Mongolian teens brought to U.S. for heart surgery; money raised by 10-year-old U.S. boy
Monday, 10 March 2008
A ten-year-old U.S. fifth grader
has raised $8,000 to bring two Mongolian boys to the United States for
heart surgery.
Garrett Ferguson of Mexia,
Texas had, himself, needed heart surgery due to a congential heart defect.
After learning that Choijilsuren Dorj and Baljinnayam Sukhbaatar, both
16-year-old boys, needed the same surgery he began raising money for
their airfares from Mongolia.
The medical problem for the
Mongolian teens was given added urgency because of the need to perform
the surgery before they were much older.
"I know what it's like
to be a heart patient," recalled Ferguson of his own heart problems.
"Now I want to give something to help kids who have heart problems
so they can have a chance to live."
For six months, Garrett wrote
letters to his friends and family, talked to members of his church and
even placed an ad in the local newspaper. Garrett ultimately raised
$8,000 to give to the Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project,
which brings children to the U.S. for heart surgery
"That's what we lived.
That's what we went through," Garrett's mother, Ginger Ferguson,
told News 4 of San Antonio. "To see the families experiencing what
we experienced with Garrett when he was young."
"How come like he think
of others this much, you know?" Baj-ka and Choiko's translator
asked News 4. "They cannot express their gratefulness in words...it's
just beyond their words."
The Samaritan’s Purse Children’s
Heart Project arranges for surgical and hospital expenses to be donated.
Additionally, they arrange for the child’s parent to be with the child
in the United States. Both the child and parent are housed with a host
family near the hospital.
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A ten-year-old U.S. fifth grader
has raised $8,000 to bring two Mongolian boys to the United States for
heart surgery. 
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