Abducted, Exploited, Redeemed: Christina's Story
September 2008 Ministry Update

On a cold evening in
Romania, a little baby named Christina Tipa was placed by her grandmother on a
bed that sat beside a wood-burning stove. She wanted Christina, who was not yet
one year old, to stay warm while she slept. Tragically, however, Christina
rolled off the bed during the night, landing directly on the stove top. By the
time her grandmother pulled her screaming granddaughter from the stove, one
side of Christina's body was severely burned.
Doctors did not expect
Christina to live, but they did what they could. When gangrene was discovered
in her left arm, they amputated it right below her elbow. The infection was not
contained, however, and so they had no choice but to amputate the remainder of
her arm.
Amazingly, baby
Christina lived. Continued...
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