Heart For The Son Leads To Father's Death

 “Why are you doing this?” he screamed. “Why are you selling these drugs? Why are you supplying drugs to my son?”

Bosip Kuru was well-known in the area, a respected leader and a deacon in a local evangelical church. For the last several years his heart had been growing heavy for his son, who had been getting into more and more trouble. Bosip had known for some time that a local pusher had been selling drugs to his son. Now he had caught the drug dealer selling dope on the street, had caught him red-handed, literally holding the drugs in his hand.

He had to confront this drug dealer. He had to do what he could to stop the damage that this young man was doing to his family, his community. He ran up to him, shouting. The drug dealer was surprised. He didn't have time to respond before Bosip was upon him, grasping his shirt. But the dealer managed to pull away, and started to run.

Bosip gave chase, but in just a few steps a sudden pain came into his chest. He was too short of breath to go on. Exhausted, he staggered back to a neighbor's house and found a place to sit down. Within moments he slumped over. With horror, his friends saw that he was not breathing. As quickly as they could, they summoned a relative who is a nurse. He was able to start CPR within one or two minutes of the original collapse. Other friends and relatives gathered, including Pastor Jeffrey, Bosip's pastor. A message summoned the ambulance from a near-by clinic, and Bosip was loaded onto a stretcher. As they started the 20 minute drive to Kudjip Nazarene Hospital , they were glad that it was still light; the road is so much more dangerous in the dark.

By the time Dr. Andy Bennett arrived in the ER, it had been close to 30 minutes since Bosip had collapsed. The doctor helped with CPR as he listened to the basic facts of what happened. He examined Bosip, and it was clear that he was dead.  The ER team stopped giving CPR.  It was only then that the full story was relayed to Dr. Bennett, who later wrote this report:

"In these years in PNG, I have presided over the deaths of people who have died in many different circumstances, some expected, some unexpected; some tragic, some ignoble, some downright disgraceful. But this is the first time that it has been someone who gave his life trying to protect his child."

But Dr. Bennett, one of our Nazarene physicians at Kudjip, is well aware of -- and constantly sharing with his patients -- the Good News of God's Son, Jesus Christ, who also gave His life so that people like Bosip's son, the drug pusher, the tribes of PNG...people like you and me can be delivered from the clutches of any sin, any addiction.  

Please pray for....

• Bosip's family, as they grieve the loss of father and husband
  
• Their relatives who want to take revenge against the drug dealer's family
  
• Bosip's son, that he will turn away from his life of drugs, and turn to Christ 
  
• Pray for the drug dealer, that he will understand the wrong that he has done, and repent
  
• Pastor Jeffrey, that he will be able to be a clear voice for peace and righteousness and for the gospel.
• The doctors and staff at Kudjip that they will obey and honor God in what they do

this post was filed under Around The Region on Oct 15, 2007