Sister Nayeong Choi, age 16, Students' Sunday School, South Korea

From left, Elder Byeongsul Choi,father; Sister Chanmi Choi, elder sister; Sister Nayeong Choi; and Senior Deaconess Kyesuk Hyun, mother


One day in December 2013, my vision was blurry all of a sudden. I rubbed my eyes and opened them but things still looked different. They looked bent out of shape in my left eye while my right eye was normal. This symptom stuck with me for a month but I didn't talk to my parents to keep them from worrying.

I thought about the reason I had not been under God's protection. I realized my love for God had cooled down because I had filled my heart with things of the world. I had also enjoyed Facebook where I saw many things that I should not have seen. So, I permanently removed my Facebook account.

In March 2014, I went back to school as a new semester began. Still the blackboard looked bent in my left eye. I couldn't handle it by myself, so I talked to mother and went to see an eye doctor with her. The doctor gave me a written opinion telling me to go to another large or university hospital.

In April, I got a thorough checkup in an eye clinic. The result showed an unexpected diagnosis—choroidal neovascularization with nearsightedness. My serious nearsightedness and astigmatism caused the creation of new blood vessels in the choroid layer of the eye. The choroid is the vascular layer of the eye and the posterior five-sixths of the eyeball, containing connective tissue, and lying between the retina and the sclera. It prevents the scattering of the light from outside.

The doctor said the disease occurs mostly to the elderly and only one out of 1,000 youths may come down with it. He added its treatment is injection into the eye and an injection costs 1,000 dollars. He told me to get it treated quickly because I had astigmatism and serious level of nearsightedness, which meant I would possibly soon become blind without treatment.

But I wanted to be healed with faith because I had been protected by God with no need of medicine and medical treatment through Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer. I heard that as I was newly born I had difficulties in breathing, which were going to lead to brain damage and mental disorder. But after receiving Dr. Lee's prayer on the Automated Response System, I was completely healed. When I was a fifth grader, a car ran over my left foot but I felt someone covering up my foot softly and had no problem at all.

Hearing about my situation, my parish pastor said it would be a good opportunity for me to experience the love of God. In fact I couldn't feel the depth of God's love though I had been a Christian for a long time. So I started to pray every night in Daniel Prayer Meeting, "Let me feel the love of God".

In the prayer, the God of love gave me the realization that I had become used to complaining about everything and I should have a grateful heart. I began giving thanks for allowing me to stay alive and watch the beautiful nature and sky, and leading me to this good church and good shepherd.

Giving thanks this way, I started to feel God's love and shed a lot of tears. I also prepared offerings and received my Senior Pastor's prayer whenever he came back from mountain prayer. Then my left eye started to show improvement.

With Manmin Summer Retreat 2014 ahead, I offered up a two-week vowed prayer to receive complete healing. During Divine Healing Meeting that followed Seminar, I received Dr. Lee's prayer when he prayed on the stage and my left eye felt warm. During the following Friday All-night Service, I tried looking at a church monitor covering up my right eye. Everything looked normal! Hallelujah!

I went to the doctor again. After a test, he asked me how many injections I had gotten in other hospitals. Of course, I said none because I had never done it. He said doubtfully, "It can't be treated naturally". I was healed of this rare disease by the power of God! I give all thanks and glory to God who led me to experience His great love.




Before prayer: A lesion whose borders cannot be determined (sign of CNV)
After prayer: clear border (none)