My heart is so full of gratitude for being able to testify to the healing power of Christian Science.
More than sixty years ago I received my first healing in Christian Science. I had emigrated from Germany in 1926 and was working for a nice American family. My first Christmas with them I became very ill and also extremely homesick for my family in Germany.
My employer asked me what was wrong; I told him how I wanted to go back home and how sick I felt. He asked me if I believed in God; I answered, "I certainly do!" With my consent he called a Christian Science practitioner, explained the situation, and asked for prayerful help. (I had never heard of Christian Science before and could only speak very broken English.) My employer then went to a Christian Science Reading Room and bought me a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy in German and English, and suggested I read from the book. I read the beautiful chapter "Prayer" until I fell asleep. When I woke in the morning, I was completely healed physically and, in addition, never was I homesick again. However, I did not pursue any further study of Christian Science.
