"What is the best thing for you today?" - this is a question we often ask each other at the end of day. We would then take turns to share and give thanks. If we were to ask Joshua this question before bedtime, he would refuse to answer saying "that is for tonight!"
For me, yesterday's "best thing" was the pleasant surprise I had when I received a lovely "Love you!" card mailed (snail mail) to my office from my dearest husband. He must have mailed it from the hospital. It was such a delightful feeling to receive the card and the message of love it brought forth, considering the thoughts and effort put in to design the card and the trouble to mail it, certainly something e-mail message could never substitute. David is a rather romantic fella esp during our courtship. I could always remember the things he did such as taking the train to KL to surprise me when I was there on a business trip, asking his friends to deliver snacks, waiting patiently for me with flowers... etc.
When I shared with Josh about "the best thing for me was to receive a card from someone who loves me very much", he asked immediately "God?" and thought perhaps not and suggested "Daddy?". He smiled so sweetly thereafter and I knew he was so happy for us.
Praise the Lord!!! David is ok so far, no side effects from the Velcade. He will be having his 2nd dosage today. Tahnks for praying.
God bless,
Whee Ling
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
In hospital for Velcade
Hi,
David started his Velcade yesterday. These last 2 or ? cycles of Velcade treatment is for consolidation - which I suppose was kind of tail end of the chemotherapy to wipe out all remaining myeloma cells. He is likely to be hospitalized for about 2 weeks or so. So far his blood count has been good, Praise the Lord! His did not cough much now. Thank you for praying for him all these while even though I have not been updating the blog more regularly than I ought to. I felt apologetic to those who have been faithfully checking our blog but found no new entries for quite a while - thanks for not giving up on checking to know what is going on in our lives.
As we come before our Lord, our Maker, with thanksgiving and petitions, please do remember to pray for:
1. David's blood count be good - it is an indicator that his bone marrow is healthy and well.
2. the Lord's protection over David as his immunity may be compromised by the increase intake of numerous drugs and steriods.
3. good desired outcome from the Velcade treatment, that no myeloma cells will reside in his body anymore in the name of Jesus our Lord and no side effects.
4. good sleep and rest and good nutrition from food he eats
5. close intimacy with the Lord and the ability to discern what His Holy Spirit is doing in him and others around him
6. him to be instrumental to bring hope, strength, peace,the gift of salvation (to those who have yet to belong to the Kingdom of Christ) and love of God to all.
7. grateful hearts and steadfast faith in us who are recipients of His grace.
8. Josh to be in good health and be able to experience the Lord's presence even as we cannot spend much time with him.
Thanks too for praying for me. My recent Jakarta trip was fine, and I am very thankful for the blessed time with my dear "old" friend - we have not seen each other for more than 10 years! It was wonderful to remember the good old days and count our blessings as we look back at our journey in life. Friendship is one of life's wonderful blessings and how much more wonderful it is to be a friend of God!
Thanks & God bless,
Whee Ling
David started his Velcade yesterday. These last 2 or ? cycles of Velcade treatment is for consolidation - which I suppose was kind of tail end of the chemotherapy to wipe out all remaining myeloma cells. He is likely to be hospitalized for about 2 weeks or so. So far his blood count has been good, Praise the Lord! His did not cough much now. Thank you for praying for him all these while even though I have not been updating the blog more regularly than I ought to. I felt apologetic to those who have been faithfully checking our blog but found no new entries for quite a while - thanks for not giving up on checking to know what is going on in our lives.
As we come before our Lord, our Maker, with thanksgiving and petitions, please do remember to pray for:
1. David's blood count be good - it is an indicator that his bone marrow is healthy and well.
2. the Lord's protection over David as his immunity may be compromised by the increase intake of numerous drugs and steriods.
3. good desired outcome from the Velcade treatment, that no myeloma cells will reside in his body anymore in the name of Jesus our Lord and no side effects.
4. good sleep and rest and good nutrition from food he eats
5. close intimacy with the Lord and the ability to discern what His Holy Spirit is doing in him and others around him
6. him to be instrumental to bring hope, strength, peace,the gift of salvation (to those who have yet to belong to the Kingdom of Christ) and love of God to all.
7. grateful hearts and steadfast faith in us who are recipients of His grace.
8. Josh to be in good health and be able to experience the Lord's presence even as we cannot spend much time with him.
Thanks too for praying for me. My recent Jakarta trip was fine, and I am very thankful for the blessed time with my dear "old" friend - we have not seen each other for more than 10 years! It was wonderful to remember the good old days and count our blessings as we look back at our journey in life. Friendship is one of life's wonderful blessings and how much more wonderful it is to be a friend of God!
Thanks & God bless,
Whee Ling
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Cough and headache
David was having headache again last night. This morning his cough sounded quite bad. He suspects he is having sinus problem again. Tomorrow is his appointment with Dr Willaim. He may start his next Velcade treatement soon but is subject to whether his cough may caused it to be delayed further. Praying for God to heal him of his cough and the root problem causing it and also that he will have his treatment at the appropriate time.
I will be going to Jakarta tomorrow and back only on Thu night. If in my absence he is to be hospitalized, please pray that David and Josh will be taken care of. Appreciate if you could also pray for journey mercy for my trip.
Thanks & God bless,
Whee Ling
I will be going to Jakarta tomorrow and back only on Thu night. If in my absence he is to be hospitalized, please pray that David and Josh will be taken care of. Appreciate if you could also pray for journey mercy for my trip.
Thanks & God bless,
Whee Ling
Monday, September 11, 2006
Bali Trip-Wonderful time!
Hi all,
Really appreciate all of you for praying for us. We had a wonderful trip, although Josh has a taste of cultural shock in this beautiful island known as the'land of the gods'.
Bali is very deep steep in idolatory. You see people praying and offering incense everywhere and almost anytime of the day. There are so many figurines everywhere, practically in every household and shop. They look very scary to Josh and he became so afraid that he cried so badly on the first night when we had our family devotion. And he missed all his cousins and friends!
One of the things we observed was that they are very superstitious-believing a lot in luck. I realized that the primary motivation for their worship is to have wealth and health-which reminds me to come before God not just for His blessings, but to bless the Lord for being my maker, regardless of blessings.Whee Ling and I were glad that we were given God's wisdom to teach Josh to pray and bless the people in Bali to seek the true and living God.
We also had a great family time; great food and great shopping as well! We've not have had a trip like this eversince I stopped work.
Nevertheless, what delights me a lot was to see Josh's heart-he is so thoughtful that he wanted to buy little cute, nice souvenirs for his classmates. He even selected a nice, colorful necklace for his form teacher in which he ensures that he puts it in his bag this morning before he went to school.Josh also had a new spritual breakthrough - he has begun journalling what God is saying to him during his daily devotions as well as whatever the Lord may impress upon his heart during the day. I think it's wonderful to have a compilation of all the words and revelations of God to understand God's heart and to learn to live our lives wisely in this 'evil age', understanding clearly what the will of the Lord is. I guess, to Whee Ling and I, beyond all the 'best things' we want to give to Josh like any typical Singaporean parent would, the best thing we can give him is to teach Josh to hear God's voice and do the will of God in his life as he grows. Thus, please pray for us to be godly parents - to be so we need to be godly to exercise the Lordship and godliness in our own daily lives as well.
Thank you for sharing our lives in this journey!
"God speaks in the silence of the heart.
Listening is the beginning of prayer."
david
Really appreciate all of you for praying for us. We had a wonderful trip, although Josh has a taste of cultural shock in this beautiful island known as the'land of the gods'.
Bali is very deep steep in idolatory. You see people praying and offering incense everywhere and almost anytime of the day. There are so many figurines everywhere, practically in every household and shop. They look very scary to Josh and he became so afraid that he cried so badly on the first night when we had our family devotion. And he missed all his cousins and friends!
One of the things we observed was that they are very superstitious-believing a lot in luck. I realized that the primary motivation for their worship is to have wealth and health-which reminds me to come before God not just for His blessings, but to bless the Lord for being my maker, regardless of blessings.Whee Ling and I were glad that we were given God's wisdom to teach Josh to pray and bless the people in Bali to seek the true and living God.
We also had a great family time; great food and great shopping as well! We've not have had a trip like this eversince I stopped work.
Nevertheless, what delights me a lot was to see Josh's heart-he is so thoughtful that he wanted to buy little cute, nice souvenirs for his classmates. He even selected a nice, colorful necklace for his form teacher in which he ensures that he puts it in his bag this morning before he went to school.Josh also had a new spritual breakthrough - he has begun journalling what God is saying to him during his daily devotions as well as whatever the Lord may impress upon his heart during the day. I think it's wonderful to have a compilation of all the words and revelations of God to understand God's heart and to learn to live our lives wisely in this 'evil age', understanding clearly what the will of the Lord is. I guess, to Whee Ling and I, beyond all the 'best things' we want to give to Josh like any typical Singaporean parent would, the best thing we can give him is to teach Josh to hear God's voice and do the will of God in his life as he grows. Thus, please pray for us to be godly parents - to be so we need to be godly to exercise the Lordship and godliness in our own daily lives as well.
Thank you for sharing our lives in this journey!
"God speaks in the silence of the heart.
Listening is the beginning of prayer."
david
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Monday, September 04, 2006
Going to Bali
Dear all,
We are going to Bali today! Hard to believe but its true. I am still in the office, updating the blog before I go home, finish off the packing and head for the airport for the 4:40pm flight with my beloved David and Joshua. We are finally having our little holiday. It was amazing how the whole trip was put together just last Fri afternoon. Even the travel agent was laughing at my last min attempt to make arrangement and said I was lucky but I promoted corrected saying "thank God" acknowledging it was possible because of the Lord. Praise the Lord for His wonderful love and provision for us!
Bali - I was a little apprehensive about going to that place due to the recent terrorists' attacks and also over the spiritual climate in a place full of temples and idolatry. However, I have much peace after yesterday's service. During worship, I had this wonderful thought that we will witness the beauty of God's creation in Bali and the most splendid thing is the Lord will be with us. May we also bring along with us the fragrance of Christ and bring blessings to all we meet.
Please pray for our trip, for protection and good health especially for David. He was coughing a little since last Sat and last night he had headache again. Thank God this morning he is feeling much better already. We do not want to take anything for granted and really appreciate that you can pray to our Heavenly Father, our Lord Jesus Christ that His Holy Spirit will work in and throug us, in Jesus' most precious name. Amen!
Thanks & God bless,
P/S: Good news from my friend regarding her son Jonathan. Praise the Lord his progress has been miraculous and he is home now after 30+ days in the hospital. Prais the Lord for His wonderful love and amazing works!
Whee Ling
We are going to Bali today! Hard to believe but its true. I am still in the office, updating the blog before I go home, finish off the packing and head for the airport for the 4:40pm flight with my beloved David and Joshua. We are finally having our little holiday. It was amazing how the whole trip was put together just last Fri afternoon. Even the travel agent was laughing at my last min attempt to make arrangement and said I was lucky but I promoted corrected saying "thank God" acknowledging it was possible because of the Lord. Praise the Lord for His wonderful love and provision for us!
Bali - I was a little apprehensive about going to that place due to the recent terrorists' attacks and also over the spiritual climate in a place full of temples and idolatry. However, I have much peace after yesterday's service. During worship, I had this wonderful thought that we will witness the beauty of God's creation in Bali and the most splendid thing is the Lord will be with us. May we also bring along with us the fragrance of Christ and bring blessings to all we meet.
Please pray for our trip, for protection and good health especially for David. He was coughing a little since last Sat and last night he had headache again. Thank God this morning he is feeling much better already. We do not want to take anything for granted and really appreciate that you can pray to our Heavenly Father, our Lord Jesus Christ that His Holy Spirit will work in and throug us, in Jesus' most precious name. Amen!
Thanks & God bless,
P/S: Good news from my friend regarding her son Jonathan. Praise the Lord his progress has been miraculous and he is home now after 30+ days in the hospital. Prais the Lord for His wonderful love and amazing works!
Whee Ling
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