A Day Off...

Finally today is an off day from the hectic schedule, moreover Chinese New Year is approaching. Don't my street the "bak kuah" stalls (grilled chicken/pork slices) are steaming up the air with charcoal and smoke, some early birds are starting their fireworks playing and New Year songs are blasting away from all the shops.

Yesterday night my cell leader asked us to think about what our ministries will be like for the year 2008. Personally, I know what God wants me to put my hands into this year again - youth. But it's something that needs a lot of strength and prayer. Of course, this year, I want to make it a regular thing that I start to visit the hospitals and orphanages that we went to last year during Christmas season.

My cell member Michelle talked about this 7 year old girl from Negeri Sembilan who is staying at the pediatric ward at General Hospital KL. She was in kindergarden last year and one day had high fever. Ever since then, she's been having fits nonstop to the point that doctors have to continually sedate her to stop her from throwing fits. Can you imagine? That's been six months already since last year! By right, this little girl should be in Standard One having the time of her life in school! But yet, she's stuck in the hospital being consistently drugged and under sedation. She's not awake. She doesn't talk. She doesn't play. She's like a comatose body. The mother is by her side every minute of the day at the hospital while the father comes every Sunday to visit due to his work.

How does it feel to see your own child lifeless on the bed? The only time she is "active" is when the medication wears off and she throws fits uncontrollably. This little girl is lying on a bed with straps on her feet to stop her from harming herself during her fits. She can't eat or be fed by the mother because she isn't awake, she can only be fed through IV tubes that go into her body. Her saliva needs to be sucked out by a machine because she is so drugged, she can't swallow instinctively already.

I'm going to start visiting her regularly with cell members and believe that God is going to heal her! I'm going to keep going until I see a miracle happen for this little girl. She deserves a good childhood. She does not deserve to be drugged and sleep forever! Please join me in prayer for her, okay?