Greatly To Be Praised

Last night, I slept for three hours only, because I couldn’t sleep my mind was so wide awake. Beside, I was monitoring my father’s situation, so I kept on phoning my family back home. Thank God for HIS provision for the Long Distance Calls….God will never forget to bless the giver!

I woke early today too, to make some phone calls because I wanted to be sure about the situation of my father before I left for work , because I couldn’t phone them using my mobile phone at this moment. Praise God, before I left for work, my father has been recovering his situation. Thank God for restoring the health of my father.

When I arrived home, I phoned my family immediately, and I was very glad that my father has been feeling very well. And I spoke to him on the phone, too! Praise God!

And my youngest sister told me that our father wanted to go home tomorrow because he does not like to stay at the hospital. Meaning, that’s the indication that my father is healed already. Hallelujah! God is so good.

I also thank you all for praying for my father’s situation. God bless you all! Your prayers appreciated very much! I thank God for meeting the needs, by faith All the financial needs have already met by my Great Provider…JEHOVAH JIRAH!

I also thank God that I was able to finish working, the work that my managee gave me today. I also praise God that I started teaching with the EP Students today. Though, I was coughing hard while reciting to them the poems that I’ve been teaching them. But I still praise HIM for that!

God is great and He is greatly to be praised!

Good night everyone! It’s time for me to get some beauty rest! Once again, thank you so much for your prayers. Rest assured that God will never forget His rewards for you all!

To my blogbuddies, I will visit your new posts tomorrow.... :-) My eyes are so tired now! :-)

Searching Some Songs

This morning, I was told by the English department coodinator that our school manager wanted me to teach some songs, poems, and dance with the EP students, and they will present this during the Father’s day on December 5. Since December 5 will be a holiday, so we’ll be celebrating the father’s on December 4. By the way, here in Thailand, the father’s day is fall on the king’s birthday, and that will be on December 5.

After I knew that my father has been feeling okay at the hospital and he ate quite a lot already. So, I started searching some songs for the father’s day on the youtube. And I found a couple of songs but I was not able to decide which one that I will be teaching with the EP student yet. Because most of the father’s songs that I listened and watched to were very nice. Infact, I was so emotional while watching them, because I remember my father. Sighs..But what to do, I have to Trust everything into my Faithful Father. I know for sure that He is in control of everything.

I hope by tomorrow morming, I will be able to decide which song that I will be teaching with the EP students, because I need to start teaching them by tomorrow morning as well. Hmmm..by the way, the English program students are not my students but I wonder why, why my manager wanted me to teach them some songs, poems and dance. Since, they’re not my students so I only teach them after the flag ceremony and that’s only 30 minutes per day. I hope that they’ll be able to memorize the songs, etc. LORD Please Help me.

God night everyone. Please include my father in your prayers!

Just Yesterday!

Yesterday, I wrote about my father’s health improvement. And I was very thankful to God for the improvement of his health. But just a couple hours ago, I received a text message from my sister, informing me that they needed to bring my father to the hospital, but they're still waiting for my decision. Oh my..oh my…When I read that text message, my body was shaking and my stomach was getting upset. So I tried to calm down and uttered prayers. I know that in times like this, only God could make me strong. Then I phoned my sister using mobile phone and I told her to bring our father to the hospital immediately. Since, I’ve been using a prepaid card so I just spoke to my sister for 3 minutes and the load of my prepaid was over.

Therefore, I asked permission from the office that I wanted to go home early because I needed to phone my family using the vonage line. When I arrived at my apartment, I turned on the routers immediate, because I cannot wait to phone my family back home.

To make the long story short, I spoke to our youngest sister, and she told me that they rushed my father to the emergency room because he’s suffering from a hard breathing and they put oxygen to my father.

Oh Lord! You are my strength! You are my everything! You are my Faithful Father! And by Your wounds my father was already healed from the sicknesses that’s contaminated in his body. Father God, please extend the life of my father here on earth! I am praying and begging YOU. Please Loving God, provide the financial needs! And everything!

Needed To Tell

When I studied the new textbook of my EP students, I needed to tell them a story of “The Lion and the Mouse” and on the textbook there were only pictures of the Lion and the mouse, but the story itself was not written on it. And the school didn’t provide a story book for me to use. And I don’t have ideas on the said story. To be honest, I never heard that story..poor me… or if my primary teacher told us the story I might be asleep or absent. He he he he he… I know that it’s not good that I will just tell the story to my students without knowing the story first. So what to do?

Well, I am thankful enough to our technology now (The internet) and also to the search engine which is the google because I found the whole story of “The Lion and the Mouse”. Above all, I thank God that He has provided me a direct access to the Internet. And now, I know the story and I am now ready to tell the story to my students. Hurray!

The Latest Update

It has been quite sometimes that I never updated about the health improvement of my father's health. Every other day, I usually phone my family just checking the health of my father. Praise God, my father has been feeling well now. Unlike the time that I was there, he suffered so much pained in his body due to the reactions of the medicine that he has been taking. Now, no more pain in his body but his appetite has not been back yet. According to my sister, my father only eat little every meal. I believe that God is going to restore my father’s health and at the end HIS Name will be glorified.

I praise God for the gradual restoration of my father’s health. Praise God for meeting the very needs of my family. Indeed! God is so faithful in many ways. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever!

The Meaning......

Last Friday, during our tea/coffee break at mid-night, a pastor asked my given name. And I told him my given name. Immediately, he gave Biblical meaning of it. I was amazed when I heard the meaning of my given name. Though in the worldly meaning, it’s quite devastating because it symbolizes War. I remember, when I was in my high school, my schoolmates would always make fun of my given name. Most of my classmates used to call me, warshock and they laughed out loud while calling me “Warshock”.

The meaning of my name is a little warior, and the pastor mentioned about David. When David killed Golliath he was just a little lad but God had given him the power and courage to kill the giant. So God has given me the authorities to fight for the giants in life. The pastor added that my personality reveals the meaning of my name, strong, bubbly, and dominant, dominant? (ha ha ha ha ha ha) Sure enough, some of you, who have known me for quite sometimes, you will say….big yes to that! He even said that I have a gift of prophecy but I never practice it, and also, I have a gift of discerning of spirits. Wow! I just met this pastor at that very moment, and God uses him to encourage me. By faith, and with God’s help, I’ve had those gifts before but it’s true, I never practice them for quite sometimes already.

Well, back to the meaning of my name, it was not by accident that my parents have chosen this name for me and I believe God has redeemed this already. And that’s why..It is a little Warior!And in God, there’s no accident at all! A step of a good man is ordered by God!!!

Blessing Indeed!

Last month, I visited my family for a couple of weeks. A week after I arrived at my parents’ place my niece gave birth to a healthy baby girl. After the mid wife bathed her, I carried her and she looked at to the lights and seemed she saw those lights. She opened her eyes widely. But, in a few days, she got high fever, and we’re all wondering why she got high fever. To make the long story short, we brought her to the hospital, and there we found out that her belly button was infected already. We praise and thank the LORD for giving us wisdom what to do on that very day. Because the doctor told us that if we waited for a couple of hours, there might be something wrong happened to the baby

A few hours after she’s born. Her name is Shine!

Two days, after she’s discharged from the hospital. At this moment, she’s 10 days old only. Praise God! For HIS Miracles! Indeed..Shine is a Blessing to us!

I just spoke to my sister in law, who is a grandmother of a little baby girl. My sister in law told me that the baby now is very healthy and she grows so fast, and she loves to smile, too. She is just a month and 9 days old, today. She is a Blessing Indeed!

Lesson Plans

What a relieved after I was done making my lesson plans for the whole semester. And ready to be submitted by tomorrow. I thought, I was not being able to finish doing them today and I would be late of submitting them since the deadline will be tomorrow. Thank God that I am just on time to submit my entire lesson plans. Though my back, hands, and fingers have been aching because of so much typing. But still I’ve been so thankful to God for giving me the courage and joy of doing them. I am very thankful to God that He has made me as a schoolteacher. I always count this, that this is part of the package of HIS bountiful blessing in my life. Thank you so much my Loving Father!

Yummy Sunday 2

After I rested for a couple of hours yesterday, I went to Lotus just to buy some school supplies. While I was looking at the pictures of pizza, I felt like eating it, but at first I ignored my feeling, so I went inside and finding the stuff that I needed to buy. While I was inside Lotus my mind was kept on thinking and imagining the pizza so after paying my goods, I went straight to the Pizza Company and ordered a set of Pizza and I felt satisfied after eating. lol

The Hawaiian Pizza, I had some of this for my breakfast this morning

The Yummy Spaghetti with white sauce and I put lots of shredded cheese on it.

The garlic bread, I ate this for my breakfast today, too

Monthly Activity

Last Friday after school, I went to the City to attend our Monthly Overnight prayer meeting. We started at 9 in the evening and we had tea/coffee break at mid-night. Well some brought delicious chiopao and it tasted like chiopao in the Philippines. Yummy! Forgot to take pictures though.

Then I brought some snacks from the Philippines, and of course everyone liked what I brought for them because they’re from our own country (patronizing the products) (smiles). Then I brought a couple of boxes of durian candies and they made fun of it because it nicely packed in front and when we opened them up, oh my! We found out there were two big sliced heavy brown paper that added the heaviness of the packaging. And the durian candies were 8 pieces only. (Please look at the photo) Guess what? Those boxes of durian candies, they’re one that I gave to my friends at school like the school owner, our manager, principals, and other teachers. How I wish that I opened one of the boxes before I bought them at Ororama Cagayan De Oro City. Wow! The company was cheating their customers! Ha ha ha!

She’s making fun of the durian candies, and she said, why it’s the other one has clothed on and the other one has no clothed on at all. I guess you understand what she meant by that. He he he he! Jo, thanks for allowing me posting a picture of you on my blog.

Well back to our prayer meeting it was very great. God sent HIS ambassador to share HIS words and it’s so encouraging. We ended up at 5 in the morning then that’s the time we slept for a couple of hours and we parted our ways. If not because of my lesson plans I would love to stay there for another night just to relax because the room is fully air-conditioned…what to do?? Need to work!

Awards

I received these awards from Bogie. Bogie, I thank you so much for giving these awards to me. It is always wonderful to receive awards. God bless your heart.

Now, I would like to pass these awards to; Lalaine/love, Janet, Aisha, Vine, Noemi, Dines, Bernadeth.

Yes, I Did Go There

Yes, indeed! I did go for saunas yesterday. Wow! It was my first time to go there that many of us were enjoying dry sauna and herbs steam bath. Usually, I was alone there and there was always advantage being alone inside the room because I could be myself without anything. Guess you know what I meant…(smiles)

Yesterday, I did both dry sauna and herbs steam bath but I paid for just 100 baht only until I was done. I stayed for a couple of minutes in Sauna, and rest for a while, then immersed myself in the herbs steam bath, in Thai language they called it “Op Samon Pai” It was so nice to do both because the herbs steam bath was so refreshing after staying for a couple of minutes in the dry Sauna.

My dinner was 47 baht only, very cheap, and it's so delicious!

Well, after I was done at the sauna center, I was so hungry and I could not wait to go home and eat my dinner. So what I did, I went to the restaurant and ordered one of my favorite Thai foods, the Kruang keng nua, beef with curry and I also ordered my Thai favorite drink, the "chamanaw " iced-lemon tea.

Oh my! Oh my! When I arrived home, I felt so sleepy so I couldn’t help myself than to sleep. And I slept like a baby! Then, when I got up, I felt much better, and when I looked at my hands, the nerves were not bluish anymore, and not swelling at all. And my legs have been feeling better as well. I am glad that I decided to go for dry Sauna and herbs steam bath. I always thank God for all the leisure that He has given to me! Thank you Loving Father!

Frequently Asked.....

Do you have boyfriend? Are you getting married? Or when will you get married?

Those questions have frequently asked by my friends, whenever we have chanced to talk whether online, phone or in person.

Well, before I answered their questions, I’ve always cracked jokes or laughed first. So, every time I talked with my friends, I would always expect that somehow they would ask the same questions and it’s not new to me at all.

For instance, on my recent visit in the Philippines. Wow! Every person that I met on the road or everywhere, the first question was, how are you? Then next to that, do you have boyfriend? When will you get married? Are you getting married? Ha ha ha ha ha ha…The only people that never asked me those questions are my family members. Glad that they never asked, definitely I don’t know what I should answer to them.

Did I get irritated with those questions? Well, honestly, I never did get irritated at all. That’s very normal questions for singles. When people asked those questions, deep in my heart I ponder and assist myself, why I’m not married until now. Well, I just want to be honest, the self-pity party, loneliness, etc would come into my mind. And it made me felt very sad. He he he he

Few things that make me ponder why I am not married yet:

1. I am not matured enough and not ready to get married yet. Of course, not my age at all, but emotionally spiritually, physically, etc.
2. The time is not ripe yet for me to get married.
3. God’s best is yet to come.
4. God is not finish HERE yet.

And, because of HIS Great and Marvelous Love I’ve always realized that God has a purpose of everything. God has HIS wonderful purpose why I am still single until now. God never been mistaken that I never been married yet. Sometimes, it’s hard to understand the purposes of God by my own understanding. But through HIS unlimited Wisdom, I understood everything. The one thing that I am very sure is that, I will never be single forever! I always hold unto God's promises. In HIS time He makes all things beautiful. Hallelujah!

Thank you my friends for all those questions, I count it all joy and blessings, and I know God uses you all so that I could ponder HIS great Faithfulness.

Yummy Sunday 1

I was craving for Indian food! Actually, I like Indian food especially the food that has curry. HmmmYummy. Well, since I am here in the small town and I could not find any Indian restaurants. So what I did, I cooked my own style Indian food, “fish with curry”. And it turned out so delicious. You want to try? LOL

Foot Massage

The pains in my legs have never been subsided since last night so I decided to go for foot massage. I tried to search on the Internet the advantages of having foot massage. Right there I found out that it’s very helpful and it will eliminate certain ailments. Also, the usage of reflexology, a traditional Chinese technique used for healing of the body and to unwind the muscles.

Well, I would really say that’s it is true because after my masseur massaged me, I felt great relieved and my whole body was sweating a lot even now while writing my blogs. My sweat it’s very cold too. I am glad that I decided for foot massage even though I had my body massage just yesterday. I thank God also that the foot massage is not that expensive it’s only 150 baht for an hour. I will just continue to pray that God will heal me completely.

Well, even I had my foot massage; I still bought cream for varicose veins. It’s quite expensive but I know I needed it so I bought the smallest one.

For me, she is an excellent masseur. If will leave here for good, these are one of the things that I will be missing a lot.

Visitors

While I was resting after lunch, I received a text message from my colleague and telling me that they’re coming to my house. So I replied to that text immediately, and I told her, okay and I will be waiting. In a couple of minutes they arrived. At this time, I never had my shower yet and I was still treating my hair.

Well, we visited for a while then I let them watched movie using the laptop. And I took shower while they’re watching movie. After, I took shower, I went outside to buy something to eat. I asked them what they would like to eat, they only said, anything…anything means, I have the freedom to choose what I could offer them.

This little boy, I used to take care of him when he was a baby. And I always cherished those days; thank God that we have been connected again after a couple of years had been separated. By the way, they were watching “GoldMember” in Thai Language…anyways, there’s an English subtitle so still could understand the movie. Actually, they’re so fluent in speaking in Thai Language so no problem at all.

When I was at the store, I could see anything and something nice to offer to them but I saw some ice cream. So I decided to buy ice cream, soft and some bread then on my way back to my place I saw fried bananas so I bought some too.

Bedtime

Before I went to bed last night, I was having pain in my legs so I put on lots of efficascent (liniment) oil on it. And I’ve also noticed, that my varicose veins in my legs have been swelling as well as in my hands. These might be the caused why my body was shaking for a couple of days. Well, today I will try to go to the pharmacy and ask cream for varicose veins. I am pretty sure that they’ve got cream for it.

Before I fell to sleep, I was thinking to go for sauna on Monday since weekends they’re closed. Well, there's one Sauna here too, but it's quite expensive. So I'd prefer to go to the Sauna that has own my the government hospital because it's only 100 baht until you're done soaking. I think Sauna helps to remove winds inside my body or veins.

When I got up today, still my legs are paining and I could feel something running inside my veins. And my breathing was a little bit clogging but after a few minutes my breathing was back to normal. I’m really wondering why I have been having this hard breathing every time I woke up. If I am feeling like this until next week, I guess I have to see the doctor again. Sigh…being sick it is not easy. Anyways, I’m very thankful God that I am still alive. And He brought me back to Thailand, the land flowing with Milk and Honey, Exodus 3:8. Hallelujah!

Body Massage

I woke up, around 5 in the morning today, and I noticed that I was breathing hard so I took a medicine for hard breathing, and I went to sleep again. Then I never woke up again, if my co teacher didn’t call me. When I looked at the clock it’s 7:20 in the morning already. And it’s very late for me to prepare for work, besides my body has been shaking. So I decided not to go to work again today.

Since my hands, and legs have been shaking so I decided to go for a body massage. I was glad that I decided to go for a massage because I felt a little bit better though my arms still shaking. The masseur would always massage me nicely. She has been my masseur since 2003, so she knows my body well already. And I’m not ashamed if she would put ointment on my body because she is like a mother to me. The good thing is; the price has never increased since 2003, it’s only 200 baht for two hours. Two hours for a body massage is very satisfying! :-)

How I wish that the important people in my life will experience, what I’ve been experiencing here. Such as cheap body massage, food, etc. Well, I would never lost hope, and I believe someday they’ll experience what I’ve been experiencing now. In HIS TIME!

TV Series

When I was in the Philippines, I used to watch the tagalog TV series. One of the TV series that I liked to watch was..Iisa Pa Lamang. This TV series was about to end before I left at my parents place.

Then today, while I was reading the news on Internet, that TV series came into my mind so I tried to open the Pinoy Channel and there it was, the last few series were posted there and I was able to watch the ending of that TV series. And also, I was able to watch movies online and it’s free.

Resting Only

I got up early today, to prepare for work but when I stood up, I felt dizzy and my body was shaking so I lied down again and got more sleep. Thinking that after a few minutes of resting I would be okay, so I got up at 7 a.m again but I’ve still felt weak and my body still shaking, then I rested again, and decided not to go to work for today.

At around 7:20 a.m my colleague (Filipino-teacher) phoned me and asked me how I’ve been doing. And I told her that I’ve not been feeling well and I wanted to rest for today. So from that time, I’ve rested and I’ve been feeling a little bit okay.

This might be the reaction of my medication or what? Or I might be feeling stress? Or my body has been struggling for the new climate? Well, I don’t really know! Anyways, I’ve been praying and hoping that I will be completely healed pretty soon.

After Shocked??

Yesterday, I felt so tired and my body was shaking. Therefore I went to bed early and I slept from 7:00 pm until 6:00 a.m today. But today, I’ve been feeling the same, and after lunch at school I took a napped. When I got up from my napped I felt dizzy, so I tried to sit down until I felt okay. I’m just wondering why I’ve been feeling like this. This might be after shocked? After shocked of being sick!

Good enough that at noon, the students were very busy making their Loy Krathong. (Please look at photos and read below) I only taught for 3 hours in the morning and I was able to relax at noontime. Actually, my body still wanted to rest but I have to go to work, because we have given the very limited absences from work. Well, after I posted this, I'm going to rest and sleep. So good night everyone!

My co teacher helping her students to make Krathong

People go to rivers and canals to float Kratongs; small floats made of cork and banana leaves, to thank the rivers for their bounty and support throughout the year, and as a means of making merit and gaining good luck. If you want to know more on this please try to visit: (http://www.loikrathong.net/EN/)

Each Kratong has a flower, a candle and three incense sticks, the candles and incense sticks are lit before placing the Krathong in the water and making a wish

Health Insurance

Today, I phoned my health insurance office, and I spoke to one of the employees there. And I asked if I could still continue paying my health insurance, since that I told one of the agents a few months ago that I wanted to cancel my insurance.

Good enough that they would still allow me to continue paying it. So I asked how many months that I should be paying. So they checked my record and I’ve got three months behind and I should pay it within this week, because if I will not pay it within this week they’ll automatically cancel it. So, instead of paying my house rent first, I used and paid that money first to my health insurance. I’m pretty sure; that my landlady will understand my situation and this will be my first time to pay a month behind for my house rent.

I’ve realized how important the Health Insurance is! How I wish that I could get Health Insurance for my other sibling too. Well, some of my siblings have got their Health Insurance too, but due to the financial situation they should have stopped paying it. Sighssssss….

My Devotional Today

My devotional today was taken from the Book of Jonah, every time I read this passage, Jonah 2:8 Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. it’s always spoke my heart. And it’s always reminds me how important the obedience is.

When Jonah rebelled against the will of God, he thought that he would completely rebelled and escaped from God’s divine calling in his life. So he got into the ship, and tried to go to the other direction. But, in spite how he wanted to rebel God’s will and calling in his life. God has HIS own way to catch him back and bring him to the place where God wanted him to be. When God moves upon the life of HIS chosen ones. No one refuses because HIS purpose and perfect will would always prevail. And that’s why Jonah, couldn’t do anything else, rather than submitting himself into the sovereignty of God.

Few things learned:

1. God has speaking to me to rethinking and reconsidering things. Yes, many a times that I’ve been trying to escape and rebel the will of God. No one knows this Except HIM.
2. God has speaking to me to seek HIS guidance, and direction every time and then. Sometimes, I do things without inquiring God first. Unlike before, I always ask God, HIS direction, and guidance in everything I do or think of, and even buying things.
3. God has speaking to me to fully surrender into HIS Will so that I will never miss HIS full blessings that He intends for me.

Please GOD; help me to fall in Love with You more and more. Please help GOD that my First Love to YOU will Return and Grow more like never before. Please help me Loving GOD to Submit into YOUR Perfect WILL!

First Day Of Work

My first day at school was very relaxing and easy. My schedules of classes have never been changed they have been the same as the first semester, so Mondays I will be teaching for an hour only. And all in all, I will be teaching 18 hours in a week. This is quite light loads for me compared to the past few years.

Well, I was surprised that everyone knew that I was at the hospital for a couple of days. See how fast the news spread? Well, it’s quite wonderful to know that everyone at school seems they cared for me. :-)

Most of my colleagues commented that I look thinner now and they even told me not to get fat anymore. He he he.! How I wish that I did really lost a few kilos because that has been my desires for a long time already.

Not Done Yet

I was running out of toothpaste, so I went to the store and bought some. When I look at the price of a pack of the toothpaste it’s very cheap. In that packed it has two tubes of toothpaste, and each tube has 200 grams and it’s only 79 baht. So when I saw the price, I immediately thought of the Philippines. There, we could not buy toothpaste such as cheap as here in Thailand. Hmmmm! Until now, I am not done comparing the prices here and there yet.

I know, what I’ll be bringing for my family on my next visit…. Of course! The cheap Toothpaste!

At The Parlor

Yesterday, I went to the parlor for my hair treatment coz I never did it for almost a month. And every time the hairdresser did treating my hair, I've always asked her if she’s available because I wanted her to pull my grey hair. Well, I’ve always fortunate because every time, I went to the parlor she’s always available and always willing to pull my grey hair. After pulling the grey hair from my head I always felt great relieved from itching.

So nice of her to pull my grey hair.

I still look so haggard, actually my strength not completely back yet. But I am okay.

Away From HOME

When I left home, my father was not feeling well. Every time, I looked at him, my heart melted. He walks very slowly, he eats very little, and he couldn’t see clearly. In fact, he has been wearing the highest grade of the eyeglasses, and his eye doctor said it was the last and thickest lenses that he has now.

Yesterday, I phoned them, and my other sister told me that, our father is getting thinner since I left. Then, our youngest sister who has been taking care of my father, had fever, too. And this worries me a lot. I tried to get some sleep last night but I was not able to sleep, until 3 a.m I was still awake. I was praying hard and believing that God will heal my father.

Being away from home, it is not that easy especially if one of the members of the family have not been feeling well.

I got up early today, to phone them, and my other sister answered the phone, and told me that, our father is getting better now as well as our youngest sister. And they’ve been getting ready to go to church. Praise God for that!

Father God, please release Your Healing Power to my father. In JESUS Name I Pray!

Daily Devotional

Since last year, I’ve been subscribing online devotional, but due to my short vacation; I was not able to read it everyday because there’s no Internet connection at my parents’ place. But, since I got back, I started reading it again, and Today’s devotional stricken my heart. And I wanted to share this with you.

Precious Deaths Psalms 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

The Bible often speaks of death as a requirement of living a life in Christ. This death is not a physical death, but a spiritual death. It is a death of the old so the new can be raised. It is the life of Christ that is raised in us. However, this death can be painful if we do not choose to willingly allow this "circumcision of heart" to have its way. If we are not circumcised of heart, we do not enter into God's promises. Moses was called to deliver a people from slavery. But when he was about to return to Egypt to begin what God called Him to do, God almost killed him. He had failed to take care of the details of obedience. In this case, it was that all the males in his family were to be circumcised. This oversight on Moses' part almost cost him his life. Imagine that-God prepared a man 40 years, and yet, he was almost disqualified because of an oversight. "At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it..." (Ex. 4:24).

None of us will ever enter the Promised Land of full blessing with God unless we have this same circumcision of heart. The psalmist above accurately describes the process of circumcising the heart.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have freed me from my chains (Psalm 116:15-16).

We cannot be free to be God's servant until this death takes place in each of us. When this death takes place, we become free-free from the chains of sin that held us back from becoming completely His. Oh, what freedom there is when this death takes place. No longer are we held to the sin of materialism, fear, self-effort, or anxiety; for we are dead to these things. The Bible speaks of the seed that must die in order for it to spring up and give new life.

I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life (John 12:24-25).

Each of us must ask the Lord if our seed has died. Is it in the ground now, yielding the fruit of brokenness before Him? This is the great paradox of a life in Christ-the circumcision of heart and the death process. Ask God to free you to become all that He wants you to be today.

Head Lice

When I was in the Philippines, my two nieces would never miss sleeping with me at night. Since, they’re used to play under the heat of the sun so they couldn’t avoid that they’ve got head lice on their heads. Though, their parents been trying to eliminate all those lice but because of the head lice eggs so it’s bit difficult to eliminate.

To make the long story short, those head lice have been contaminated on my head and they’ve been hiding in my long hair. When I was at the hospital I caught one big louse, and on my way back to SatunI caught another one, and few head lice eggs.

Then my head has been itching so much and I could feel that lice have been sucking my head. Therefore, I went to the pharmacy and asked the pharmacist if they’ve got shampoo that kills the head lice. They don’t have shampoo but they’ve got Cream that kills the head lice so I bought it and it’s very cheap. When I read the instructions on how to use that cream, I was a little bit scared because I know myself that I am allergy to few chemicals.

So I never used that cream, instead I bought a comb wherein it has very small holes and I used it to scratch and comb my hair until the head lice dropped away and killed them all. While combing, I got 10 small head lice. I hope in a few days, all the head lice will be eliminated from my head.

Pictures on Slides

Since yesterday, I’ve been trying to open my friendster because I wanted to upload my latest pictures on my trip back home unfortunately the uploader didn’t show up at all. Tried it again this morning but same thing happened. So I gave up and I tried something else. Then I remember that I signed up on http://www.slide.com/ and I tried to open it up and thank God I could still remember my email address as well my password. I’ve glad that I uploaded my new pictures into it and I’ve enjoyed looking at my old family pictures that I took in 2005 and 2007. The first slideshow was my latest family pictures (2008), followered by 2007 and then 2005. Now, I can compare that my parents look healthier in a few years back. I could see their big faces and bodies but now they’re changing a lot. And also my nieces and nephews have grown up that fast. Before they’re just little children… Oh time flies so fast!

If you are interested to view my family pictures, please scroll down and you will see the slides that I posted on the first page of my blog.

Prices differ

I went to the wet market to buy for a week supply. While I was walking inside the market, I was wishing that my parents were here because all the goods here were very cheap. While in the Philippines, you would surprise the prices of the stuff there. The only cheap stuff there, were the second hand clothing because you could buy a peso per piece. But the prices of the fish, and other stuff were very expensive. Well,the cheapest fish in the Philippines, it costs 75.00 pesos; we called it galonggong, and even the fish from the river were still very expensive. (forgot to take picture)

Look at these fish, very fresh and it’s only 30 baht per Kilo but in the Philippines this is 120 pesos per kilo already and not fresh at all.
Fruits in the Philippines are very expensive too, but here in Thailand are very cheap. Like these oranges, it’s 20 baht per kilo only. Sighs, wish my father and mother were here so that they would joy eating the fruits here. Since my father’s diet is much on fruits, fish and vegetables. Sigh…sigh…sigh..sigh..sigh…

Craving....

Today, I was craving for fried fish (Thai style) so I went to the nearest roadway restaurant and I bought my lunch there. On my way back to my house, a car stopped in front of me, and someone was calling my name. When I looked at it, it’s my school director, one of the school owners, the mother of my school manager. She immediately, asked how I was doing and I said, doing okay already. And she said I have to rest well. And I told her; I’ve been resting in my house since I arrived from the Hospital. Then we part our ways. How nice to have people like them. God blesses their hearts, and my prayers that someday they will know my Personal and Loving Savior, and that have been the cry of my heart.

Personality

I tried to open my face book today, and I found out that a friend sent a quizzed there, and I tried to answer it and here’s the result.

You are most like MARY MAGDALENE

She was forgiven much & loved much, and you certainly love much! You are a passionate person, who loves God & life. You have a tendency to count your blessings and be very grateful, even in small things. You are an overcomer, and will not allow any life circumstances to hold you down.

I'm very grateful and thankful to God for the result. By God's grace and Help, what has been written on here, seems it's true to me. Glory to HIS wonderful Name!

One Of My Posts

On my post a few days ago, I’ve mentioned that in the Philippines you would never be admitted at the Hospital if you don’t have cash advance money deposit. Why I’ve said this? Because this had been my experienced when my loved ones were sick and rushed to the hospital. For instance, a night after I arrived at home, my elder brother was rushed to the hospital due to the stomach ached. And we only had 1,000 pesos at that time and the 1,000 pesos were not enough for the medicine at that night. Then, we had to find money to buy medicine because they would never give medicine to my brother if we would not pay it first.

Then, a few weeks after that, a daughter of my niece was rushed to the hospital also due to the infection of her belly button. The same thing happened, the management would never give medicine to the patient without paying it first.

This thing happened, not only thrice but countless time already. I said countless because many poor and sick people who couldn’t afford to buy medicine and died without proper attention or medication because they don’t have money to buy the medicine.

My pastor shared what he experienced while visiting at the hospital. He shared to us that he met a couple at the hospital (Philippines). The couple shared to my pastor that, on the first day at the hospital, their child was smiling, bubbling, jumping, seemed the condition of a baby was back to normal after taking some medicine. But on the second day, the couple running out of money to buy medicine and their child became weaker. A few days went by, the baby died because the couple doesn’t have money to buy the medicine. The couple said to my pastor, if we could have money to buy medicine for our child, our child would have not died. When I heard this, I was crying and felt pity with the poor parents. Every time, I heard stories like this, my heart melts...!

In Thailand, all the locals have their privileged to enjoy their free health insurance. Most of my local friends, if they get sick they will just to go to the hospital, and get free medication and they only pay 30 baht (less than a US dollar) per consultation with medicine already, and even if they’ll confine still they would only pay 30 even how long they would stay at the hospital. Talking about the government hospital. Well, their government hospitals have complete facilities as well, and it’s very clean also even in the ward area; unlike to my native land, if you would stay in the ward area, so difficult to eat your meal because it is very smelly, and so dirty…. Hmmm, my apology because I never been to other government hospitals in the Philippines, just sharing what I’ve seen in my province…he he he he.. Please don’t get angry with me..Pilipinas….I love my country, infract I’ve been praying that some day, God will allow the Philippines to rise up, economically, Etc…and The Philippines Is For Christ!

Comparing Something

I’ve been here in Thailand for almost 8 years now and I’ve been used to the lifestyle here. When it comes to the food, clothing, transportations, and services here, there have been so much different compares to my native land.

Every time, I went back to my native land, I couldn’t deny that I’ve always missed the lifestyle here in Thailand. I could compare that in Thailand most of the people here have been very smiling, friendly. For instance at the department stores, small shops, restaurants, even at the road way restaurants, you could always see their sweet smiles. But in the Philippines, mostly the salesladies, cashiers, and others, it’s very seldom to see their smiles and their faces have always been frowning. Ha ha ha ha! Seems...that they've always been carrying the heavy weighed of the whole world..ha ha ha just kidding....

On my recent trip, I usually did the marketing, like buying our food supplies, every time I went to the stores, I always seen the frowning faces of the salesladies as well as the cashiers. Many times that I told to the salesladies and cashiers to please show their smiles to their customers.

Experience at the store: There were few incidents that the cashier was very busy talking to her co-cashier and there were many customers lining up to pay our goods. I tried to calm down and relax and waited until they finished chatting, so after a couple of minutes, they were done talking, and it’s my turned to pay my goods. After, I’ve done paying my goods, I told the cashier to look after their customers first before chatting with their co-cashier. And I even told the cashier that if I’ve known their manager I reported them already. The cashier never said anything. And that time, they’re just talking non-sense topic though. Well, the store that I went to was the cheapest store in town. Therefore, there have many always been doing their groceries there, because we’ve saved few pesos.

Well, I never experience cultural shocked here in Thailand so far, but every time I visited my own country, I’ve always encountered/experienced culture shocked.

Now, I am here in Thailand, I felt so relaxed and no need for me to hide my cell phone while riding the bus and keeping my watch while traveling. (More on this next time)

My Father

My father has under been a 6 months medication due to the tuberculosis and when I left there last October 29, he has been suffering pains on his body, and my sister Inday has the one massaging him every time and then and putting medicinal ointment on his body.

Since, I was confined at the hospital for a couple of days, so I never had a chanced to phone them yet not until I arrived at my house last Wednesday. Every day, I phoned my family asking how’s my father’s situation.

Last Wednesday, when I spoke to my sister on the phone, she told me that my father couldn’t sleep well at night due to the pain of his body but he’s not coughing that much. At this time, I told to my sisters that they should pray for our father first before they would sleep. And they did it.

Yesterday, I phoned and asked them, if our father did sleep well and they said yes. So early today, I phoned my sister again and asked her if our father did sleep well last night and she said, yes. Praise the LORD. Then I told my sister that they should pray and lay hands my father every morning and evening and claim for God’s healing power upon the life of our father.

Next week, it’s our father follow up check up. I believe that God is making difference in my father’s life. My prayers that my father will enjoy long time and enjoy God’s blessings on earth. Every time and then, I’ve been praying and interceding for God’s intervention upon my father’s life.

He was fat before but now he is getting thinner. But I am very thankful to God he is gaining his weight now. By the way, the hat that he has been wearing that’s a present from my friend, Phi Chu and my father likes it so much.

Stayed Home

I stayed home today, my planned was just to rest, and relax so that I could completely get back my strength. But, while resting I was sneezing and coughing a bit hard again. If I was sneezing, I know what’s the major caused of it; it’s of the house dust because I am allergic to it. So, what I did, I got up and cleaned my room. Then after I cleaned it up, I never sneezed again but I am still coughing but not so hard now. I guess, I am not completely healed of the coughing yet but I am still taking my medicine and it's until next week. I'm glad that, I was able to sleep and rest today. And I’ll still have a couple of days to rest and get refresh so that I’ll be more ready to teach on Monday.

I was glad that my land lady’s helper never forgot to water my plants and I was very glad seeing my plants blooming and a chili tree has bearing a fruit and it’s ripe already.

Fridge Is Empty

When I arrived at home yesterday, I have nothing in my fridge because I turned it off before I left for my trip back home.

Time flies, and it’s time for me to take my medicine and I couldn’t take them with my empty stomach. I was thinking just to go to the nearest restaurant along the road way near to my place, but I had a bad experience in that restaurant. There was a time that I had my dinner there; after I ate, I had stomach pained therefore I was scared to go that restaurant again.

What I did, I phoned my friend Phi Chu, and I asked her if she had eaten her dinner and she said not yet. Then I invited her to have dinner with me. So in a few minutes she came to my house, and we went out for dinner. After we had eaten our dinner, I asked her if she could drive me to 7/11 because I needed to buy some groceries. And of course, she would never said no at all.

When we arrived at 7/11, I saw my school manager’s husband and tried not to greet yet coz he didn't see me yet, besides there were many people so I went straight to the bread section, and there I saw my manager (school owner) and she embraced me. I was a little bit shocked actually, because it is not their culture but I embraced her back though. She knew that I was in the hospital for a couple of days, and she told me not to go to work yet today, and tomorrow, and I will start working on Monday only, and she added that by Monday; “you will be completely okay, Litlit.”

Well, that was my desire that I wanted to continue to rest first and gain my strength before going to work. It was not by accident that I went to 7/11 because I’ve spoken to my school manager. Truly, God is so faithful in many ways. He is worthy to be praised.

Early Morning @ the Hospital

Since Monday, I’ve always counting my hospital bill, I’ve pretty sure that my bill was quite high because I had X-Ray, ECG, blood test, and I used oxygen since I got in my room, from 2:00 O’ clock until 5:30 pm. So, I anticipated already that my bill would be less than or more than 8,000 baht included the room.

Early this morning, I received my bill, that it’s only 2,444 baht. I thought that was only for the room for two nights, and I was going to pay separately, the doctor’s fee, medicine, X-Ray, ECG, and the blood test. So, I asked the favor of Ate Mimi, to go to the office at the next room and pay the 2,444 baht. When Ate Mimi returned she gave to me the receipt with the doctor’s certificate, and the released paper. And I asked Ate Mimi if we paid off the bills already and she said "yes."

I was very surprised that I paid that much only. Well, I’ve a record at the hospital that I have been using my Health Insurance there for quite sometimes already, and the medicine, doctor’s fee, Etc were covered from my health Insurance. Even though, I never brought my Insurance Card, but since they’ve in coded that in their computer already, so it’s very easy for them to locate. If you could remember that I posted one of blogs that I cancelled my Health Insurance already but now I’ve realized how important it is so I decided to continue to pay it. Well, I tried to find my health Insurance card but I couldn’t find it. I hope I’ll find it sometime soon.

Early this morning, while I was having my devotional, the doctor came. The conversation goes this way:

When I saw the doctor coming, I greeted him. I said, “ Good morning Doctor". The doctor replied; "good morning", and he looked at my Bible and he asked, “What are you reading?" I was about to answer but he said, “ Ah it’s a Bible”. I said, "yes doctor". Then he asked, “Are you a Missionary?" My answer was, “ I am a teacher”. I guessed, the doctor had an idea already that a missionay should read the Bible. The doctor asked, “ Ah even a non Missionary can still read the Bible?” I said, "yes, doctor and anyone could read the Bible". He asked again, “ Even not in the church you can still read it?” I said, "yes doctor." He asked again, “How long you’ve been reading your Bible?” I said, “20 plus years already” He said, “ Ah for that long you’ve never memorized your Bible?” I said, “ I could memorize some of it.” And I told him that I wanted to read and study it again and again to get more insights. Well, I wanted to share more to him about it but he left already. My prayersthat someday he will encounter my Loving Savior personally. And he will understand why I am reading my Bible over and over again.

Because of our conversation, I forgot to ask him what was the caused of my hard breathing and the result of the X-RAY, ECG, and the blood test. Anyways, I am glad and very thankful to God for the healing and using the doctor to prescribed the right medicine. And I am in Satun now. By the way, the doctor was amused that I’ve been allergic to many medicine. Now, I have a card with names of the medicine that I have been allergic to, and the effect after I’ve taken the medicine. Wow! There have been 6 kinds of medicine that I’ve been allergic to. Well, I am not going to write it here. (smiles)

Lessons Learned:

1. I’ve always read my Bible no matter what the situation has been.
2. I’ve always reviewed my memory verses which I never done so often.
3. Be alert all the time, because there are always opportunities to share HIS unfailing love.
4. Be prayerful and Trust God for every opportunity of sharing the gospel.

Finally, I Reached My Destination

I was very glad that I reached Hatyai City safe and sound. When I arrived at the room, I rested and slept immediately. I had in my mind that after I rested for a while, I was going for a body massage, might be after the body massage, I would be okay. But when woke up, I was catching my breathing, at the same time I was sweating a lot. Even though, the room was fully air-conditioning. I was scared because I experience liked this before, and my friends rushed me to the hospital. Therefore, I tried to calm down and I drink lots of water, but I breathed harder, and harder, and my vision was getting darker and I was alone in the room.

I immediately phoned, Lalaine’s husband and told him to bring me to the hospital. Within a few minutes he arrived and rushed me to Rajyindee Hospital and also rushed me to the Emergency Room.

The nurses and the doctor treated me well and put oxygen in me. After a few minutes, I felt relieved and the doctor sent me to the x- ray room, and after the x-ray, they brought me back to the ER, and I had ECG there and again they put oxygen in me. After quite long observation, the doctor spoke to me and told me that he would not allow me to go home because he needed to treat my lungs first and the treatment was round the clock. Besides the oxygen in my body was very low when they first checked it up was only 19.9. So I asked the nurse to call Jesu, Lalaine’s husband to come to the ER. So he came and I told him that the doctor wanted me to stay at the hospital.

To cut off the very long story, I admitted at the hospital that day without any amount deposited. Honestly, some Private Hospitals, that I’ve known in my City, in the Philippines, you will never be admitted, if you don’t have advance money deposit.(I’ll write more on this) Well, I needed to know how much per room first, so the nurse brought the rate of each room. And I chose the cheapest room but it’s an air-conditioning. They got Ward also but I wanted to rest at the same, so I’d preferred to stay at the private room. When I was in the room, the nurse checked my oxygen again and she told me that my oxygen was 35 already but still it’s not normal yet. And she needed to put oxygen in me again. I asked the nurse how much was the normal oxygen needed for my body and she said 95 were the normal one. And they monitored me every time and then.

With My Body Guard, Ate Mimi, thank you very much for being there for me. God blesses you heart and God will continue to shower HIS blessings to you!
Pose first before taking shower

Getting ready to take shower

Today, November 5, I was discharged from the Hospital. My stayed at the hospital was a time of refreshing and relaxing. Since I never rested well when I was in the Philippines. When I got better, I felt like I was staying at the first class hotel. I told to my visitors, phone callers that I felt like, I was staying at the first class hotel with many people looking after me, like checking my blood pressured, monitoring my oxygen, giving my medicine, delivering my food without giving any tips, and cleaning the room without my request. Anyways, all things work together for good to them that love God and called according to HIS purpose.

Getting ready to leave in our room

Praises and Thanksgiving:

1. I praise and thank the LORD for my complete healing.
2. I thank God for using the doctor to diagnose me well.
3. I thank God for the people who have been visiting me at the hospital.
4. I thank God for the people who phoned and prayed for me.
5. I thank God for Jesu’s life even how busy he has been but his availability has always been there to help. I thank Jesu for calling our colleagues to pray for me.
6. I thank Ate Mimi who has been with me at the hospital from the first day I confined.
7. I thank my best friend for his generosity.
8. To all out there, who have been praying for me even without informing me, your prayers have been appreciated so much.

With all my heart, I thank you all for being there for me in times of need. God bless you all. I strong believe that God will never forget HIS reward for all of you.

Time to Fly Back...

November 1, it’s my time to fly back to the Thailand, before I flew I was struggling dried coughing for a couple of days already, and every time I coughed my chest was so painful at the same the uncontrollable urine dropped so easily. So I had to use sanitary napkins for hygiene sounds funny though, but I had to do it

While I was waiting for my first flight from Cagayan de Oro City to Manila, I was coughing again and again and I kept on praying that God would allow me to reach to my final destination, which is in Thailand.

While I was at the NAIA 3 International Airport, still I was coughing hard. My prayers that God would allow me to reach my final destination, so to ease the coughed I ate lots the medicinal candies (strepsils), and took ¼ of the biogesic and drink lots of water. Finally, it’s time for us to aboard in the airplane, still I was coughing to hard and I prayed hard too. But God has been so good and so faithful, I was alone at the seats where I was seated so during the 3 hours plus trip, I lied down on the chairs and fell to sleep and I woke up when the flight stewardess announced to fasten our seatbelts because we were about to land. We arrived on time and my next flight to Hatyai City was the following morning November 3, at 6:50 a.m so I have to stay at the airport for a couple of hours again.

When I was at the New International Airport in Bangkok, I was coughing so hard and I vomited also, at the same time the uncontrollable urine was disturbing me so much, and I was having hard time breathing, too. Every time, I breathed I needed to open my mouth widely. In times like this, what to do? Well, I tried to be strong at this moment, and I prayed that God would bring to Hatyai City.

Lunch On Sunday

After church Lalaine’s family and I had lunch at Dear Manok. Oh My! The Grilled Chicken there was so delicious, so juicy and the taste was from the skin to the bones uhmmmmmm yummmm! In fact, I ate the soft bones, oh poor dogs, they couldn’t eat the bones he he he…. And the buko halu was so tempting but I controlled my self not to eat the buko halu though, even though how I wanted to have some. And I congratulated my self at the very moment for not eating the buko halu.

The reason that, I controlled myself not to eat the buko halu because I was having dried coughed and slight fever already, besides there was long trip awaited for me, and that day, it’s my time to fly back to Thailand. So I silently, I congratulated myself for not eating the buko halu. Sure enough, there will be plenty of time to eat buko halu sometime soon.

The Yummy Grilled Chicken

Nice Place to Relax

For a couple of days, I stayed at Lalaine place and this is a very nice place to rest. I really like the ambience and the breeze of the air is fresh and it’s a very quiet place, too. I felt so relaxed while I was there even though I had struggling with flue and coughed, and good enough that I rested there so well before I flew back to Thailand. Well, since I arrived at my parents’ place I don’t have time to take a napped so I grabbed this time to sleep and sleep and rest and rest.

To Lalaine’s family thank you very much for your generosity, hospitality, kindness, and all the support and many more. God blesses you all more abundantly. My heart witnesses that God has been smiling and so proud of your family.

Friday morning, when I woke up, the first thing that I’ve seen, was a very beautiful sunrise and I could hear the sounds of the river. So I never waited for any minutes to past by, so I took my cell phone and captured this nice river and a beautiful Sunrise. What a wonderful day that God had given me that day.

Errand

October 30th, it’s time for me to do my errand, even though it was raining that day but I have to go to the City and comply the necessary things such as:

POEA-Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
Philhealth Insurance

I’ve been a member this since 2007 and never dreamed to be a Member of this nor I dreamed to be an OFW. I am so thankful to God that I am now and I will be able to avail all the benefits. I am thankful to God that I have Philhealth Insurance also and my parents will be able to use it anytime they need it. I count this as a package blessing from my Faithful FATHER. God has been so faithful in many ways. Indeed, He is worthy to be praised and to be exalted!

Since I arrived at the POEA office two hours before lunch and there were many people there too. So getting the application forms it took sometimes too. Before I filled up the application forms the person in-charged told me that after I filled up there forms I needed to go to the Philhealth and Owwa office first then I came back to the POEA office.

After I’ve done at the Philhealth and Owwa office so I returned to the POEA office unfortunately it’s lunch break already what to do so I needed to find something to eat, also. Good enough, that I found nice and clean restaurant and they serve roasted chicken, seafood, roasted pork and they’ve buko halu, too. So I never passed that moment I ordered buko halu even I had coughed already unfortunately I didn’t eat almost half of that buko halu because it’s too sweet for me. Anyways, it was good also that I tasted buko halu before I went back to Thailand.

The Buko Halu

My Trip

How I wished that I were able to write my daily experiences on my trip back home but due to reason that we don’t have telephone line yet and our place is located at the remote area. Though, there were Internet cafes near by but I preferred just to spend time with my family and helped the house chores. And I was glad that I was able to help to fix the fences at my parents’ house.

I had wonderful time with my family and I enjoyed so much playing with my little nieces, nephews, my 3 months old grandson (wearing white shirt), and my few days old granddaughter(wearing yellow blouse). I never slept alone, since I arrived because my 6 & 7 years old nieces and my 6 years old nephew wanted to sleep with me. Since my bed is very small for all of us, so we all slept at our small living room.

A night before I left at my parents’ house as usual we had simple dinner together. I made pancakes, and my two sisters cooked all our main dishes.

After our dinner, my younger sister was massaging our father while others were watching TV. I am so thankful to God that our youngest sister is the one taking care of my parents. My parents would never eat if Inday will not around. To you my dearest Inday, God bless your heart. You are such a wonderful blessing.

October 29, it’s my time to leave at my parents’ house due to some errand that I needed to be done in Cagayan De Oro City. While I was praying for my family, I tried to hold my tears but I wasn’t I was crying while praying and my mother was crying so hard while I was hugging her. And I was a little bit scared because it’s not good for her to cry so much due to her health condition. Praise the LORD I was able to comfort her before I left. I know that God will always comfort her. My father has been under medication for 6 months due to the sickness of his lungs. My whole family will always believe that God will completely heal our father.