When I was born I had my hearing. At aged 2-3 I had a bad ear infection, which possibly scared both ear drums. Nobody noticed. I grew up to aged seven with my parents and had some difficulty hearing; dad noticed; mum said I was just ignoring things. I attended school (not for deaf children) without hearing aids; or knowledge of it, and had great difficulty in the classroom – I just copied from the blackboard.
Time passed and my mother died when I was aged nineteen. My dad then told me to go to the doctor and have my ears tested. From that I was sent to hospital for more tests; – sure enough, in about three weeks I had two hearing aids. The damage was scarred ear drums.
As the years passed, my hearing worsened and I had stronger aids after every visit. In 1988 and 2001 I had brain surgery, which may have damaged another part of my ears. My hearing worsened again, and in July 2015 I had another hearing test. My loss then was so profound I had 0% hearing without hearing aids -and had very little with them. The Hospital said – “Maybe I should have cochlea implant”?
In August I visited a Christian friend and Christian family (Ohin). On the Saturday we were walking along the beach promenade. The husband, wife, two children and I, were talking about how you miss things, like – odd words and sounds when deaf; also your balance is bad, etc. Then we all agreed
“He can perform miracles”.
Then one of the boys, aged 6 ½, said “Why don’t we pray now?” So we did: by the beach huts; asking the Lord to give me my hearing back, adding<em>, “By His stripes we are healed”</em>..and standing on His Word. After our time of praying ; – I took the hearing aids out – I still heard noises – I asked the Husband to speak – I heard him – I turned my back toward him; so I couldn’t lip-read him – I still heard him perfectly : “PRAISE THE LORD” – we exclaimed!!! The same happened with his wife. Everything was so strange ; after over fifty years!! From then on, I could hear birds, ambulances, people, footsteps, rain on the window, a fridge going on/off, etc.; so many NEW things. Next I went to hospital to have my hearing tested!! They wanted me to come back – because they couldn’t believe it!! Hearing!
….”God is good!!”….
Then recently; go back again!! I am still able to hear…
“2 Peter 3 v 18”
Because they still couldn’t believe it I had to have another hearing test. After that test I went in to the doctor who looked into both ears and told me, no scars on either eardrum—all gone! He was astounded — Praise God!
The story continues…
Another trip the hospital! This time I had an appointment with a doctor who is a specialist (in hearing). And before our ‘consultation’, I had to take another hearing test which showed even a better result than before. Praise the Lord!
The doctor asked me: “what has happened?” So I told him the story and about the ‘ONLY TRUE AND LIVING GOD’. Also that when Jesus walked the earth, He was healing people, the deaf heard and the blind saw. “God is the same yesterday today and forever”. “He’s done it in my life today”. Two weeks later I received a phone call from that specialist doctor himself asking me ‘to give him an appointment!’ “Could you come and tell me more about that God who healed you?” He also said: “if that God is who you say HE is; then EVERYONE in the country should know about HIM”. When I met him, he wanted to know more about my deafness and the family’s ‘deaf history’. At every opportunity I kept bringing “the glory of God” into the conversation, because; medical people cannot: and will not be able to argue with, ‘A MIRACLE’!
Medical Letters before the healing
Carol (UK)