The wonder of the following healing remains with me to this day. I feel sure that without a basic love of the teachings of Christian Science, the unfailing support of my wife, and the prayers of a Christian Science practitioner at various times, I would not be sharing it now.
Some sixteen years ago, soon after our arrival in South Africa with two very small boys, minimal financial resources, and no real job qualifications, I was struck down by what initially appeared to be a fever. This was rapidly followed by loss of weight, swelling and discomfort in my legs, and increasingly frightening nightmares. Even more serious than the physical picture, however, was an apparently irreversible mental deterioration, to the point where I considered self-destruction as the solution to our perilous family situation.
During these testing weeks, my wife stood firm, clinging steadfastly to her conviction that an infinitely compassionate Father-Mother God could not lead us this far only to abandon us to disaster. She vigorously refused to accept such a situation as in any way God-impelled and knew that there was therefore no reality, substance, life, or intelligence to sustain it.
