AFLC World Missions: Miracle in Mexico

Dear friends,

Thank you all so much for your prayers for Adri (Editor’s note: Adri is a member of Schierkolk’s church in Jerez who was recently diagnosed with cancer). I am reminded that if we have any faith at all (i.e. as a mustard seed) we are connected to the greatest source of power in the universe, our heavenly Father, and because of our relationship to Him through Christ we also have access to His power through prayer and can "say to this mountain." (Kirstie Schierkolk pictured with Adri’s daughter Sofia)

Adri still has not had her surgery yet. One doctor at the hospital here in Jerez said he had never seen anything like what they were seeing with Adri. They were pretty sure she had tumors in several places in her body. Because of the numerous problems they were seeing they transferred her to the general hospital in Zacatecas so they could do more detailed examinations with the higher technology equipment available in order to know more precisely what they were dealing with.

Last Thursday night, Adri didn't think she was going to make it to see the light of dawn. She was in great pain but she said she felt peaceful in her heart though desperately worried about her two girls who, if she died, could very likely, legally, fall into the hands of people who had already harmed them in the past because Adri has no living relatives that she is aware of and she is not originally from Mexico. Adri's life story is long and full of great trials and unbelievable tribulations. Sometimes we aren't even sure how much of the incredible things she shares are grounded in reality. Dan and Debbie Giles really spent themselves in Jesus' name on Adri's behalf trying to help her while they were in Jerez and they probably know more about her story than anyone else. But God used that time of ministry by the Giles in special ways later on and we have really seen some fruit of God's Spirit in the lives of both Adri and her children.

At this point, Adri should be going into surgery in the next day or two. God has had great mercy on this woman and her children because one by one, the issues that she has been dealing with have either been healed or resolved by clearer understanding of what is going on. As I understand it, the only thing she is now facing now is a hysterectomy. The other tumors that they were sure were there are gone. They have concluded that none of the other organs have been affected (or they have been healed) so that she will not need to have chemotherapy afterwards either.

Her oldest daughter, who is an adult, wrote this morning: "Light has dawned for us again . . . My mom wants to thank everyone who has been praying for her and says that they should have great joy because they are the light of Christ and that light "is healing me. My family and I feel very proud to belong to Christ and we feel very much that we are all one family in Him with you . With great love, Adriana . . . Psalm 121.""

Granted, even doctor's "see through a glass dimly" and what we think we are sure of isn't always the case but never-the-less, we have been greatly relieved to hear this news and we continue to pray that God would grant Adri complete healing whether through the hands of His healing servants, the physicians, or through the direct intervention of His own mercy. To Him be glory.