Recreation of Adam
Posting an ad idea I had for the Alpha course.
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Posting an ad idea I had for the Alpha course.
My computer's giving me the date for a file I just created as "tomorrow".
That's our Sasha: saving it for a dramatic occasion to get us choked up even more, just like being born on Chinese New Years Eve.
Just wondering what the deal is with this translation. I'm so behind on my theolo-nerd-ing...
My colleague @BillBonikowsky was telling me about these American Girl® dolls. Apparently it's a new part of his grandparently obligations. Should probably save up, it's quite likely that when Sasha starts asking for stuff, this is what she'll ask for and they're $119 a pop (for doll plus storybook and/or DVD).
I feel long long overdue for posting this story.
Basically, my boss had malaria.
Now, she doesn't have malaria.
And as much as I've mulled over different ways to write it, to me it comes down to that.
I've told a few of my friends what happened this Spring. My boss, Alpha Canada National Director Shaila Visser, was getting these killer headaches. Turned out she had malaria. Was a rare fungal malaria, cryptococcus gattii.
So she checked into a hospital.
And a bunch of people worldwide prayed for her. Lots prayed for a miraculous healing (among many other things).
In the middle of her treatment (about wk 5 of 8 I think), an MRI revealed nothing.
This isn't really supposed to happen.
This meningitis is a ball of fungus near the base of the brain and even after 8 weeks in hospital, there's still fungus for 2 years of drug treatment to work at.
But there was no fungus visible.
None.
The doctor was amazed, and though he doesn't tend to use that language, he had no natural explanation for this accelerated recovery.
So she's better now (still has to really watch her diet and has a bit of trouble remembering and putting in a full day at the office).
Part of it, a big big part, is the amazing quality healthcare we have in our country and in our neck of the woods in our country. That alone is a really good pre-emptive answer to prayer for lots of what ails us.
At the same time, people prayed, and she got better.
...I like how Shaila frames those expectations in the 5min vid we shot here in the office. There was a chance we'd be telling Shai's story more like Rachel's, which would have been very very different, but still, I'd hope, one where we could say that God is faithful.