GREAT GOOD NEWS

We are very happy at Made in the Streets. Charles Kimani, who is pictured here as he learns in the wood-working shop, recently flew to Malindi on the Kenyan Coast for surgery. The surgery clinic was organized by BandS Ministries, under the leadership of Dr. John Bailey. Dr. Jerry Smith performed the surgery on a mass under the shoulder that had been revealed in an X-ray after Charles began to suffer pain. Apparently the mass had been there since childhood, but has grown larger lately. The surgeon found the mass to be inoperable, as the mass was interconnected to the scapula, the blood vessels and the muscles. It was also obvious to the doctors that the mass was cancerous, so they took a sample to be analyzed in a lab in Nairobi, since good facilities were not available in Malindi. When Charles returned, we took the sample to the Shah Lab, where we have undergone tests before. Also John Wambu's daughter Mary flew to Malindi with Charles and had surgery, so we took a sample of her tissue in to the lab as well.

When we received the news from the doctors, and before Charles returned, we shared the news with the street kids and the MITS Team, and we all began to pray. We asked for God's help, since this was something the doctors could not do. And we asked for healing. The street kids pray simply and directly and are not afraid to ask God for anything.

Today we received the pathology report -- AND THERE IS NO CANCER - NOW! The diagnosis is angiolipoma with adipose tissue. You can look up lipoma and angiolipoma in Wikipedia - lipomas are generally painless, but angiolipoma are usually quite painful, because of the vascular structure and the interconnectedness.

So Charles will have to live with pain, unless God is willing to take that away too. The kids will be asking for that. But already we are very grateful. And Mary was also free of cancer and should have no residual problems other than not being able to bear children.

Thanks for praying, and for loving our kids. I have always told the kids that I believe God hears the prayers of street kids.