{"id":2914,"date":"2015-02-02T12:38:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T17:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2015-02-02T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T17:45:06","slug":"the-auction-that-saves-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/the-auction-that-saves-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"The Auction that Saves Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cA Chinese Auction that Saves Lives\u201d \u2013 It\u2019s a catchy slogan that has been resounding in every home the last few weeks, but few understand the true meaning, and above all, the very painful meaning, that hides behind this very dramatic phrase.\"pr<\/a>
\nLast week, a retreat for women struggling with cancer drew to a close.
\nMore than 100 women: sick mothers, wives of sick husbands, and mothers of sick children attended the retreat. The women had one common denominator \u2013 long periods of sleeplessness from worry, pain, and unrelenting fear.
\nWe were there. We at the Cancer Patient Support Division are used to a routine that is lined with pain. Every day, we give many families glimmers of hope and the strength to keep going. We encourage them not to fall into the pits of despair that lurk at every turn. We too stopped for a moment at the retreat, stepped out of the routine, non-stop doing, and linked up to those women, who welcomed this opportunity for a tiny break from the unceasing marathon\u2026 To an onlooker, it would appear as if they had flipped the pages to a different reality, an optimistic, smiling reality\u2026
\nSix in the evening: it’s time to go back\u2026 Buses are waiting outside for over an hour already, but something stops me from leaving and stopping the program that hasn\u2019t finished yet. Women, knowing all too well to where and what they are returning, grab another whiff of the fresh, clear air, free of troubles. Like me, the program directors, too, are unable to cut short this unstoppable song.
\n\u201cOn Thursday,\u201d one of the women tells me on the way to the bus, \u201cI felt like giving up. The doctors themselves are optimistic, but the tough journey concealed every ray of hope from me\u2026 Now, I am coming back to life!\u201d \u2013 she announces suddenly, with new determination., With tears in her eyes, she adds \u2013 \u201cYou are like a gift from Heaven for me. In one swoop, you pulled the darkness aside and I discovered light I had forgotten exists.\u201d \u201cI am coming back to life!\u201d she announces again, and I notice that dozens of heads around us are nodding along with her, joining in silent agreement with her feeling and her decision. Such a piercing, meaningful sentence!
\nI head homeward with trembling heart\u2026 \u201cThank you, Creator of the Universe!\u201d \u2013 The words burst from my heart\u2026 \u201cThank you that we at Ezer Mizion are privileged again and again to be on the side of the givers \u2013 to be those who restore people to life!…\u201d
\nSometimes emotionally by instilling in them the will to live and sometimes in actuality by providing the DNA match for the bone marrow transplant, their last chance for survival.
\nAnd then I understood. It\u2019s not just a winning slogan. It is the chilling reality for thousands of people who are waiting \u2026 For them \u2013 tomorrow is too late\u2026 A Chinese Auction that saves lives!<\/p>\n

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