Jeremiah's 1 today!

Exactly 1 year ago, many of you had expected our sms to announce the arrival of our bundle of joy. Indeed the sms came along announcing the birth or our little Jeremiah and asking desperately for your prayers as Jeremiah fought on in the Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit. He was a special baby born with a congenital defect spina bifida myelomeningocele in other words, also known as open neural tube defect exactly 1 year ago. He stopped breathing on us so many times after his operation right on the 1st day of birth in the Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit and survived thanks be to God and to the many angels He sent around praying, rallying behind us and blessing us in many ways.

Yeah! Jeremiah turns 1 today!!! Praise the Lord!!!
Today we celebrate Jere’s first birthday as we shout for joy and look back how far we have come! We are so privileged to have been entrusted little Jeremiah and to be called to walk with Jeremiah this journey. It had been a LONG journey. We give thanks to God for all His blessings amidst all the chaos, for showing us the springs in the wilderness, the rivers in the desert and also blessing us with all the angels around. Yes, we do not know what's gonna happen and what lies ahead but we choose to believe that God has plans for Jeremiah. Plans to prosper and not to destroy. God will restore Jeremiah to perfect health.

The more steps we take, the more comfortable this walk will become, and the more confident we will be of the destination of our walk. As we walk this journey, we have learnt to give thanks in all situations, to count the many blessings and to let Him lead. And ultimately that's what faith is all about. It is "the assurance of things hoped for"

Nothing is impossible and we can do all things through God who strengthens us.

Today Jeremiah is a healthy and happy 1 year old. Praise God! Other than his hips down being weaker and falling behind his peers in motor development and the so called bigger head that has more water than it should have, Jeremiah is a happy and healthy boy wonderfully made! He is alert, active and eager to live J, full of smiles and laughter. When he smiles, he smiles with all his heart and body. His muscle tone imbalance in his hips down due to his open neural tube defect means that he works so hard to crawl every little distance as he pulls with his arms in his commando crawl. He will walk, run and dance for the Lord. Our little hero, our warrior, our fighter! His determination is and will always be a source of inspiration and pride for us.


Thank you all for your wonderful support, prayers and blessings to Jeremiah and our family this past one year.

Please continue to lift Jeremiah up in your prayers for complete healing especially for his issues in the head, namely hydrocephalus, syringoemyelia, chiari malformation ii and his nerves that has been affected in the open neural tube defect to be restored especially hips down, his neurogenic bladder (displacement of urine), anus puckering (bowel movement) and motor development and sensation in his legs.

Thank you all once again. Thank you for being here and there for us people! Words can't express our gratitude. God bless.



Love,
Mich, Tim and Nat