Thumbs up for the medications!
Much gratitude from our friend, Abd, the director of the clinic.
While we were in the clinic, a Syrian woman came into Abd's office to ask for some medicine for her son. He was shot in the back 3 years ago, leaving him paralyzed. Since he was shot he has been bedridden and is suffering with severe bed sores. Recently he has been very depressed and suicidal. All she was asking for today was some cream for the sores.
I was interested in hearing her story so I asked her about her life and what had happened. She can speak a little English--enough so I could understand most of what she said. Her name is Samera and she was a school teacher in Syria. She had four children, 3 boys and 1 girl. One of the boys died, her husband left and married another woman, her home was destroyed and her son was shot. After that she fled Syria and came to Jordan. Now she's living in poverty. Her daughter is living in Amman with her two children. Her other son is 10 years old and not in school because they have no money.
I really wish I could help her and the many thousands just like her. The medicine donated by LDS Charities will ease a little bit of the suffering for her son, but it can't begin to heal the deep wounds in the soul of Samera. May God bless her and her family.
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