If Tomorrow Never Comes - The Story Of Jason Ong

[Music] you the Lord gave me and my husband a business on our own 7 B business the profit we use it to feed the poor and maybe the orphans and the widows in third-world country we had my orphanages in sync around Indonesia and we also have our own of the names that specialize in special child we have a feeding program going on in Davao up the mountain in some total months and we also have a rice distribution program in under a slum area in Villa we use the portion of a company profit to do all all these works so up to now we are benefiting about 600 / children's and just one will be fine together and right from day one we know that this business is for the specific purpose of donations we have been to many many different countries like Pakistan China Myanmar Indonesia Philippines Malaysia most of our mission work is through all these developing countries or countries where they really struggle for the things that we take for granted like three square meals a day Indonesia right now we are Jakarta we go very often because the next day also we also partner with other pastors what if their orphanage projects like in Kalimantan like 75 often say in Jakarta we specialize in taking care of children with special needs I remember when I was very young I was already very naughty looking I think thinking doing all the bad things that you can ever imagine and when I to order a person graduate from one level to the next put it in a very simple way people in my own family would say you know this one is hopeless case the future is very predictable is either he will be behind bars in jail or you read it somewhere out there in whichever country when I was young I was in the kindergarten where is a barrister kindergarten so you know we learn about Jesus but after that that was it I come to know Jesus when my father was about the pass away I caught the name of all the gods that I prayed and but the other no but somehow I remember that there's these Jesus yeah so I caught the name of Jesus and ne sais open amazing I mean I am myself question so that was the point where I just suddenly said later on there'll be somebody in white it will stretch out his hand so you can just take his hand and follow me and you'll be safe and then his high school and that was it I also didn't understand why I said all that to my dad but in hindsight now I realize perhaps that was that conviction or the Holy Spirit you know that that that taught me to to say those things to him that was the point in my life where you know I I said to Jesus that you know know that you saved my dad so I owe you my life and decided that I will you know I gave my life to Jesus on that point I first met Judith in church then after that we attended the same cell group got to know each other a little bit better we somehow knew that you know we are supposed to be together so we prayed about it I mean for Judith she has already gone through you know difficult first marriage and she basically has no trust yeah because softer betrayal so painful and for me it was my first first time getting married and it would be like you know immediate husband and then immediate father I was more concerned about whether I am qualified or ready the care of child with special needs you know I mean taking care of somebody else's child is a radial challenge yeah but a child with special needs is I think double or even triple the challenge yeah so that was the initial concern that I had my mom also was very nice very sweet she immediately accepted Judith and Joelle there was no issue then two years into the marriage realized that there's something wrong with me because I kept trying up I know something was not right it's not normal yeah cuz the whole world will be spinning so I went to the doctor uniteq and he said to me that I have to be watered upon further check the doctor said it's like a cancer so of course at that time I was shocked because I'm still very young but did something yeah and we didn't know what to do at that time in two zero zero four and the only one in this form of brain tumor in Singapore the one and only case reported yeah the first known case and throughout the entire US the only about 50 cases I'm you know so it's very rare and very little literature and worst thing is that the doctor says because it is so rare and so few cases in the world there is no known cure there is no medication because no drug company would spend hundreds of millions on our MD for a drug for like what 50 to maybe at most to three other people in Hoover it just doesn't make sense so there's no drug there's no medication in fact Ness no other launcher and he only told me that only thing he can think of is perhaps surgery and that's not no guarantee and that time he was more like a death sentence because it's like it's so rare and is so unknown and suddenly everything just going to darkness you have no hope there's only fear and we spend a lot of time praying and asking God what should we do how should we go about this thing will it just be you know use that and enter the nature or hahaha Felina but we felt very comfortable with surgery is you know I mean God can heal true miracle you cannot you to surgery yeah so we decided that to take the doctor's advice we go for the surgery first surgery is 20 hours performed by two two subjects in Singapore one from ent [Music] and after this idea doctor said I only have six months left to live because this tumor has a really spread is conservatively spread to the main artery and from what he saw after he opened the alien bands behind them here he take out everything because of the extent of the damage done to the tissue all around so he had no choice but to remove everything because it's really damaged so there's no eardrum and acting this year here is the hole that is connected to the eardrum is now so now the eardrum inside and everything else is removed so inside essentially empty you can you can light a firecracker yeah and the others like I can't hear a single thing on this side so he says it's so strange that it has already attached to the main artery and looking at the damage that it has done he did a simple calculation and said perhaps there's only six months left before this thing actually in laymen's them by truth her artery and destroyed the artery not robust and you were dying at that time he said come back in six months and we will see how to proceed from there and because it was only just after the surgery and they managed to take about 90 90 percent of the humor you know and those on the heart really cannot touch because he be touched even if he accidentally cut above us so this doctor is very very good and he is very considerate and always considering the fact that I'm still very young he didn't want to remove the nine-time in every job Karuna is for the highest you know the talking and the swallowing nerves so that I can still speak I can still function normally I can still eat that's to swallow my eyes don't have to roll back yeah so if you really actually cut off everything which he could but he decided not to thank God for that that's why today I can still talk I can still eat I don't have to go through tube feeding and my eyes are still okay so thank God for the doctor the wisdom that he had not the foresight and the wisdom to preserve all these nurse because he says even though I try my best to you know remove this cancer from you I also have the responsibility to ensure the best quality of life so I really appreciate this doctor father six months later I went back to him he was quite surprised actually to see them still alive and then he said he did a lot of research on that and told me that is 95% chance of a relapse and so he told me I have to be very careful and come back for annual checkups during that time of you know between two or four to the relapse in oh seven and a lot said to me to go into the nations and to glorify His name so for us is a bit strange because if I'm healed then I can say Oh hallelujah you know God showed me and not sharing about the goodness of God but I said God I'm not you am I gonna share and a lot said just go so from there we I went to you know different different countries the first country that the Lord sent me do was Pakistan I just didn't know what to say you know and there was a time where the Holy Spirit took over and I just shared about my condition doctor says I'm from the time and there's no cure but my encouragement to all the Christians there is even though I'm going to die I still choose to stand and say God is good I still choose to say jesus is my lord and they were all very encouraged because you know the Christians they go through a lot of persecution yeah in all seven the thing relaxed as like what the doctor said but this time man I saw a different doctor she recommended that everything must be removed so I cannot swallow I cannot talk anymore my eyes will be malfunctioning and I have paralysis on the entire left side so there wasn't an option for me because I still have to continue in the ministry and I I said if I cannot speak that means I cannot share the gospel I cannot teach I cannot preach so what is the point and then the second doctor was telling me no need to come for checkup anymore if you don't plan to do anything because you will die the things will grow so big that it will push your brain out of the brain cavity and you will bleed from your eyes your nose your mouth and your years and you will just collapse and die so I told you this that we should just trust a lot and continue to be even putting harder for the business and also for the missions and though this was a time where we started the business olivine and you know we started as hawkers working 12 hours a day so you just imagine you know I are small laborers worked 12 hours a day only smoky and cancer in the hip and the pin is I cannot describe because you know is so painful at times and you know from graduation to panadol to fall into six and to one Stan men to epoxy just four short of morphine oh yeah it is just very painful physically and it's also quite challenging because our experienced black coming out yeah so there was our life really hard work really tough but we also understood that there was our call because there is a purpose to all this suffering and that will be to provide for the children to provide for the often stupidest and the fatherless so we worked tirelessly and we continued to go on missions I make it a point to go because I know that I don't have much time left because I can see the blood coming out the pain and for most cancer patients this is the time where a lot was just simply slip into depression because you look at the condition is deteriorating there's no hope that's not your it's not getting better and every day you see black coming up every day you have been and for me I I just thank God that you know he sustained me all the way the twelve the ten years of fighting cancer I never go into depression in fact every day I will say thank you Jesus even in game I would just say thank you Jesus if this is my portion then I gladly receive it I am very specific not to twist Gaza to say Umizoomi but I said lord I just humbly accept whatever my condition whether you heal for don't you even human hallelujah if you don't give me also hallelujah and if I have to die you are still Jesus nothing changed from the time of relapse till 2013 we continue to do a lot more mission well save many more children going to many more countries and also work very hard to the point where I there was been teach off I celebrate my birthday and Ruby was asking me we want to do for this year your birthday at that time I already know that perhaps this will be my last birthday the you know is very strange you know your whole body when you're going to die somehow your body knows it and that's why I said to tradition let's go to the mountain to see the kids for one last time to watch them eat and then yeah that's how I want to spend my last birthday there was in vintage one December then we knitted in the following year I was already bedridden and I cannot get up I can only like wake up sometimes two or three hours a day yeah I'll just be the Bible no quiet time and say the Jesus I'm coming home I ready for me yeah things like that and I will always tell you this that you know I'm going home don't be angry with God continue to be faithful continue to serve continue to give thanks even if I die continue to press a lot in Ihram all the glory at that time was still not planning on surgery because I was prepared to just go was as far as I was concerned I didn't want to function in a way where I cannot eat I cannot swallow I cannot speak and as paralysis on this side so our decision at that time was just to you know face the reality because I know that my family's own English odd and I'm going to so I was more concerned or preparing to live and you know happy not to accept their inevitable fact but suddenly one afternoon when I was doing my quiet time Jesus came and this is what he said I am moved by the tears of your life and I was healing so from that point on I couldn't understand how everything started to move I only remember that I'm supposed to call this doctor to make an appointment to get morphine so that I can cut down the pain and die with dignity but the doctor asked me to come in do another scan another MRI and from that one scan the doctor said maybe go for another opinion and she told me to go and see this friend of hers from na knife and when we spoke to this professor he said that don't worry this will be not so difficult and I promise you I will not destroy the facial nerve and I will make sure you can still eat and you can still swallow and you can still speak because this professor is also a Christian and he knows that I am a servant of the Lord I need to preach and teach so I need to speak and there was his assurance for me and he says it's so amazing that you are still able to talk and sitting in front of me say because looking at the scan it has now grown to the size of 2x1 in the brain one outside the green and technically it is supposed to have pushed your brain out of the brain cavity already or you should just get a coma or stroke and I say and you are still alive and talking to me so that in the services that's a miracle so he quickly sketch scheduled me for surgery because he says cannot wait very long so three days later we need to do the surgery he removed the the one in inside the brain and the one outside the brain he tried to remove as much as he can but in order not to touch the main artery and the facial nerve and all the other nerves he left a bit behind so you can say more than 80% is removed I mean surgery is a success everything was okay but I don't know for whatever reason I could not see and I cannot breathe and I was in tremendous pain and you know also I guess a bit emotional after 10 years of fighting cancer that is I think my my lowest point you know I never I never felt that way before you know I always trust in the Lord I but you said I'll be prayers but at that time I just felt so tired and I said oh you did I think I'm not gonna make it and I thought when you release me you know I'm just very tired I wanna go home so she goes to the cry and cry and she said okay I'll release you and that was Saturday afternoon surgery was a Friday never Saturday afternoon Saturday midnight something happened Jesus came again and this time around the presence is so strong you don't know what is holiness and do you experience the presence of man it is so funny words cannot describe it's so holy it's so awesome and we although we know we are saved by His grace we are saved by his love we still feel so small we still feel so unworthy because it's just so awesome and so holy all we could say is thank you Jesus thank you God and I just found in touching me here and brief a new breath of God into my nostrils and then I just fell asleep the next day when I woke up I saw - the sleeping on the couch in front of me and I realized I can see and then I can breathe and I was no longer in pain and I decided to try walking and I got up it it's not that walking hey I can walk because this is brain surgery I'm not supposed to get out of it unless sister yeah and I wasn't feeling DD or weak or anything but just felt that I was very hot and I just you know went to the bathroom and with the bandage do I mind if I took a shower and I tried not to wet the bandage I shall I decide yeah and and I just took a nice shower and I thought that you know cool down but as I was drying myself up I got outside there was a commotion people like a lot of noise and then I hear the the bell going off in patient missing patient missing so I went on I said who is missing I looking for me that was vendor that's it where did you go you know supposed to be in bed how can you go ahead and take a shower and my sister you know it's very dangerous you might fall down and hurt yourself and I say I'm fine you know Jesus came and he hit me and she said no you better sit down you're not fine and then she she called the doctor doctor came and the doctor looked at me and says are you sure you're okay I said yeah I'm well he says I never seen anyone recover so fast before in my years of professional practice this is the miracle and say yeah God is cool Alleluia and bye there was a Sunday and by Monday he looked at me and says I told him of the can I go home I'm okay he says okay I can discharge you but you got to come back for the wound dressing and everything I said okay no problem so I went back on Monday together with Judith and you have the three of us work outdoors people today I can I can just say press a lot that he has healed me and I know that there's still something left behind and the doctor also did the gamma knife radiation for me but nothing is guaranteed you know although now his Donnan is not he's not you know reacting or growing or anything but I just continue to trust a lot they're still sometimes they're still painful yeah we continue to serve the law they continue to do mission we continue to work hard to feed the poor and the needy for me as well scriptures say to live is for Christ to die his game to simplify that why to live is for Christ because I know that my life is not my own and I have chosen to leave this life to be a blessing many others decide to live is Christ the die is gain because I know that when I die I will meet Jesus so I will always and administered in cancer patients I will always thought and if jesus heals hallelujah but if he doesn't at least we must be ready [Music]

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Keywords: hope singapore, jason ong, olive vine, if tomorrow never comes, testimony, jesus, hope church, judith halim, brain cancer, healing, Jesus, miracle, cancer

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Length: 30min 1sec (1801 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 26 2017