Freed from stomach and throat conditions

When my daughter was 18 months old, she became seriously ill with a stomach condition and was unable to retain any food. We took her to a physician, but days later she was admitted to the hospital because she was not responding favorably to the medicine he had prescribed. Hours later, the doctor told us our daughter was in critical condition. He thought she wouldn’t live through the night.

My husband suggested that I call his aunt who was a Christian Science practitioner. I knew nothing about this Science, but when he told me that this woman prayed for those who sought healing, I gladly accepted. When I called the practitioner, she told me not to worry and asked me to leave everything in God’s hands, so I did. She said that she would pray about the situation. That night, I was able to quickly go to sleep.

Early the following day, I went to the hospital. When I went into my daughter’s room, the child was sitting in her crib, no medical devices were attached to her, and she was smiling and playing. I asked the nurse how my daughter was, and she looked at the report and said that the fever had broken at 11:00 the night before. I remembered that hour had been the same time when I talked with the practitioner. This healing took place over 30 years ago, and our daughter grew up healthy and happy.

This experience reminded me of a similar healing that is found in the Gospel of John in the Bible (see 4:46–54 ). Each time I read it, tears fill my eyes as I realize that I witnessed a healing just like one of Christ Jesus’ healings, and that we can still have similar healings in our own lives today. I thought a great deal about my daughter’s healing at that time, and wanted to study Christian Science, to understand it, and know how this healing took place. From that time on our whole family began attending a Christian Science church.

Around that same time, our three-year-old son continually suffered from a throat condition that caused him to have bouts of high fever accompanied with seizures. No doctor had been able to heal him. I asked a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful support, and she prayed for the child for a few days until he got better.

Soon after, our son became ill again, and the condition was very aggressive. My husband called his aunt. She came to our home that same night from a very long distance. She told me to rest, and she stayed with the boy. I slept very peacefully, and the next morning, our son opened the door of my room with great energy and said, “Mom, I’m hungry!” This was a great healing for my husband and me because our fear vanished. The condition never returned.

To me, these healings were a call to serve God. Since then, I have been daily studying the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and the Christian Science weekly Bible Lessons. Reading Science and Health and the Bible has brought me a sense of peace that I had never felt before. I had previously felt anxious for not being happy with myself. My study of Christian Science helped me feel that divine Love is always with me, and revealed to me that man is the cherished child of God. Christian Science also taught me that I needed to demonstrate what I was learning, so I devoted myself to studying and demonstrating these ideas.

Both our children attended a Christian Science Sunday School, and we always made every effort to live according to the teachings of Christian Science. We didn’t have any serious issues with our children at home or at school, and our daughter and son are now successful in their careers.

I thank God and Christian Science, as well as the practitioners who dedicate their time to healing, showing us that we all deserve to be healthy and happy.

Estela Madrigal Albarrán
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico