Dear friends, below is a true story by my friend, Angeline, from Malaysia. It's the story of how God healed her father when the doctor said he only had a couple of months left. It was on her blog Angie's Blog and I got her permission to copy and paste it here cause i thot it was just amazing. Please take time to read it:

Life and Death

Some or most of you may already know that I'm a Christian. I believe in God, more than anything in the world. There's no doubt about it. Being a Christian means to have a personal relationship with God. I know by this point, some will choose to argue and some will agree. Many times, people will ask me "Why did you become a Christian?" I was a non-Christian many years back. The first 10 years of my life was spent doing religious ceremonies that I didn't like or understand. It was just a religion to me. Something that you put in the "Religion" field whenever you fill up a form. I didn't really understand what I was doing or why I had to do certain things. All I know is, I was borned into that and I simply followed.

So the question is "Why did I become a Christian?"

Imagine this. I was 10 years old. At that time, the only thing that was probably in my mind was to be no.1 in my class or what cartoons will be showed on TV that day. Life and death? I hardly know the meaning of it. Everything in life was ok. I have good parents and a brother. I even had grandma who was staying with us at that time. When you are 10, your world seems to be perfect.

One day, my perfect world shattered. I cannot fully describe to you the emotions I went through as a 10 year old. My heart broke. My dad, who was healthy and all ... suddenly was admitted to the hospital. He wasn't involved in an accident but he suddenly became paralyzed. He was suffering from muscular dystrophy. His muscles were slowly being eaten up and we didn't even know. Doc told us "He has only 3 months to live. So, make him happy. Bring him on holidays. Give him what he wants to eat. Because he is going to die".

I mean, what da! We were all in tears when we heard that and for me, I wanted to just slap the doctor. I mean, what a thing to say! I know he was just telling the fact, but that isn't the truth. I was devastated.
After that, my dad tried many things. Mediums, bomohs, temples hidden in the jungles, acupuncture, therapy .. you name it, he tried it. But did he get better? No. He got worst instead. We were at losing grounds already. Nothing worked. Nothing helped. I saw my dad from a healthy man to a sickly man - half the size he was before. It was just terrible.

One day, as the whole family was busy preparing for some religious day, my dad was in the hall, sleeping. Or so we thought. We were so busy that we didn't even realized that he actually died! Yes, he died! And we didn't even know until our aunt, who came to visit my dad - tried waking him up. We all started panicking, crying hysterically, .. all in a frenzy. We didn't know what to do!

Then all of a sudden, my dad woke up with tears in his eyes. He told us that he had died and was in this really dark place. But all of a sudden, he heard my aunt's voice and that brought him back.
And you may be asking again, "What has that got to do with you becoming a Christian?"
You see, this aunt who came to visit us, is a Christian. She had been trying to share the gospel with my family for years. And everytime, my dad would make fun of her and sent her home crying. And on that day, when my aunt came, she "felt" like she had to come visit us and try again - never gave up on us, thank God.
And so, God gave my dad a second chance. A chance to evade death and live.
The story doesn't end here. After that incident, the whole family believed in Jesus. And my dad?? From paralyzed, he went into a wheelchair. From a wheelchair, he used crutches to get around. From crutches, he changed to a walking cane. And from a walking cane.... he is walking and running, as though nothing had hit him before. The doc got a shock of his life when my dad went back to the hospital to show him that he didn't die.
If you don't believe me, go take a look at my dad now. He being alive and well, is already proof.
And that was 14 years ago.
So, why did I become a Christian? Simple. Because He is real.

I THINK I've decided to start again this new year of 2006. Perhaps it is just because I am having a pretty long break in college now, thinking of what to do. LOL! Anyway, doing my FINAL semester now in KDU. Hopefully, I will not have to come back to this place to continue my degree. Sick of this place! Sigh... This is a very very hectic semester, having classes until 5pm almost everyday, doing 4 miserable subjects and the semester finishes in 8 weeks. What the #$%^&*!!!!!?!?!?!???? Enough of rubbish for now. To all visitors, dropper bys and blog hoppers, HAPPY CHRISTMAS & A VERY MERRY NEW YEAR TO YOU! ALthough it is very belated, I think it is okay. =)

Till then, take good care and God bless!

Just got home from a Revival Conference by Ps. Kong Hee & the team from City Harvest Church, Singapore. And I can guarantee you 300% that God was there in that place. It all happened in the Sunway Convention Centre. That place was packed with people, GREAT worship, POWERFUL message and not to forget a SUPERB God-present altar call. It was just HAPPENING !! Those of you who missed out tonight and last night, do not worry. There is another one tommorrow at the same place, at 8.00 p.m. till late. Be there !! Don't miss it !!

Oh! By the way, tommorrow is a BIG BIG BIG day !! Hahaha.. *hint*hint*

Till then, take good care and God bless !!

*updates!!

=> Was on duty for the Deeper Life Seminar's Miracle Healing Rally last last Saturday on the 11th. Tired as I was in church since the Vibrant Youth Service. Nonetheless, seeing God work His miracles was an eye-opener(this wouldn't be called a Miracle Healing Rally for nothing right?). One of the Miracles God did was to this little girl aged about 5 years old. This girl can only see with 1 eye since birth. The other one is practically blinded. God, in His ways opened up her blind eye! She was so happy that she didn't know what to do. Instead, her whole family particullarly her grandmother rushed up the stage with tears of joy and began praising God. I believe that was a new beginning for that little girl and her family. At the end of the rally, the girl and her family gave their lives to Christ the Healer & Miracle worker.

=> Signed up for the Nescafe Kick-Start thingie thanks to Candy and the Nescafe team who were at KDU last Friday. Just for fun to support her. They didn't receive much attention as most of the students were on holidays. Hahahaha...

=> Finished up my Audio Amplifier Project but yet to begin doing the report. Was supposed to attend an interview on the project but it had to be postponed until next Monday due to time. Cell group was cancelled at night, lack of attendance. Went for OTS 6(a drift event) in Sunway Extreme Park. Nothing great as the the professional drifters weren't on track. Joined the Pro-Hatchers TT in Syed Ariff after that and headed down to Asia Club for a round of pool after that. Reached home at about 3 and collapsed.

=> Attended Vibrant Youth Service last Saturday. Guest speaker Ps. Irvin Rutherford preached and boy! did his message hit me right smack in the head. It was about us youth and our calling regarding missionaries. He also mentioned something about bringing us youths of RLC to Vietnam for a mission next year. well, let's see what God has for me. Left church and went home for dinner.

=> Sunday at RLC. Woke up late. Was on Holy Communion duty rushed to church to find that I'm only on duty for 2nd service. My brother was on duty anyway. Didn't do much. Celebrated Father's Day and Ps. Joshua's birthday which co-incidentally fall on the same day. The carrot cake was swesome. Left church, went for lunch at ONS but we were abit late. Most of the stalls were closed. Made fun of Florence the whole time. Reached home, slept till dinner. Went out for dinner with my family in conjunction with Father's Day. Had steamboat near Giant in Puchong. Food was OK. Didnt do much after that. Reached home, watched F1 too bad only 6 cars raced and Schumi WON!! The teams using Michelin tyres weren't allowed to race because Ralf's crash the day before was caused by the tyres he was using. Bridgestone all the way!!

Tag replies:
Lydia: I've just posted! Hahaha...
Lydia: Who is that big mouth anjing gila ?
Fiona: 10? Ya meh? Hahaha.. kidding kidding...

Till then, ciao! God bless!

*hint*hint*hint*

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