“I can’t talk” I told my friend on the phone, “Mike’s sick. I have to take him to the doctor.” I hung up the phone went to check on my husband. He was feverish and started to have a seizure.

After a few days in the hospital and lots of testing, the doctors were all puzzled. Mike’s white blood cell count was down, and they couldn’t figure out why. They started talking about cancer and bone marrow transfusions. His immune system was shutting down.

Once he was stable, the doctors decided to send him home away from all of the hospital germs. A couple of days later, I went to the basement to collect some canning jars. The recent rains meant that everything was in a constant state of dampness. That day, as I went down the stairs, I stopped and stared. There, on the dirt floor was a giant carpet of mold. It was a room’s width and very long. The mold was growing 2 to 3 inches tall and tiny mushrooms dotted the entire patch. Stunned, I surveyed the area, and then I looked up. There, a fourth of the rafters overhead were covered with black mold.

Mike and I decided to move out of the house and into our small prophets’ apartment. This 20 × 26 area became our living, cooking, sleeping and office space. We both immediately felt better and slept better than we have in a long time. Anything brought in from the house was first carefully cleaned.

Ten days later Mike returned to the doctor for bone marrow testing. The doctor was puzzled by Mike’s healthful appearance. Before proceeding, the doctor ordered a blood test. The results? Mike was totally healed…No cancer!!!! Since then, he’s had follow-up tests that confirm all is clear.

We pressed the doctor to give us an answer as to why Mike’s WBC (white blood cell) count and platelets dropped so low and why he was so terribly sick. What was it? Why did he get well so quickly? The doctor had no answers.

Of course, we know that God intervened for us in healing Mike.

For now, we are fighting this black mold. As with all things, there truly is nothing new under the sun. Leviticus 14:33-57 is a passage about how the Jews were told to get rid of mold. It sounds a lot like methods used by hazardous material specialists today.

Meanwhile, we are enjoying our cozy little honeymoon apartment and thanking God for His protection.