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Gateway Today February 2019
Gateway Today February 2019
‘..millions of babies
have been aborted and our nation seems largely
February 2019 unconcerned. Self-centered indulgence, pride,
and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems
Sharing Christ with women in a crisis pregnancy since 1985 of the American lifestyle.’ Billy Graham: 2012
Keep praying for ‘Mighty Max’ born at 22-weeks weighing 1.1 pounds!
Max has endured much in his young life. Max is the great grandson of Rev. Sam and Tilly Giresi who helped in the founding of the
Gateway ministry. Their church in Newark (House of Mercy Mission) is just 1/3 of a mile from Gateway-Irvington. Gateway reached
out to Dr. Jose (Pepe) Arrunategui a dear friend of the ministry. Dr. Arrunategui suggested the parents offer the hospital a written
waiver of personal responsibility and also request use of glucocorticoids in the 22nd week for the baby’s lungs. Usually a preborn is not
administered this until the 23-week. Without this vital information and intervention, the baby may have died. The hospital accepted the
suggested information and baby
Max was born February 8th. at 22-weeks weighing 1.1 pounds! According to Tilly, "took well to the breathing machine & is now in
NIC unit @ Morristown" Now Max needs our prayers even more.
UPDATE: 3-1-19 7:44pm: Mom (Samantha) writes: ‘God is so faithful! Thank you so so
much for putting Mighty Max on your prayer requests blog! I know it’s all those prayers and
God that has gotten us this far! He is still doing great! He is off the oscillation ventilator and
he’s on the standard ventilator. The oscillation one is for critical babies so we are beyond
excited that he is no longer on that one. He is getting 1.5 mls of breast milk now and tolerating
it very well another prayer answered’ Pray also for Samantha and Jeremy Hopping, the
parents of this precious newborn.