healing changes everything
Amy Fann leads the Zambia Go Team, which arrives in the country on July 22. Amy traveled to the CURE Zambia hospital last year and came back from Africa a changed woman. As she put it, “I left my heart in Africa.” Now, she’s ready to go back and help minister to our young patients. She shared some of her insights into her upcoming trip:
Amy Fann Interview from CURE Video on Vimeo.
Check out this article written by Molly McNulty about our CURE Clubfoot Worldwide program.
Everyone have a great weekend!
Jonathan and David are two brothers who were born with clubfoot. Now they can run like everyone else thanks to CURE International’s hospital in Zambia.
Dr. Kenneth Kaunda greets a patient at the CURE Zambia hospital.
Last week, the CURE Zambia hospital had the privilege to host an event in celebration of World Environment Day. In recognition of this annual day, 150 trees were planted on the expansive grounds of the hospital.
Congratulations are in order for CURE Zambia’s medical director, Dr. Malcolm Swann! Swann has been given a MBE award by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. Read about it here. This is a distinguished honor for Dr. Swann, and we are very grateful for his commitment and service to CURE International.
Amy Fann is a teacher and artist from Grapevine, Texas. Last July, she had the opportunity to spend two weeks at our hospital in Zambia as a short-term volunteer.
Amy Fann with a friend in Zambia
She came to the hospital with the intention of using her artistic talents to benefit the hospital. And CURE Zambia’s spiritual director, Harold Haamumba, had the perfect project for her.
“When the team first arrived at the Beit CURE Hospital, Harold pulled me aside. He took me to the children’s clinic waiting room and asked me if I could paint a mural to help make the room brighter for the kids,” explained Fann. “He said the theme needed to be about the hospital and God’s love. Other than that, he left the design up to me.”
Part of Amy Fann's mural in the children's room
After much prayer and divine inspiration, Fann completed the mural three days later! On the mural she included a verse from Psalm 100, “For the Lord is good, and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” The completed mural now brightens the children’s waiting room.
Jonathan and David can now run and even play soccer after their surgeries.
That’s just one part of the story. While at the hospital, she met David and Jonathan, cousins who both had clubfoot. They were having surgeries to correct their condition. Amy noted, “Jonathan and David are inspiring because they have so much joy. Their lives have been anything but easy, but they have made it through because they had each other to lean on. Literally! They are special because they shine!”
Amy came back home determined to help the hospital reach more children like David and Jonathan. So, she used her artistic talents once again, selling some of her paintings to raise more than $2,000. This is enough to fund two surgeries at the Zambia hospital!
Amy plans to return to Zambia next summer, so her story will continue. We look forward to hearing the next chapter.
Visit Amy’s Web site here.
We hear many great stories from all over the world. But this would have to qualify as one of the more unusual ones. This one is from Zambia:
The CURE Zambia bus (and temporary ambulance)
A few weeks ago, the CURE Zambia hospital sent out an outreach team into the western part of the country. The team spent the week traveling throughout that region, visiting different villages to share the love of Christ with their fellow Zambians.
One evening, as they were showing the Jesus Film to a group of villagers, a member of the team was approached with an urgent request.
A pregnant woman had gone into labor. The team was asked if its bus could transport her to the closest hospital. It was the only vehicle in the village.
In very short order, the bus was transformed into an ambulance, taking the expectant mother down the road to the hospital. A few miles into the journey, however, the woman demanded that the bus stop. The baby wasn’t going to wait until they reached the hospital!
While the woman was attended to, everyone on the bus prayed. Suddenly, a cry of a baby pierced the air. The healthy baby boy had been safely delivered in the CURE bus!
The mother and son are now doing fine, and the CURE bus has since reverted back to its normal role as a transporter of the Zambia hospital team.
Even outside of its hospital walls, opportunities abound for CURE International to make a difference in the lives of those in need. This story is a powerful reminder of this fact.
0comments