Restoring Rose Time is Drawing Near

                                                                                                                                November 30, 2013

Dear Friends,

I am writing to you today, one for a status update on Chinyere, my late brother Jude's wife, and another for a new development of need. This is pretty urgent and requires your prayers and thought and listening to God even if you are unable to give.

We want to thank you all who have remained committed to helping assist the children that were just left behind in the passing of my brother. Your contribution and help has helped them to stay in school. It has helped provide them food, clothing and medical assistance.

Last year we spent 5,200 USD towards the above mentioned need categories. As the end of year approaches, we want to thank you for your ongoing giving and encourage you to continue to fulfill your pledges towards this project.

Urgent Need for Rose:

Many of you have been following the recent updates on Rose. There are three types of expected miracles for Rose: 1 is finally diagnosing her condition, 2 is raising the needed money to treat the condition, and 3 success in the procedure needed for her restoration.

After over 8 yrs of her suffering, we have finally realized what Rose has been suffering from. She has a tumor in her spine between c5 and c7. She needs a surgery as soon as possible. We are thankful for Dr. Camazine, an American doctor, who two months ago finally diagnosed Rose after almost 10 years of back and forth from the local clinic. The sad story on Rose is that her condition has deteriorated. We have to take advantage of the time we have to help restore Rose. She’s pretty much paralyzed and can neither use any of hands. Nor can she walk. The pictures below will tell the whole story. The tumor is in a very delicate place (the spine), yes, but the worst of the situation is the late diagnoses due to lack of normal medical care and in-experienced doctors.

During the time of this picture, the tumor was gradually growing inside Rose’s body. She was not walking normal. They said she had a stroke, but that was not the case.

Psalm 119:153 “Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law”

When I look at my sister, I wonder how many people die in Nigeria because of conditions that would otherwise be simple in other countries. The truth is there are thousands of such cases. Had it not happen so close to me, I would not know.  As you know I have already lost a brother (Jude Agwuocha) due to an abscessed tooth. Could the Lord be trying to use my family to raise the awareness of this sad and unnecessary suffering? I would like to know. Meanwhile, I have no enemies. But if I did, I would not wish this kind of suffering on my worst enemy. This is nothing short of hell in its mild form.

As I said earlier, Rose needs 3 different stages of miracles to realize her restoration in a very short period of time.

Miracle #1

What you are looking at is the tumor that is taking over a huge portion of Rose’s spinal cord. It has been 8 years in the making, and must be a benign type. Even the doctors say that if we had caught this about two years ago, that Rose will be walking today.

Miracle# 2

The reason I said that life in Nigeria for the most part is the closest any one can get to a “mild hell” is that this situation could have been resolved, but it is almost impossible when healthcare is set at a huge price that only the rich can reach, like it is in everything else. In fact, there is no place for the poor in the Nigerian healthcare system. To add salt to the injury, if you are sick and uneducated, you might as well prepare to meet your Savior.

The cost to do the surgery is about $10,000 USD. That is true. I have spoken to the doctors myself, and they won’t even begin the surgery unless we have 75% of that cost. Will we realize this second miracle in enough time? The doctors also said to me that if we do not do the surgery between 6 months and 1 year, she will most likely die.

Miracle# 3

Successful surgery procedure: The fear that technology is still in its most remote state in Nigeria worries me, but given the time and other constraints, we have no other choice but to have this surgery in Nigeria. However, we need your most fervent prayer during the surgery. I believe miracles still happen and will in her case by God’s grace.  The verse that gives me confidence in this is Phil 1:6 “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…” Rose needs your prayers. Please pray for God’s grace and wisdom on the doctors and for God himself to do the surgery through the doctors.

What the $10,000 covers:

It will cover the operation, physical therapy and hospital stay at the hospital. Two months ago we started to do a fundraiser after Dr. Camazine diagnosed Rose with a tumor. The fundraiser focused  on the MRI diagnosis. It was estimated at $2,000, but we managed get the MRI done for the price of $1,000. We raised $2,500 through Paypal and Facebook from our friends. At this point, we have $1,500 left from the last MRI fund raiser. With this $1,500, we have $8,500 to go. Can you help Rose?

Matt 5:16: ¹³ “You are the salt of the earth”

How to realize the second miracle: Jacobs Well Foundation, a nonprofit which has partnered with us, is the available vehicle.

   
We have partnered with Jacobs Well Foundation to raise these funds for a tax-deductible contribution for restoring Rose. Please help us realize the second miracle by sending your tax deductible contribution to Jacob’s Well Foundation.

You can make a tax deductable donation in these ways:

By Check:

1.      Checks made payable to: "Jacob's Well Foundation"

 (You can attach a sticky note with the name Agwuocha on it to designate your donation)

Mail checks to: 

Jacob's Well Foundation                        

177 Hausman Road                           

 Lenhartsville, PA 19534    

2.      Wire Money Transfer

To wire money into the Jacob's Well account;

Account Number: 8033254249
Routing Number: 031207607
Account Holder: Jacob's Well Foundation
Bank Name: PNC NA
Bank Address: 431 County Road 513, Califon, NJ 07830

3.      Online Donation

Available on our Blog:  www.agwuochafamily.blogspot.com click on Donate Button on the right side of the screen.  You will need to have a Paypal account or set one up easily to be able to donate online. 

Jacob’s Well Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to provide support for the families of terminally ill or recently deceased providers.  The organization was begun in 2006 in response to the needs of a family of eight children who were losing their father to malignant melanoma.  Since then JWF has continued to provide support for this family as well as a number of other deserving and needy families.  Our administrative needs and expenses are met by volunteers allowing us to send one hundred percent of donations to the supported families.  As a 501(c)(3) organization we provide year end donation receipts for tax purposes.

Gratefully Yours,

The Agwuocha’s