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Downcast but not destroyed: Part 2

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It is darkest before dawn Photo by  Jill Wellington  from  Pexels As I had mentioned in the earlier post, God provided in miraculous ways. As soon as I got the Paybill number, we created a Poster to help raise the hospital bill. I believe God's angels were very busy during this time since different people  gave, even people who are not familiar with our family. My sister and I constantly shared the poster on our WhatsApp status and friends would send any amount which we highly appreciated. Our extended family also helped fundraise and by God's Grace, we were about to realize the amount. The hospital needed us to raise 263,000 in a week, to offset the bill. God's favour was upon us because during this week, the hospital said they would freeze dad's account and only charge him for meds (God had done a great thing) Back at home people continued to give and by the following week, on Wednesday 1st April, we had raised around 127,000. This was far from ...

Downcast but not destroyed: Part 1

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On this day, I had just left the hospital where my dad was r ecovering and ready for discharge. We thought he would be discharged that week but a few misaligned conversations on hospital bill payment ensued. I had gone to a Safaricom Customer Care shop at the Hub in Karen where my auntie had just dropped me on our way from hospital which was located in South C. I collected the application forms and on my way out, I met two women who I believe God had sent to encourage me. They knew the situation with our dad and I told them I was just from collecting paybill application forms. The two women are sisters and one of them sings at their Church choir where my dad is a member too. They had just lost their dad the previous week but these two women spoke life to me and said, "don't worry, God will provide." We talked for sometime and I was somewhat filled with hope. I still did not know how we could raise the amount the hospital needed but having spoken to these two God...