Our Miracle Baby
One month before their second son was born, healthcare personnel James and Mavis Leong discovered that the baby had a rare structural birth defect, and might have to stay in the intensive care unit for months. The news threw them into a tailspin.

The day our hearts sank It was just a routine visit to the gynaecologist – or so we thought. But the check-up turned out longer than expected. We sensed that something was amiss. The ultrasound showed that our second son Damien had a proportionately smaller body and there was too much fluid in the womb. It was the start of many tests and checks. The diagnosis: esophageal atresia, a gap between the mouth and stomach. It was a very rare and serious structural defect. So rare, in fact, he became a discussion case at KK Hospital. The doctor said that there was only one such case in Singapore every few years.

The defect meant that Damien could not be fed through his mouth. More detailed scans suggested that the gap might be too big even to be corrected by surgery. All the doctors said he would be in the Intensive Care Unit for months, and that we would have to feed our baby through a pouch attached to an opening in his stomach. Moreover, there might be defects in his other organs too. We were told to be prepared for a six-digit medical bill unless we downgraded to a C-class ward.

The news left us bewildered and lost. Like all parents, we had been looking forward to his birth with joy and anticipation. Now each day was a constant battle. Our fears and anxieties grew as we were informed of the possible complications. We kept countering our fears with faith, and battling constant doubts. Our pastors, carecell and church friends rallied around us with concern and prayers.

Two weekends later, when we attended Trinity’s worship service, we heard a testimony about a Thai boy who was unable to swallow anything without vomiting. Unable to consume anything by mouth, he had a tube inserted into his stomach for liquid food. But after Trinity’s Missions Impact Team prayed for him, he was able to drink a full bottle through the mouth without throwing up. As we heard the amazing testimony and saw the actual photos of this boy successfully sucking from the bottle, we were encouraged. This testimony could not have been more timely.

But subsequent visits to the gynaecologist did not bear good news. Our faith was constantly challenged. We clung on tightly to God’s promise: “Therefore I tell you, whatever you asked for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours” (Mark 11:24).

A difficult birth
When I arrived at the hospital to give birth, a panel of specialists was on hand, waiting to whisk our baby away the moment he was born. That’s how serious his condition was.

The labour lasted more than 12 hours. The labour was progressing too slowly, and Damien’s heart rate frequently dropped. The umbilical cord was also coiled around his neck. An urgent Caesarean was planned. Knowing the consequences of a Caesarean delivery, we prayed for a natural birth. God answered our prayers! Within the next hour Damien was born by normal delivery. Damien arrived safely, and bigger than expected.

However, the diagnosis was confirmed by the doctors. His esophagus, the food pipe, was indeed not connected to the stomach. We were greatly dismayed. After much fasting and prayer, we had not received our miracle. We were so tempted to give up and leave the matterin the hands of the experienced doctors. But we clung on to God’s promises.

The following 24 hours were intense. We were called to meet up with the surgeons regarding the proposed surgery. Investigations showed that the gap between the stomach and the esophagus was big, and may not be repairable by surgery at this point in time. More bad news There was more bad news. This was not the only defect Damien was born with. In the words of the specialists, “Defects don’t come alone.” They knew that one defect indicated the presence of other defects, and so they scanned him from head to toe. There was also a defect in his lungs – a connection between the air pipe and the esophagus that should not have been there. This meant more complications. The surgeons planned to quickly close the connection that afternoon by open chest surgery, and to make an opening into the stomach for feeding,

Less than 24 hours after his birth, the doctors operated on him. The surgery took longer than the expected 3 hours, after which we received an urgent call asking us to proceed to the operating theatre. It was a tense moment. We braced ourselves for the worst. Had our baby died during the surgery?

A surprise discovery
But we were in for a surprise. It was good news! The surgeons were stunned to fi nd that the gap was smaller (only 1.5cm), and could be repaired very easily. There was no need to attach a pouch to the stomach at all. We don’t know what happened, but it was totally unexpected! We believe it was a miracle of God.

In fact, there was a twist to the whole saga. The other defect (in the lungs) aided the closing of the gap between the food pipe and the stomach! The doctors were amazed because what they saw before their very eyes defied all the established facts of the case. God had answered our prayers! “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1)

Instead of months, Damien was discharged in less than two weeks and his medical bill came up to $24,000. It was not a small sum, but much less than what it could have been, if his stay had been prolonged. In fact, after the medical subsidy and Medisave, we did not have to foot any cash. We were completely stunned.

A third miracle Bringing Damien home had its own challenges. Since Damien had not eaten since birth, he had “forgotten” how to suck and swallow. He had his first taste of milk 10 days after birth. We had to feed him through a tube that went through the nose and into the stomach. It was painfully difficult to drip milk through the tube. It took half an hour for just a small amount of milk to go down. The therapist told us that Damien might take many weeks to learn to eat. We asked the doctors how long we would have to do it, but they could not tell us. It could be weeks, or even months. After a week of dripping milk down the tube, we desperately prayed that God would do something.

Again, God answered our prayers! In less than two weeks, Damien could drink and swallow
normally! Damien’s progress was so remarkable that his tube was removed in less than two weeks. He was feeding well and began to gain weight. This was the third miracle we experienced, after the natural birth and the closing of the gap.

That was not all. In the subsequent months, God healed Damien of a hole in his heart, and also of a wry neck (torticollis). It was the fulfi lment of God’s promise to us: “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” (Jeremiah 32:27)

A source of support Throughout this ordeal, we received tremendous support and encouragement from Trinity – our pastors, our carecell and our friends. They prayed for us when we could not even pray for ourselves. In fact, our carecell leader would encourage us through phone calls, emails and SMS every other day. We really cannot imagine what would have happened to us if we were not part of a carecell. Where else would we get such support and encouragement to go through this trial?

In retrospect, God had put all the people in place even before the crisis happened. When Damien was conceived in October 2005, we had not yet joined a carecell. We opened our home to host a carecell in January 2006. By the time we discovered his condition in June 2006, God had already surrounded us with people who would pray with us for our breakthrough. We felt this was God orchestrating behind the scenes, taking care of us long before we even knew we had a problem.

This crisis has changed our lives. The greatest trial of our lives also turned out to be the most amazing testimony of our lives. For sure, it was truly the most “happening” time of our lives! God works in wondrous ways. As a couple, we grew closer and bonded like never before as we weathered this crisis together.

We experienced what it really means to pray in faith. We realised that faith is not the absence of fear or doubt, but clinging on to God’s promises in the midst of bad news and crisis. Throughout the crisis, fear and doubt threatened to overwhelm us, but we fought them off with God’s promises. The verses you read in this testimony are the exact weapons we used in this fight of faith.

Our miracle baby
Today, Damien is a healthy one-year-old. In fact, we just celebrated his first birthday on 21 July. It was a milestone event that reminded us all over again of God’s goodness and grace. When you look at Damien today, you can’t tell that he was ever diagnosed with a serious and rare birth defect. He is our miracle baby, and Jesus is our miracle working God!

“May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you\ in every good deed and word” (2 Thessalonians 2:17).

The miscarriage happened while we were on a selfdrive holiday. Just as we were grappling with this issue, everywhere we went, we saw rainbows. We took a picture of every rainbow we saw. I have this whole series of rainbows in my photo collection! I wondered why the rainbows seemed to be following us around.

Then God spoke to me. He said, “Do you know that a rainbow is a sign of my covenant? It is a sign of my covenant with man. It is a sign that I have a covenant with you. And though you may not feel it, I am watching over you. I am following you everywhere you go. I know the pain that you feel. I know that you are hurt and angry. I know and I care!” I never got an answer to my ‘Why?’, but came and reached down to take away my pain and my anger.

Last year, my wife conceived for a second time. We were very excited that God had blessed us and given us a baby once again. We covered the whole pregnancy in prayer. Everything was incredibly smooth. After 10 hours of labour and a lot of pushing, our little baby Sophie was born.

Immediately, I realised that something was not right. They placed her on a table beside us and I saw that she was turning purple. The doctors and nurses rushed in and there was a flurry of activity. They put her in an incubator and wheeled her out without telling us anything. We didn’t know what was happening. Wondering where they had taken my daughter, I rushed out and found that she was in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Nothing prepared me for what I saw in the NICU. I saw my daughter lying there. She wasn’t even cleaned up; they didn’t even have time to do that. There were tubes going into her from all sides. She was on a ventilator, and there was a tube in her mouth to help her to breathe. We waited almost until midnight for the diagnosis. The X-ray showed that my daughter’s diaphragm was not functioning properly. It was pushed all the way up into her chest. Her lung had not expanded and she couldn’t breathe. Without the ventilator, she would die. The doctor told me that she would probably need surgery to correct this problem.

I thought, “She is barely one day old, and she needs surgery?” I asked for a second opinion. A specialist looked at the X-ray, looked at my daughter and came back with the same conclusion. That night, I didn’t sleep at all. I just cried and cried out to God, not in anger but in despair.

I took out Psalm 23:6 and declared, “Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life.” God, You’ve got to heal my daughter!” I really wanted to be like the Centurion that came to Jesus and sent his messenger to tell Jesus to just say the word so that his servant will be healed. I wanted to have that kind of faith. But in reality, I felt like that man who carried his son to Jesus and said, “Jesus, if You can, heal my son. Lord, I believe. Help me overcome my unbelief.” That’s how I felt.

The pastors prayed, our friends prayed, the family interceded. There were signs that God’s covenantal love was following us. The radiologist who did the X-ray was a Trinitarian. When my daughter had to be transferred to another hospital, the doctor in the receiving hospital was also a Trinitarian. Like the rainbows, these were gentle reminders that God was following us.

As we prayed, my daughter began to breathe. Soon, she could breathe normally and they could take her off the ventilator. As we continued to pray, it was as though God was pushing the diaphragm down. Her lung expanded a little bit more. We continued to pray and intercede. Soon she was taken off the feeding tube. All the tubes were taken off her. The doctor said, “We don’t think she needs the surgery anymore.”

A week later, they did a third X-ray and the diaphragm was back in its normal position. The doctor said, “She’s healed, she is perfectly fine, you can take her home.”

When I got to carry Sophie for the very first time, the nurse came with a bottle of milk and asked me if I would like to feed my baby. After I fed her, Sophie looked up at me and smiled at me for the very first time. Today, Sophie is a happy and healthy five-month-old. When I look at my daughter, I can testify that surely goodness and mercy – God’s covenantal love, God’s unfailing love – will follow me, pursue me and chase after me, overtake me, protect me, cover me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Pastor Dennis Lum is a Lecturer in TCA College and serves in the Dean’s Office. He is also on the Equipping Team of Trinity Christian Centre.

God healed my little girl!
A testimony by Sam Pang

In December last year, Sam and Suzanna Pang started to notice a little pearl-like “bump” on their daughter Joy’s cheek. Thinking that it was just a couple of pimples, they were not worried.

However, within a short span of two months, more little pimples started to form around her cheek and between her nose and upper lips.

They consulted a specialist at National Skin Center and Joy’s condition was diagnosed as molluscum, a skin disease caused by a virus. The clusters of tiny pearly bumps were actually benign tumors. Most kids’ immune system are able to fight the virus, but some can’t. They were given some cream to apply on her face and told to come back after a month.

However, instead of getting better, the dots spread to other parts of Joy’s face. Clusters of
bumps started to form around her eyes, on her neck, forehead and even arms and legs. The family continued to return to National Skin Center month after month, and the doctor’s assessment was the same each time: “Keep using the cream and the child will build up her own immune system and may recover within 6 months, or it may take up to 2 years.”

Sam’s sense of helplessness was understandable. “At the rate the bumps were growing, I really could not bear to imagine how Joy would look like in a year’s time,” he said.

Desperate, they sought help from various practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, recommended by family and friends, the sinseh said they had never seen anything like this.

All this while, Sam and Suzanna prayed with Joy every night at bedtime, asking God to heal her.
“I was confident that God would heal Joy, but, at the same time, I was worried about the worsening condition,” confessed Sam.

Eight months after Joy developed this skin condition, the family attended Trinity’s “I Need a Miracle!” Power Weekend. They went to Trinity twice over that weekend to ask God for healing. Sam recalls that “on our second visit, Rev Jimmy Mutebi, the lively African preacher, said that as Christians, we are all empowered to heal and we must claim God’s awesome power. He asked those who need healing to place their hands over those areas that needed God’s healing. Suzanna and I cupped our hands over Joy’s face and we prayed.”

That weekend was indeed a miracle weekend for the family. Sam testifies, “For 8 months, those
dots on Joy’s face just kept growing. Yet days after the Power Weekend, those bumps started to turn reddish, burst and new skin formed over it. Within two weeks, the dots on Joy’s face disappeared. Now, Joy’s face is as smooth as her baby sister’s skin!”

He says, “We want to proclaim that God is faithful and true. We have learnt to trust in Him and
will continue to look to Him for guidance, comfort and wisdom. All Glory to God!”

My Mum's Tumour Disappeared
A testimony by Leslie Lam

When Leslie’s mother was diagnosed with a tumour in her intestine, the doctor said that she would require an immediate operation. Shaken by the news, Leslie rallied everyone to pray for a miracle.

An Immediate Operation

Leslie’s mother suffered from severe vomiting and abdominal pain, and was rushed to the hospital. After an X-ray and CT scan, the doctor discovered she had a 7 cm tumour in her intestine. The doctor wanted to operate on her immediately in order to clear the blockage.

“I felt I was in a daze. My family was shaken by the news. All of us could not bear to see her go through an operation at the age of 72. We were concerned that at her age, a major operation like this would greatly affect her mobility and quality of life,” said Leslie.

Leslie informed Trinity Christian Centre about his mother’s situation and got everyone to pray.

“The doctor pressed us to make a decision, but we sought the Lord and decided to get a second opinion."

A Second Opinion

Leslie’s mother was transferred to another hospital. The senior surgeon assigned to her assured the family that he would do his best.

The surgeon confirmed the diagnosis. There seemed to be no alternative but to go through the complex operation.

“We made arrangements for the operation and prayed for a miracle.”

“My mum felt very comforted that many pastors, Christian friends and relatives were praying for her.”

A Surprise Discovery

The day before the operation, the surgeon did a scope on Leslie’s mother. To his surprise, the tumour could not be found. Leslie’s family members were overjoyed and knew God had intervened.

The surgeon was astonished. But he said that he could not be sure that the tumour was really gone. He wanted to do another CT scan, just to be sure.

In the meantime, Leslie’s mum was discharged as she could eat and drink without any discomfort and pain. The family endured a 2-week waiting period pending the outcome of the scan.

It’s A Miracle!

The final scan showed that the tumour, which was confirmed by not one but two doctors, had
disappeared! There was no longer any tumour present.

“It was really a display of God’s power. When my nephew witnessed this miracle, he accepted Christ. God has truly shown Himself to be our Great Physician and Healer!”

Leslie is thankful for God’s intervention in the situation. “When such a crisis hits us, we can miss the miracle of God out of fear and panic. But through this incident, I realised that through united prayer, we can see the impossible take place.”

Michael says, “For four days, I was hospitalized while the doctors tried to find out what was wrong. I had to endure many tests. Finally,Finally, after many tests, the doctors discovered that I had gas bubbles in my colon and a fatty liver.”

“The doctors said there was no cure for my condition. All they could do was to monitor my condition and see if any complications developed.”

Troubling news It was troubling news because Michael’s family had a history of colon cancer. Naturally, Michael and his wife Jeslyn were worried. It was especially tough for Jeslyn, who had to juggle his hospital stay and take care of their 2 very young kids at the same time. “During this trying time, my pastors and friends from Trinity Christian Centre visited me and prayed for me. I felt very assured that my life was in God’s hands.”

But it did not cross Michael’s mind that God would heal him. “Though I had a sense of peace, I didn’t think God was really going to heal me. Somehow I thought I had to be ‘special enough’ to receive such healing,” he says. He was in for a surprise.

Nowhere to be found!

A few weeks later, Michael went for further rounds of tests at the hospital.

“Imagine my shock when the doctor said that the pocket of gas in the colon wall was nowhere to be found! The doctor himself was astonished by the sudden disappearance of the gas bubbles. He also found that my liver had reverted to normal.”

Stunned by the test results, the doctor wanted Michael to do through a colon scope. The scope confirmed that Michael had been healed! Now having survived the episode, Michael says, “I have always been in awe of God’s miracle healing. I just never expected Him to heal ME! I am so amazed and thankful to be given a new lease of life.”

My tumours simply disappeared
A testimony by Renee Chong

An alarming discovery When administrative assistant Renee Chong discovered two tumours in her body, she was naturally worried. The doctor said one tumour was the size of a 20-cent coin, and another, a 5-cent coin. “The doctor said that if the tumours continued to grow, he would have to remove them surgically,” Renee recalls.

The tumours had doubled in size

Six months later, when she went for her second ultrasound, the tumours had doubled in size. Renee was alarmed.

A third ultrasound showed that both tumours had continued to increase in size.

“I became increasingly worried but I continued to pray and trust in the Lord. My carecell members from Trinity Christian Centre prayed alongside me. We pleaded with God that the tumours would shrink and dissolve.”

At the eleventh hour

Renee heaved a huge sigh of relief on the fourth ultrasound. The two tumours had miraculously disappeared!

“The doctor was amazed that there was no trace of the tumours on the ultrasound! There was no other explanation for the sudden disappearance --- I knew God had healed me. I really thank God for this miracle!”

The pain in my shoulder is gone
A testimony by Boon Jia Hao

My right shoulder was in pain as I had dislocated it. I had difficulty raising my arm. I went for the Power Weekend at Trinity Christian Centre, and a pastor prayed for me. Immediately, I could raise my arm without any pain! God healed my shoulder completely. Praise God! He is our healer.

God healed my ear
A testimony by Claudia Ng

I had a badly infected and painful ear. At Trinity Christian Centre, the pastor prayed for those who had ear problems. The next day, I suddenly realised that my ear didn't hurt anymore! God had healed me! I am assured that God is with me, watching over me, and He knows what I am going through. Praise God!

God healed my persistent cough
A testimony by Grace Hee

I had a persistent cough for one month. All in all, i took two courses of antibiotics, different types of cough syrups, cold medicine and steroids as well. One morning, I vomited twice, had body aches and was coughing badly. I struggled through my day in the office. That evening, during a carecell meeting, my friends from Trinity Christian Centre prayed for me. That night, I slept well without coughing. When I woke up the next day, I realised that my cough was completely healed. It had to be God! My colleagues who know how ill I was the day before, were amazed to see me back at work. All Glory to God!

On 21 Dec 2004 I was diagnosed of 4th stage nose cancer and just like any other normal person, I was very apprehensive of what was going to happen to me. However, I didn’t ask God, Why? My husband also didn't ask God, “Why? Instead, we told God, “Wow…this is a new journey, Lord. Please give us strength to go through this.”

Then, Romans 8:28 came to my mind: “All things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose.” In other words, despite this illness, God has a plan and a purpose in this situation.

Jeremiah 29:11 also came to my mind: “I have a plan for you,“ says the Lord, “a plan not to harm you but a plan to prosper you, to give you a hope and a future.”

When all these promises came to my mind, my faith in God increased. I have been a Christian for many years and have encountered God through many blessings and miracles in my life. I have experienced financial provision, physical healing, healing of relationship, and transformation of my own life. Through all these encounters, I have developed my confidence and trust in God. God promised that he will be with me wherever I go and in whatever situation I may encounter. He promised that he will never leave me nor forsake me. I believe in all my heart that my God is Almighty and He is a loving Father. therefore, I’m not so fearful even though the doctor told me that my survival rate is not as good as those who are 1st and 2nd stage.

Philippians 4:6-7 tells me that: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus;” That was what my family and I did and we committed the situation to God. We knew He is in control.

From Jan to May 2005, I went through thirteen chemo treatments and seven weeks of radiotherapy. Due to the effects of the chemo drugs, I lost quite a bit of hair, therefore, I started wearing a wig by end of January till mid Nov. The chemo wasn’t so bad but the radiotherapy was the worst experience in my life. On the 4th week of the radiotherapy, the side effects kicked in very badly. My throat and ears were in great pain, I couldn’t eat, couldn’t drink and couldn’t talk. I didn’t have proper sleep due to the thick saliva developed in my mouth and lots of phlegm in my throat. During one of the routine check-ups, I already lost my voice, so I cried and scribbled a note to my oncologist: “Even if you give me all the money in the world I won’t want to go through this again.” That’s how bad it was. Eventually, I was on feeding tube for five solid weeks. During that period my diet was only milk – at least six cups per day. My weight had fallen from 49kg to 43kg.

After the treatment in May, it took me another one to two months to recuperate. Amazingly I got my energy back very fast. Yes, there were many side-effects from the treatment, but God’s grace was upon me. The MRI I did in June showed that the tumor has disappeared. All glory to God. Then the last MRI done on 30Nov 2005 showed that my condition was okay and stable. It was an early Christmas gift from God. Praise the Lord for His amazing grace.

God did another miracle last November. Due to the radiotherapy, there was air trapped in my right ear and caused lost of hearing of 75% for a month. During the November Power Weekend, Pastor Gerald was preaching and he called out those who had hearing problem and I went out for prayer. The healing was not immediate but it was a few days later, my right ear was fully unblocked. I was really amazed at God’s healing power.

Throughout my treatment, I thank God for my family’s support. My husband has been with me most of the time, and my two sons helped out in the house chores. During those tough times, God has shown me that there are many people in my life who really love and care for me. God has also shown His love for me through the brothers and sisters-in-Christ and pastors who have been constantly praying for me. During my treatment when I was so weak, carecell members cooked food for my family. Some friends from another carecell took turns to send me to the hospital for treatment. I told them I can take a taxi but they insisted to help. What can I say? The thoughts of all these care acts really warm my heart. In 1 John 4:21, Jesus has given us this command “Whoever loves God must also love his brother.”

Trinity has been teaching us about covenantal relationship and that’s what I have been experiencing during my tough time. I want to take this opportunity to thank all pastors, brothers and sisters-in-Christ for keeping me and my family in prayer during that tough period. All glory to God!

It was a Wednesday night. I could not sleep the whole night. My eyes are throbbing with pain. I could not open my eyes at all. When I did manage to open them a few seconds, I was tearing badly.

When I saw the doctor, he said I have herpes simplex multiple infections, which essentially are cold sores in my eyes, and if not treated, it will eat into my eyes and I may go blind. Apparently the infection was there for a while but something triggered it to be full blown. Two weeks ago, my infections were triggered and the tears were flowing out continuously.

The eye surgeon I saw said it is the worst of its kind that he had ever seen. He took an eye culture, expecting the infection to grow worse for the next 3 to 5 days before it stabilized for a couple of days. He expected the eye to feel like a rock in my head that night.

Many of my carecell members prayed for me. On Friday, when I saw the eye surgeon again, he was surprised of the immediate improvement. I told him I only felt an irritation in the eyes the night before. He was pleasantly surprised. Thereafter, I visited the eye surgeon everyday as he wanted to tackle the infection assiduously. He diagnosed that the viral infection was completely gone from both eyes.

Indeed, it is God who answered the prayer of His saints. He healed me miraculously and expediently. I was able to recover so fast with minimal discomfort. No downturn for the worse. No need for stabilizing. Straight road to recovery! Most of all, I am delivered from my fear of blindness!

Praise the Lord for his healing powers and thank you for your prayers.

One day, I was out for dinner with my carecell leader. Suddenly, I felt an acute stomach pain that I had never felt before. I tried to bear with the pain, but as the pain was unbearable, I just could not. My leader took out the Bible and lead me through a prayer at the bus stop, using Mark 16:17 and 18, where it is written: “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with they hands; when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt they; and they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well. At the name of Jesus, in that instant, the pain was gone.

Though this encounter, I learned that there is a healing by prayer. In the past I used to question whether there is really an "instant" healing by prayer, but now I can share with you that the answer is "YES". I thank God for the healing and the unforgettable experience. Having said that, I would still encourage all of you to seek a doctor whenever you are sick and at the same time pray for healing because God works through people too.

My husband Timothy and I had been trying for a baby since early 2003 but it was a fruitless situation for a year. In Nov 2003, I went for an operation to remove a 16cm cyst in my ovary which hindered conception.

In May 2004, I discovered I was pregnant but unfortunately, the cyst grew back. The gynae told us the pregnancy would cause the cyst to shrink but unfortunately, it ended up in a miscarriage a few days later.

Timothy and I prayed and believed God for the cyst to disappear. Then in Aug 2005, I went back for another check-up. The cyst grew bigger to 3cm in size (anything bigger than 2.5cm meant I had to go for another operation).

The doctor did not recommend me to go for an operation immediately because he felt that my last operation was too recent. He said that if I do not get pregnant by Oct, then I would need to go for an operation. He also offered us the option to go for IUI (artificial insemination) to increase the chance of conception. He gave us one day to pray through and give him an answer.

Both of us decided not to go for artificial insemination but to trust God for a miracle. We decided to stand by the promises of God....because the Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). We claimed His promises in the same verse that He would reward us when we seek Him.

However, the journey of faith was not easy. August passed by....and there was no news. What was worse was that the friends around me were getting pregnant one by one. I didn't feel good about it because I felt that God had forgotten me.. I often had to come before God to ask Him to help me with my unbelief during those times. I would cry out to God to intervene in my situation --- not only to give us a child but to heal me from the cyst condition as well. I thanked God for Timothy because those were the times he came alongside to encourage me in the promises of God.

During Trinity’s vision rally in September, during the altar call, the speaker said, "God has not forgotten you.... He remembers you." These words came like a voice from heaven, I knew very clearly that it is God's way of assuring me that He had not forgotten me. God really touched me in a very special way that night and my faith was renewed.

After that night, Tim and I talked about this matter, knowing that we were left with only one month. We prayed together fervently, believing that God would intervene. One week after the rally, Tim shared with me that during his prayer time, God spoke to him that He would give us a child. He said he heard it very clearly from God and the voice kept coming to Him in a very assuring way.

A day before my check-up in October, I discovered I was pregnant! We thank God how He heard our cry and answered our prayers for a child and granted us the desires of our hearts. Surely His word will not return to Him empty but He will accomplish what He has purposed. Both of us have learnt to deepen our faith in God through this episode, that God is able to do the impossible.

We have named our girl Enqi which means amazing grace because God has shown us His amazing grace through this pregnancy. Glory be to God!

I would like to thank God for His love and goodness showered upon me. Two and half years ago, I started to develop rashes very often and the rashes would not subside. I thought this was minor and was due to some skin sensitivity.

I went to see the doctor and requested for some medication for the rashes. However, after I finished the medicine, the rashes would go off, but will come back in a day or 2. Therefore, I had to go back to the doctor to request for medication again. This continued for a few months and I got tired of seeing the doctor, and asked the doctor what was the cause of the rashes. I asked him to refer me to the skin centre. The doctor told me that the rashes was due to my blood disorder, and even if I were to see a skin specialist, there would not be any cure for me.

The doctor's reply really discouraged me, I was very upset by the reply and I checked with one of my course mate in NTU, who suffered the same rashes problem as me. He too, told me the only way is to continue the medication for life. Thus I continued the medication every alternate day when the rashes start developing.

This went on until August this year, during the Trinity’s Power weekend, when Rev. Raymond Mooi came to Trinity to be the speaker for that weekend. At the end of the service, he invited those that need healing to stand up and he would pray for God's healing to be released. Knowing that I do not want to depend on medication anymore, I stood up and received the healing. Since then, I stopped my medication and thank God, the rashes did not come back --- even till now. God has fully healed me! What the doctor think is impossible has been made possible by God.

For all that God has done for me in my life, I really want to give God the honour and glory. Praise God for His love and righteousness.