Ravens

This is one of the strangest christmas eve in the Chan's household. Ravens have been coming to our home. No, not the scary "omen" black bird. Rather, the kind that brought food by the grace of God. (1 Kings 17:1-7)

Reg did not sleep well all night, as he had been having diarrhoea up til morning. Anita rang the nurse from hospital and got more drugs for Reg to stop the diarrhoea. On her way to the chemist, Anita could not help but became a satirist: "If you are sick, here is a drug that will make you well. Side effect, never mind, here is another drug. More side effect, don't worry, here is another one for it. Another side effect, this works wonder! " What can she do but be thankful that the drug did work wonder and Reg had no more diarrhoea.

Anita was totally defeated and exhausted all morning not just by the drug thing, but also with everyone had breakfast at different time, different food or no food, then came morning tea and/or brunch all confused. However, Reg saw a raven and Anita went to check out. The raven dropped them a box of fruit. They were so overjoyed, for Anita was too scared to step into the supermarket even it was on her way to pick up drugs for Reg. Soon after lunch, two more ravens came to drop food for Reg, and by evening, they received more fruit and veg. These ravens certainly reflect the grace of God to the Chan's household, especially to the rather flattened and frustrated wife in the house. God is good even in the midst of exhaustion.

We tried our best to keep this Christmas memorable. So we were risking Reg to see christmas lighting last night. Jed loved it but dropped dead as soon as we got back into the car. Today, Anita and Jed made Christmas cookies. Jed had lots of fun, and enjoyed the fruit of his labour. Anita will give an attempt of a christmas dinner with Reg's family on Christmas day. As for Reg, we're still working on somewhere quiet and close by to go to, so he can get out of the house a bit and enjoy some fresh air. Reg is definitely feeling more tired each day and we know his immunity is getting lower each day as well. So we keep praying that God will sustain Reg in this critical time but we praise God that we can still rejoice our Saviour's humble birth in a quiet manner like the very first Christmas.