Testimony of Healing May 20, 2019 Issue

Healed of symptoms of altitude sickness

Emily Mattson

A few years ago, a friend and I traveled to India. He was very willing to be flexible and do what I wanted to do, so I was more than willing to oblige when he mentioned his desire to take a trek in the Himalayas. He agreed to choose a hike I could manage.

A week or so into our trip we joined a group that would be trekking for the length of time we’d planned—about six days. We were the only tourists in the group, and upon arrival at our base camp we were warned about fatigue and altitude sickness. Although I’d had some experience climbing in high altitudes, I felt a creeping fear. It wasn’t long into our trek when I began feeling weak, lightheaded, and unable to stay awake during meals.

It was protocol for our guide to take the vital signs of each hiker at the end of the day, and he became concerned by my results. He wasn’t sure I should continue hiking the next day, and he told me to take a sleeping pill that night to help with my breathing. My friend, who, like me, is a Christian Scientist, helped me explain to our guide that I wanted to rely totally on God for healing, and that rather than take a pill, I would pray, knowing God was the source of my health and well-being. My friend supported me as I prayed that night to know I was governed by God, divine Mind—not by my own or another’s fears—and that under Mind’s government I could experience only harmony. Mind was governing and safely guiding all of us on the trip.

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