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"Please Stay Calm When You See Her"

By Ken Hulme
The 700 Club





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CBN.com — Ismail and Irma could hardly wait for the arrival of their baby daughter. They had lost three children in the past from miscarriages and premature births. But on the day she delivered baby Khofifah, she wasn't ready for the words she heard from the midwife.

"She said 'Please stay calm,'" Irma told CBN. "'Your child can be fixed. She just needs an operation.'"

Baby Khofifah was born with a cleft lip. No one in their community in Indonesia had ever seen anything like it before.

"I couldn't stop shaking when I saw my baby's lip for the first time," said Ismail. "I was shocked. I felt so sorry for her."

Their fears grew worse when Khofifah stopped gaining weight.

"Because of Khofifah's cleft lip, she kept choking on the milk," said Irma. "She could drink only a little. I love her so much! She's the baby we had been waiting for! We would do anything to get her an operation."

But Ismail earns only five dollars a day making sandals. That's just enough to buy food and pay a few monthly bills.

"My wife and I often talk about our baby's future," said Ismail. "What would it be like? I couldn't stand the thought that, when she grew up, people would make fun of her."

Then one day, the couple got a call from the midwife.

"She said that we could get Khofifah an operation," said Ismail. I told her that I didn't have any money to pay for it. But he said, 'No, it's free! CBN would take care of everything.' I was so happy!"

CBN arranged for Khofifah to receive free cleft lip surgery at a city hospital three hours from their home. The operation was a success and a month later, we went to visit the family.

"Every day when I come home from work," said Ismail happily, "it refreshes me to see Khofifah's smile!"

"My daughter looks beautiful!" said Irma. "It's like a dream come true. We can never repay you for helping her. Thank you very much, CBN!"

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