Down but not out

11 May 2020 Joe Philip

It was a rainy morning as Danny Kulu was hurrying down the slippery track of Warakalap mountain with one of his boys on his back to take him to the hospital. The young man on his back was in great pain as he was clinging onto Danny's back as they were coming down to go to the hospital. 

Matthew (his son) is around his 20s and is killing his back as he was hurrying down the slippery road to get to help. The shower has made the track slippery so Danny was carefully placing his feet as they were ascending, all of a sudden Danny's feet slipped and they both fell so hard on the slippery path with Mathew on his back. He could hear the sound of the crack from his back as he hit the ground, his head went dizzy and his eyes went dark as he blinked to regain his sight again. It is just a fall I'll be okay, he thought as he quickly got on his feet picked up his son and hurried to the waiting vehicle.


Weeks later his situation got worse so he was advised to go for an x-ray to find out the cause of his severe back pain. His X-ray showed that Danny had dislocated and cracked his spine, he returned home really worried about what may be next. A couple of days later Danny was admitted to Angau because of a serious spine injury.


The hospital was not the place for me, he thought but the doctors say his case is serious and could lead to disability. Through those days on his sick bed Danny has never lost sight of the Lord, he knows that with the Lord, he can be able to walk again.


After a month and some weeks of total surrender and faithfully trusting God, the Lord honoured Danny's prayers and grant him his heart's desire. He was discharged from the hospital and sent home, after a couple of weeks at home he made his first visit to his church on his crutches. 


Danny has been healed, he now walks from his home at Warakalap and comes to attend church here at Busanim Creek, he is now an elder at the church today thanks to God.

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