After Bala lost his sight, he could no longer work or see his family’s faces. When this Muslim heard about miracles taking place in his village, he wanted to go but couldn’t walk that far. Find out what happened next.
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Reporter: BALA SELLS
FIREWOOD FOR A LIVING IN HIS
VILLAGE IN NORTHERN
NIGERIA.
IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE LIKES
TO READ.
I WAS READING IN FRONT OF
MY HOUSE WHEN I FIRST
NOTICED MY EYESIGHT WAS
GETTING BAD.
Reporter: BEFORE LONG,
HE COMPLETELY LOST HIS
SIGHT.
FOR THREE YEARS I COULD
NOT WALK OR SEE MY FAMILY.
I WANTED TO SEE THEIR FACES
AND LOOK INTO THEIR EYES.
BUT I COULDN'T.
I WAS VERY SAD.
I SOUGHT HELP FROM DOCTORS,
BUT NOTHING CHANGED.
Reporter: ONE DAY BALA
HEARD A LOT OF CHATTER AMONG
THE VILLAGERS.
THEY HEARD A GROUP OF CBN
PASTORS WERE COMING TO SHOW
A FILM.
HE WANTED TO GO, BUT IT WAS
TOO FAR TO WALK BLIND.
WHEN THE TEAM HEARD ABOUT
BALA, THEY WENT TO HIS HOME
AND PRAYED WITH HIM.
AS THE PASTOR PRAYED WITH
ME, MY EYES STARTED TO
ITCH.
I RUBBED THEM, AND I
REALIZED THAT THINGS WERE
GETTING CLEARER AND
CLEARER.
I COULD SEE.
Reporter: BALA AND HIS
FAMILY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO
CHRIST.
AND BECAUSE THEY WITNESSED
THE MIRACLE FOR THEMSELVES,
MANY OF BALA'S MUSLIM
NEIGHBORS GAVE THEIR LIVES
TO CHRIST, TOO.
NOW BALA IS BACK TO BUSINESS
AND HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE
HELP HE RECEIVED.
I THANK GOD FOR BRINGING
THE CBN TEAM TO MY VILLAGE.
NOW I CAN SEE, WALK, AND
ENJOY TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU.