Healing The Brokenhearted: Achile Update

Weeks ago, I told you my son’s sponsored child Achile needed a life-saving operation. I asked you (and over 800 Compassion Bloggers) to pitch in, to post, tweet, and give. And pray to God who heals the brokenhearted…literally!

God answered our prayers!

You spread the word and you gave! Generously. More money was raised than needed. I don’t have an official total number but it’s at least $26,000 that you raised/gave and only $20,449 was requested for the surgery. The excess will go into Compassion’s medical assistance fund to heal other children in need. Thank you for giving!

And God healed! Achile made the long trip from Brukina Faso in Western Africa to specialists in India and the surgery went off without a hitch. He’s doing great! I received these pictures today of Achile in the hospital recovering with Spiderman.

Again…

Before:

And after:

Thank you for loving Achile. Thank you, Compassion for loving him and being a conduit of God’s hope and healing in his little life!

23 comments on “Healing The Brokenhearted: Achile Update”

Vicki Small says:

Wonderful! So glad to have an update, and the photos are priceless! Thanks for posting!

Prudence says:

Fantastic. Such life gleaming from his eyes.

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Josh says:

The joy in his eyes is flat-out inspiring!

Thanks for the update, Shaun.

Meredith Dunn says:

Could his smile be anymore beautiful?!

Jill Foley says:

What a beautiful smile…so full of life and hope!

Praise the Lord for this beautiful boy.

Just this morning I was searching for information on him…my widgets expired and the links to donate on Compassion’s page were gone. Thank you so much for this update.

Personally, I would love to hear more about this little boy – please consider sharing letters he writes to your son and how their relationship is growing.

Michelle says:

I am so glad to read this update! What a lovely boy he is! Lord, please continue to heal Achile, for you are the Great Physician.

Lindsay @ Not2Us says:

This is awesome to witness. Absolutely incredible. 🙂

Way to go, God!

CardsFan says:

When I see the smile that young man has and how much joy it spurs in my heart, it reminds me of how much joy all of this brings to God. Thanks for sharing!!

Douglas says:

Wow, it seems like just a couple weeks ago that you made the request and the surgery is already over and paid for, leaving people like me who tried to work it into next months budget without an individual to give to. That’s amazing fundraising and medical efficiency. There probably isn’t a western country in the world that would have pulled off the surgery in the same amount of time.

Hooray for Achile.