By Christine K. for Hope for MENA
A week after hearing about the tragic accident, we were able to visit Amina* to see how she was doing and also to provide her with support for her medical needs.
Sarah*- her friend, led the way down a dark and narrow street to her relative’s apartment. Upon entering a building that looked as though it was uninhabited, we climbed to the seventh floor in a dark and very dusty stairwell. She knocked on the apartment door to see Amina* sitting on an old couch, her arm hidden in a sling beneath her shawl. Tears streaming down her face, she clasped my hand and didn’t want to let go.
It meant so much to her that people cared about her suffering and kept thanking God. When a team mate asked her what her name was, she gestured toward me and replied in Arabic, “She knows my name, she wrote it down.” Perplexed, I didn’t know what she was talking about. Then she mentioned a school, and her name and it all clicked. I had met her at the school when the MENA team had just begun to launch the handcraft project! Amina* came with her friend back then along with other women relatives. I had not seen her since that first meeting but knowing more of her background explained why she had no time to attend. Not to mention her accident.
My heart went out to her. This stranger who we were trying to help turned out to be a friend, someone we had already met. Her accident and all the hardship that she was undergoing suddenly became personal. I was also both humbled and amazed at how these African families look out for each other. Everyone sticks together during the good times and the difficult times.
Thank you for your quick and prompt response to this family’s need. Thanks to you were able to give her money for medicine on the day it had run out. She and her family do not have to worry about her medical needs not being met.
The latest update on Amina* is that she is healing quickly and will even try to go back to work. Please continue to keep her in your prayers.
*Names changed