It’s been a while since I posted a blog.  Last month, the boys and I traveled to Singapore to see my family. It was nice but we missed Anthony as he was over in the States. A couple of days before I came back, I started to have a cold and sore throat. With the long air flights, taking care of the 2 boys and lack of sleep, the cold flared up into “full blown” bronchitis.  After a course of antibiotics, the fever and cold symptoms subsided but the cough continues and it remains with me still, usually worse during the morning and at night. About 2 weeks after we came back, I had malaria (Anthony had it first) and as if that were not enough, I discovered last week that I have shingles.  

It should have been a very discouraging past month but it was not. Because God has been good to me. He blesses me with good teammates who provided us with meals when I didn’t feel like getting out of bed to cook, and keeping the boys so that I could rest, He gave me strength to deal with the discomfort of the sickness. He gave me examples of people who have gone through much worse and yet able to praise God (Dee, you are one of those) and His many promises in the Bible—my favorite being, “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.  And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”  Also,  the example of Paul entreating the Lord to remove his thorn in the flesh but was given the answer, “my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness.”, who went on to say that “for when I am weak, then am I strong.” All these sicknesses have drawn me closer to God as I have more time to talk to Him and I am assured that God’s grace is sufficient for me and He will give me the strength that I need to deal with my ailments. Thank you to all of you who have been praying for my recovery.