Ray Sim, Mr and Mrs Chua

Ray Sim

Raymond's currently in the Putra Hospital. He broke a thigh bone when his motor collided with a Waja (Waja's fault, according to the police). The impact was so great that the strap on his helmet broke and his helmet flew off his head, causing some bleeding on his head when he hit the ground. Well, before that, he smacked into the windscreen and then flew over the Waja. His doctor says he has to rest for 6 months before he can properly walk again. STPM's in November, and he can't go to school, so he has to study on his own (can't even go for tuition).

Ray said he kept laughing after he was hit (dunno why). And he wasn't like afraid or in shock. He was very cheerful and jokey when we visited him in the hospital, although it was obvious that he was very uncomfortable with his unshiftable position on the bed.

Prayer items: Speedy recovery, and that he can cope with the pressures of studying for STPM on his own; and thank God he's alive and didn't get a concussion!


Mr and Mrs Chua

Mr Chua's currently in the General Hospital. His stomach was bloated for a few days due to the inability to excrete (urine etc.). He waited in GH for a few hours before a medical officer (MO) in Auntie Bee Wan's (an MGC-ian and a nurse in GH) department managed to help him "cut the queue". Before that he was already vomiting real bad and he was still a Number 15 Emergency patient waiting for Number 2 to finish. He was diagnosed with urinary problem, and discharged with medication.

When he went home, he could neither eat or drink, nor excrete. His stomach was bloated again, and Mr and Mrs Chua left for GH at 7am the next day. He waited for quite some time in the emergency unit before he could finally get a bed in the ward. Uncle Philip went to see him yesterday, and reported that Mr Chua was his usual cheerful and talkative self. Those who've either talked to Mrs Chua in church or actually interacted with Mr Chua (especially those who go for football) will know that both of them are really fervent believers and classic "Paul"'s - people who rejoice in all circumstances and pray faithfully for other believers. Although they're already past 70.

Ask yourself if you can confidently say your fire for God will not mellow 60 years from now.

Mrs Chua's all alone at home taking care of her aged mother, and she's not that young anymore. Although she tried hard to put a smile on her face, yesterday saw her looking tired and weary from all the anxiety and stress.

Her eyes were welling up with tears when she told me about Mr Chua on Monday, when I went to take durians from her, and I really almost cried too, just seeing her be so brave and strong.

I don't really know what's wrong with Mr Chua, but it has to do with his prostrate, and it might be something more than just a urinary problem.

Prayer items: Pray that Mr Chua's condition isn't something really serious, pray for strength for Mrs Chua, thank God that the two are still clinging to God very tightly!


Please pray, and don't dismiss all this as something that will pass and be alright again after awhile. So many things have happened in MGC these past weeks, and it would really fill the whole page if I were to blog about Auntie Jennifer's accident at Jusco and Auntie Kim Neo's admission into the hospital. Maybe God is trying to tell us something that we've ignored all this time. Maybe it's that life is precious and time is short, that the harvest is ready to be reaped but we're not doing anything... or maybe it's something simple like the fact that most of us MGC-ians have not been prayerful individuals and that MGC has not been a prayerful church.

Pray as you would wish others to pray if the same thing happened to you or to someone you hold dear to your heart.

It's time to fold those hands and bow those heads, MGC!