C'est La Vie ...

Sorry ... couldn't resist it! Funny eh?

Since my last blog, life has been a bit crazy. Many things are happening every day -good, bad and ugly - but the problem is that no sooner have I thought of what I am going to write .... when here comes something else!

Last weekend:
* On Friday, my friend Pastor Abe was taken to hospital in real pain. He has been in pain for a couple of months and last week he took some tests. It was found that he had a large stone in his galbladder, one side of his liver had shrank and most worrying, he had some sort of tumour in his urinary intestine. We were so worried but I just prayed for him before Manila .. believing that God could speak a miracle into the body of Pastor Abe.

* Our family all went to Manila on Friday afternoon - slightly exhausted!

* On Saturday I bought ALL the Christmas gifts for the kids in the Children's Home. We are not sure about what is going to happen so we thought we would get the gifts and tick another wee thing off our box. I'm a 'right wifie' according to Mary!

* We met our good friend Catherine Young and caught up on all the news.

* Lydia & I went to the airport on Sunday to pick up Mary's cousin Vivien, who is here until July. Lydia had her speech all ready with hugs and kisses in tow ... but when she saw her aunty Vivien she went into a state of shock and bewilderment! She didn't talk until we reached the hotel! After that, it was business as usual - jumping, skipping, kissing, hugging and bungee jumping off poor Vivien!

* We left Manila at 10pm and travelled 8 hrs through the night to Santiago. Everywhere you turned your head or arm in the car there was a bag with a gift in it poking you. Very uncomfortable.

* Arrived at 5am very sleepy. Desperately prayed for Lydia & Josiah to continue sleeping .. but they did not. Daddy & Mummy shattered ... kids jumping everywhere. Sigh.

* On Monday morning I had to attend meeting with FEBC Radio about our Radio Station that will begin in 2007. So exciting. Will share the news in another blog.

* Met Joe Ramayah and team from Malaysia - they are here to do our District Youth Camp. The theme is 'Dare to Dream' and there around 5-600 youth here. Sefton is very quiet .. NOT! They had done well - left Malaysia at 3am, flew to Manila, travelled by extremely fast van by my extremely mad driver friend! They arrived frayed at the edges but ready for action - what a night! Fantastic. To see these young people praise & worship was electric!

* Today I had another FEBC meeting followed by a SBTC School Board meeting all afternoon - so hot man (36 degrees)! We are planning our new 3 year course and things are going well.

* Pastor Abe had 2 operations, the last one being today. They removed a huge stone on Saturday and guess what? When they went to investigate his tumour ... IT HAD GONE! DISAPPEARED! The Doctor was amazed and took another ultrasound and x-ray. He said that where the tumour had been there was now a small scratch as if a finger had gently removed the tumour. We know who. More about this exciting testimony later on in the week.

So you can see why I have been struggling to get my blog done - not lack of news ... but lack of time. Pray for Abe, for youth camp, for the FEBC Radio project, for the Bible School, for Pastora Julie, for our family and for Vivien. Keep looking at the blog and I'll make sure to give you updates ASAP.