Need Help - Heart Help!!!!!

Patric Wilgal, Bekwin Kos, Freeda Greg, Nancy Mike, Clara Marang and Joan Charles. What do these kids have in common? They have all had surgery to correct heart defects here in PNG!! Each year an Australian group of heart surgeons through an organization called Operation Heart comes together in the capitol city of Pt. Morseby (POM) to perform surgery on children who were born with heart defects. The aforementioned children all had surgery in POM!!! These children had all been seen at Nazarene hospital and referred to a national pediatrician by the name of Dr. Tefuarani. He screened these children and deterimined that they had heart defects that could be corrected in POM by the Australian heart team.
We are now nearing the time for Operation Heart to come to PNG again. On the 19th and 2oth of this week Dr. Tefuarani was again in Mt. Hagen screening children with evidence of heart disease and making a list of those who are possible candidates for surgery. Nazarene hospital has referred 10 or so children. So far, we know of two children, Clara Marang and Kondo Walep, who have been directed to the next step of the screenig process and are expected to be in Lae, a port city on the North coast, on the 23rd of June. At that time, if they are put on the surgery list, they will need to fly directly to Pt. Moresby for surgery.

Most of the people in the area of Nazarene Hospital are very poor and so traveling to Lae by road and then to Pt. Moresby by plane seems like an impossibility. In most instances, these children have been cared for through Nazarene Hospital. As a further outreach of Nazarene Hospital, it is my hope that we can assist these families in their travel expenses. God has opened the doors in the past via individual donors and the assistance of Air Nuigini and Airlines PNG to provide free air travel for these families (the patient and one adult). This year I would like to bring before you, our family, this need and ask that you prayerfully consider giving a little something towards this life changing opportunity! If you would like to be a part please send any donation you may have to the General Church attention "Global Treasury Services" in Kansas City (6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO 64131). Checks can be made out to "Global Treasury Services" and should be marked for "Work of Susan Myers - PNG - Heart Help". I expect the cost per person traveling to be around K1000 or about $380.00. Due to time constraints and the need to book flights in advance, if the Lord is prompting you please notify me of the amount you are donating and send funds to KC by June 15th. If there would happen to be more money donated this year than we need to transport these children the money will be left in an account to be used in future years for kids with heart defects so that they too may have the opportunity for a long and healthy life!

Thanks so much!! We love these kids and are eager to see them grow up big and strong!
Dr. Susan

The little guy in the picture is Kondo Walep. He has been diagnosed with an atrial septal defect, which is a hole in the septum that divides the right and left atria of the heart.