Hi Pastor Brown, 

I hope this email finds you well. 

I’ve been meaning to share a testimony. I’ve been blown away these past few months by all that God has done. God has really helped us in so many areas from housing, job for Julius, the safe arrival of Josiah, and just a lot of favour. God is still helping us. 

I would like to share a healing testimony.  During the third trimester of my pregnancy in April I began to experience issues with my bladder, I was unable to fully empty it and was experiencing a of discomfort. After expressing my concerns to several midwives, I was told that it was a normal occurrence during pregnancy, and it could be due to the way the baby was resting on my bladder. To cut a long story short it got to a point where my bladder was protruding out of my stomach and was causing discomfort and pain in my ribs as my baby was being pushed up. All the midwives that I had seen at that point had different opinions about what was going on, some of them thought I had fibroids and did not know that it was my bladder. It wasn’t until I had an appointment with a consultant who noticed the bulge in my stomach and immediately carried out a scan which showed that my bladder was very full. She then proceeded to empty a substantial amount of fluid with a catheter. 

I was sent home that day with the catheter, and the very next day I gave birth to Josiah. After giving birth I remained in the hospital for monitoring for 24 hours and it soon became clear through several bladder scans that I was still unable to fully empty my bladder and I was discharged from the hospital with an indwelling catheter for two weeks. It was very uncomfortable especially with having to go through the healing process after giving birth. And with my hormones all over the place, there were times where all kinds of thoughts would enter my mind, like was there another underlining issue? Would I have to get used to life with a catheter? Because it didn’t make sense as to why my bladder was not functioning properly especially as I had a normal delivery.

I tried to get on as usual and tried to enjoy having a new-born and be present for my other children, and not let the situation get me down. On Wednesday 24th May I watched the livestream service; that was the service when you prayed for those who need healing. I believed God to heal and restore my bladder that day and felt very encouraged after that service. I was even more encouraged and convinced that I would be healed when Pastor Allen Jenkins also prayed for healing the following Sunday. 

After having the catheter for two weeks I had an appointment at the hospital to have a trial without it and had to have several bladder scans. During that lengthy appointment everything seemed to be going well but after the last two scans I was told by one of the nurses that my bladder was still quite full and I was advised to have an intermittent catheter. Feeling quite upset at this point having hoped that I would leave the hospital without the catheter, Julius began to pray for me in the waiting room. Whilst a more senior nurse was giving me the instructions for the catheter, she noticed that she was unable to empty my bladder with the catheter and began to question the other nurse who performed the scans about the settings that she had on the scanner. She then decided to carry out one more bladder scan because she suspected that the scanner may have been picking up my uterus instead. She carried out the scan and confirmed that my bladder was not full and said I would not need the catheter after all. The senior nurse believed that it was my uterus that was coming up during the previous scans, I don’t know if that is the case, but I believe God did a miracle, and I am just so thankful to God for healing and restoring my bladder! I am also thankful that He put the right medical staff in place, especially the consultant who noticed this issue and acted quickly. My bladder is now functioning normally, and I had a follow up appointment at the hospital a couple of weeks ago and all is well. When praying and believing God for healing I told God that I would testify, and I just want to give Him all the glory. 

Kind regards,

Gloria