"Across the Knees of Jesus"—God Miraculously Heals Boy of Malaria
"No, grandma, don't you see? I am all well again now. The Redeemer Jesus took away my sick and now I am well. Please make me that sago patty right now!"
(Papua, New Guinea)—From New Tribes Mission news comes this testimony of a grandmother, Yagu, and her 4-year-old grandson, Nikodemus, who was severely ill with malaria.
According to the report, Grandma Yagu took her grandson to her home so that the boy's mother, Elis, could get some rest. He was burning up with fever.
"He was half-sleeping and I laid him near me as I put my sago on the fire before we slept," Yagu told missionaries Mark and Holly Woodard. "I lay down to sleep, but no, Niko just turned and turned. His fever got hotter again and his eyes began to roll back and around like he was fainting. He was slipping in and out, in and out of consciousness. I took him and laid him across my knees.
"I began to talk to our Great Creator out loud. …'O Great Creator Being, our Great Creator Being, please, in the name of our Redeemer Jesus, please God, I put this little boy at Your feet. I lay this little boy across the knees of Jesus, and please God, only You can heal him. You are the true medicine. You and You only can make him well and strong again.'"
Yagu reportedly prayed over and over through the night. "Finally, at the time of the second chicken [in the early morning]" Niko woke up.
"He opened his eyes," said Yagu, "and cried out, 'Jesus!' Then he rolled over and slept some more across my knees. A little while later his fever went and he broke into a cold sweat. He rolled over and then he just sat right up and said, 'Grandma, okay, I am hungry now. Please get me a sago patty.'
"I told him, 'You wait, Niko, you rest first and lay here until you get your good strength back. You have been very sick.' He said, 'No, grandma, don't you see? I am all well again now. The Redeemer Jesus took away my sick and now I am well. Please make me that sago patty right now!'"
Says reporter David Bell: "Yagu's faith has made a huge change in her life. Formally, she was a very strong, brazen woman, known for her loud mouth and the way she would stand on the river shore and yell in anger at anyone that had done her wrong. She came to understand and believe the Gospel in April and is now known for the gentle way she comes alongside of people and starts a conversation. Her gift is discipleship and she is often seen sitting beside a younger woman, listening to her story, and then telling her the stories of the Redeemer."
