I told you that my desire was that we don’t just put “band aids” on the people that we come in contact with – but we develop long term meaningful relationships – well, after our trip to Belize we have been able to make a difference in the life of a little 7 year old boy, Moises. Below are some words from 26:12 in Amarillo. Moises fell out of the back of a pick up truck several months ago – Tim Tam and the Word at Work has worked diligently to help save this little boy’s life. Our staff stepped in in the midst of a huge blizzard to be surrogate moms for this precious little one. I put the  ‘posts’ in chronological order – with the greatest news at the end!

From Tim Tam: “Tears of joy shower down today all over Belize City and beyond.
It started  when my wife called and gave me the word that Baptist Saint Anthony Hospital in Amarillo Texas has agreed to receive Moises as their patient.  It took me a while to stop crying so I could begin to share the good news with others.  Our God once again hears the prayers of his children and brings hope to the hopeless.  A network of caring people, friends connecting with friends all over the United States nonstop, thousands of emails, everyone striving to secure help for this little guy who refused to die.
Perhaps on Thursday, at least by Friday, a private jet will arrive in Belize to transport Moises, his mother and his Dr. to Texas even faster than a commercial airline.  BSA Hospital in Amarillo is fully equipped to handle the case.
Early this evening I went to the hospital  to share the good news with Moises and his mother.  Unbelievable joy has pushed away all the sorrow in their rooms.  And Moises is showing new energy and great improvement.  Only days before, one of the nurses from Accolade Home Health Care (www.accoladehomecare.com) secured the TPN that was desperately needed to get nutrition into his body. Cars from distant cities drove through the night to hand off the medicine to a mission team from boulder Colorado bound for Belize who then rushed it to the hospital at the moment they arrived.  The results were almost immediate. Tonight we noticed that the sores on his scalp and arms were now healing.  There is new life in his eyes.  But here is what blew my mind……  Perhaps you remember from the last alert we sent out that Moises spoke of a Angelic visitations, a man dressed in white who was helping him.  Here we had come to the hospital to tell them they were about to go to the United States, and his mother shared that he already knew it.  She awoke in the night to find Moises sitting in the chair next to the bed.  He has not been out of his bed for many weeks.  The “man who had been helping him” told him that he needed to get ready to go.  Moises got out of bed while his mother slept.  He bathed himself with wet wipes and put lotion on his skin.  He put Vaseline in his hair and combed it and then sat in the chair ready to go.  She didn’t know what to think of it other than that she was glad he was gaining strength and, though it little bit shaky, was able to walk around.”

Then tragically, his mom didn’t get to go with him initially to the states. There was a problem with her visa at the airport. So our ladies in Amarillo stepped in and became surrogate moms for a couple of days.

From Amy Chapman: “The storm is just getting here, but they have closed the roads north out of Amarillo, and west out of Amarillo already. It was only dusting snow when I was driving in, but it was VERY hard to drive because of the high winds making it white. Moses is getting excellent care… Iike he’s the only pt here.  He loves the gifts 26:12 bought him, but especially the slinky!! It is constant activity with doctors in and out. Will give update when things slow down. “

From Tiffany Heizer, our administrator in our Amarillo office: “I just spent about 5 hours with him. He is very precious and a brave little boy. We played with play dough, colored, watched Dora—that is his favorite. He got out of bed and drove a Hummer up and down the hall then we played in the toy room. He is of course very frail and weak. As I carried him back to his room, because he was too tired to get back in the hummer or walk, I just about melted. I am so blessed to have 2 little boys who are healthy. We are blessed to live in a country where our children don’t have to lie in a hospital bed for months like he has not knowing when or even if you are going to get the surgery needed to repair your  injury.
Beckie, thank you so much for passing his story on to us so we could share in this wonderful time for him and his family. “

From Lisa Tam: “Moises’ mom is here. And all are happy. The willingness of the Accolade folks to set aside personal schedules at the last minute, and in the midst of blizzard conditions, was truly a gift of grace.”

From Tiffany H. “His mom got here about 8:30… he had pain meds a little before so when she walked in he just laid there but smiled from ear to ear…She kissed him all over his face and was so happy to see him. I let Lisa and Beth know to please call us for any needs they have, mom was very excited about seeing the snow and having some warmer clothes there. So there is one little happy boy and his momma tonight.”