Three O' Clock Incident continuation....

One Tuesday night, I had fellowship with Bro.Bob and Bro.Jong
in Tsing Yi and talked about anything as well as our plans
and dreams. We stayed till midnight and went home separately.
I reached home at about 1 am and slept.
An hour later, phone rang and immediately woke me up. I knew
it was Rachel. She had fluid discharged and will be taken to
hospital. After saying goodbye, I prayed. I can’t sleep so
I prayed till 3:00 am, same time Rachel was admitted. I woke
up at about 7am, called up Rachel, she was already in the
labor room. I prepared my clothes and rushed to office. I ask
permission to my boss that I ‘ll leave for Manila. I went to
Central to pick up my plane ticket and OEC. After that I went
home, and called her again. I wasn't able to talk to her.
My sister-in-law said she’s still in the labor room. I started
packing up my stuff and finished at about half past 2pm. I
still have a lots of time and during that time, I started to
worry, and got scared. Rachel should have normal delivery.

Then my mobile phone rang. It was 3:00 prayer alarm. I stop.
I paused and started praying the 3 o’clock prayer. While I
was praying, I can't stop those tears falling from my eyes.
I lifted up all my concerns to God, and ask for safety of
Rachel and my baby. After that, I was relieved. I closed
my luggage and locked and prepared myself to leave. 15 minutes,
later, phone rang. It was my sister-in-law.

Rachel had given a healthy 8.5lb baby boy by normal delivery.
Rachel was fine as well as my baby.

YES!, PRAISE THE LORD!!! I shouted.

It was 3:00pm when my little boy got out of Rachel’s womb,
the same time when I was crying while praying. And even
though I wasn’t there, my heart, my mind was there, but one
thing I knew for sure was that Jesus Christ was there. He took
care of everything. Doctors and nurses were amazed with
Rachel’s will and determination to deliver her baby
in normal way. It took her almost 12 hours in labor.
I was really so overjoyed that time and immediately called
Bro.Jong, but he wasn't there.

My trip to back to Manila was the longest journey I had.
I can't really wait to see my dearest Rachel and my baby boy.
If I could only snap and bring myself instantly there, I will
do. I arrived in Manila and my brother took me straight to
Medical City. I hurriedly rush to Rachel's room.
The moment I saw her, she has the happiest smile in her
haggard face and I kissed her while laying in bed.
She was just fine and felt better. The doctor said her sugar
level stabilized and went back to normal. She said that my
baby’s in the nursery room. After several minutes, she let
me go to see my baby boy. Excitement grew stronger as I
went down through the stair to 2nd floor. The viewing window
was closed and I went straight inside. I just found myself
in the middle of the room surrounded by many babies in
their tiny boxes. Nurses pushed me out and said that I’m not
allowed to go inside. Of course I’m not. I know I could
smell EDSA smog in me, but I really wanted to see my baby.
They opened up curtain in the viewing window.

Rachel was discharged after 2 days but my little boy had
to stay for further examination. He was vaccinated.



Ultrasound result showed that both kidneys were back to
normal size. All other test showed that everything were
normal. God has healed my baby boy. After 5 days in nursery,
we went home in Rachel’s uncle in San Mateo. I stayed with
them for 2 days and went back to HK.

I went back to Manila for the third time since January to
attend my baby's baptism. Last May 1, we came back to
Hong Kong with Rachel , my baby and my Mom. Franz Kristoffer
which means bearer of Jesus Christ is the name given by Rachel.
He is now 2 months old, getting bigger and more active. He is
also the reason now I’m always late to work and rush
home after 6pm.

Once again, God proved to me that He is a loving God. He
will always keep His promise to us that He will never leave
us nor forsake us. In His own time, He gave us this precious
gift we’ve been longing for. In times of trouble, in times
of suffering, we often think that God has left us, but he
hasn't. God brings us to these kinds of circumstances
because He loves us. He wants us to draw closer to Him and
believe in Him.

tonychel
May 2002


Here's the recent picture of my family taken in Tsing Yi 2 months ago
L-R>> 5 year old Franz "Enzo", me, Rachel and 2 year old GianCarlo