Flora, a China national

I got to know Flora since last year 13/7/06. She is the boss of a Massage Studio for women. I use to go there but these recent months I am having headache so I did not go. The past two weeks, I went back and she was so concern about my headache that made me feel that I need to do a proper check.

These two days, she called a few times to tell me of her check from internet and print out her findings on my type of headaches in Chinese, I just accept it though I can't read them. She even called her doctor relatives, doctor uncle in China about my condition that touches me, her persistant made me go to the polyclinic to get another referral letter today. If not for her persistant, I would have just leave it because I am more tired consulting doctors than having headaches. Mentor Y said unlikely Polyclinic would give me a letter again. It took me one week to go back there today.

I thought the doctor at Polyclinic won't give me again after knowing that I was referred to TTS before but to my surprise, it was so easy. This doctor didn't even examine me nor asked any questions but just say, " Ok, no problem, you want NUH, I will write you a referral letter." And I got it so easily.

I went to see her after my lesson, to relief her from worrying for me.

Flora said," Ruth, go and do MRI for your head. If nothing, I will be very happy for you because is clear from life threatening. Life, there is only one and is yours to live. Listen to me just once, go and check, ok."

I was pretty overwhelm with emotion when I drove home. How I wish she come to know the Lord one day. I am so touch my her concern which I never expect her to be like this. She called on Sunday but I couldn't talk to her, was driving and rushing to pick Jared to teach and my girls for the guitar lesson at Ju Eng home.
And she called again on Monday insisting that I go for second opinion. We hardly know one another, we only had some conversation now and then. For a person that I don't really know to show such concern is rather unusual. At the moment, all my close friends who often support me knows my condition yet they weren't this excited as her. And whatever that is taking place in my life right now, I really don't understand but I believe someday I will.

I do believe in the prompting of the Holy Spirit and many things happen for His purposes, it just don't come by chance. I will just do accordingly and take one step at a time. During this time of struggle, I still believe that whether I live or die, it will be in His time. And what He began in me, He is faithful and will complete it in His time.

I thank God that the pain for yesterday and today, is bearable without pain killer. Yesterday(Monday 24/7/07), I see a doctor at Sata, he insisted that I go back to Polyclinic to get a refferal letter too and gave me pain killer that have lesser side effects, not drowsy and does not cause gastric pain. Despite of many unpleasant experiences, I still have many special blessing from above.

* I like this chorus -
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know, He holds the future
And life is worth the living just because He lives.