Some years ago in a midwestern town a little boy was born blind.  His mother and father were heartsick, but they struggled with his blindness the best they could.  Like all such parents, they prayed and hoped for some miracle.  They wanted so much for their son to be able to see.  Then one day when the little boy was 5 years old, the community doctor told them that he had heard about a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital who was specializing in a new surgical procedure that might just work for their son… that might just give their little boy his eyesight.

The parents became excited at the prospect, but when they investigated further and discovered the cost of the surgery and the travel and the hospital expense involved, they became deflated because they were not people of means at a…