Kenya’s 20th Anniversary celebration, where he stood next to the vice president of Kenya, William Ruto.

Jairus, dancing during his school's prayer day! (Photo by Elvis Lemaiyan)

Jairus and his mom at our 20th Anniversary Celebration. (Photo by Naphtali Foster)

Jairus got to stand wth Vice President Ruto as they watched a video during CURE Kenya's 20th Anniversary Celebration. (Photo by Naphtali Foster)

Jairus in his school uniform at one of our recent mobile clinics. (Photo by Naphtali Foster)

On top of all of this, he gained a friend, one who understands and encourages. "Jairus is now a good friend of mine, not only because of the hospital but because we've connected as a family," Livingstone shared. Jairus and his mom might even visit Livingstone sometime!

All of these connections changed Jairus. "He now has a positive attitude," Livingstone told us. Jairus told Livingstone: "If you have a family, and if you are that successful in life, you are a role model. I want to be a role model." Livingstone, along with some CURE staff members, visited Jairus at his home to give him a bicycle and a phone, both gifts from people who care about him!

And Jairus isn't the only one who has been changed. Livingstone informed us that because of Jairus' transformation, his dad came back to the family! His parents even had another child together!

So there it is. God worked through one person who knew someone else, and as a result, Jairus found healing and hope. Our God did this, and He's doing it every day, at CURE Kenya and beyond!