An Answered Prayer

About 15 or more years ago Zion had a family whose high school age son suffered from extreme headaches.  It was eventually diagnosed as a brain tumor.

The family was put on our prayer chain and there did not seem to be any relief.  The boy’s mother was one of our more charismatic members who maintained a positive attitude about an eventual healing.  She and her son were guests on the 700 Club TV show.

One evening she and the boy attended a Bible study here at Zion and the minister and several of us men adjourned to another room and we prayed and laid hands on the young man.  The following morning the boy became severally ill and was throwing up.  He was rushed to the hospital and his condition began to improve.  The hospital staff examined him and could no longer find the brain tumor.

Eventually the boy returned to school and graduated from Hempfield High School.  Also the family transferred their membership from Zion, and the boy joined the U.S. Marine Corp.  Apparently the brain tumor was gone and the boy was well.

This was an answered prayer.

Burnell Hostetter.