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As she continued to unpack the supplies, Jeanette looked up to see a woman rushing into the room carrying a small child about 18-months old, clad in a light blue dress with tiny flowers, socks and black patent-leather shoes. Screaming hysterically, the woman handed the child to Jeanette. Looking down at the tiny face, Jeanette knew immediately that the child was dead. Her body cold, her complexion gray, it was obvious to Jeanette that the baby had been dead for a while, making CPR out of the question. In order to document the case, Jeanette laid the baby on a table and grabbed her stethoscope. She listened to the lungs for any wisp of air. There was none. She listened for the baby’s heart, hoping for any sign of life. There was no heartbeat. There was no medical intervention that would help this child, Jeanette thought. Her only hope was a miracle. Laying her hands on the child’s cold body, Jeanette said, “I command this child’s spirit to return to her body!” Nothing happened, so Jeanette began to pray in the spirit as the child’s mother stood nearby sobbing. Then Jeanette called out to the Lord. She said, “God, You didn’t create this baby to die before she has a chance to live.” Within a few minutes, Jeanette noticed one of the child’s feet move. Oh my! Oh my! She continued to pray in the spirit. Then, the child’s tiny pinky finger jerked. “God, give her air!” Jeanette pleaded. “She needs air because she’s going to live and not die! She’s going to tell the world how wonderful You are!” Just then the baby gasped a huge gulp of air and screamed. The child’s mother was ecstatic. Faith for Miracles “She came back to life as sick as she’d been when she’d died,” Jeanette explains. “Within minutes, her temperature was 104 degrees and she was very dehydrated. When I examined her I realized that she had an acute case of tonsillitis. Her tonsils were swollen so large that they blocked her airway. She had suffocated. “I started her on antibiotics and then remembered the bottle of Pedialyte and the suppositories to bring down her fever. God had thought of everything! By that afternoon, she was breast-feeding. By the time we left, she was running around laughing and playing. You couldn’t tell that she’d even been sick, much less dead.” Hundreds of people waiting for the clinic to open had seen that mother carry a dead baby inside. They had seen a live baby come out. They were no longer interested in medication. Their faith was so stirred that they asked for prayer and received many miraculous healings. From then on, Jeanette spent her vacation each year traveling to remote parts of the world with the “One to the Other” mission team. On one of their trips to Argentina, the team stopped at a village for food and water. They passed a man on the side of the road who appeared to be about 60 years old. Villagers explained that he’d been blind since birth. Stopping beside the road, they told the man about Jesus and led him to the Lord. Then they put their hands over his eyes and prayed for his sight. When he opened his eyes he described seeing something like lines going up. “Let’s get 20/20 vision,” Jeanette said as they prayed again. When they removed their hands, the man’s vision came into focus and he described every detail of their surroundings. In response, the entire village received Jesus as Savior, Jeanette said. Those who had been sick were healed. A New Direction “I’d been taking short-term missionary trips for years,” Jeanette says. “Then in 1992, my husband went home to be with the Lord. Afterward, I spent more time on mission trips. In 1996, I’d been working on a medical ship in the Caribbean and decided to go on staff for Youth With a Mission and spend more time there. “The Lord interrupted me and said, 'I didn’t call you to the Caribbean. I’ve called you to India.' I was stunned. I’d never been to India. “In 1997, I traveled to India as an independent missionary working with Dr. Alex Phillips. This time, I stayed for five years. There was a huge AIDS epidemic that had left countless children orphaned and living on the streets. Part of our purpose was to get those children off the streets and into a safe environment.” Jeanette spent the first year in southern India learning the culture and language. During the next four years, she settled in Bihar in the northwest corner of the country. She lived in the city of Purnea, which is in the foothills of the Himalayas about 20 miles south of Nepal. “I rode a bicycle back and forth to the village each day,” she explained. “In addition to medical work, I preached every Sunday. We built schools in remote villages and staffed them with full-time teachers. We also built homes where the children lived. I taught the Bible, health and hygiene, and prayer to adults and children. We also started the Children’s Prayer Network with 200 kids hungry to pray.” 14 : BVOV

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