tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84531289930417173662024-03-21T18:15:09.799-07:00HONEYMOM101honeymom101http://www.blogger.com/profile/15904835800948495698noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453128993041717366.post-8538072927032730312020-10-02T16:07:00.001-07:002020-10-02T16:07:19.530-07:00I Got My Qatar Visa In Just Four Days<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">On September 30, 2016, at exactly 6:00AM, 4 days after Glenn's heart attack, I was standing in front of the Qatar Embassy (in the Philippines) holding 4 things: my passport, Glenn's medical certificate from Hamad Heart Hospital, a few pictures, employment contract, and a plane ticket scheduled to fly off on the same day before midnight.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">I did not have a visa yet. I was only given two names of people who would help me talk to the Consul to allow me to have a visa in Qatar.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">I did not know that Qatar Visa in the Philippines can only be applied either online or via mail and that when approved, it will only be sent via DHL in a span of 14 days. I only learned about this when I tried to talk to the guard.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">I took a breather, prayed harder, and look for another way to enter the building. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">This time, they were two guards.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">I talked to the first guard and he said, "Ma'am, wala pong ganyang empleyado dito." I gave him the second name but still, it was unfamiliar.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">Then the second guard came to us and asked me, "Ma'am, ikaw ba ung may appointment kay Ma'am Jill?"</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">I said yes, even if I didn't know her. The first guard looked at me and let me in.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">Inside the embassy, I was scolded by Ma'am Jill. She asked why am I inside, who allowed me to get in, how did I know her name, and finally why am I there. I did not answer any of her questions. I only begged her to let me talk to the Consul because I needed a visa. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">She was surprised that I wanted to talk to the Consul. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">"Sigurado ka, sinabi sa iyong kakausapin mo ung Consul? Hindi pwedeng kausapin basta basta and Consul. Kami ngang staff di basta pinapapasok." sabi nya habang binabalik sa akin and employment contract.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">"Sige na po Ma'am, kasi po naatake po ung asawa ko, kailangan ko pong makapunta ng Qatar." sabi ko sabay pakita ng medical certificate at ng picture nya sa hospital habang nagdadasal.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">Binasa naman niya ung medical certificate at tinignan ung picture. Tapos tinawag nya ung kasamahan nya at sinabi sa masmababang tono, "May sakit pala asawa nito. Sige na nga payagan na natin."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">Tumingin ulit sya sa akin at itinanong kung may flight schedule na ko. Pagkakita nya ng plane ticket tumango sya at muling nagtanong kung may 700.00php ba ko para sa tatak ng bisa. Ipinaliwanag nyang i-a-advance nya ang date ng resibo para mag match sa bilang ng araw ng tamang pag proseso. Kinuha nya ang passport ko at pinabalik nya ko ng 4:00PM. Biyernes noon, at may ritwal pa daw ng dasal ang Consul mamaya. Ipinayo nya din na dalin ko na ang gamit ko pagbalik para diretso na kami sa airport at makaabot ako sa check in time na alas syete. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">Lubos akong nagpasalamat sa kanya at tahimik na umusal ng dasal ng pasasalamat sa Panginoon dahil sa compassion na binigay nya sa babaeng iyon upang mapagbigyan ang dasal ko.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK5f6WknImK2NFUnu6N-YZ7H_242E68iZ9846GJ_aZoHJgf8jC1kfu8lZdYm542vWp4izzWI1KT6qHZ7uG30LpvYnR4denkLHs3-ceKWFUNimiszsK894h7k48wGBNmvJSh1wh9WxGLyy/s658/visa+2016+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK5f6WknImK2NFUnu6N-YZ7H_242E68iZ9846GJ_aZoHJgf8jC1kfu8lZdYm542vWp4izzWI1KT6qHZ7uG30LpvYnR4denkLHs3-ceKWFUNimiszsK894h7k48wGBNmvJSh1wh9WxGLyy/s320/visa+2016+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;">May visa na ko papuntang Qatar. 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You are amazing Lord.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: helvetica;"><i>"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: helvetica;"><i>-Hebrews 11:1</i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Notes:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">-all documents, medical cert, plane ticket, company contract, and pictures at the hospital, were provided by Glenn's company, AMTC</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">-I intentionally changed "Ma'am Jill's" name </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">-I was accompanied by my sister, her husband, and my college best friend in going to the embassy</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">-during this time, our kids were in Bataan with my youngest sister, mother, father, and mother-in-law </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">-my short post about this experience in 2016 can be viewed here</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://honeymom101.blogspot.com/2016/10/angels-without-wings.html">https://honeymom101.blogspot.com/2016/10/angels-without-wings.html</a> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div></div>honeymom101http://www.blogger.com/profile/15904835800948495698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453128993041717366.post-91055417967509906042020-10-01T11:28:00.001-07:002020-10-01T11:40:37.198-07:00A Lost Battle<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have lost Glenn last September 24, 2020. 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<i><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."</span></b></i></div>
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<i>More than a week ago, a former co-teacher and a friend died at the age of 35 due to complications of high blood pressure shoot up and stroke. She left her husband and three sons; 7 years old, 5 years old, and 7 months old. </i></div>
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The following year, we've lost a friend and a former classmate, age 33, due to complications of ectopic pregnancy and a friend's husband died due to a vehicular accident at the age of 34. The list goes back to our batchmate who was disabled the age of 32, a classmate who died in his late 20s due to an aggressive disease, and the one that our batch lost when we were still in college due to a vehicular accident. All of them have left a hurting family. </div>
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If you suddenly get sick and need a long-term medication, who will pay for the bills and medication?</div>
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Who will pay for the bills, for the food on the table, and for the kids' education?</div>
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Can your spouse provide for these alone?</div>
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Is your current savings enough for all of these needs?</div>
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Would you rather sell your hard earned house and car in the future rather than start saving now? Would you rather risk the possibility of your children dropping out of their classes because no one will pay for their expenses anymore?</div>
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In our case, when my husband was disabled, we were able to claim a critical illness benefit from his life insurance with Manulife enough for me to have time in setting up the rhythm of our new normal before I started working again (I will have a separate post on this.). </div>
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Life insurance is NOT an additional expense. Life insurance is a form of savings that will save you and your family in the future when you will be needing money the most. It will protect your family from the financial loss that goes with sickness, disability, and death.</div>
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My friend, my job is to help you prepare in protecting your family's future while you can. What I can do for you is to make sure that your spouse and children will have enough to keep them afloat when you're gone. Because when your time comes, sympathy and moral support alone will not be enough. What they will need more, other than prayer, is the financial stability as if you are still there. Financial stability that only you can provide. Now.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> to go away, to stay out of the room or simply not to step on my things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At night when I come home, usually, nothing is left but tiredness and irritation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today is Glenn's 19th day at home since his last hospital confinement dated June 10-19, 2017 -- the longest since we arrived (Philippines) last April 21st. </div>
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After three hospitalizations, 52 days in two different hospitals, 3 days at the ICU, PEG insertion, trache replacement, bronchitis, two pneumonia, BP and heart rate fluctuations and some bleeding, truly nothing is impossible with the Lord. </div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">To give you an idea on how things were going these past few weeks, here's a copy of the culture sensitivity of <i><a href="https://www.uptodate.com/contents/stenotrophomonas-maltophilia">S</a></i></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i><a href="https://www.uptodate.com/contents/stenotrophomonas-maltophilia">tenotrophomonas-maltophilia</a>, the causative agent </i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">of his last pneumonia. It</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"> showed that the microorganism was multiple resistant and that it was highly susceptible to only three antibiotics and intermediately susceptible to six -- three of which has already been used in his previous infection which means they could not be reused to treat him that time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">With the remaining options, his pulmonologist opted for Sulperazone 1.5g (Cefoperazone sodium + sulbactam sodium) and gentamycin. We were downgrading his antibiotics because the strong and most recent ones were already been used to him in his previous infections. Repetition may lead to antibiotic resistance which no one wanted to happen. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">However, the Sulperazone 1.5 g that was prescribed to him happened to be the last production batch of the manufacturer as it is being phased out in the market and replaced by the strong and recent antibiotics. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">Needless to say, it was hard to find the medicine enough for 14 days. There was one hospital in our province that stored 10 bottles and we were able to use it for three days. On the third day, he seemed ok but on the fourth day, his pulmonologist had to increase the dose because there was a slight change in his secretions so I had to search hospitals and pharmacies that have a stock of Sulperazone. Thanks to our friends who helped me in researching and calling and finally listing a pool of institutions where I can buy the antibiotic. We had to go to Manila every other day to buy the medicine because we could not buy it in bulk for several reasons: (1) his response to the antibiotic was being monitored on a daily basis -- if his reaction was positive the medication would continue but if he was not reacting to it then it would be replaced with another antibiotic; (2) since I was buying from a different hospital as an outpatient, there was a limit to the number of vials that they can dispense; (3) the pharmacies that we were able to locate had only 8 and 9 vials on stock which we picked up on two different days. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">It was hard, it was tiring, but it's all worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">And every minute of survival is a battle won. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://honeymom101.blogspot.com/2017/04/when-god-says-akong-bahala.html">“I will praise You, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things You have done.”</a> -</b></span></i><i><a href="http://honeymom101.blogspot.com/2017/04/when-god-says-akong-bahala.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Psalm 9.1</span></a></i></div>
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For more almost seven months, you and your younger sister had to get by your days without Mommy and Daddy. The radical change in our life -- Daddy’s sudden critical health condition and Mommy leaving to take care of Daddy -- almost consumed your <i>happy heart</i>.<br />
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For the first few months, you and your sister have cried yourselves to sleep. Mommy cried many sleepless nights too. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On our first Christmas away from each other, you got sick. You were vomiting and throwing up all that you took in-- even water. We thought you had another infection but thank God your lab results were normal. You got better after Mama and <i>Titaw</i> talked to you. You did not know what you were feeling. We did not know either. It was only after counseling that we realized that you were so sad. And that was your body’s reaction to sadness.<br />
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Your younger sister is sad, too. She is just two and could not understand her feelings. Our sweet baby started whining and shouting. She started throwing tantrums if she can’t get what she wants or if someone did not understand what she wants. If only Mommy was there, a hug would have made everything better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I thank God that you and your younger sister are blessed with resilient hearts. That even if you cry at night, you were able to survive every day with grace and a smile. At a very young age, you are fighters of your own battle. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I am proud that despite Mommy and Daddy’s absence, you still went to school and performed well. You could have made excuses or just cried but you knew that you must get up every day and read and write even if Mommy is not there to drop you to school and Daddy’s not there to fetch you. This experience has taught you a very important lesson. <i>You learned how to compartmentalize your feelings and how to get things done even if you are hurting—even if a great part of your heart is missing. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Whatever happens in the future, know that you and your sister are one of the reasons why Daddy keeps on fighting… why Mommy is not giving in. Next to God, you are our strength.</div>
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Remember your happy times together. How you grew up with him through <i>Skype</i>. How he watched every milestone away from you because he wanted to provide the best for you. How he tried to teach you how to ride a bike and how to swim. How he taught you to respect and obey Mommy while keeping you beside him whenever I am mad. He never wanted you to get hurt but he made sure that you understand why some things upset Mommy and why should you avoid doing those things again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Do not forget the details, Anak. Always share your stories with your younger sister so that she will know Daddy like you do. Do not forget your memories together, because what Daddy cannot remember, we will retell. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Daddy will be a little different. We will take care of him. What he cannot reach, we will get for him. What he cannot see, we will describe and illustrate to him. What he cannot do by himself, we will help him. Where he cannot go, we will try to take him. We will teach him of things he has forgotten. We will reintroduce ourselves to him. Mommy believes that what the mind forgets the heart remembers. For sure Daddy’s heart will recognize you—both of you. After all, you are his princesses. Mommy is certain that he recognizes your voice every time you call. You are his strength. He is fighting because he wants to come back to both of you. <o:p></o:p></div>
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By God’s grace and with His guidance, Mommy will always be here for all of you. Mommy will guide you and love you. Mommy will be here for Daddy, too. Mommy will teach and show you and your younger sister how to love and take care of Daddy unconditionally. Whenever you are uncertain, Mommy will be here to hug you and to comfort you. To tell you that it will be ok… that we will all be fine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is hard but the LORD OUR GOD will sustain us. He has been sustaining us. He will guide all of us as we get through this journey together. We will be patient and wait until GOD leads Daddy back to us. Until then, Daddy will be our baby. We will love him, take care of him, and protect him like he did to you and to your sister… like he did to us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Let us all be confident that we will see God’s goodness while we are in the land of the living. Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I arrived in our room from the Social Worker's office, they were already preparing him for transfer. He called me,"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk," and asked his nurse to tell me that he is transferring to another unit. He was smiling but his eyes were sad.</div>
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He showed me how to be brave. How to face whatever life gives you. And how not to stop trying.</div>
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When he first arrived in our room, he was conscious, ventilated, paralyzed from waist down, and his hands were barely moving. On the first few days he would point me to the door (by facial gestures and head turn) when he catches me looking at him. He does not want staring. No one does.</div>
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And yesterday... that was one sad wave of goodbye.</div>
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It is hard to surrender. It took months before I finally had the courage to surrender to God. I never stopped praying. I was praying to God, but I was too scared to surrender. I never mentioned “Your will be done.” In my prayers, I would lift up everything to the Lord -- everything, including Glenn’s healing. But in between prayers I would cry. I was too scared. I was too scared to surrender him to God, thinking that surrendering would mean death. I wasn’t ready to let him go. I am not preparing to let him go. I am preparing for his healing.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Slowly, God has taught me to trust Him. Since the incident, He never failed to show His love for me, for our family. I still remember that day at the Qatar Embassy in the Philippines when my visa was stamped. He used the guard and the staff to bless me. And from then on, there was not a day that I wasn’t blessed. But still, I was too scared. I was too consumed by our situation, I was fluctuating from trusting and fearing. <o:p></o:p><br />
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He never stopped calling me, though. He has always asked me to trust Him. And it just happened, after crying my heart out to Him on February 14, 2017, I woke up with a light heart. There was this certainty that He will answer my prayers in time. My heart is confident that He is healing Glenn and that he will be healed. I just have to trust GOD with our family's future. I couldn't explain how and why, but I decided to embrace that feeling and stop analyzing.<br />
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The morning passed as usual. The time at the hospital flew very fast. With all of the things that happened, I did not notice the time until the catering staff brought in lunch.</div>
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At 12:07 PM, as I brushed my teeth, my phone rang and Yes Lord, the birth certificates were already available and Kuya Boyet, the agent that helped me with the certificates, was on his way to deliver it. <b>Thank You, Lord</b>.</div>
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I kissed Glenn's forehead, endorsed him to his Nurse, and rushed to the lobby with all my stuff. I intend to go straight to the Embassy once I receive the documents. While talking to Kuya Boyet, I remembered I didn’t have the updated medical certificate yet, so I went upstairs to Ms. Alma to get the signed medical report.</div>
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I said, “Thank you.” Then I uttered “Lord, please...” and took my phone to send her a message. I wasn’t done with the message yet when Ms. Alma came out to get water. <b>Thank You, Lord.</b></div>
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After a few minutes, she gave me the updated medical record and told me that they are already communicating with TMC Hospital. She told me “AKO NA ANG BAHALA. I-C-Cc kita.” (I will take care of this. I’ll furnish you a copy.) <b>Thank You, Lord.</b></div>
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Then I went straight to the Philippine Embassy for the stamping of the affidavit together with all of the attachments. I reached there at past 1:00 PM. The staff at the processing desk told me that she will verify first if they still need to stamp the documents individually. When she came back, she told me that the Vice-Consul said that it is ok. They will stamp each of the four documents, and that I don’t need to pay anything. She instructed me to just wait at the releasing area for my name to be called. <b>Thank You, Lord.</b><br />
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After receiving the stamped documents, I called Kuya Boyet and asked for the directions on how to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He gave me instructions and said that the office will resume at 3:00 PM. At 2:55 PM, I am already inside a car lift on the way to Najma. <b>Thank You, Lord.</b></div>
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When the guard came rushing in, I initially thought he would escort me outside the building. I held on my number tightly as he guided me to the FEMALE WAITING AREA. Only then, that I realized why the staff freaked out: I LINED UP AT THE MALE AREA. “I’m sorry, Brother, my sincerest apology.”</div>
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**Ako ang bahala – I will take care of everything; I will take charge; I’m on this</div>
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<i><span style="color: #ea9999;">Who can fill in her spot?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #ea9999;">For an aching child</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #ea9999;">Whose hug would be enough?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #ea9999;">Three generations of intertwined fate*</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #ea9999;">Each one is yearning for that familiar embrace.</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;"><i>For a longing mother and for her aching child</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">*Grandmother, mother/father, grandchild</span><br />
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*Don't get me wrong. I am thankful to everyone who is taking care of our children.<br />
I will be forever grateful to all of you.<br />
It's just that sometimes, our situation is too much for their little hearts.<br />
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<i> <span style="color: #ea9999;">Bless them with resilient hearts Lord.</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;"><i>Bless them with Your grace to face every day with a smile.</i></span><br />
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This is the view from <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1135554685" href="https://www.facebook.com/glenn.bagtas" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Glenn</a>'s hospital window every afternoon. Every day, a patient or a patient's relative come to this part of the hospital and feed the birds. </div>
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This is a comforting example of God's love and provision. He uses His creations to bless His other creations. <b style="text-align: center;">We need not worry about our daily needs because God provides even before we ask. </b></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not mu<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ch more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Lord, thank You for sending a line up of people to help us even before we ask. Thank You for sustaining us with all of our needs; physical, emotional, intellectual, financial and spiritual to get through every day. We lift our future to You, Lord God. Use our life, for Your glory. In Jesus' name. Amen.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Every night I go home from the hospital at around 9:00</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">PM by taking a taxi/karwa. Not the booked ones but only those who happen to pass by and get passengers on their way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">But as I grabbed my things, ready to go to the hospital, I realized something was missing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Where is my envelope? Don't tell me I've lost it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">As the panic slowly crept into my stomach with the thoughts of losing ALL IMPORTANT documents, I took a deep breath and literally kneel down to pray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">"Lord, I don't know how. How can I find it, how can you give it back to me or where to even start searching. It's in the taxi for sure, but I don't have the driver's number. I don't remember his plate number, not even his face. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(And tried to </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">remember his chinky eyes when he said thank you.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> I surrender Lord God. Please, please give it back."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Then I thought of Ms. Alma, the case managers, Ate Me Ann, the embassy... Where and to whom will I ask for help?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I took my phone and saw two missed calls around 10:42 PM last night. With sweaty hands, pounding heart, and tear-streaked face, I called back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">When he answered, "Hello?" I felt a relief and told him, "Good morning, Brother. You are the taxi driver last night, right? I forgot my envelope in your taxi. Where can I find you?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yes. That's mine." I said with relief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Thank you." I replied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">After praying and giving thanks, I called the taxi driver again and thank him. I told him it's really very important to me and I'm just thankful. He told me he came back in the area last night but no one was there. He was calling, there were two numbers, but no one was answering, so he just gave it to one of the houses (unit). I thanked him again and said, "God bless."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">How he got my number? I haven't figure out yet. I don't have time to analyze what just happened. I don't have the brains and the heart to analyze how it happened. But one thing is for sure: </span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">nothing can stop God from blessing us and kindness receives kindness. </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For a plastic of several pieces of kubos, slice bread, spreads and 2 packs of fruit juices, all from the hospital ration, I was given back the envelope that contains seven months of documents and proofs that will, perhaps, affect our future forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Of course, I can start over and request everything from scratch. Probably 3 months would be enough to complete every page of it, but God gave it back overnight with a firm reminder</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’ve started writing the letter in June 2016 in preparation for our first church wedding anniversary which was on September 26, 2016. I’ve finished the letter on September 23, just before we went out of town for my father’s birthday. We were on Skype when I finally finished the letter. I told Glenn I’m done with my letter and asked him if he wants to read it three days earlier than schedule. But then, I changed my mind and told him we’ll just wait for our anniversary because it was supposed to be a surprise. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No, this is not a sad love song or a heartbreaking love story. But yes, it’s been 10 months 6 days and 2 hours since you left. I and the kids miss you so much. We thank God for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And so you went off and I was left with a month old baby and barely 10 months of experience of being a wife. I do not know with other moms but my emotional stunts decided to stay with me even after giving birth. I was crying most of the time. Her little cries made me feel that I am needed – it was so overwhelming, I cried. It also reminded me that she needs you as much I do – it was disheartening, I cried. And when she made her first few smiles I was so happy, I cried. Every time she was trying to communicate with me, I wished you were there to appreciate her too, and again, I cried. It was and still is a blessing that we both have supportive families. Their love and presence made the struggles of being a working and physically single parent bearable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On September 9, 2015, we celebrated our fifth civil wedding anniversary. It would have been our church wedding day if not for the conflict with the dates. We went to Subic, ate and took the kids for a swim as it was their only request. That night, you watched Godzilla with Cassey until 1:00 AM. I am sure you enjoyed that movie because she was hiding behind your arms the whole time as you hugged her and shooed Godzilla away. Way to go, Brave Daddy! Now, it is one of her favourite movies other than Jurassic World. Talk about father’s influence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We had our church wedding on September 26, 2015. They said that the first five to seven years of marriage were the toughest, but we strengthened ours with God’s blessings. Though we only had roughly three weeks after you arrived, I thank you for saying “I do;” for embracing all my flaws and weaknesses; for strengthening me and helping me to become a better version of myself. I love you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That vacation also was the first time that you were able to celebrate your birthday with us. We had a simple celebration at home, where I baked your favourite custard cake and the kids sang “Happy Birthday to You” and blew your birthday candle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That was also the first time that we were able to personally give you a gift; a guitar from Mommy, your now favourite watch from Cassey, and a box of tea from Cyrene. You treated them to McDonald's that night where they enjoyed playing more than eating. That weekend you had another celebration in your Aunt’s house where you grew up with your sisters and cousins. Those were simple celebrations that, hopefully, marked in your heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One advice given to us prior marriage is that we should not burn out at the same time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When one light dims, the other one should shine brighter. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thank you for always keeping the lights on for both of us. Happy first anniversary Daddy.</span></span></div>
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honeymom101http://www.blogger.com/profile/15904835800948495698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453128993041717366.post-16927669681949130202017-02-25T02:34:00.000-08:002017-02-27T08:07:34.915-08:00Message Received<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background: white; color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">February </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">22</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">201</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">7</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";"><i>GOD answers those who call unto Him -</i></span><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Jeremiah 33:3.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of
the activities that keep me busy these days is communicating. I usually
send 3 to 5 emails per day other than my usual face book messages which reach
about fifty. I send emails to various people, group, organizations and
institutions reaching out for help,</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for prayers, for medical
assessment, for possible re-evaluation, for medical assistance, for
referrals, for legal advice on benefits and rights, for financial assistance, for
emotional support and to give thanks. This is in line with my prayer request to be guided to the right person, institution and facility that will help us.</span><br />
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As the saying goes, <i>"When you ask for the rain, be sure to till your soil."</i> So if I am expecting help, I should seek help and be ready to accept it. </span><br />
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Today, I received an email from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><a href="http://onethingalone.com/start-here/" target="_blank">One ThingAlone</a></span><span id="goog_724191432"></span><span id="goog_724191433"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>. It is a reply for one of the many that I have sent this week.
More than a typical computer generated reply, it is a personal message that
touched my heart — another group of people praying for Glenn's recovery and
another verse of God's faithfulness. <span style="background: white;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">Please
know that my team and I will be praying for you by name in the days and weeks
to come.</span><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we
ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14). </span></i></b><br />
<i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">I would love to hear </span><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">updates and how God is moving in your life. </span><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also,
if there’s anything we can do to help going forward, please feel free to reach
out and let us know! </span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";"><br />
</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Yesterday,
Glenn and I were visited by the Social Welfare Attaché, Assistance to Nationals
Representative, and Commission on Human Rights Representative. That was the
action taken in response to the letter that I emailed to our President,
Honourable Rodrigo Duterte via<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_724191441">PACE (Presidential
Action Center)</a></span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><a href="https://op-proper.gov.ph/presidential-action-center/">.</a> We discussed my concerns and they gave me some
advice and options regarding our situation. </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The other day, my niece from a soul sister sang <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lon.jambalos/posts/10211702145370319?notif_t=mention&notif_id=1487661824204985">"<i>Tomorrow"</i></a> for Tito Glenn. She
reminded me that </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">When I'm stuck with a day that's grey and lonely</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">I just
stick up my chin and grin and say oh</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">The sun
will come out tomorrow</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">So you
got to hang on 'til tomorrow, come what may!</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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And it’s been a month now since our kids started singing "Get Back Up
Again" over and over.</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">Hey! </span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;">I’m not
giving up today</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">There's nothing getting in my way</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">And if you knock knock me over</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">I will get back up again</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">'Cause if you knock knock me over, I will get back up again.</span></i><span style="color: #d99694; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #D99694; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themetint: 153;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">Truly,<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>GOD
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">His messages this week are not just answers to my prayers but also reminders on how to have a positive outlook in facing life’s
challenges. He is telling me not to give up even when days are lonely. That if
life does knock me over, I should always get back up and be ready for
tomorrow’s sunshine because —<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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renewed day by day. –2 Corinthians 4:16</span></i><i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">So when life gets tough, never cease
praying. GOD answers </span></i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">— </span><i><span style="background: white; color: #404040; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "sans-serif";">through the Scriptures, through our loved ones,
through friends, through kids, and through strangers. We just have to keep our faith and hopes high,
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Cadbury fruits and nuts has
always been my favourite chocolate. But when Glenn gave me a box of chocolate for
the first time in 2014 -- take note, we were already four years married that time -- Ferrero became one of my comfort foods. </div>
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Few weeks before his cardiac arrest in
September 2016,
he showed me a three-piece pack of Ferrero
through skype. He told me, “Mommy, nakita ko sa grocery, naalala kita kaya
bumili ako. Pero dahil nanjan ka, kakainin ko na.” and he laughed and ate the
chocolates heartily while teasing me. </div>
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In November 2016, I also bought a three-piece pack of Ferrero from the vending machine thinking that it will somehow
lighten up my spirit. But I did not eat it. I just kept it in my bag waiting
for him to wake up.</div>
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In December 2016, our daughters sent Christmas gifts from the
Philippines and our youngest, she is two years old, gave me a five-piece pack of
Ferrero. She told her Tita that she wants to give chocolate to Mommy. Maybe,
that same chocolate reminds her of Mommy and Daddy, too.</div>
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Right now, I still have a three-piece pack of
Ferrero Rocher in my bag. Maybe tomorrow I will eat it or share it with two
other people whose heart will be lighter with a piece of chocolate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rumailah Hospital</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Doha, Qatar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">January 17-18, </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Papers, documents and legal rights added to the long list that was already swarming inside my head. On the first week of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">January </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was sending communications online and by the second week I was out in the streets for consultations. On January 16 my hopes were high but on the 17th , all things flowing suddenly stopped. I was struggling , it felt like I was on the verge of a break down. In the morning I was out explaining and insisting Glenn's legal rights to people who would not listen; in the afternoon I was too exhausted I locked myself in the washroom and prayed and cried. I am one of those people who find strength in crying </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">alone</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I decided to stop my errands for a while and take a breather. I stayed beside Glenn and tried to calm my soul by praying quietly. As I search for answers I found this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Somehow, I knew that God wants me to slow down. To gather strength and to stay focused. It was humbling to be reminded that God is in control. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was a long afternoon but comfort came that night after my random reading of The Bible. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text 1Sam-30-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="chapternum" style="bottom: -0.1em; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; left: 0px; line-height: 0.8em; position: relative;">30 </span>Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground.</span><span class="text 1Sam-30-2" id="en-NLT-7957" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">2 </span>They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span class="text 1Sam-30-3" id="en-NLT-7958" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">3 </span>When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-4" id="en-NLT-7959" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">4 </span>they wept until they could weep no more.</span></b><span class="text 1Sam-30-5" id="en-NLT-7960" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">5 </span>David’s two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, were among those captured.</span><b> <span class="text 1Sam-30-6" id="en-NLT-7961" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">6 </span>David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span> his God.</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text 1Sam-30-7" id="en-NLT-7962" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">7 </span>Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it.</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-8" id="en-NLT-7963" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">8 </span>Then David asked the <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?”</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text 1Sam-30-11" id="en-NLT-7966" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">11 </span>Along the way they found an Egyptian man in a field and brought him to David. They gave him some bread to eat and water to drink.</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-12" id="en-NLT-7967" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">12 </span>They also gave him part of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins, for he hadn’t had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights. Before long his strength returned.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text 1Sam-30-13" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">“I am an Egyptian—the slave of an Amalekite,” he replied. “My master abandoned me three days ago because I was sick.</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-14" id="en-NLT-7969" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">14 </span>We were on our way back from raiding the Kerethites in the Negev, the territory of Judah, and the land of Caleb, and we had just burned Ziklag.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="text 1Sam-30-16" id="en-NLT-7971" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">16 </span>So he led David to them, and they found the Amalekites spread out across the fields, eating and drinking and dancing with joy because of the vast amount of plunder they had taken from the Philistines and the land of Judah.</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-17" id="en-NLT-7972" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">17 </span>David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled on camels.</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-18" id="en-NLT-7973" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">18 </span>David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-19" id="en-NLT-7974" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">19 </span>Nothing was missing: small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. David brought everything back.</span> <span class="text 1Sam-30-20" id="en-NLT-7975" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">20 </span>He also recovered all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock. “This plunder belongs to David!” they said.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I forgot how I exactly came across this passage out of one thousand pages of The Bible. </i></span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">But yes, I opened to this page and YOU did give me an answer. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I will pursue , Lord. And I will draw strength from You.</i></span></div>
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honeymom101http://www.blogger.com/profile/15904835800948495698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453128993041717366.post-11091373156275985892017-01-01T08:00:00.000-08:002017-02-25T11:59:46.419-08:0034th<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>34 years ago my mother had a normal delivery at home with the aid of a traditional "hilot". The baby was 2 weeks overdue, had already poop inside her tummy, bluish/purplish and covered with poop. Unlike other normal deliveries, the baby was not crying, she was not breathing... but my mother held on to her faith and prayed to God to let them have the child. That same time, my father unclogged the baby's nose and mouth with poop and started to resuscitate her. After a few tries, the baby cried... They all cried and thanked the Lord. That day, my parents asked God and He gave them a miracle.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Today is my 34th birthday. I've always kept that miracle in my heart. I will always praise the Lord for my life. I know that since birth, God is always with me. I've always celebrated my birthday, no matter how simple, with my family. But this year is different -- no candles to blow, no cake to slice, no mother, father, sisters and daughters to celebrate with. This is the first time that I'll spend my birthday away from home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It is sad but I know that this is where God wants me to be. My husband needs me more than I need the comfort of my family. When we got married, God asked me to put my husband next to Him and I am fulfilling that promise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My family has always been and will be always be thankful of the miracle we had 34 years ago. They will always be in my heart no matter how far I am from them. And even though we miss each other terribly, we can all wait until my husband gets better. Together, we are praying for another miracle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">All of us have our own battles: difficult and abusive relationships, broken family, financial issues, being jobless, failing grades, bullying, vices, poor health, terminal and degenerative diseases, miscarriage, infertility, </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">war, natural disasters,</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">death of loved ones, the list continues. Sometimes we feel ours is harder than others. Sometimes we cry and ask so many whys… We dwell so much in our pains up to the point of ruining ourselves, our relationships, and our connection with God. But being our Father, God will never let go of our hands. Even if we stop praying and start blaming Him, He still looks after us lovingly and sends angels to guide us back. He gives us family and friends to support us. He uses other people, sometimes a complete stranger, to show His love and concern to us. During our darkest times, He carries us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We are in the dark right now. My husband and I are in a foreign land, 4,646 miles away from our two young daughters. I am taking care of him, with mostly foreign nurses and doctors, because he has sustained an anoxic brain injury as a result of cardiac arrest secondary to acute myocardial infraction. It’s been two months, and he is still categorized as unresponsive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It is hard to be strong but it is harder to STAY strong. Seeing him in pain, every day, and not being able to do anything to ease it is disheartening. Almost all the medical staff tell me not to worry too much because, according to them, most of the time patients like him do not feel the pain, that their reactions are mostly reflexive and that they are unaware of what is happening around them… But I see and feel otherwise. If he can’t feel the pain, then why can’t he sleep? Why does he always flinch at the slightest movement of his muscles? Why does he moan in pain every time contraction creeps in? Why does it not stop? Why can’t the medicines make it stop? To all these they have one answer, “It is because of the brain injury.” It is a fact that they want me to understand. It is a sentence that they expect me to accept. But I wouldn’t. I will not. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">No matter how many times they tell me that they know how painful it is for the family, they will never really understand. Only people who have been and are in the same situation as we are now will understand. They say I am in denial. I am not. I am educated and I understand those terms. I even search the internet for answers. What they are missing, is that he is my husband and he is the father of my children. As a wife and a mother, no matter how things seem bleak, I will always hope and pray that he will get better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I never asked God why did this thing happen to us, but I did ask Him once if He is sure that I can handle this situation. That may be, He has overestimated my capacity… I never doubted Him, but I doubted myself… I doubted my strength.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is a tough battle, but what keeps me standing is my love for my husband, our kids, our families (mine and his), our friends back home, new friends and families here, and of most importantly, the love and grace from God, our Father.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Today, I am sharing these Bible verses in the hope that you too, find strength and comfort in the words of our Lord. Let us all keep the faith and remember that God is in control.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>“May your faith rest not in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:4-5</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">Then He rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, “Peace, be still!” and the wind died down and there was great calm. He said to His disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this man? Even the wind and waves obey Him!”</span></div>
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<span class="text">A time to weep and a time to laugh.</span><br />
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<span class="text">A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them.</span><br />
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02601102016<br />
Doha Qatar<br />
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Sabi ni Mella, nagdrawing daw si Cyrene, my two-year-old daughter, kanina ng tao.<br />
Si Ate daw ung malaki, may mata saka may smile.<br />
Tapos nagdrawing ulit sya ng maliit na stick man, may mata saka buhok din, pero walang bibig.<br />
"Si Cyrene, Titaw. Sad si Cyrene." sabi nya.<br />
Tinanong ni Titaw kung bakit sad si cyrene, "Kasi wala syang Mommy."<br />
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