“She says her knee hurts and is all swollen up,” Hyacienth told me as he came back from the village Bible study. One of the older ladies in our group had asked him to tell me about her problem. I didn’t know exactly what was causing the pain, but I told him to tell her to put charcoal compresses on it and see if they would reduce the inflammation.

The following week, I went to the village for the group Bible study and visited the lady. The swelling had gone down, and the pain was mostly gone. I told her to do charcoal compresses a few more times to make sure all the inflammation was gone and her knee is back to normal. Thank God for the healing properties of powdered charcoal. —Suzy Baldwin

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