All the Latest On Me....

[SoCaliUPC]

Greetings AFF Family:

As you may, or may not, have noticed...I have been away for a little bit. There has been a reason. This is a post to declare the greatness of our God.

As many of you know...about a couple months ago, I asked for prayer about a very small growth on my face. Went to the doctor and they took a biopsy. Went back a week later to get the results and the doctor told me I had Bowen's Disease, a type of skin cancer. The news was kind of upsetting to me because there had been a few people around us die of the "C" word and it all became a little too close to home. The doctor referred me to a dermatologist. Went to the dermatologist only to find...for the first time....high blood pressure. Do you think it could be from the stress that I bottled up? Add that to another worry. The dermatologist thought the area was healing nicely and wanted to see me in 2 months....unless it would come back. 2 weeks passed (actually the day after Valentine's Day) and it started to come back. I got an appointment with the dermatologist again and he did another biopsy...this time going deeper to make sure we got it all. The result of that came back...it was skin cancer.

Now, around this time, we had Freddie Clark at our church. He called me out the day before I went to have the second biopsy. He never addressed it...but rather some other things. I can say...God healed me that night of allergies. I have not had one headache from the weather or anything like that and I praise GOD for the healing. That next Sunday...he called me out again and said...You will go out in the sun again. You do not have skin cancer. I praise God because I DID have it...the doctor treated it and removed it and NOW I believe that I do not have an abnormal cell in my body that would cause skin cancer.

About 3 weeks ago...another worry. There are some on this board that know what I am talking about and will not go into great detail. I went to the doctor with this problem and was "relieved" by what he diagnosed it with. Big worry off my back. He noticed the high blood pressure and I told him...well, it has a starting point...the time you told me I had skin cancer. Looking at my history...he saw that...normal blood pressure before and then all of a sudden high. Well, he ordered blood work. The other thing he wanted to do was run an ultrasound of the problem area just to confirm that it was nothing bad. The bloodwork came back the next day only to see my cholesterol and all of that was through the roof. Very different from the last blood work I had. (Only to learn...stress can increase the levels your body produces.) Later on, I went to the ultrasound and was disturbed when they went off course and took a look at my kidneys. Out of fear, I froze and it was the last straw that broke the camels back for me. I was scared and just broke down. All this happening with my whole family in China on vacation.

I was in the midst of my own trial and my whole immediate support system was around the world. I felt alone. I called my best friend and told him I needed to meet him. I called another friend and told her to pray for three things 1) that everything would be okay; 2) that God would give me peace of mind and 3) that if God was trying to give me a word, that I would receive and recognize it sooner than later. I called CareyM and Malachi, Jeanie, Dora and had them praying the same thing. They heard me at my lowest low. Broken and hurt. I called my family in China and told them I did not want to ruin their trip...but they needed to know...and I needed them to pray. My mother got on the phone and said, "Open your Bible and pray that God starts showing you scripture and you pray those scriptures declaring your healing."

I met my friend and the first thing he did was give me this book he bought earlier that day. The book had prayers based right from scripture that declared healing and faith. Faith cometh by HEARING and HEARING the WORD OF GOD. I took the book home and I started to pray these scriptures. I was speaking the Word of God to my body. Woke up the next day...did the same. That afternoon the same. Went to my dermatologist and on the way up prayed. I had my iPod on and the first 15 songs on shuffle dealt with faith, healing, taking you through, his mercy and grace. I am in the car...speaking in tongues...and all of a sudden....this peace came over me. I started believing the scriptures that I was speaking to my body and commanding my body in the name of Jesus Christ to be healed. All of a sudden....this person and that person came up and started talking to me about this need and that need...and I was able to share with them what God had given me.

I write this today....everything came out OKAY! I started speaking to my blood pressure that you are 120/80...my blood flows through my body in the perfection that God intended it to do so....in the name of Jesus Christ. My blood pressure last week....114/81 and 119/79. Take that back from 159/105. I have lost 8 pounds and inches. I have gone off sodas completely and for the first time ever....God took away withdrawl symptoms. I have not had ONE withdrawl headache that I used to get all the time if I did not have soda or caffeine by 1:00p.m. everyday.

I stand here thanking God for answering prayer. But most of all, I thank God for showing me faith. I believe He has given me the gift of faith and to share that with people. I thank God for his HEALING! I thank God for his GOODNESS.