Our daughter Nadine was diagnosed as a Celiac sufferer 5 years ago when she was 19.
This means that she has an allergy to the protein in wheat called gluten. The effects of Nadine eating wheat were skin problems, swollen eyes and stomach cramps. It can also cause cancer of the bowel in later life.
During the 3 years at university Nadine went on a gluten free diet and her health improved dramatically. It is a difficult diet to maintain as you would be amazed the volume of products which contain traces of wheat.
Nadine was home from university at Easter time 2005 and on one of the first days that healing on the streets took place Nadine came for prayer.
A number of women on the team prayed for her and after prayer she said she felt healed. The only way to prove healing is to eat wheat products to see if any reaction occurs.
We went to a bakery and had lunch where Nadine ate a paninni for the first time. There was no reaction and later she ate a caramel square.
She continued to eat wheat products and there still no reaction, because Nadine would have had a reaction within 20 minutes of eating a wheat product.
To prove that Nadine was completely healed she had to have a test done by her doctor when she returned to University. This proved difficult because her doctor refused to believe that anyone can be healed of celiac disease as it is medically incurable.
Eventually her doctor agreed to complete the test, and the results proved that Nadine was completely healed.
As parents of Nadine we give God all the glory for what he did for Nadine.
