Ok, so I applied to SOMD (school of ministry development) in LA, and got accepted back in... nov?.
My dream is to have a local mobile ministry serving native america here in muskoka, ontario. So, right now i'm really praying/looking for some people with the same or similar vision- i guess pray for that too!
(this is where i need your prayers)
When i got into my car accident on Jan 22, I got charged for careless driving b/c it was an unknown reason as to why i went off the road. (praising God that i managed to WALK out of that accident alive! pix on facebook if you haven't seen/heard) The police officer advised me to go court, and ask for a lesser fine and fewer points. Otherwise i'd have to pay $400 and lose 6 points... So of course i chose the court option.
On Jan 25, a different cop showed up at my house, to "re issue" me a different ticket because the one the first police gave me had the wrong date (he put jan 21).
well, on the 26, I mailed out the re issued ticket. and i have been waiting a month to find out when i go to court. However, YWAM LA is coming close, so i was starting to get a little antsy about this whole court thing. So i called the Ontario Justice department, and when they were checking my file, they said that NOTHING has come in...
So, now i am over my 15 day "grace" period, and they could take my lack of a ticket as a "plea of guilty". and the police officer entered the WRONG ticket into the system. well, just pray that i find out my court date sooooooon, i still havent given my notice yet, and missing court dates are a big deal.
So pray that things will speed up, and i'll find out my court date SOON, and that it's before March 19! (i'm flying out of michigan on the 26 or 27th, but i have to be up north the week before i leave to LA)
Much Love!
This blog started as "my life in missions" but has become what inspires me, my thoughts through lifes ups and downs, & what is God teaching me.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Just adding this now :)
Updates on my Dad
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 7:17am
Sorry this is so wordy! my mom wrote it, but it explains everything that had happend over the past couple of months, thanks so much for all the encouraging e-mails and prayers :)
Ernie has lived with chronic pain for well over a year. It just got worse in November, were he couldn't stand the intensity of it...so on Nov. 15th at 3am, he finally agreed to go to the hospital. They put Ernie on morphine injections for the pain & on Nov. 20th, they sent him home...he was prescribed morphine pills to take at home but he couldn't digest these because of the hardening of his internal organs, (the esophagus & stomach). He kept waiting for the painkillers to kick in but finally on Nov. 29th at 3am, HE told me he was going to the hospital, he was experiencing chest pains. The ER doctor was Ernie's former doctor. By this time Ernie was down to 119 lbs.. I asked Dr. Hardy if he noticed that Ernie was just skin & bones...he said, "I just see bones". Anyway Dr. Hardy knew about scleroderma, so that was a big help. Even before Dr. Hardy got the blood & heart results, he said he was admitting Ernie. They pumped him intravenouly with iron, 2 units of red blood cells, saline, albumin, morphine, etc.. Dr. Fargher's (hospital doctor), report states, "Examination revealed a wasted, thin, chronically ill looking man whose weight had dropped to 55 kiolgram from 62.7 kilograms on Nov. 15/09". On Dec.2nd & 4th, they gave him a barium swallow which left him in tremendous pain and to make it more horribly painful his body was rejecting the morphine. On Dec. 5th, another ER doctor put a nasalgastric tube to drain the barium and morphine from his stomach. Lots of trials to "get to the problem". On Dec. 9th, Dr. Clark(family doctor) ordered a CT angiography and later told Ernie his stomach was very much hardened and there was nothing that can be done. This left Ernie absolutely devasted! Ernie cried, "Lord if your not going to heal me of this disease, than take the pain away." I called all the prayer lines I knew, and Pauline Gunner called all the APM churches to Pray for a Miracle! I requested prayers on internet. Martin Lasbrook visited him and prayed through with him...Ernie said he felt the pain leaving. On Dec.10th, I asked the doctor if I could take Ernie home, (thinking if there was nothing that could be done, than I wasn't going to leave him in the hospital). Dr. Fargher looked surprised at Ernie's meal and said, "If he can eat the solids without getting sick he can go home by the weekend!...not realizing that the kitchen staff hadn't brought him full fluids!..so there was Ernie eating solids! Hallelujah! Today, he is still pain-free.
Oh, I want to mention, Ernie use to take lots of diabetes pills per/day, because he refused to take insulin. Anyway, while in the hospital the nurses came in to give him insulin. I seen the look of fear(?) in Ernie's eyes as he told the nurse, he wasn't taking insulin...he never ever wants to be on insulin!...Stigma attached to going from pills to insulin!! Anyway, the nurse explained because he couldn't digest the pills, they were ordered to give the insulin...so he finally gave in.
Ernie was discharged from the hospital on Dec. 12th. He no longer takes any diabetes meds! He does not have celiacs! While in hospital he got bed-sores. Dec. 10th, I changed the tegaderm and saw that it had worsened. Dec.12th, I asked if they could change the tegaderm before we left. The bed-sores were all cleared up!!! Today, January 4th, Ernie is still pain-free and has gained 20lbs. Praise the LORD! God is good! Amen
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 7:17am
Sorry this is so wordy! my mom wrote it, but it explains everything that had happend over the past couple of months, thanks so much for all the encouraging e-mails and prayers :)
Ernie has lived with chronic pain for well over a year. It just got worse in November, were he couldn't stand the intensity of it...so on Nov. 15th at 3am, he finally agreed to go to the hospital. They put Ernie on morphine injections for the pain & on Nov. 20th, they sent him home...he was prescribed morphine pills to take at home but he couldn't digest these because of the hardening of his internal organs, (the esophagus & stomach). He kept waiting for the painkillers to kick in but finally on Nov. 29th at 3am, HE told me he was going to the hospital, he was experiencing chest pains. The ER doctor was Ernie's former doctor. By this time Ernie was down to 119 lbs.. I asked Dr. Hardy if he noticed that Ernie was just skin & bones...he said, "I just see bones". Anyway Dr. Hardy knew about scleroderma, so that was a big help. Even before Dr. Hardy got the blood & heart results, he said he was admitting Ernie. They pumped him intravenouly with iron, 2 units of red blood cells, saline, albumin, morphine, etc.. Dr. Fargher's (hospital doctor), report states, "Examination revealed a wasted, thin, chronically ill looking man whose weight had dropped to 55 kiolgram from 62.7 kilograms on Nov. 15/09". On Dec.2nd & 4th, they gave him a barium swallow which left him in tremendous pain and to make it more horribly painful his body was rejecting the morphine. On Dec. 5th, another ER doctor put a nasalgastric tube to drain the barium and morphine from his stomach. Lots of trials to "get to the problem". On Dec. 9th, Dr. Clark(family doctor) ordered a CT angiography and later told Ernie his stomach was very much hardened and there was nothing that can be done. This left Ernie absolutely devasted! Ernie cried, "Lord if your not going to heal me of this disease, than take the pain away." I called all the prayer lines I knew, and Pauline Gunner called all the APM churches to Pray for a Miracle! I requested prayers on internet. Martin Lasbrook visited him and prayed through with him...Ernie said he felt the pain leaving. On Dec.10th, I asked the doctor if I could take Ernie home, (thinking if there was nothing that could be done, than I wasn't going to leave him in the hospital). Dr. Fargher looked surprised at Ernie's meal and said, "If he can eat the solids without getting sick he can go home by the weekend!...not realizing that the kitchen staff hadn't brought him full fluids!..so there was Ernie eating solids! Hallelujah! Today, he is still pain-free.
Oh, I want to mention, Ernie use to take lots of diabetes pills per/day, because he refused to take insulin. Anyway, while in the hospital the nurses came in to give him insulin. I seen the look of fear(?) in Ernie's eyes as he told the nurse, he wasn't taking insulin...he never ever wants to be on insulin!...Stigma attached to going from pills to insulin!! Anyway, the nurse explained because he couldn't digest the pills, they were ordered to give the insulin...so he finally gave in.
Ernie was discharged from the hospital on Dec. 12th. He no longer takes any diabetes meds! He does not have celiacs! While in hospital he got bed-sores. Dec. 10th, I changed the tegaderm and saw that it had worsened. Dec.12th, I asked if they could change the tegaderm before we left. The bed-sores were all cleared up!!! Today, January 4th, Ernie is still pain-free and has gained 20lbs. Praise the LORD! God is good! Amen
Friday, August 22, 2008
Final Summer Update/ Whats New
After such a great summer, coming back home was the hardest thing; I’ve never cried so much in my life, I definitely left my heart in Wikwemikong First Nation, on Manitoulin Island.
Learning more about my culture, and getting know the community, building stronger relationships with the youth from last summer, and establishing new friendships. Once again God broke my heart for the things that breaks his. Seeing the broken families, knowing that all girls I worked with have been sexually abused in someway, knowing that 80% of the native populations die prematurely. Most die violently as a result of alcohol and drug abuse, or by their own hands. Sadly there are 668 First Nations in Canada, and almost all of them are dealing with the same situations.
I have been so blessed to see these girls for who they truly are. Within the 4 months I’ve been there, such strong friendships were built. However a common thing I noticed was most of the youth we worked with, assumed that people who work with Daystar are born Christians and we all live boring lives that are trouble free.
Sometimes I would go home almost feeling like I’m not doing anything, I don’t see any fruit, and wondering if I was actually making a difference. But I went to a youth conference called Pitch and Praise this spring, and the theme was “The Conspiracy Theory” the last night the speaker said:
“The true conspiracy of God is that he’s doing more behind our backs than he is in front of us.”
One of our last events, one of our girls wanted to confess something she had shared to me earlier, but she felt she wanted everyone else to know too. She spoke about where her life is right now, and how she never thought she would be doing the stuff she feels stuck in. But its only when she is with us that she feels at home, she feels like she can be her true self and not feel as though she is being judged.
A few nights I would get asked if “I’ve ever been through any hard times?” or “I know you were born believing in God, but were you always good?” It really blessed my heart to hear that the Youth were actually searching for something, and noticed that I was different. Sharing my testimony as a Christian Native hit a lot deeper than I thought it would. I’m so thankful that I got to see a few youth come to Christ this summer, and seeing a lot more searching for something. Now I’m back home praying that those seeds will fall on good ground & God would pour out his blood upon those girls and keep them safe.
I want to see other Native American’s rising up, and leading others to God, and let them know that it’s ok to have a dream, to have a plan and a purpose for life. I truly believe that I’m called to be a full time missionary, working in Native America. I applied to YWAM (Youth With A Mission) and got accepted to do a DTS (Discipleship Training School) September 21st 2008. I will need around $6000 to go and have all my expenses paid. I’m having a fundraising roast beef dinner September 6, its $10.00 a ticket. If you know you can’t make it donations are more than welcome. However if you can’t support me financially I’m asking that you will keep me in your prayers, that the needs will be met and I will have a peace about leaving my dad, and trusting God is in control.
Thanks for the prayers and support over this summer.
God Bless.
Melissa
Learning more about my culture, and getting know the community, building stronger relationships with the youth from last summer, and establishing new friendships. Once again God broke my heart for the things that breaks his. Seeing the broken families, knowing that all girls I worked with have been sexually abused in someway, knowing that 80% of the native populations die prematurely. Most die violently as a result of alcohol and drug abuse, or by their own hands. Sadly there are 668 First Nations in Canada, and almost all of them are dealing with the same situations.
I have been so blessed to see these girls for who they truly are. Within the 4 months I’ve been there, such strong friendships were built. However a common thing I noticed was most of the youth we worked with, assumed that people who work with Daystar are born Christians and we all live boring lives that are trouble free.
Sometimes I would go home almost feeling like I’m not doing anything, I don’t see any fruit, and wondering if I was actually making a difference. But I went to a youth conference called Pitch and Praise this spring, and the theme was “The Conspiracy Theory” the last night the speaker said:
“The true conspiracy of God is that he’s doing more behind our backs than he is in front of us.”
One of our last events, one of our girls wanted to confess something she had shared to me earlier, but she felt she wanted everyone else to know too. She spoke about where her life is right now, and how she never thought she would be doing the stuff she feels stuck in. But its only when she is with us that she feels at home, she feels like she can be her true self and not feel as though she is being judged.
A few nights I would get asked if “I’ve ever been through any hard times?” or “I know you were born believing in God, but were you always good?” It really blessed my heart to hear that the Youth were actually searching for something, and noticed that I was different. Sharing my testimony as a Christian Native hit a lot deeper than I thought it would. I’m so thankful that I got to see a few youth come to Christ this summer, and seeing a lot more searching for something. Now I’m back home praying that those seeds will fall on good ground & God would pour out his blood upon those girls and keep them safe.
I want to see other Native American’s rising up, and leading others to God, and let them know that it’s ok to have a dream, to have a plan and a purpose for life. I truly believe that I’m called to be a full time missionary, working in Native America. I applied to YWAM (Youth With A Mission) and got accepted to do a DTS (Discipleship Training School) September 21st 2008. I will need around $6000 to go and have all my expenses paid. I’m having a fundraising roast beef dinner September 6, its $10.00 a ticket. If you know you can’t make it donations are more than welcome. However if you can’t support me financially I’m asking that you will keep me in your prayers, that the needs will be met and I will have a peace about leaving my dad, and trusting God is in control.
Thanks for the prayers and support over this summer.
God Bless.
Melissa
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