Born 2/27/1928 - Died 7/23/2008Nothing ever goes as planned. This summer I came home to raise support for my mission work in Micronesia. I was not even home a week when we had to take my Dad to the hospital to have a endoscopic procedure to try to clear blockage from his liver. Turned out that the blockage was a malignant tumor in his bile duct..... Although what we read on the internet was not good, None of us imagined that within three weeks my Dad would no longer be with us in this world.
I firmly believe he is now in heaven with Jesus.
Before he left though I had time to share scriptures about heaven and sing some songs with him. We song Amazing Grace and Jesus loves me. It amazed me that with such little energy that he chose to sing in his last days.
He also made sure that we each new that he loved us and was proud of us. Even during the last few days when the bilirubin was coating his brain and he was hallucinating, he still was able to recognize each of us to the last day.
It was a very exhausting time but I feel extremely blessed to have that time with him.
4 comments:
Melissa, thanks for a loving tribute to your dad. We're so glad that you could be share this time with your family. We love you and are praying for all of you.
You're in our prayers. We all love you and are glad that you were there during these last weeks of your dad's life. What a hard gift!
Joyce and I have been praying for you. It is great that you could be there with your family this summer. I know that you were a blessing there. We miss you here and are praying that God will provide the financial support you need.
What a wonderful testimony of how God's grace is in control!!!!
I, in chuuk, love you and am praying for you!!!
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