Testimonies of Healing

It is with a heart full of gratitude that I am writing this testimony, wishing to give hope to all who are in poor health and afflicted. In 2001, while I was actively working for my country’s public administration, I started suffering from different illnesses.

My wife, Sheryl, and I were touring in our camping RV (recreational vehicle) a couple of years ago and stopped in San Antonio, Texas, at the Alamo. While we were watching a movie at a nearby IMAX theater, chest pain, breathlessness, and extreme exhaustion came over me.

Over a year ago, thanks to Christian Science treatment, I was healed of pain in my knees, back, and hips, which would occur whenever I rode my horse on mountain trails.   For several years, I’d struggled with this pain while riding, despite help from expert instructors and various equipment choices and modifications.

When I arrived in Boston to take Christian Science class instruction, everything was fine until I settled in bed for the night. Then I started feeling pain in my right arm, from my shoulder to my hand and fingers.

When my husband and I were expecting our baby, I found it to be a time of deep spiritual growth. My prayer and study of Christian Science during this time brought me to the discovery that pregnancy and childbirth are not physical processes, but the unfoldment of a spiritual idea of God.

Although I grew up in a Christian Science Sunday School, Christian Science seemed to go in one ear and out the other. I did well in school, and in sports and extracurricular activities, but during high school I became increasingly depressed and was concerned about the worsening symptoms of mental illness I was observing in myself.

On one occasion, 16 years ago, I suffered from a skin condition that bothered me a lot. Although I didn’t see a doctor, the symptoms were those of herpes zoster , an ailment also known as zona or shingles.

Decades ago, when we were new to Christian Science, we took our small children to spend a vacation on a farm. It was a pious farm family and I had indicated to them my faith, and offered our help at this busy harvesting time.

A few years ago, our one-year-old golden retriever puppy, Madison, started vomiting and stopped eating. She became alarmingly lethargic, which led us to believe she had swallowed something that was now lodged somewhere in her digestive tract.

One night last summer, while getting ready for bed, I noticed itchy bumps on my body. It looked and felt like an outbreak I’d had a few times before.