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Youth evangelist Winkie Pratney recovering after stroke

New Zealand-based youth evangelist Winkie Pratney is slowly recovering from a stroke that caused a brain aneurysm the day after Christmas, reports Charisma News Online.

"Each day we've noticed marked improvement, and his recall seems to be deepening," wrote Pratney's son, William Pratney, in a Dec. 28 blog posting at winkiepratney.com. "He began writing in a notepad we got him, attempting to remember things like people's names, books he has written, sermon topics he has spoken on."

Affectionately called the "world's oldest teenager," Winkie Pratney, 65, preaches to a half-million students each year. In the last 30 years, he has written more than a dozen books on youth and discipleship, including the best-selling manual Youth Aflame, and he has partnered with such ministries as Campus Life, Master's Commission, Youth With a Mission and Teen Challenge.

Pratney began complaining of a headache the day after Christmas and was rushed to an Auckland, New Zealand, hospital when his communication became confused. Doctors said he suffered a hemmorhagic stroke, which includes bleeding within the brain and in the inner and outer tissue covering the brain.

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[01/08/2010]

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