Bagong UNIDA@Baclaran Unida Church: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS! PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYING!

Friday, November 09, 2007

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS! PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYING!

ELI AT THE RECOVERY ROOM OF PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER

"Heart-wrenching – how could this two-week old baby endure what many of us would not even pass through in our lifetime?
Eli is special or should I say very special. His heart is a heart that comes from God, strong, resilient. And we are witnesses to that. While we can only worry. . . he does the surviving.
Today, as I start, I think of Malachi and I say a prayer, one more day closer to healing, one more day Lord of Your strength and grace. Amen" - Pastor Boji

Here’s the latest on Malachi, nicknamed Eli. Yesterday, November 8th, they operated on him at Philippine Heart Center for eight hours – from 9am to 5pm. The surgeon said it took longer because of some pulmonary bleeding which they were able to contain. Also the organs etc were smaller since Malachi is a baby. Now he stays in the recovery room for three days and then three days in ICU before he is transferred to a private room. Malachi’s change of skin color was dramatic. He is not dark but maputi pala, hindi Moreno. No longer a blue baby.

In three days, we will know if the operation is completely successful. We are praying for complete healing. Continue to pray with us.

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1 comment:

bojie said...: Heart-wrenching – how could this two-week old baby endure what many of us would not even pass through in our lifetime?
Eli is special or should I say very special. His heart is a heart that comes from God, strong, resilient. And we are witnesses to that. While we can only worry. . . he does the surviving.
Today, as I start, I think of Malachi and I say a prayer, one more day closer to healing, one more day Lord of Your strength and grace. Amen; 2:25 PM

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IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO

VISION STATEMENT
A serving and caring church faithfully proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and commissioning every believer to make disciples of all nations.

MISSION STATEMENT
Glorify God by equipping the church in reaching and serving people with the Love of Jesus Christ by the Power of the Holy Spirit.

UNIDA CHURCH has a distinctive name and a place in the history of the Philippines. It followed the prophetic observation in 1903 by Rev. John Bancropt Devins “that Filipino Protestants will be self-supporting”: (Wikipedia Encyclopedia) “In 1932, six of the smaller indigenous denominations formed the Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo.”

UNIDA dared to declare economic independence by turning down American dollars to become self-supporting. It was hard going for them because their pastors did not receive anything from the church and the members built churches on their own without aid from the Americans. But with so much faith in God’s provisions they did. Unida is now 77 years old and going strong.

Jose Rizal dreamed of an economically independent Philippines but that remained a dream. For the country, that is. But for 77 years Unida was free from foreign intervention because they were economically independent.

The IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO or UNIDA CHURCH, the truly Filipino Protestant Church, was born on January 3, 1932 but the seeds that gave birth to it were sown at the turn of the century. It was preceded by the birth pangs of an independent Filipino Nation and emboldened by the coming to the Philippines of Protestantism and consequently the right to read and own a BIBLE. (For more please click for older post "UNIDA: A TRULY FILIPINO PROTESTANT CHURCH"