Update...

Willem and his Dad are in Bali now. The first day they went to the school and Willem was tested. It was determined that he has a conductive loss. His one ear has a moderate loss and the other ear has a severe loss due to no ear canal. At the time they were there, one of Bali's top ENT's was there as well and he examined Willem's ears and found that Willem's better ear was completely plugged by a huge plug of wax. After that Willem was fitted with a pocket hearing aid and had a session with a speach therapist. The next day that same ENT re-examined Willem's better ear and determined that Willem has otitis media. So yesterday they operated on Willem and put a tube in his ear. I haven't heard yet how it went. Today they are going to retest Willem and the best possible result is that he will be able to hear without a hearing aid! Can you imagine!!! This is truly a work of God. Just think if you thought that there was nothing you could do for your child due to where you live and your financial situation... I can't imagine, being a priviledged Westerner.... Please pray with me that the surgery would be a success and that Willem would be able to hear without the use of an aid.