Testimonies of Healing

In 1982 I got a job with the Uruguay branch of SOS Children’s Villages, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to the care of orphaned and abandoned children around the world. While working there I had my first healing in Christian Science.

When I was in my twenties, a longtime church member asked when I was going to take Christian Science Primary class instruction. I replied that I hadn’t thought of it.

For many years I suffered from acute respiratory crises. At times, I would call the emergency services for help.

When I was in my early teens, a family member cautioned me not to talk too much because, as he put it, no one cared to hear what I had to say. Because I trusted this individual, I heeded that incorrect advice, which resulted in my being very quiet and shy well into adulthood.

Growing up in a household with two devoted Christian Scientists, I was grateful for my parents’ example of commitment to Christian Science and demonstration of it, but I hadn’t really made it my own. I regularly attended church and read the weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly, but because I hadn’t had any significant challenges, I more or less went along and simply hoped that I would know enough to address a big problem if one came along.

One day while enjoying an afternoon ride, my horse slipped off a low footbridge and we both fell into the mucky streambed. Before I could get to my feet, the horse stepped on my lower leg to climb back up onto the bridge.

“Trials are proofs of God’s care. ” That statement by Mary Baker Eddy in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures on page 66 was often a source of confusion for me.

I had just completed Primary class instruction in Christian Science, a two-week course that helped me develop a deeper understanding of the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and learn how to heal through prayer. Seeing more clearly that God is Truth and the source of true thought really challenged me to think differently.

As a lifelong Christian Scientist, I have had many wonderful physical healings through the application of the truths taught in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. One particular example of healing has long served as a source of inspiration for me.

Sitting stiffly on the edge of my couch, I was praying to find relief from intense internal pain. But as the night progressed, the problem worsened.