Tasha’s parents cried when they looked at her: with a tumor on her forehead and a cleft palate that kept her from eating, how long could their little daughter survive?
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Reporter: 2-YEAR-OLD
TASHA IS NOT YET AWARE OF
THE CLEFT LIP OR THE LUMP
GROWING ON HER FOREHEAD, BUT
HER PARENTS CERTAINLY ARE.
AS I WAS HOLDING HER IN
MY ARMS, I LOOKED AT HER,
AND I COULDN'T HOLD BACK MY
TEARS.
I WONDER IF HER CONDITION
COULD BE FIXED.
WHENEVER I GIVE HER MILK OR
FOOD, IT CAME OUT OF HER
NOSE.
I WONDERED HOW LONG PEOPLE
SURVIVE.
Reporter: TASHA'S
PARENTS LOVE HER VERY MUCH.
TASHA AND I VERY CLOSE
BECAUSE I CARE FOR HER MOST
OF THE TIME.
WHENEVER I HAVE TO GO TO THE
MARKET, SHE CRIES, WANTING
TO GO WITH ME.
Reporter: TASHA'S
PARENTS ARE CHRISTIANS.
THEY LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN IN
INDONESIA, WHERE LAMSON
EARNS A LIVING SELLING BIRD
FEED.
WITH HIS SMALL INCOME, THEY
KNEW THAT SURGERY WAS OUT OF
THE QUESTION.
CBN MADE IT RESPONSIBLE FOR
TASHA TO HAVE THE SURGERY
FOR FREE.
THE NEWS IS SUCH
ENCOURAGEMENT.
I THOUGHT, THIS IS GOD'S WAY
OF PROVIDING HEALING FOR MY
DAUGHTER.
Reporter: TASHA'S CLEFT
LIP SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL.
WE THEN ARRANGED FOR THE
SECOND SURGERY TO REMOVE THE
GROWTH ON HER FOREHEAD.
YOU HAVE CHANGED OUR
LIFE.
OUR FEARS FOR TASHA ARE
GONE.
WE FEEL LIKE LEAPING FOR
JOY.
I'M THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE
WHO HELPED HER.
I PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS
CBN AND THAT THEY WILL KEEP
HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED.
