God’s Many Miracles in Our Lives

(Edited by Chew Juliane)

My name is Rishka. This is my testimony of how God did miracles and touched my daughter, Annatte, and I.

 

Annatte was born prematurely at seven months at University Hospital, P.J. She was very small, weighing only 715 grammes at birth. She had to stay in the hospital for another three months until she was more than one kilogramme.

 

Rishka said the hospital took the picture of Annatte and used it in their medical newsletter as she had become a miracle case for the hospital.

 

When Annatte was eight months old, she came down with chronic lung disease and was admitted to Ipoh Hospital’s paediatric ICU (Intensive Care Unit) ward. She was put on a ventilator for two weeks. The doctor told me that Annatte’s condition was bad – the ventilator had to be set high, which was not good for her brain, lungs and heart. Annatte’s life was in danger and there was no hope for her to live long. I was very worried.

 

A lady attendant at the hospital told me about God and asked me to pray. A friend and I went to this lady’s church. At the church, I asked Jesus for my daughter’s life to be spared. When I came back from the church, my daughter’s condition was still the same but I didn’t give up. I kept praying to God and on the second day, a miracle happened. The ventilator could be reduced by 20%. The doctor was surprised at this. Day after day, Annatte got better and better and her dependency on the ventilator was gradually reduced.

 

I went to this lady’s church again and prayed hard. God touched my daughter and I - Annatte opened her eyes. The doctor then removed Annatte from the ventilator but since her body still needed oxygen, the doctor put a breathing tube into her nose. The doctor was concerned that Annatte was not thriving and took an echo diagram of her heart. He told me that Annatte had a hole in her heart (ASD). I was very upset and didn’t know what to do. They asked me to go to IJN (National Heart Institute) in KL to make an appointment for my daughter. I didn’t have the finances to go to IJN. I stayed at the Ipoh hospital for another six months.

 

During that time, a dengue patient was admitted beside my daughter’s bed.  The sick boy belonged to a Chinese Christian family. One day, the pastor of that family’s church came to visit the boy and he saw that my daughter was very small. He offered to pray for Annatte. That was the first time I encountered Jesus Christ and my journey to becoming a born-again Christian began. The pastor and church members helped by raising money for Annatte to be treated at IJN. That church supported me for two years until my daughter became strong and active.

 

The IJN doctors decided to do surgery on Annatte when she was three years old. God did miracles in my daughter’s life many times. I would ask God for what I needed for my daughter and the next day, I would receive it from church members. I accepted Jesus because He is the only true God. Today, Annatte is a lively and energetic four-year-old. Praise God!

Rishka attends CBC Puchong Center with Annatte