Nimambe

Nimambe was in the first group of ladies to come down from the north.  One of only two left here now from that first group. In fact the second group arrived just tonight and will be screened on Monday. Nimambe was quiet and seemed to take it all in. We soon found out she spoke French as well as Moba (one of the northern Togolese languages) so quickly she became invaluable as a translator. 

She had surgery in the first 2 weeks and the first operation failed the night after it was done. We took her back and tried again with a second operation and again she was still leaking urine. The difference was this time she was only leaking urine sometimes and sometimes she is dry. This gave us hope that maybe the hole inside was closed and she was only having some spasms causing the leaking. 

We waited a week and then did a test to see if the hole was closed. Dr. Steve and I took her to a separate 

room to do the test. Before we began we stopped and said a quick prayer, we had so much of our hearts invested in Nimambe. We begin the test and Steve looks up at me and whispers its positive. This is bad news there is still a hole inside. But then I ask why is she dry sometimes and not leaking all the time. He doesn't know and neither do I. 

Now all we can do is wait and pray hard. Maybe the hole is small enough that it will heal. I know God can close what is left of her hole. So please join me in special prayer for Nimambe. She has been through so much on this journey and has won us all over with her spirit but it will crush her to go home still leaking. I believe God can heal her and I am praying for such a miracle.