Kidus came to live with the Holland family by way of Mending Kids Int. He comes to us from Ethiopia and has a very serious heart condition. Last week, after a procedure was done with a heart catheter the piece that was put in place didn't stay in place, but floated out and blocked the femoral artery causing blood flow to be mostly blocked. In a rare occurrence the blood flow to the veins that feed oxygen to spinal cord were blocked off at the same time. This lack of oxygen caused Kidus to lose use of his legs, the great fear was that this would be permanent damage.

The good news is that he is in fact a good candidate for the heart surgery they were hoping to perform. So, our hope is that he will get his heart mended as well as able to go home with function of his legs. this will be only by a miracle because the expectation is that he won't walk. We need to continue to pray. Rachel sent this email and it is looking like there is hope...where there wasn't a few days ago! Yea!

Let's join together and pray for total healing! Here is the email Rachel sent:

    I wish you all could have just heard NiColle's voice on the phone-she is bubbling over with praise and thanksgiving. she wants to encourage everyone to keep praying as God is doing a powerful work in sweet Kidus. please forgive me as I try it explain what is happening in common English with no medical understanding.

    Yesterday they did an electrical test from his feet to his head-and the impulse ran all the way up-the man giving the test was almost in tears as he told Nic "congratulations" this is very very good news- this means that there is no detachment of the nerves.  The doctors are saying they are very optimistic for a large recovery! This will be a journey to recovery but everyone is very hopeful. The other amazing part is that God keeps sending angels to the room-from the Ethiopian security guard to translate to the beautiful nurse from Ethiopia who has given NiColle her home number for any questions-the Lord is guiding and watching over Kidus's care!

    Please continue to pray and praise God for His awesome healing power!

    NiColle would like to get this word out to have the community pray, please forward this to other friends and prayer warriors