Dear Friends,
We want to give you the latest update concerning Ojoi, the Ayore pastor who has suffered a massive stroke while ministering to the Ayore river people in helping teach the chronological foundational teaching.
Yesterday, I, along with Armin, Luis and Carodi, made a trip to Guidai Ichai to bring Gregorio and his wife, as well as the wife of Ojoi, back to Campo Loro. They were 2 weeks into the planned month-long teaching, but with all of the turmoil, Gregorio does not have the heart to continue in the ministry out there. Do pray, as we will be looking for replacements for both Gregorio and Ojoi in future ministry.
In talking to the medical staff at the hospital in Concepcion, they feel confident that Ojoi is already with the Lord, even though his body still breathes. He has been in a coma for about 3 days now, completely unresponsive, and the doctor feels that he is gone and only a matter of time till his body shuts down. He is not on any life support other than an intravenous tube to supply his body with moisture. The doctor said that Ojoi is not on any medicine, and that she feels that there is no medicine that could help him.
There is an Ayore “health promoter” Cuteri, from the village of Guidai Ichai staying with him. Ojoi was about 3 KM from the village at night helping the folk there with their job, which is basically catching bait for the fishermen in the area. He collapsed while in the water, and by boat they brought him back to Guidai Ichai.
The village leadership called for an ambulance, which took him to the local clinic. He was unconscious there, and has not woken up since. At that clinic, they realized that there was nothing that they could do for him, so the ambulance ferried him across the Paraguayan river into Brazil where he was transported to the city of Pedro Juan Caballero to a Paraguayan regional hospital. They soon realized that the situation was more than they could handle, and by ambulance they took him the the city of Concepcion where there is an impressive hospital. That is where he is now. The young man, Cuteri, has agreed to stay there until Ojoi dies or has a miraculous recovery. We are certainly hoping for the latter!
Thank you for praying!
Bruce and Alice Higham
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