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MIRACLE OF GOD
Nesya Ariella Christable is a baby born of
prayer.
Her mother, radio broadcaster and alumna
Sarah Ranee Pillay of Indonesia, had
fibroids in her uterus. Doctors advised her to
have a hysterectomy, and when she became
pregnant after eight long years of trying,
they urged a termination in case the fetus
became deformed.
AFRICAN VISION
Living in Nigeria, a nation divided almost
equally between Muslims and Christians and
often racked by sectarian violence,
Dr. Olufemi Babalola takes nothing for granted.
Sarah, however, had learned about the
power of prayer while at Haggai Institute.
She says, “We called on God, who gave life
to this baby, that He and He alone would
preserve it.”
Friends from both her Haggai Institute
session and from Indonesia solidly stood
behind her in prayer, and Sarah and
husband, Joseph, have now been blessed
with a healthy baby. They named her Nesya,
which is Hebrew for “miracle of God.”
Sarah and Joseph Pillay with their
daughter, Nesya
Dr. Olufumi Babalola (right) in his clinic
Olufemi is one of Africa’s most distinguished
ophthalmic surgeons, in charge of a practice
that employs 20 specialists. As vice president
of the Middle East and African Council of
Ophthalmology, he influences his peers from as
far north as Turkey and as far east as Iran.
He is also vice president of Nigeria’s Haggai
Institute Alumni Association, organizing
National Training Seminars, with a goal to train
Nigeria’s national legislators.
“I remember meeting Dr. Haggai at the training
and being inspired by his life story,” he says.
“He’s always been a reference point for me since
then. I learned from him that you don’t give up
when you have a goal. With all the breath you
have, you persist with it.”
For Haggai Institute’s donors, people he believes
are “planting seeds all over the world,” he has
nothing but gratitude.
For more on this story, visit
www.Haggai-Institute.com.
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