Yusef was born in a ME city on July 8th, 2002, he was 6 weeks premature and contracted septicemia and a throat infection on his first day of life. On his first night he turned blue due to not getting enough oxygen from his underdeveloped lungs. I had to leave Robin at the unfamiliar hospital alone that first night because i had to go home to take care of our 3 and 4 year old girls. We had very little knowledge of arabic language and no friends in the city on those first 2 days of his life. We struggled greatly with fears of his death and when we could do nothing. God came through in power! A couple that we barely knew at that time in a neighboring country heard about the sick baby and the husband said to his wife we have got to do something or that baby is going to die! They immediately called their friend a believing Maronite who started making calls and by that night had a Red Cross ambulance with 2 doctors on board heading to us. At 1:00 am the doctor walked through the doors of the hospital and i was never so glad to hear english in my life. He checked Yusef out, did some work on him and put him in the incubator in the ambulance and off we went to a modern hospital in another country. We got through the border with little paperwork and arrived at 6:00 am. Yusef stayed in the hospital 3 weeks and then we got to bring him to our new home.
The wonderful man that God used to save Yusef's life said a few weeks later, "it was like fire in my bones i had to do something to help that baby and i know God has a plan for his life!"
we are grateful to God for Yusef's life and for an unselfish and courageous group of friends who did what others may have been too busy to do and to many friends whp prayed for us!!!
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