Sometimes in all the heartbreaking stories there is one that ends happily, and shows the power of a church that cares enough to get involved in the life of a stranger.
Bonani Hadebe, a local pastor, told us the story of a 14 year old boy who found himself in a Bulawayo government hospital with 'prostate issues'. Both of his parents had passed away, and he lived with his sister in the rural areas near Kariba. He had gone to a clinic in Kariba to seek treatment, but had been loaded into an ambulance and sent to a hospital in Gweru. When they couldn't help they sent him to Bulawayo. The poor guy had no idea where he was, because he had never left his home area before. His sister didn't know what had happened to him either. The hospital refused to treat, feed or even clothe him, because he couldn't pay the hospital bill and he had no one to feed or bathe him. He was simply lying there in pain, neglected and far from home.
The church decided to cover the costs of the treatment, they clothed him and prepared meals for him. A couple of ladies from the church would come daily and care for him. They prayed for him and whatever was causing him to be unable to urinate was healed. But now the doctors refused to discharge him and wanted to proceed with surgery anyway. Eventually they conceded that there was no need and they discharged him with a clean bill of health. The church bought him a bus ticket so he could go up to Kariba where he could find his way back to his sister's home.
Sorry that reads like a news bulletin, but it's still a good story. Thank God for churches who don't just talk about doing good, they do it.
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