All Things worked out
Good for Eugenia
Paul Wong
“And we know that all
things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the
called according to His purpose.” (Rom.
When our Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross Satan thought
he had defeated the Son of God but the devil was completely mistaken. The crucifixion of Jesus has been the best
kept secret since the beginning of the world.
“But we
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden mystery which God ordained
before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for
had they known, they would not have crucified
the Lord of glory.” (1 Cor.
2:7-8) “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of
flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He
might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release
those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (Heb. 2:14-15)
When I went to
Our Lord Jesus Christ said: “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of
wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it
produces much grain.” (Jn.
12:24) This is a beautiful illustration
of the necessary sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Our Lord had to die to pay the penalty for our sin and also to show His
power over death. By His death the whole
of mankind can receive salvation.
Stephen, the first martyr, was stoned to death as he prayed
for his persecutors and one of them was Saul, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” (Acts 7:57-70)
Stephen’s prayer and death made a profound impact on Paul, who later
became the world’s greatest missionary.
God had used the deaths of my grandmother and father as powerful testimonies to the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I remember after my grandmother
died in Ipoh, Malaysia, a sweet and fragrant aroma
filled the whole room, and it had made a strong impact on many relatives and friends of the family who were not Christians. The funeral procession for my grandmother was a grand affair. It was formed by a long line of mourners walking behind the hearse, followed by three bands that were evenly spaced out. There were more than forty cars with passengers and many trucks that carried wreaths and banners. The funeral was like one given to a state dignitary. It was very well attended by many prominent and ordinary people in Ipoh who knew her to be an examplary Christian woman who loved God and others as she loved herself. Go to: My Grandmother, a Woman of Faith"
My father, Zacchaeus Wong, became a minister and he preached the gospel of
Jesus Christ in
My sister Winnie had asked God to give her a sign that all
was well with Eugenia. On Tuesday May 3 between
It is not
easy for our family, both in the
My
First Impression of Melbourne was Good
I have
learned many things, mostly good ones, when I stayed in
After
going through immigration and customs I was met by Brother Walter Vun who came with his son Michael. Brother Abraham Ng and his
wife Suan-Sim were also
there. During the trip from the airport
to the hospital Brother Walter told me that Eugenia’s faith had been good. She and Liang had
been attending church services regularly.
This is a good report.
My Ministry with Eugenia in Melbourne
I went to Melbourne with several objectives concerning my sister Eugenia.
The main
ones were to pray for the healing of her cancer sickness at the end stage, to ensure that she had the right relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ, and also to give encouragement to Liang and the
relatives and friends in that city.
I remembered my prayer at the
One of the purposes of my going to The
Palliative Care
Unit in From the Here is
the mission statement of the Palliative Care Unit at this hospital. “The Palliative Care
Unit is committed to providing comprehensive care for patients with
progressive, advanced disease and a limited life expectancy, and also to the
support of their families. Admission to the
Palliative Care Unit may be for · The treatment of pain
or physical symptoms · The management of
psychosocial problems · Respite care · End of life care When
people have acute illness in the Agreement
to Pray
for the Healing
of Eugenia On the first day of my arrival at the Palliative Care Unit I met Liang in the family room.
He was distraught about the Eugenia's
health condition. The previous day was very bad for Eugenia. She had not eaten and was unable to
speak. Liang
had tried to give her water just before our arrival, but she
could not drink even a little bit. God’s
People Praying
for Eugenia Liang’s relatives and friends in There
were Apparent
Signs of Healing Disclaimer Note: Descriptions of healing in this article are my personal observations
From Tuesday April 19 through Thursday April 21 Eugenia was completely
conscious and alert on everything around her and she could communicate with us. When visitors arrived she would smile at them
and before they left she would persuade Liang to take
them out for lunch. She also reminded Liang to do the chores she normally did at home. Several months before our family had called
long-distance from On On Sanctification
of the
Spirit, Soul and
Body “Now may the God of peace
Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thes. 5:23) Although Eugenia had been a Christian all her life and had also been born again of water and the Spirit, yet during her illness with cancer she had been attacked so viciously by the enemy that her
mind had been confused from time to time.
At one moment she held up her left arm that had been reduced in the
swelling and kept on asking, “Funny, how did my hand become like that? Who did that?” Liang and I assured
her it was the Lord Jesus Christ who had healed her left arm. During the
period when Eugenia’s consciousness and alertness was at its peak I spoke to her about the
Lord Jesus Christ. I asked her to repeat
over and over again that Jesus is the One True God who manifested Himself in
the flesh. He came to die for her and shed
His precious blood for her sins. Jesus died, was buried and resurrected from the dead. I emphasized she must accept Jesus Christ as
her personal Savior. Although Eugenia
was too weak to speak but she acknowledged acceptance and agreement at every point
that I made. We said the Lord’s Prayer
together many times. Just
like any of us Eugenia was subjected to the works of the flesh such as hatred,
jealousy, envy, bitterness and other negative human emotions. The Holy Bible informs us that “those who practice such
things will not inherit the Cancer
is both
a Physical and
a Spiritual Sickness We all need to realize that cancer is not just a nasty physical illness, but it is one that is afflicted by Satan. God sometimes
allows acute sickness to happen, even to good people for
good reasons (Job 2:6-7; 2 Cor. 12:7). We did have a
spiritual battle on our hands. “For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places.” (Eph. Let me make it very clear that Eugenia was not possessed by an evil
spirit (1 Jn.
There were six people in the family room. They were Brother
Walter, Brother Michael, Brother Abraham and his wife Sister Suan-Sim, Liang and me. All six of us agreed to pray for the healing
of Eugenia.
After a short while we entered the room where Eugenia was
resting, all of us joined hands in prayer. As we all prayed in one
accord I laid hands on Eugenia's forehead. After the prayer Liang gave Eugenia some water and she
drank it. After some time Liang gave Eugenia
some more water and she also drank it. In the afternoon she also
drank some carrot juice. A little bit later she indicated that she
wanted to eat some food. That was the first sign of positive response
from Eugenia. Liang
was truly encouraged at that time.
Many believers of the Lord Jesus Christ have been praying for my
sister Eugenia. Time and space does not
allow me to list their names. This is truly God's bringing His people
together in one accord to do His will. There
are ministers and members of the
from a minister's viewpoint and are not verified by medical authority or evidence.
At that time I understood why God told me during my prayer
in the
I told Liang the spirit of
infirmity (cancer) had invaded her brain and
warped her senses, therefore we had to get rid of it otherwise healing
could not begin. In that whole afternoon after all the guests had
left the room Liang and I spent a long time binding
and casting out many undesirable spirits from Eugenia's body.
Praise and thank God many of the spirits had left
and she was able to say very clearly: "HalelluYah, Praise the Lord Jesus Christ." Her left
hand that was swollen had been partially recovered to its
normal size. The nurse also confirmed
the dressing on her neck was getting dry.
Liang told me that on a previous occasion when she had a successful chemotherapy or radiation treatment he noticed her left hand had become
smaller and the dressing had become dry. Those
were definite signs of healing and recovery on the way.
Eugenia
received the
Holy Communion
On Thursday April 28 I conducted a special Holy Communion service for my sister Eugenia. The Catholics and Episcopalians (Church of
England) call it the Eucharist and some Protestant churches call it the Lord’s
Supper. We call it the Holy Communion
because it is a biblical terminology (1 Cor.
“I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate
the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down
from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live
forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh,
which I shall give for the life of the world." The Jews therefore
quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to
eat?" Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no
life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My
blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.
He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides
in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of
the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the
bread which came down from heaven--not as your fathers ate the manna, and are
dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." (Jn. 6:48-58)
“And as they were eating,
Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said,
"Take, eat; this is My body." Then He took the cup, and
gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which
is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say to you, I will not
drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new
with you in My Father's kingdom." (Mt. 26:26-29)
One of the
reasons for partaking of the Holy Communion is for sanctification. The Christian must have self-judgment and
confession of sins to become worthy of partaking “the body and blood of
the Lord” (1 Cor.
Since Eugenia had been eating food only in liquid form I had to dissolve a small piece of the "unleavened bread" in water and spoon-fed her. I also had to spoon-feed the "grape-juice" into her mouth. There is no doubt in my mind the Holy Communion that I shared with my sister Eugenia is a good preparation for her to enter our Father’s heavenly kingdom.
Dedication
of Eugenia
to the Lord
Jesus Christ
On the afternoon of Friday April 29 my sister Nornie
from
Two
Sabbath Services
in the Hospital
While I was in
It is important for Eugenia to attend the Sabbath services in the
hospital because she could not go to church at all. You can read the sermons preached during the
services in the hospital.
1. YAHWEH RAPHA – The LORD who
heals you
http://www.oocities.org/healing_ark/yahwehrapha.html
2. Dedication and Sanctification
http://www.oocities.org/healing_ark/dedication.html
Apparent Signs of Healing even
on the Day
before Eugenia Died
We are very thankful to God that two church members are working in the same hospital as the one where Eugenia was
staying. Brother Stephen Cheung who is a pharmacist,
and Sister Jade Loh who is a registered
nurse, have been visiting Eugenia regularly and praying with her.
On Monday May 2 the day before I left Melbourne, Sister Jade came and stayed for quite a long time and she performed
some professional duties on Eugenia and the results were extremely encouraging and uplifting.
Heartbeat: Jade checked Eugenia's pulse rate twice at ten minutes interval and found out that it was perfectly normal
at 80 per minute. The normal heartbeat is between
70 to 90 per minute. This
indicates Eugenia's heart is functioning normally.
Urine: It has a normal color, indicating the kidney and liver are functioning normally.
Blood: Circulation: Jade said the tips of Eugenia's fingers are warm and the color is ruddy. This means the blood
circulation is good because the blood is still pumped
to the finger-tips.
The most prominent sign of improvement in Eugenia's health
condition is the reduction in the swelling in her left arm. Her
hand and wrist was almost back to normal size and
her upper forearm and upper arm had been reduced considerably.
This is a sign that the cancer cells were diminishing. How did we know that?
In August 2003 Liang
noticed the swelling on Eugenia's left arm and hand and the
medical authorities confirmed she was on the fourth stage of cancer, which is
considered terminal. When she had her first chemotherapy
treatment it was very successful and her whole left arm and
hand were reduced almost back to normal but not completely.
Later on the cancer came back and her left arm and hand were
swollen again. Now, without any medical treatment, it was
reduced in size. That could only mean the cancer cells were reducing.
Brother Stephen told us the fracture of the bone
on Eugenia's left arm could be very painful. Sister
Jade said that the bone fracture could also have increased
the swelling. The reduction of the swelling in the left arm
indicated there could be the healing of the bone. There was also another
indication that the bone was healing because Eugenia no longer showed
signs of pain as she did the previous week. Praise God! Liang was
comforted that his wife did not have the agonizing pain at
that time.
At about 6:30 p.m. on Monday evening when I saw my sister Eugenia for the last time she was still breathing and her heart was still beating. The only thing that concerned me was that she was still unconscious from the increased dosage of morphine and sedatives that were given her on Friday April 29. For the duration of four days she had not eaten any food nor drank any liquid, and there were no feeding tubes for nutrients or liquids. Anyway I praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ she was still alive when I left her hospital room for the last time. Shocking News of Eugenia's Death
came through the
Email I left
The nurses changed the dressing on Eugenia's neck and breast
twice a day. We had been praying to cast out the filth on her
body, mind and brain. Just before we left her room that
afternoon we noticed the dressing on her neck had some
stains. Liang also noticed some sweat
on her forehead, which meant some filth was expelled
through the pores of her skin.
Our prayers were answered.
Dear family members,
A short note to inform
all of you that Gene has gone home to be with the Lord today,
“Sunny”, Irene and
myself were at Gene’s bedside when she went to be with the Lord very peacefully
without any pain and so I do Thank and
Praise the Lord for this.
The funeral will
probably be on Monday 9th May 2005.
Will write again when all arrangements are finalized.
Love,
Liang
After reading this email, and with a heavy heart, I had to
rush to the
Our family fully accepts Eugenia's going home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ is for her gain and is "far better" than her pain and suffering from the cancer (Phil. 1:21-23).
Three
people who
were closest to
Eugenia
The Lord
had blessed Eugenia with a good husband and many good friends in
Liang had been
a loving and faithful husband to Eugenia for more than thirty years. During my short stay of sixteen days in
”Sunny” was not only a close friend of Eugenia’s but also an
inspiration to her as well. God had healed
her ovarian cancer and she has been cancer-free for sixteen years. Although she holds a regular job like many
Australian women, but she would still find time to visit Eugenia at the
hospital almost every day, just to be by her bedside to comfort and feed
her. The friendship between Eugenia and
“Sunny” reminds me of the movie “Beaches” (Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey)
which is about two very close friends.
When one of them had cancer the other cared for her until death. One afternoon while I was in Eugenia’s room I
heard the “Beaches“ theme song - “Wind beneath my Wings” You may hear this
beautiful song by clicking on the URL:
http://www.oocities.org/healing_ark/windbeneathwings.html
Some of us were afraid that Eugenia might have slipped in
her faith since she got cancer. I have asked this same question
to Liang and those who were close to her
in
"During
the time I spent with Gene while she was fighting the cancer at home I had the time to talk to Gene about many things. We
often spoke about the Lord and our beliefs and
faith. Gene tried very hard to do everything that
would help her to recover and get well. She would often ask me, "What else can I do?" and we would
go over the treatments. At the end of these discussions Gene
would always say, "But I will leave it to the
Lord."
Gene was very happy in
Gene never turned against the Lord she only
ever became stronger in her faith. Gene always
had her Bible by her side and even when she could no longer read it she would hold it in her hand as a source
of comfort. Gene never lost sight of the
Lord and I think that the Lord never lost
sight of Gene."
"Sunny"
Irene and her husband Stephen
live within walking distance from Liang’s and
Eugenia’s home in Doncaster, a suburb of
Blessed
are the
dead who die
in the Lord
“Here is the patience of
the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of
Jesus. Then I heard a voice from heaven
saying to me, ‘Write: Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord from now on.’
‘Yes’, says the Spirit, ‘that they may rest from their labors, and their
works follow them.” (Rev. 14:12-13)
Here is the testimony of my sister Winnie.
On 3 May, Tuesday evening I phoned my family members in Toronto that I would not be able to participate in the usual evening prayer for Eugenia. This is usually after dinner at about 8.00 pm. On this particular evening my husband Charles and I would be out for dinner. I told them that I would pray for Gene after I return home.
At 1.30 am to 2.30 am I suddenly remember my commitment to pray for Gene. I knelt down. I pleaded to God to show me that everything is well with her. To my surprise I was singing spiritual song with laughter and joy. I did not understand why this happened and why I was so happy. At the end of the prayer I noted the time as the heater just came on due to the low outside temperature of 2 degrees C (about 36 degree F).
The next morning when I opened my email, I received the news that my sister, Eugenia has been called back to the Lord in Melbourne, Australia at approximately the same time. Then I realised that this was the message from God that all is well with her. I need not worry any more. She is now no longer suffering physical pain and Jesus is taking care of her. So I realised why my prayer is joyful and not in sorrow. She is now safe in the arms of Jesus."
Winnie Chin
Among the
five sisters in our family Winnie is the one closest to Eugenia. Winnie and my brother Tuck-Lee flew to
May God bless you
This Web Site is presented by Paul Wong to the ARK Forum on May 21, 2005
and dedicated to all cancer survivors who believe in God's healing power.
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