HONDURAS – Five-year-old Josue loves to play soccer and dreams of becoming a police officer someday. But Josue was born with a hernia that only got larger and more painful as he grew. Your generosity would be the catalyst that would help restore health to this child.

This condition, where internal organs bulge through weakened muscle or tissue, can cause excruciating pain and complications if left untreated. Tragically, in impoverished nations like Honduras, children are too often forced to endure this debilitating issue without access to the medical care they desperately need.

His father told us, “Some days he was in constant pain. We took him to the E.R., but they said they couldn’t do anything because it was not an emergency.” And, unfortunately, the public hospital they had access to would only operate in an emergency situation.

Josue’s parents were desperate to help their son, especially when the pain medicine stopped working. His father said, “I felt a pain in my heart because I wanted to fix him or pay for surgery. But for us, it was impossible.”

And his mother added, “We will never be able to afford the cost of an operation, since we don’t have the money.” No matter how desperately these caring parents tried to help their son, the surgery remained out of reach for them.

The Generosity of Our Partners Helped Restore Health to Josue

Fortunately, thanks to the generosity of faithful partners like you, Operation Blessing was able to step in and provide Josue with life-changing hernia surgery at no cost to his family. After the successful procedure, he is happy all the time and able to run and play without pain. His family rejoiced and his father said, “I am very grateful to Operation Blessing. I hope that you can help many more families like ours.”

You are the reason families like Josue’s can access this critical care, restoring their health and quality of life. Through our life-changing surgeries program, you help bring healing to patients with heart defects, burn scars, tumors, cataracts, and many other dangerous and debilitating conditions. And you not only bless the patients, but you bless heartbroken families as well!

With your support, we can continue reaching more people and transforming lives. If you’d like to get more involved with our life-changing surgeries program, please visit ob.org/surgeries. There you can choose a specific patient to help and to follow along their journey