Her husband of fifteen years, Godfrey Muwanga, is a farmer. They own a piece of land where Godfrey toils single handedly to cultivate maize, banana, cassava, groundnuts, sweet potato, and coffee.

Godfrey married Agnes when she was twenty years old. They were happy but tragedy befell them when she lost their first child during her pregnancy.

Their second child, a boy, is now eight years old, but misfortune struck again when their third child was born dead. These deaths seemed to have some connection with Agnes’s health, but they remained an unsolved mystery.

However, the Mulago Hospital did not have facilities for performing this type of cardiac surgery, so Godfrey was forced to look beyond Uganda for Agnes’s treatment.

They were referred to a hospital in Chennai and were told the operation would cost USD 13,000. Godfrey and Agnes were very dejected as it seemed impossible they would ever be able to collect such a large sum of money. They sought help anywhere they could but none was forthcoming…or so it seemed.

Agnes possesses a helpful nature and always strove to alleviate the suffering of those around her, in particular by supporting other women to become economically independent.

She was also active in Aids Relief activities. So it seemed sadly ironic that no one had stepped forward to help her in her time of need.

This is what Dr. Anil Kumar Mulpur, HOD, Cardiac Surgery, who operated on Agnes, had to say regarding her successful surgery and post-operative recovery: “Agnes had a very narrow aortic root on the preoperative investigation and the operation was a challenging one. With Swami's grace and thanks to all the members of the cardiothoracic surgery team for their effort, Agnes Nakagiri made a smooth postoperative recovery. Personally, I feel it is a great miracle in itself for a remote African farmer's wife to come this far for the treatment. I feel greatly indebted to Swami for the chance given to us to operate on this lady.”

“It came up from my interaction with her that she is the chairperson in AIDS prevention in her own community. She is going to work more for her community after she returns to her place. It is gratifying to see these patients go back to community, lead a productive life of good quality and bring some more happiness to their own families and the communities. There is a spiritual reawakening apart from better health for these patients,” he added.

“I Am So Overwhelmed By The Love And Care....” – Agnes

“In Uganda we ran from pillar to post in the hope of finding treatment. In our own homeland people are so self-centered and help was so difficult to obtain. We are so thankful to the doctors and all the staff here who have been so nice to us,” said Godfrey.

“I am so overwhelmed by the love, care and treatment I received here. I feel it is my faith and belief in Jesus Christ which made it possible for me to be treated here. We are very keen to have Sai Baba’s darshan before we leave for Uganda.

Once I return home I want to spread the message of the loving care I received here and talk about what Baba has made possible for humanity,” added Agnes, looking up from the book Sai Baba: Man of Miracles, she was reading. The calmness and poise in Agnes’s demeanor were quite striking and visible proof of her deeply rooted faith.

“If blessed with the opportunity, I would like to sing in Baba’s presence,” prayed musically gifted Agnes, who leads the church choir and teaches people to sing, as well as also playing drums. When told that Baba had been in Uganda in 1968, they both exclaimed, “Oh, how we wish we were born earlier!”