Two-month-old Rowa
arrived back in Jordan tonight following her emergency heart surgery in
Israel. Rowa was born with severe coarctation of the aorta, and the treating
doctors at the Wolfson Medical Center believe she would have died if she
hadn't arrived for treatment when she did. Her condition has now been
successfully corrected.
Rowa is the first child that we've been able to refer directly from Jordan.
While excellent medical care is also available there, many families are
unable to meet the costs.
Rowa was accompanied to Israel by her mother, Maisa, and her grandfather,
Abu Marwan. Tonight Abu Marwan told us he witnessed no discrimination
in the hospital toward Arab patients. "They treated the children
from Gaza and the West Bank better than they treated their own,"
he said. "Everything was excellent."
Rowa's relatives in Amman added that when they told their neighbors what
was happening, "they couldn't believe it."
Abu Marwan himself had dental care in Israel and, when he told hospital
staff that he needed medication for a prostate condition, was "within
30 minutes in the hospital director's office where they handed me the
package." How very much it means to the Arab people when they are
honored and respected by their Jewish neighbors!
Please join us in praising God for the redemption
of this precious baby's life, and also in intercession for healing of
the broken relationship between Jews and Arabs.
"But Esau ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and fell on his neck
and kissed him, and they wept." (Genesis 33:4)
With hope and thanksgiving,
Jonathan Miles
Coordinator
Shevet Achim
POB 32296
Jerusalem 91000
Israel
Non-profit organization 58-025-750-9.