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China: Healing Chenyu's Heart
By Zsa Zsa Palagyi
The 700 Club
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CBN.com - CHINA - Yayun Wu was thrilled when she found out she was going to have a baby. She immediately starting sewing baby clothes. For good luck, she embroidered the words “Long Life” on one of the shirts.
But after Chenyu was born, Yayun got the news that her son had serious heart problems and would not live long. In fact, without surgery, he wouldn’t make it past the age of 10.
"My heart was broken," Yayun said. "I was so careful about everything I ate and everything I did during my pregnancy. How could this terrible thing happen to my son?"
Yayun’s husband, Feng, works hard as a farmer. He makes $350 a year; not enough to afford surgery for Chenyu.
"I did not know what to do," Feng said. "But there was a powerful voice inside of me saying that I must be strong and carry on because my son needed me. So, I decided to try everything to save his life."
The Wu¹s borrowed money from friends and family to put towards surgery. Yayun even took a job as a seamstress.
"The work was really hard," she said. "I usually worked 13 hours a day, many days much more."
But the young couple never saved enough for the surgery and Chenyu’s health grew worse. In desperation, Feng wrote every organization he knew of, asking for help.
"No one cared. No one helped," he said. "It made me feel like this was just a cruel world. So, my heart grew cold."
Then one doctor told the Wu¹s about CBN. When they contacted them, CBN offered to provide free surgery for their son.
"The news from CBN brought comfort and hope back to our hearts," Yayun said. "The voice on the phone was the sweetest sound I have ever heard in the whole world."
Doctors operated on Chenyu¹s heart. Today, he is the healthy baby the Wu¹s always dreamed of having. He recently celebrated his first birthday!
"I¹m so grateful for CBN," Feng said. "I know I will never get a chance to meet the people who helped me. I will never know your names, but I want to thank you! It is almost like you will always be right here watching my son grow and caring for him."
Yayun is so thankful; she embroidered a new shirt for her son. This one says, "Long Life - Thanks to CBN."
"CBN has shown us true love, a love we had never known before!" she said.
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