Blow for Ruben Kruger
2000-12-17 22:08
A week that started with great expectations for Ruben Kruger and his wife, Lize, ended in heartache on Sunday when Ruben was told at the airport that his wife was to lose the baby about which they were so excited.
Lize met him at the airport and the two then went to a clinic in Pretoria where she underwent tests. Although she is brave about the loss, her husband was visibly upset when he was told.
He is, however, positive about his healing. "I no longer have to drink my chemo pills", he said on Sunday. He believes his healing started on Sunday already when he arrived at the synagogue.
After he had said Kruger was healed of a malignant brain tumour, "Prophet" T B Joshua also gave him an oil to rub on the place where the tumour was. Kruger said he should undergo further examination in January, but he would still decide about it. "I will take the Lord's lead."
When Rapport spoke to Kruger earlier this week in Lagos, he excitedly told about his experience at the synagogue.
He had tackled many people during his rugby days. He also came down hard himself - he could take it like a man. But what happened in Lagos was bigger than him. He cried like a man.
"You cannot describe the feeling to anyone who has not experienced it. It was an unbelievable, or should I say believable, experience."
Before leaving for Lagos, Kruger told his doctor, Pieter Slabbert, not to be worried because he would return cured. Until the healing service on Wednesday from 06:00 to 0930, Kruger did not know what to expect.
"I heard about people being cured, I watched videos of miracle cures, I believed I would be cured and still there was a big doubt deep within me."
Kruger and his wife are celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary quietly at home. Lize says after so many days in the heart of Africa, she is going to make boerekos for her husband. - Rapport