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Chapter FIVE
It Is Happening
An illiterate man came with a strange request to our GFA
Bridge of Hope leaders: Would they send the “medical doctor
named Jesus” to help his sick wife He was dead serious and quite
desperate in his pleading.
Here is the story. In a GFA Bridge of Hope center in Northeast
India, a first grader named Nibun was not only getting a
normal education in mathematics, reading and writing, but he
was also learning about Jesus. He listened closely as his teachers
talked about this man healing the sick, casting out demons and
feeding the hungry.
Nibun’s home was a mud hut where he lived with his parents.
Like other poor families, they didn’t have the luxury of going to a
hospital when they were sick; it was simply too expensive and most
doctors were several miles away. Five or ten miles may not seem
like much while riding in a car or a bus, but it’s a long distance to
travel on a dirt path through the woods, especially when sick.
Nibun’s mother had been very ill. His father did everything
he could and even cried out to all his gods for help. But she continued
to get worse, and soon her situation became critical. That’s
when Nibun told his father about the amazing things Jesus did.
And this poor man thought we had a medical doctor named
Jesus at our GFA Bridge of Hope center.