I would like to share with you a testimony of miraculous healing of a brother in Christ in South Sudan, who had been selected to be the elder for a newly planted church. While he was being mentored by brother Henry, who is one of our DTS graduates and ministry team members, Max was led to join brother Henry for an all-night prayer meeting.
However, when he exited the prayer meeting in the morning, being tired as he was, he walked into the street and was struck by a car, after which he was found laying on the ground unconscious and bleeding with serious injuries. He was brought to the hospital, still unconscious, by our brother Henry on his motorcycle, which the Lord had recently provided for him.
Through the prayers of many around the world, including brother Henry, who was with him, the Lord miraculously healed brother Max. Here is the testimony:
I received the following email on January 23, 2026 from brother Henry:
"I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
"Prayers are needed for our bro by the name Max, he is one of the committed members in the LTG groups, and I am training him to be one of the elders. Yesterday he came to me at night at around 10:00pm, and he told me the Spirit of God led him to join me in prayers, because the whole of this week I have been sleeping in the church for prayers and fasting. He joined me and he told me God wants us to pray for the body of Christ in South Sudan, that that's what God has put in his heart.
"We prayed with him over the night, and in the morning around 6:00am he left...only for me to get a call from someone with a new number, then the person asked me if I knew Max. Immediately I said, 'Yes,' and then he said I should rush to a place called Jiada within Juba that he is in a critical condition. They got my telephone number from his ID for the church, because he was wearing it.
"When I reached the place, I got him when he is full of blood, and blood is still coming from his mouth and nose. His chin was broken, and some of his teeth were also broken. I began to call his name, but he couldn't talk, since he was unconscious. I prayed with him, and after I put him on my bike with someone helping me, I rushed him to the hospital. Right now we are in the hospital.
"I believe God to give him another chance to live, so that he opens people's eyes to the true gospel of the Lord in the land of South Sudan. I have been engaging him a lot in the ministry to make sure by the grace of God, he can stand in season and out of season.
"Your servant,
Bro Henry."
He later explained further in a subsequent email:
"He was knocked by a speeding car. Thanks for your prayers.
"I have a great testimony from what you shared with us [recently]. [This situation] was really above me, because when I reached him at that place, I felt so weak; but by the grace of God I prayed a prayer and declared by faith that Max will not die, as the enemy has planned, but he will live. After the prayer, I looked at him, and it's like the prayer was not working and his life was going.
"I got very many people around him [since he was unconscious]. Even the person who read his details from the ID to call me was so supportive. But all those who supported in [lifting him onto my bike] were all strangers to me. I didn't know any of them before, but they really helped. That's the reason why none of them risked taking him to hospital by himself, fearing that it will turn against him, because they thought he would not wake up again."
"I rushed him to the hospital, where they tried, but things were still not working. I remembered what you just shared with us, and [you had] told me to try it when I am going to pray. I closed my eyes and from the depth of my heart, I was telling God, 'Let us feel your presence in this place, as a sign of your goodness and mercy.' As I was still closing my eyes, I heard a strong cough. I opened my eyes, and I saw that he was the one [who had coughed]. A lot of blood [suddenly] came from his mouth and nose, then he opened his eyes and called my name. I thank God the brother is alive, but they have recommended that we do some scans which I plan to go for tomorrow."
Brother Henry further explained that when he went to the accident site to pick up brother Max, he was unconscious. He only said he last understood what was happening at the moment of the accident, but from that moment he couldn't tell what had taken place since then. He regained consciousness and came to his senses at the very moment when brother Henry prayed over him in the hospital, asking the Lord for His tangible presence as a sign of His mercy and goodness to him. Up until the moment brother Max coughed up blood, he was still unconscious.
As for his teeth, two of them came out. There are also others which entered the gum, which needed to be pulled out. Plus there were other teeth that were loosened. And then they wired his jaw shut, putting it back in position, which also caused a lot of pain. Besides that, he could not open his mouth well to talk, because his jaw was wired and could not open up properly. Brother Henry then prayed for him as I advised him to pray, and he believes God for great improvement.
Besides his broken chin, he also needed healing in his knee and teeth. It was not yet known during his initial hospitalization that he had also injured his back, but that became apparent later.
The Lord's Miraculous Healing
If brother Max had not been found and taken to the hospital so quickly, he probably would have died laying in the street, suffocating from his own blood obstructing his airways. Since he was unconscious, his protective airway reflexes (like coughing) were not functioning, leading to an obstruction known as aspiration or mechanical asphyxiation. If he wasn't clinically dead already when brother Henry found him, he was probably very close to it!
From the moment that brother Max was hit by the car and knocked to the ground, he was unconscious until the moment at the hospital when brother Henry prayed that special prayer that he had recently been encouraged to pray for the Lord's presence to be manifested. That was the moment at which he coughed up a lot of blood and regained consciousness.
The Lord had recently provided brother Henry with that motorcycle without which he would not have been able to get brother Max to the hospital so quickly. And if someone had not found brother Henry's phone number on the church ID that brother Max was carrying, then they could not have known to reach him or how to do so. So those were all things the Lord provided for.
After several days in the hospital and then several weeks with his jaw being wired shut, he finally got the wires removed. The Lord was gradually healing him, and continues to do so. Brother Henry says, "Even weeks after he was discharged from the hospital, it was difficult for him to sit on the motorcycle alone without someone supporting him from behind." The picture of Max standing above in the white shirt was taken in April 2026, obviously after he had already experienced significant healing.
Then on April 27, 2026, three months after the accident, brother Henry wrote: "I thank God for brother Max (the elder) for the great improvement, but let us pray for him. This week I went with him to Luk Lori, but on reaching [our destination], he was again having a terrible back pain which was not there before. I prayed for him, and by the time we were coming back he was even able to sit on the motorcycle."
On May 5th, brother Henry wrote: "I thank God for the steady progress of healing for bro Max. From the time I prayed for him, he has been receiving healing on a daily basis, he can now bend well without pain."
On June 9th, brother Henry wrote: " I also thank God because bro Max has totally received healing of the back. From that day I prayed with him, he has never gotten any pain again. He is able to bend, which he was unable to do before."
Closing Words
We give God all the glory for what He did in brother Max's life. Although his knees, back, and chin are now healed, and his jaw is no longer wired shut, his lower jaw still needs a miraculous adjustment, so that it is aligned with his upper jaw. Plus there are still three damaged teeth that need to be healed. He also needs the Lord to increase the range of motion of his lower jaw, so that he can speak more clearly. This will come in time with physical therapy and prayer for him. Praise the Lord for the great things He has done for brother Max, and we trust in Him to finish what He has started. By His stripes, brother Max is healed. Amen.
Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?
“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and believe.
Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International. He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.
