Fatmata

Fatmata has an amazing story of suffering and of God’s help and healing spanning the last four years. She gave birth to a stillborn child in June 2004, after several days in labour. Immediately after the birth she could no longer walk because of damage to the nerves in her leg. Worse still she found she no longer had control of either her faeces or urine which passed from her uncontrollably. Her husband didn’t want a woman in that condition and returned Fatmata to her family where her aunt took her in with her three children. Gradually she recovered her control of faeces. Her leg however was still not functioning well and the family decided to take her to the local ‘medicine man’. He proceeded to make cuts in her leg and pour medicine in, to restore her strength. She still has visible scars.

After two years of misery someone from a local church told her to go to Freetown to the Mercy Ships Clinic. She made the six hours journey, and was admitted for surgery, which was partially successful. Over the next two and half years she has been admitted four times having for different procedures to put her right. At the same time the physiotherapist worked on her weak leg and she is now able to walk perfectly.

On each visit she would attend the hospital devotions and listen to the stories of Jesus that the counsellor told. She also observed the staff praying with each patient, encouraging them to believe and pray to Jesus who is the only healer. At the time of her final surgery she felt she needed to cry to this Jesus and ask him to heal her, which he did. Since then despite her family’s opposition she has made friends with the pastor and his wife of ‘Deeper Life Church’ and attends regularly. She has declared that she will never ever forsake Jesus.