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Hospital visit Vandy's tolerable to any pain. In fact, he won't never take any medicine or visit a doctor unless it's unbearable. At home, it has always been a practice to resort on home remedies and cure our sicknesses on natural way and it has been effective to us. However, my husband has started to have reoccurring abdominal pain since last year.  The last time he had brought himself to doctor was when he was still church planting in Kratie province (19 years ago!). He had malaria and almost didn't make it - his family even thought he has died in the mission field.  So over the weekend, we brought him to see a specialist and was advised to have an annual physical exam (it's his 1st ever check up!) - it's like an almost full day stint of checkups. They run some blood tests, glucose, vitals, even ultrasound on him.  Praise God they all came in good results. However, doctor would want to run a thorough check on his colon since it seems like this might be the cul...

Dorm Ministry & PPC Updates This month has been full. Full of hope. Full of service. Full of joy. But also full of concern. I wanted to write this newsletter with only good updates. I wanted to simply share victories in ministry, growth in our dorm, and answered prayers in our small business. But life does not always come in neat and clean reports. Sometimes we serve God while carrying a burden quietly in our hearts. And I believe many of you understand that. When the Body Feels Weak but the Spirit Must Stay Strong For the past weeks, my husband Vandy has been experiencing recurring abdominal pain. It is not new. Two years ago he underwent colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures because the pain became too much to ignore. We were afraid then. We did not know what the doctors would find. By God’s grace, the results came back negative. No serious findings. We were relieved. Vandy is the healthiest person in our family. He eats carefully. He exercises daily. Since the pandemic, we have ...

I showed this poster to Vandy a few days ago.  I know he would be thrilled to join this conference, since he has always been a fan of Dr. John Maxwell's books. My husband has a collection of his books and has reread them, listened to his talks on YouTube videos and even used his learnings for his sermon illustrations countless times. I thought he would be excited to purchase the ticket immediately, but to my surprise, he said it's ok not to join the live conference anyway, he mostly sees him and encounters him on a weekly basis (listening on his earbuds haha!). I know my husband would want to go but unsure to purchase the tickets.. he said it's expensive haha.. I was pushing him really to buy but said he is willing to pass the opportunity. Vandy is actually planning to undergo a "Colonoscopy test" and that test will cost at least $500. He has been experiencing reoccurring pains these past few months. He may not say it, but I believe for him this kind of expense is...

we were teasing him if he just gave birth! 😁😆😂 We just want to THANK YOU for covering Vandy with your prayers.  Truly we could count on you - the body of Christ 💓💕😍 your generous hearts to think of us and pray for us is more than enough to move us. We are praising God for the wonderful results of these procedures on Vandy (no cancerous cells found!).  The doctor wrapped up that my husband has a healthy body and there's nothing serious to be concerned about. He only added that Vandy just need to have an "all meat diet" for a month (still would want to observe him because the abdominal pain isn't completely ruled out yet).  Also, the lab results also revealed Vandy's lower part stomach is inflamed, and his kidney has lightly shrunk (due to UTI-urinary track infection). All of these would be taken cared of through right medications.

I have a husband that loves me enough to correct my mistakes and help me fill in my shortcomings. Unfortunately, sometimes I don't appreciate it. I forgot and ceased that he is my accountability partner. I failed to recognize it a few days ago. I let my pride and went over on taking my rights. I became so critical on my husband's shortcomings as well. I was so foolish and acted silent treatment and disrespect action toward Vandy 😓😌 Kiss and make up! Reconciled 💞😅👫 You know daily encounter with God does really help in times like this. My unpleasant character would resurface and would come and go at times. And it will really be impossible not to experience God's "heart surgery" on me. Yep, that loving correction started over my solitude with God. I will never be able to refuse His gentle reminder that my selfish action toward my husband wasn't honoring. It gets into my heart that I felt uncomfortable not dealing with it. My pride managed to creep again.  Bu...