Hallo beste lezers,

Een heel gezegend en voorspoedig 2012!
Momenteel zijn wij nog een paar dagen in Singapore na onze knie operaties maar spoedig gaan we terug naar Papoea. In het volgende filmpje zien jullie een kleine glimps in ons leven en werk in Sentani.

A patient is a patient- Part 3

One time Gertjan said, ah now I know why patient is called a patient!! Because you have to be patient in waiting to do a particular thing. An hour or two after his surgery, he was already independently could go to the restroom by himself instead of asking help from a nurse. He was acting as if he didn't come from an operation. After few days, there was a blood pulling on his knee that needed extraction for about 160 cc. It was not fun. The doctor strictly had asked him to stay put, refrain from going to a mall but stay in bed if he wants to recover. Therefore, he needed to be patient, learn to suppress his restlessness of doing something!

A patient is patient- Part 2

Why did I call patient patient? Well, as you can see how do I look? We don't call ourselves disable ( but we used the disable restrooms) but less mobile. After the surgery, the doctor urge us to really stay in bed and rest for several weeks. In these days, the feeling of depression, insecurities and hopelessness struck us. We were emotionally unstable, sad and even angry why we did a surgery. Everything is unpleasant! The pain, the swelling, the side effects of medicines we took that is more than we were used to was unbearable. However, it made all of us to slow down, ponder and seek His heart.

It lured us when our guests were busy planning to have shopping for Christmas, planning what to cook and bake and wrapping gifts and etc. We also wanted to do the same but we can't. Oh, how we could just stand and walk and run to do the same and enjoy the joy of walking normally, could run as fast as we could, but we can't! Now goes the ability to supress restlessness or to persevere and wait diligently the things we desire called patience.

A patient is patient- Part 1

Maybe you are wondering why in the world both husband and wife decided to have a knee surgery! It is along story to tell but I will share it anyway. Here it goes: Glenda's left knee problem happened when she did the jumping rope in Coshocton, OH. She twisted it and heard a loud clicky sound and fall with a painful scream. It happened in July. At that time we need to travel to Tennesse and Idaho for Gertjan's training and orientation. To make the story short, we only apply home remedies to ease the swelling and pain for two and a half years.

As for Gertjan, it maybe a work related issue. Since he started to work in the hangar with all the different positions, he might torn his meniscus. Anyhow, we got all the insurance permission to go ahead with the MRI and surgery in Singapore. So that was a praise point ( eventhough for Filipino saying, its better to have no insurance as long as we are healthy, we don't care)!