World Medical Mission®

Samaritan's Purse

Prayer Point: Dr. Judy Blumhofer, a World Medical Mission Post-Resident serving at Hospital Loma de Luz in Honduras, was captivated by the joy and determination of Laysha, a precocious 6-year-old girl navigating her walker through the halls of the hospital. Laysha had walked for the first time just four months earlier. The more Dr. Blumhofer learned about Laysha, the more amazed she was by the courageous little girl. Laysha was born at another hospital, premature, crippled, and weighing only 1.5 pounds. The doctor didn’t offer any false hope about Laysha’s chances for survival. “She’s going to die,” the doctor told Laysha’s mother, Eliana, when they were discharged from the hospital the next day. How did Laysha survive? Her mother eventually took her to the Christian doctors and staff at Hospital Loma de Luz who used their skills to perform a series of corrective surgeries. They also provided months of therapy, but it was something more that gave Laysha the will to carry on. One afternoon, Eliana revealed Laysha’s secret to Dr. Blumhofer: “You know, every night for the past few years—every night since she’s learned to speak—Laysha has prayed, ‘Dear God, if you could, please make me to walk.’” That faith-filled prayer is now being answered day by day. “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you” (John 15:7, NKJV). “Laysha comes in every few weeks to show off how many of her exercises she’s mastered,” Dr. Blumhofer said. “She comes in full of sass and smiles and always with some new story to share. And not a session goes by that I don’t find myself thinking how incredibly amazing it is to be part of this little girl’s life as God answers her prayer.” Please pray for continued healing, strength, and spiritual growth for Laysha. Also pray that patients will hear the Gospel and come to faith in Christ when they seek medical care at mission hospitals around the world.