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24 • JANUARY 2022
As they waited, they watched as God opened
door after door for Mattie Rollins and what they
were now calling her “earacle” (miracle ear). But
one big obstacle still remained in their path. They
had to get a letter of agreement between the
doctor and the insurance company over the price
of the surgery or the Cliburns could potentially be
responsible for costs upwards of $200,000 for
what was not covered.
As the day of surgery drew near, they began
to wonder where God was, or if they had not
heard Him correctly in this calling. However,
He continually reminded them that He is a God
who is faithful to keep His promises and that they
only had to wait and trust in Him.
On May 6th, just two short weeks from
surgery, they still had not received the letter of
agreement, and had a decision to make. They
knew they were doing the best thing for their
daughter, and they were confident that God
would be faithful to provide for what He had
called them to do. So that night they made a
decision that they were getting on the plane to
California—no matter what.
Those two weeks passed very quickly and still,
with no letter of agreement in hand, they drove to
the airport and were met with an incredibly long
line at security. They soon realized that they
would miss their flight and had to rebook and
rearrange everything for their trip.
It was in the midst of all that stress and waiting,
standing in that impossibly long line, that Erin
received the email from the doctor saying that
they had the letter of agreement and everything
was clear for Mattie Rollins to get her “earacle.”
With tears of joy and cries of praise witnessed by
everyone around them, the Cliburns boarded that
plane knowing God was with them and for them
in this surgery.
The surgery itself went well and the Cliburns
were amazed at all God had done for them. They
were even featured on the TV show Inside Edition,
as they reported on this new surgery and technology
developed by Dr. Lewin. Things went downhill
very quickly, though, when they went in for a