Children have always been a large part of my life and very special to my heart. Fifteen years ago, I took on the quest to find a cure for my twelve-year-old son’s cancer. Many of you who know me personally or have read my book, One Miracle After Another, know that we found the cure for his cancer. That’s how and why this magazine began.

When I completed the quest to find the cure for cancer, I opened to a larger vision and a new quest. The Healing Toby Network is the vehicle through which this larger vision will come to be. Many of you are destined to be a part of it and the larger purpose we all carry: to create a new health care system that not only cures disease but prevents a large portion of that disease. We know alternative/holistic health is God’s answer to health care problems. The movement is growing and spreading all over the world, with Europe leading in the discovery and development of health technology.

Holistic Health is the new paradigm for the new century. I believe it will very soon be an accepted and mandatory part of our own health care system. Medical doctors will understand the healing arts and be treatment planners rather than drug pushers. Our souls are organic; we have to stop putting chemicals into our bodies and our children’s bodies.

The world is involved in intense change now. Thought is changing and evolving rapidly. We can all feel that. We stand on the brink of war and ask which side will win. Do we wish to go back to our primitive ways of war on each other, or are we ready to open to the new paradigm of co-operation and peace on Earth? Can you hear the Call?

Despite the potential of world war, I believe more and more people are choosing to act from love and peace. God placed a quest inside each of us to seek our spirituality. Millions of people all over the world are answering the Call and seeking God. The quest for God, spirituality, peace and love will lead us to the solutions we need to create a future worth living. The new future is already happening.

Those of us around the world who pray for peace and to live and let live, who walk and talk our spirituality, are uniting and forwarding the quest for world peace. We are the angels; we work to walk in the light; we are dedicated to what’s right, and we are the healers. We are the forerunners of a new health care system that is gentle and peaceful, and we are healing ourselves in the process of healing others. Is there a healer inside of you? Many of us are not professionals; still we work to educate our family, our friends, and ourselves. We are bringing in that future. You can help. Now is the time to stand up and be counted. We are making a difference.

Everyone who works for the Healing Toby Network -- from board members and staff to web designers – is a healer. As a community of healers, we have developed Children’s Healing Day – monthly free holistic health care clinics for children and pregnant women. We ask families to donate $20 if they are able. The children are seen by a variety of health care professionals doing many different modalities of healing, addressing each child’s unique problems and concerns. Our goals are to prevent medical trauma and disease in children and document the power of holistic/alternative health care for children. For those with severe health problems, we work to support and facilitate healing in conjunction with medical protocols. Through this effort, we raise the quality of life and health for Alaskan Children. Our children are our future, and so is holistic health care.

Children’s Healing Day is gaining power and growing rapidly. If you feel the call, or have a healer in your soul – if children are close to your heart, you can help us. We need more body workers, chiropractors, naturopathic doctors and medical holistic doctors to volunteer at least four hours of work once a month. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about children’s health care. If you are already experienced in children’s health care, we need educators and educational materials put together. We also need volunteers to assist in the production, marketing and recordkeeping.

If you cannot donate your work or time or assist us financially, you can pray with us and for us. Alone or in your prayer groups and gatherings, you can pray for the success of the Healing Toby Network, and for the healing of all children everywhere. You can buy a copy of One Miracle After Another and give it to a sick friend or donate it back to the network so we can give it to families with ill children. One-half of the proceeds from this book go to support the Network. Thank you for helping us make a difference, for raising the quality of life for Alaskan children and for demonstrating the power of alternative and holistic health care.

Please call Lori Montgomery at 243-1420 or 243-9533 to get on the Body Worker schedule, to volunteer, or to attend our next board meeting.