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I am a previous breast cancer survivor and underwent chemotherapy, a mastectomy and radiation treatment in 2014, and by God’s grace I was in remission. Then in 2024 I was diagnosed with Sarcomatoid Carcinoma, a rare, fast-spreading cancer that appeared in the form of a lump on my right shoulder. If I’m being honest, I was scared and didn’t share the diagnosis with my children, because I didn’t want them to worry.

My husband and I are both in small groups and the outpouring of healing prayers and speaking of faith over me was absolutely incredible. I knew for certain that I was loved. My husband also shared my condition with Pastor Tim and one Sunday after service, Pastor, along with prayer intercessors and a few members of the congregation gathered around me in prayer, with a laying of hands on me and my shoulder and I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. Tears I thought I had already exhausted flowed out of nowhere. The prayers were specific and asked for complete healing and the removal of every single cancer cell from my body. I remember thinking that it was such a powerful prayer, but due to the type of cancer, thought it was a big ask. But I knew if anyone could cure me, it was our Heavenly Father.

We also attended Saturday early morning prayer at the main campus, and once again I FELT an overwhelming presence of the Holy Spirit as prayer intercessors again prayed with me. My husband told me that he could see a radiant light, some sort of presence surrounding me.

I underwent surgery to remove the lump on my shoulder in June 2024. Again, I was covered in prayers from small groups and prayer warriors from our congregation. After the surgery I underwent scans and was told by my oncologist that the scan results showed that I am “Cancer Free!” He too was amazed that there was zero presence left in my body of the cancerous cells. ALL PRAISE AND GLORY TO GOD, OUR FATHER. AMEN AMEN AMEN!

I am beyond grateful for my Pearlside Ohana, Pastor Tim, and my Small Group of SISTERS, whose faith carried me through, lifted me up in my weakest moments and poured faith into my being. I love you all. Thank you Jesus.

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Yesterday's Word of Saul to Paul was an answered prayer. I was sharing in small group a short version of my testimony and how Saul to Paul is so inspiring to my life. That night I prayed about sharing my story here and Sunday's Word was my answer.

I grew up on the North Shore and, in the beginning, Christianity was the center of our family. My younger sister and I attended Sunset Beach Christian School until we were 4th and 2nd grade respectively. It was then when my family was hit with financial chrisis, forcing my parents to put us in public school among other big changes. The biggest change was that we weren't going to church and was no longer Christ led. At the age of 6 I was SA'd which shaped my outlook for a long time. It wasn't talked about. I think my parents may have been facing so much at the time that they didn't know what to do. By the age of 13 I began drinking alcohol which would become a crutch of mine for a long time. At 14 I started smoking weed, by 15 I was using opiods and benzos and at 17 I discovered crystal meth. After what happened when I was 6, i didnt feel like anyone cared about me and even felt like God hated me. Like I was something for His amusement so he could laugh at my hardship. I would go around telling people that Christianity wasn't for us Hawaiians, that Christianity helped America steal our land and that following them was brain washing. I called the church an evil cult. I was radically misled. Around this time my best friend died tragically in a car accident and my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I became even angrier with God while my mom began to bring the family back to church. She would drag me in strung out n hung over. I would have these moments in church during worship where it felt good, but nothing ever lasted. I couldn't consider myself a Christian. I didn't like "those people." But I went because my mom was sick and this made her happy. In 2009 when she passed, I fell deeper, used more, n stopped going to church. She was the only person who still saw something good in me. I was a mess n she never saw that. She always saw me. Pure unconditional love.

In 2011, I was using in my work van and I started choking. I had exhaled and was unable to inhale. I tried to stand up and strained to breath, but still struggled. I'll never forget crying, asking God to forgive my ways and to please save me. I saw memories with my mom when I was a kid, reminding me of her unconditional love, as my life flashes before me. Stumbling through the van to stand up n banging into equipment, I throw my pipe down n smash it. I prayed from my heart for the first time in my life, "God just take me i give up." I felt a breath of fresh air come through me and breath new life into me. Hā, or breath of life is a core fundamental in Hawaiian teaching. He used my culture to show me that He is the breath of Life! I instantly felt like something was different and cried so deeply. Right there I quit cold turkey after a decade of use, not common. Statistics say, even with treatment, the survival rate of that particular drug is 5%. To think that 95% never find a way out. That only 1 in every 20 get there with treatment. I didn't need treatment, any programs or meetings. It was a divine intervention. A truly undeserving Miracle. God was always with me, even through my darkness. While at Sunset Beach Christian School, I had read the Bible front to back 4 times. We did it each year beginning in 1st grade. All those stories stuck with me. I went back to the same church, North Shore Christian Fellowship, where I didn't like the people, I cried my eyes out during worship and gave my life to God. An Elder seeked me out n brought me through discipleship. Later, I got baptized, and have only looked back to thank God for what he delivered me from. I can't even recognize the person I once was. To know that Jesus died for that dirty, womanizing, Christ hating, addict part of me is so much more grace and mercy than I deserve and I am thankful every day!

🎶 For the ways that You have made, for the price that You have paid, for Your mercies every day, that's why I owe you praise 🎶

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My husband and I have been trying to conceive for 2 years, with 1 miscarriage along the way. We timed everything to a tee, yet with no result. Failed test after failed test became really defeating, on top of the other oppositions I faced including friends/family randomly getting pregnant without trying, always being around pregnant ladies, people saying "you are young, it will happen." My husband and I started fighting more under the stresses and pressures of trying to conceive. My husband also got deployed for 5 months to Okinawa in the midst of us trying. I always felt God called me to be a mother, yet I didn't understand why we couldn't conceive. I started to get frustrated with God and felt He wasn't listening. I texted my good friend, who is strong in her faith, and asked her to have dinner with me. I asked for advice on how to trust in God, when you feel like all odds are against you. She reminded me that God has a plan and invited me to join her small group. She also encouraged me to do the "40 day prayer challenge". I started to go to small group and reading the book. I prayed boldly and surrendered all control to God. I prayed for strength to TRUST in His plan for my life. I prayed to be a testimony of God's faithfulness and answered prayers, so I could use my story to glorify Him and bring others to Him. On day 35 of the 40 day prayer challenge, my husband and I had an appointment with a fertility institute, which involved discussion about IVF. Yet, I felt God saying, "No IVF". 5 minutes after the appointment, I decided to randomly take a pregnancy test, and to my surprise, it was positive. Second hurdle was waiting 4 long weeks to see if the pregnancy was viable, as our previous miscarriage was due to no heartbeat. Sitting on the exam table and waiting for the doctor to come in, I reminded myself "trust in God's plan". I was also able to pray with my husband (who does not have the closest relationship with God) the night before the appointment. Our next miracle: the ultrasound showed a heartbeat. I feel so blessed to be a testimony of God's amazing power and presence. My relationship with Him has grown so much stronger through this experience and I realized it was all His perfect timing. I prayed and continued to pray for the opportunity to share my story with others and bring them to God. Recently, members of my small group have been able to share my story with their friends who are also going through similar experiences.

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Trust in the Lord

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6. Almost 18 years ago, the Lord prompted me to trust Him fully, I fled an abusive marriage with five children ranging in age from ten to just under a year old.  I did not want them to grow up in that environment, nor did I want them to repeat the cycle.  With nowhere to go and not wanting to put anyone in danger, we stayed in a shelter. Each step of the way, the Lord surrounded us with people that prayed for us, provided food, clothing, shelter, opportunities for education, jobs and extracurricular activities with other whole families. He guided our steps with the “world” against us, believing that we are all God’s children and being very humbled that I get to be their mom here on earth, we followed the Lord step by step, season by season.  Our miracle happened over 18 years and continues daily.  This May, we celebrate that all five of my children have graduated with at least an associate’s degree or higher. God is good! All the time God is good! Thank you, Jesus!

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In May of 2016, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Non Hodgkins Lymphoma and my oncologist gave me four months left to live. I remember my mom telling my doctor that only God had the right to say how much longer I had left to live. One month after he gave me that prognosis, the PET scan showed no indication of cancer. Furthermore, the stem cell transplant that he said I would need after chemotherapy was no longer needed. I'll never forget that my doctor could not give any credit to medicine. However, I'm grateful that it happened because I got saved in my hospital bed.

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I always had a rocky relationship with my dad. I had a lot of fun memories with him as a kid, but I started to feel “neglected” and “abandoned” when I grew older. I tried to hide how I felt under my anger, which grew more resentment towards him. Even after I got saved in 2018, I still had ill feelings towards him. No matter how much I prayed, shared, or cried, It was always hard to fully forgive my dad. It wasn’t until last year in October where our family found out he had stage 4 liver cancer. I knew it was this moment that I had a choice. I could either continue being bitter, or I could choose to accept and love him despite of our past. It was hard at first. I even cried to God asking if he still loved me as a son for not being empathetic towards my father. God then met me at a time in December where I had to physically “carry” my dad because his heart was failing. Once I led him into the car, I prayed for him out loud for the first time. God spoke to me in that moment and said “The way you feel about your dad doesn’t change the way I love you, but in order to understand my love for you, you’re going to have to love your dad”. From this point on, I truly decided to do my best at serving my dad. For the next 7 months, we got to have conversations without the yelling, the bonding without the arguing, and the peace without the pain. In addition, my mom and siblings got to visit him where I led a prayer over his life. I led him to a re-dedication prayer to the Lord, in which he willingly accept. God is so good. On April 17, He passed away. I thank God for the opportunity to reconcile and forgive my dad. Knowing that I wont have regrets or “what ifs”. I can move on with my live onward knowing that one day when I get to heaven, I will see my dad again. Its funny when we seek God for certain things. To me, I was asking God to soften my dads heart. To God, he was asking me to soften mines. Once I did, God healed the 27 years of my life resenting my dad in the 7 months he was sick. This is who God is. The ultimate healer. Don’t give up on your parents. Don’t give up on your children. When things get rough, when arguments get too loud, always remember to pause and know God is in control. Always.

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My sister who lives in Alaska was recently diagnosed with Lupus. As she was getting ready to start her treatment, she found out she was also pregnant. She took it pretty hard because she felt it was one thing after the other. I kept encouraging her that God makes no mistakes & to keep trusting in Him because He has a plan & His plans is not to harm us but to prosper us. Because of her pregnancy, she wasn’t able to do treatments as they had planned and to not be too hopeful regarding baby because being pregnant with Lupus is considered high risk & statistically, babies don’t make it past a certain amount of weeks. I kept encouraging her to keep having faith in God because God has the final say, He is a miracle worker, nothing is too hard for Him. I asked my group, inner circle, & prayer pocket community to keep her in prayer. She recently had an ultrasound appointment & her doctor had told her that baby was not looking too good. Baby's heart rate was very low & is showing no signs of growth. They told her to come back in two weeks so they could check her again which would be the 26th week mark that the doctors had told her baby won’t make it past that week of pregnancy.

Two weeks later, she called me & told me about her appointment. She said her doctor was speechless because baby has gained two pounds & her heart rate is stronger. Baby exceeded beyond her doctor’s expectations. Her doctor asked her, “What has she been doing in the past two weeks” & her reply was “Praying. We just been praying to God”.

My sister has a long way to go but God is a miracle worker & regardless of what anybody say, He has the final say! We just have to keep trusting & believing in Him.

“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭32‬:‭27‬ ‭

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On April 28 2025 My family and I got a call from our Family in Alaska that my Niece’s 4 year old daughter Leilei had fallen out their two story window apartment! My mother and I quickly took to praying together because when two or more are gathered the Lord is with us. The Lord was quick to give us his comfort and peace. My mother and I asked each other what the holy spirit was speaking to us. “The Lord would take Leilei”. In our tears we continued to pray for our family members and especially Leilei for Gods comfort and mercy. Not to long after hearing of this tragic accident. My Mom gets news that Leilei would be transferred to Washington for surgery. Leilei suffered from a fractured skull and sprained elbow. 24Hrs later we get the News Leilei wouldnt need to get surgery and that they would keep her in Washington to monitor any swelling of the brain.

As of May 06, 2025 Leilei is now home!

All praise and glory to our Lord God who’s grace and mercy knows no bounds! His word reminds us to never cease in prayer. Pray big cause our god is bigger!

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2024 my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Everything happened so fast; she was able to undergo surgery to remove the cancer. Then she was able to receive chemo treatment. Just as everything was good, her kidney failure caught up and lead her to dialysis.

April 7, 2025 Mom is cancer free, no signing of it returning back. Genetic testing is normal.

From this experience, I learned "If not them, then you." My mom is not a believer which made me intercede through faith and prayer- asking God for his favor in my mom. I also asked prayers from my small groups. I thank God for his miraculous powers.

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Even when I didn’t know God personally, he has always been there. I identified as Catholic while growing up because that was what I was told. My family were never church-goers. We would only attend baptismals for babies in our family and sometimes Easter and Christmas Service.

I was about 22 years old when my boyfriend Joey (now my husband) and I started living with each other. I’ve always wanted to become a mother by age 24. We struggled getting pregnant. After a few years of trying, we decided to get a dog. Early in our relationship, Joey would always gift me a Sad Sam doll. The closest to that breed was a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. We found an ad on the newspaper that was selling puppies in Pearl City. We bought one of the puppies for $1200 and named him Artee.

After a couple weeks with Artee, I received a call from his Breeder. She shared that God came to her and told her that she needed to return my money because he is a gift from him. I was so shocked. In obedience, she came to my job and gave back my $1200 and just asked that we join her at her church on Easter Sunday to thank God. Her church was called Grace Bible Church and it was at the Leeward Community College auditorium. It was a different type of church experience than what we were used to. It was a lot more enjoyable and I loved the testimony that was shared that day. Although it was a great experience, we never went back after that day.

Artee was such a joy in our life. He fulfilled that void in our lives. In 2008, I learned that I was pregnant. That joyful feeling did not last long as I was told that it was an ectopic pregnancy and I would need to terminate the pregnancy. After this, we were back to trying to get pregnant again. We seen a doctor’s ad for Invitro. During our consultation with this doctor, he recommended all types of test and finally concluded IVF would be a good option for me. For insurance to cover some of the cost, we were told that we would need to be married. At that point, we were already together for 10 years. It was already in our plans to get married so we just rushed the wedding. Shortly after, we started the IVF process. Doctor also recommended due to some damage to one of my Fallopian tubes, that we remove both of my Fallopian tubes. I didn’t even take the time to think about it and or consulted with another doctor, I just went with his recommendation. Little did I know at that time, it would be a costly mistake because living with one Fallopian tube would have been the best for me to get pregnant naturally. Anyway, we did go ahead with IVF and later found out that it failed. It was so devastating that we took a few years before trying again. It would be another 3 years until we see another doctor. This time, the IVF worked and we were expecting twins. We were so ecstatic and just so happy to finally become parents. It was again short-lived. We experienced complications and lost the twins at 21 weeks. This really hurt us. During this time, we just lost my dad, my mother-in-law, and now our twins. It was a lot for us to handle. We began asking God, why? Even though we did not know him, we blamed him for every tragedy that had happened to us.

One day, we heard my grandma was sick. We don’t normally make visits to my family in Kalihi, but this time I was drawn to visit them. While visiting with my grandma, my uncle who lives there said he needed to talk to us.

I was already aware of his gift of speaking directly to God. What he told us was one of the most important messages we’ve received. God said that we were walking a different path than what he has planned and that we need to be redirected to the right path. God said that we needed to start going to church and said that we would know exactly which church we needed to be. When we get back on track, we will start experiencing his miracles.

The church that automatically came to mind was Grace Bible Church (now called Pearlside Church). We started attending Sunday church service regularly. It took a while for us to finally take the next step in our faith. We finally decided to take the Next Step class. There, we met Nikki and Liko (Pastor Liko) who would invite us to their Grace Group (what we now call Small Group).

By joining Small Group, this helped us grow in our faith. We were baptized and we learned to invite God in our every day lives.

In 2021, after 4 years since losing our twins, we decided to give it another try knowing that God is on our side along with the support of our Small Groups. A few weeks after IVF, we found out the great news that we were once again expecting. We were so excited. About a few weeks into the pregnancy, we were again hit with a loss. Our Gift from God, Artee, left us. He was fifteen years old. Although sad, there was a sense of peace. I understood God’s plan. Artee was a gift from God until we learned to build a relationship with him. It was in his perfect timing that he blessed us with a child and took back Artee. Artee fulfilled his purpose for me and Joey and now God has blessed us with a miracle, our promised child, Isaac.

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Hezekiah was born with Down Syndrome and two holes in his heart. At 2 months old we thought we lost him due to his heart condition and severe respiratory issues. He was in the pediatric ICU for two months then had an open heart surgery. We asked God to heal him and asked the help of the church to pray with us. We were desperate.

Fast forward today, we have a living miracle. Hezekiah is a thriving 8 year old boy who not only has a repaired heart but he is a living testimony that He can do the impossible. So when times get hard, I look back at how God has been faithful, sustaining him and making him the best Hezekiah he will ever be.

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March 2019, my wife and I had a beautiful God-centered wedding in front of our friends and family that we’re been reaching out to and I had a special dance with the First Lady of my life, my mom. A month later, after such a beautiful and blessed event, my mom had a frightening health scare. She was getting really bad headaches where she couldn’t function well. She checked in with her doctors for scans and tests and found that she had a potential aneurysm in her brain that could rupture at anytime. From family history, I’ve had many uncles and aunties who have passed from aneurysms. So, the fear was real. When I saw my mom with a stone-feared face and asking her doctor, “so you’re telling me I’m a ticking time bomb?”, that just crippled me mentally and emotionally. But, with my faith in God, I knew that those words were just lies from the enemy! I desperately asked my small group for prayer and started taking my mom to Pastor Camille’s prayer sessions that she held every Wednesday night at that time and asked for the church to pray for healing over her. A month later, my mom did a cerebral angiogram procedure to check on the aneurysm. After some tests results, the doctors came to us with praise-worthy news! They found that the condition of the area of where the aneurysm was small in size AND that they found a “box-shaped” area that surrounded the weak blood vessel. The doctor described that even if the blood vessel ruptured, it would be secured by that “box”. When I heard that from the doctor, automatically God gave me a vision of Jesus’ hands (perfect healing hands) hugging and holding that weak vessel together, giving me the promise the HE is taking care of that weak area, overall, taking care of my mom. I couldn’t thank and praise JESUS enough for that miraculous healing, especially my mom who I love so much and whom I just celebrated my wedding with. I give God all the glory for having my mom still be here for more Mother’s Days, Birthdays, and other special occasions. From that point on, my mom is part of a small group of women she meets on Mondays, serving on Sunday morning services and taking care of herself doing Zumba Gold with new friends. And now, my mom is the one praying for my wife and I as we are (still) praying for fertility and to bear children. My hope is that one day my parents, especially my mom, can experience being grandparents and I thank God everyday that we still have that chance. - JB

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August 29, 2022, I remember waking up that morning preparing to attend my teams BBQ. I remember not feeling well and even had shortness of breath. Something told me that I needed to go to the hospital. My husband drove me to the ER, they tested me two times for Covid, both times it was negative. The last thing I remember is being transported by ambulance to the bigger hospital with the doors closing on my husband. From what I learned after, I was treated for four days for pneumonia. I was placed in a medically induced coma while the doctors figured out what was wrong with me. The pneumonia had cleared, but I continued to have breathing issues. I was on and off a ventilator until the diagnosis came back that I had vasculitis. Vasculitis is a condition where blood vessels become inflamed, causing narrowing, weakening, or scarring, which can restrict blood flow and damage tissues. In my case, it was in my lungs.

I remember being in a coma and feeling the presence of the Holy Spirit filled in my room. It was an experience like no other, the number of prayers that were prayed during that time. I grew up going to church with my family, attended a church with my grandparents during high school, in which my Papa was a Deacon at. Later in life, I was in and out of going to church regularly. When we moved to Washington and covid hit. I specifically remember telling my husband that I didn't want to live near anyone and just have us and our dogs.

But God had a plan for my life, a plan that didn't involve seclusion from others. Last February, the Miller family came to visit Washington. I worked with Joe previously in Hawaii and he invited my husband and I to church. We were already on the hunt for a church after all that I had gone through. We attended Pearlside Tacoma church and have been going each Sunday thereafter. I'm so grateful that after all that I had gone through, spending a month in the hospital, having to get infusions every 4 months since, to now, my walk with God has grown, and I am part of such a great community of people.

He knew that I needed this community. And I'm thankful for that season of my life because it's brought me here. Closer to him and even bringing my husband back to walking with Him as well.

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My husband couldn’t walk for almost 2 in a half years and today he starting to take baby steps and walking and coming outside the room and started to go inside the car and get out the house to see the sun. I’m so proud of him thank u God🙏🏽

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August 2024 I remember it so clear. In ER at Pali Momi Hospital. Sending my husband home to be with my two beautiful sons. It was late and I was alone, suddenly a doctor approached my bed and requested for me to call home. I laid the phone on my hospital gurney as my husband and I were informed of my diagnoses. "Your wife has Leukemia a Blood type cancer" My heart sank, my tears rolled, and quickly asked myself "why me?" My husband spoke briefly and we didn't know what was coming our way.

The next day I had to have a bone biopsy to narrow my blood disorder. I remember laying on my tummy, in great fear knowing that bone extraction is needed from my hip, pain was on my mind. I remember clasping my hand together and placing it upon my forehead. I asked for repentance, forgiveness, and ease my anxiety. I also asked to bless all my angels nurses before my procedure. I closed my eyes and took a deep long breath in with FAITH out with fear. I with was done in 1/2hr.

Through out my chemotherapy, I endured many trials and tribulation. Prayers helped be stay focus with God, myself, and my Ohana. I always prayed before my spinal chemo as well as my weak days of blood transfusion. My journey pushed me hard mentally and physically.

On one morning I remember I fell asleep laying to my side grasping the hospital bedside rail. It was a very odd occurrence as if I was awake looking at myself. I glanced at my hands and notice a very white silhouette hand white caressing my hands. I quickly awoke, turned to my left, and glanced to the clear blue skies. I knew it was the Holy Spirit and I felt at peace. I had Faith over fear, knowing that GOD was with me.

My husband also had an occurrence and he was so bothered of it that he texted me late 10:30pm "are you up? Can I tell you what happened" He explained to me that while he was driving home, he had so much things going through his mind. He said that he had heard a male voice telling him that "everything is going to be ok" we knew that it was true love from someone either our friend, grandpa, or God. We knew someone was watching over us.

In the hospital i've come across many patients with different health diversity, but my wants were to be with them, pray with them, and walk with them if it was allowed. Although many times it was so so lonely, I made sure that every Sunday I would always view Pearl Side Live Stream with Pastor Billy Lile. I love playing various sermon over and over to help better understand my Bible with God. Obedience and silence moment helped me focus.

Fast forward Dec 2024 and March 2025 my bone biopsy showed that I am CLEAR of any abnormality- I am in remission. I thank our Father, Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit for Healing me, watching over my Ohana, and guiding me though my difficult times. I am so grateful to have our church and friend pray for me. My purpose of life is about to be unfolded. Faith over Fear....AMEN

Love,

The Omine's

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A few years ago in 2021, I lost a major part of my hearing in my dominant ear (right) after a Doctor’s visit. Surprisingly, I wasn’t mad nor heavily resented the nurse who was handling me that day, I sort of just “moved on” in trying to accept my new reality. It of course was difficult since I was involved in band, and you need to be in tune whenever you play so there isn’t dissonance. I had to adjust which honestly left me to become so insecure since I felt I lost what I felt I could’ve been great at - though I still stayed since it’s what I enjoyed. Other than band, I felt inferior to my friends since I felt “disabled”, I never wanted to tell people I had a hard time hearing. I really just didn’t want them to pity me. I joined this church when my friend invited me and I felt the sincerity and the love that God fills this place and the people with. Looking back, I never really asked God to heal me, but rather help me in accepting reality. Fast forward 2 years from 2021, January 13, 2023, was one of the days of seek week. It was when the team was playing worship music that I prayed that I accepted that it’s genuinely okay if God never healed my hearing, that I was thankful that I still get to serve Him even if I may not be “whole”. After praying, it was like wind touched my ear and as I slowly looked up, the music and the singing got louder and louder. I heard, “I’m restoring what you lost”, and I knew that God healed me. I felt so seen and so heard, the love I felt from Him was overwhelming that day & even till now. You think things end when what you had is dead, but that truly never stops God. If anything, that’s His space to show how He truly is our Lord & Savior, but also a loving Father who will always take care of us.

- Loudy

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God’s Faithfulness & Forgiveness gives healing:

During my younger years, I suffered from selfishness & falling to my fleshly temptations.  I married young, and for the wrong reasons, leading me down a path of adultery, lies, and pain. Through the lies of the enemy, and my shattered spirits I was lead to believe in love being found with a narcissist. The enemy knows the bible and relies on trickery and schemes to twist our thoughts towards sin’s chaos. I found myself giving into worldly temptations, selfishness and being negative towards myself; losing love & self respect along the way. Through years of battling alone in isolation and self hate I came to a point where I believed my existence no longer mattered. I struggled with urges to hurt myself physically, and suffered unrest mentally as well as emotionally. Finally, I gave in and decided that my life was no longer worth living.

However, God’s grace & mercies are stronger than any attempts that the enemy could bring, and no matter how hard I tried to end my existence here on Earth: God had other plans. Through His grace, and his protection I found restoration & healing. He sent angels my way in the form of small group ladies, friends who cared for my well being and relationship with God, and an entire community in Pearlside Church that helped me see the worth that God gave me.  It’s been years, and it’s because of God & those he blessed me with was I able to change my ways of thinking and help others find Jesus.

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I always knew God was there for me, but He showed up big time during Covid. Both my husband and I, like most of our residents were furloughed from our jobs. Without knowing what was to come, we dived deeper into His promises of refuge, safekeeping, and provision. We held to our tithes, even though it was scary, prayed over our needs, and stayed fed with His word. We were without our jobs for 6 Months and not once did we ever go without! He blessed us with countless waves of support, from spiritual to financial, and before we knew it we both were called back to work. I fully believe in God’s power and am so thankful for the opportunity to serve such an amazing Lord & Savior!

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God worked through numerous people and the Word to get me on my walk of faith. After years of a Pearlside member asking me to attend service softening my heart to the idea, along with another Pearlside member randomly inviting me at the same time, and while all this as I happen to be driving past Pearlside; I couldn’t help but feel God just telling me to come and He has been waiting. From the Christmas Service, the first Sunday service, the small groups, to now, I have felt my connection and relationship to Him grow through each message and from there my life has drastically changed for the better day by day. Life has been clearer, purposeful, exciting, and at the same time at peace. From being so intrenched in the world where I didn’t feel worthy for decades to now having a relationship with God is truly a miracle in my eyes. Thank you God for being faithful, Jesus for being my Lord, Holy Spirit for the guidance, and Pearlside for the community and growth!

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I haven’t had back pain for over 14 years.

This morning April 27th 2025 my back spasmed when heading to service. Normally it takes 3-5 days to recover from a back spasm.

During worship I felt Holy Spirit prompt me to humble myself and kneel and He said he would heal me.

This was the first time I had ever knelt during worship. I figured the awkwardness of kneeling was less than the healing from pain I craved.

A few minutes into the kneeling worship I could feel my back get stronger.

I stood up and the pain had subsided enough that it was now as if it had been three days since the pain started…

Thank Jesus/HS/God my Father for this miracle! I can now go to my nephew’s birthday party and praise my Father!

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Came in to service unable to stand and had difficulty sitting. Had excruciating pain up and down my side.

When asked to come forward from the pulpit for healing, I quickly got up to pray for my mother who has stage 3 cancer. However, immediately after I stood up, I felt a wind and realize I had no more pain! I was able to walk out I am pain-free to this day! And my mother is now cancer free!

-Emily Yi

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On June 12, 2020, while heading back to my work lot, I was involved in a serious accident by the airport where my co-worker & I fell from the airport viaduct down to Nimitz highway. I don’t know what had caused us to steer off to the shoulder lane because I was sleeping but by the time he woke me up to look back & check the trailer (we were towing our work excavator) I looked back and as soon as I looked forward, we went over the highway concrete barrier and our truck landed upside down below on Nimitz highway. My coworker, unfortunately, did not make it & the only injury I sustained from the fall was a broken elbow. I was so scared & just in complete shock, I thought I was going to die because I smelled hydraulic oil really strong. I was the passenger so my side was where it landed first down on Nimitz. Officials & everyone who saw the damages on the truck were shocked that I made it out alive and with a broken elbow because the passenger side where I was, was smashed all the way in.

I just started coming to Pearlside last year and since I invited Jesus into my life, I realize it was who God saved me 3 years ago. Back then, I was the blind man that Jesus healed. I didn’t really know God, but now looking back at my accident, I survived because of a miracle. A miracle that can only be done by God & Jesus. I should have died that day but He saved me.

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I was 13 years old and my life was changed. I got the worst headache I’ve ever felt. My mom took me to the emergency room and the doctors found I was actively bleeding in my brain. A ruptured cerebral aneurysm. After extensive surgery, critical recovery, and God’s grace, I am here today, as a nurse and am so grateful to pay forward the wonderful care I received from my doctors and nurses while I was a patient. I thank God every day for my life. I also could not have done it without the love and prayers I received from my family and my friends during that time. This day is a reminder to me to not take life for granted and I am so blessed. Glory to God!