A JOYFUL NOISE

I apologize for not doing the "best" of job in updating you all on my health issues. For a period of time, I've become so overwhelmed and frustrated with my not feeling well, having to check in to the ER, doctors appointments, etc. Sometimes it's so hard to go through this and share with friends. I don't want to burden any of my friends with my health issues, even though I know they will always pray for me. Back in the beginning of September, I had an appointment with my GI doctor, Dr Perua and Dr. Henry. All of you know that for the past 2-3 years these stomach issues of pain and nausea has been baffling to not only myself and my parents, but with the doctors as well. They had hypothesis, did various tests, and still they couldn't figure out what was going on with me. The did; however, know that I have gastroperesis which is the slow emptying of the stomach. Normally the stomach will empty 100% in 2 hrs; with me, my stomach emptied only 37% in 2 h...

That was the title of my talk with the ASP kids yesterday. And it was really fun and a blessing to me as I got to share some truths about life and in it all how God takes care of use and uses us for HIS Glory. For a few years, between 2005-2007, I would be on again off again as a discipler to the kids. I shared my testimony to the kids back then as a way of showing them that God uses everything we go through as a means to glorify and exalt His name. It's hard to believe that the kids who I helped back then are in college! YIKES! When I moved back to Lyndhurst in 2007, I was sadden to have had to stop attending ASP and being a disciple to ASP kids who mostly live in the coaches behind the church. I loved being part of ASP for a while and it was hard.....really hard to have given it up; I couldn't do it, not only because I was further away from the church, but because I had a full time job.... an 8-5 job; so I couldn't participate. But God's plan ch...