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11/19/2014

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My cold got worse and I ended up staying two nights in the hospital. I was supposed to get some rest at the hospital. Turns out, the hospital is the last place on earth for getting good rest. Every hour they bother you to take your blood and vitals.
no rest. 

Keep making prayer requests.
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This will be a very short post. It turns out I have caught a cold. Usually a simple situation to resolve. Stay in bed, load up with your favorite meds, and wait it out. Unfortunately when you have ALS your breathing is compromised. 

In other words, you can’t cough out the cold. Instead the cold may make its way into your lungs. Things become more difficult and may lead to pneumonia, so I am taking a break from my usual blog.

An idea formed in my mind. Although I have ALS, much to the surprise of my pulmonologist (my lung doctor), I’m still around. He thought I would have been gone in April of this year! Well here I am. I must have something I need to do before I go. Back to my idea.

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I think I should be praying, praying for you! I must have a good connection with the big guy upstairs. I want to use my connection to help you. Please send me prayer requests. I will pray on them all week long. You can make requests about your health, finances, decisions, anything.

It reminds me of a story. A woman goes to her pastor and tells him about a small problem she is having. The pastor asked her if she prayed about it. The woman responded, “I only take big problems to God, this is too small.” The pastor smiled and said, “No problem is big for God!” Then he said, “Conversely, nothing is too small either.”

With that in mind make your requests be they small or large, God can handle it.

Imagine Him saying, “I got this. Consider it handled!” 


For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
Habakkuk 2:3 

9 Comments
Sandy Pedroza
11/19/2014 04:08:56 am

Pray that Sara finds the job that really suites her.
I am so sorry to hear you have a cold!! We will be praying for you to get well very soon!!
Love you!
Sandy

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Dan
11/19/2014 04:18:34 am

Hi Akhil,

I just want you to know that I've followed your blog over the years and I have very fond memories of our time together in the Castle Hills bible study. We still discuss your impact on us fairly regularly. I miss when our daughters were just starting cheerleading together and we just couldn't figure that sport out :)

Know that I'll be praying for you, too. That said, I'd be honored if you'd pray for me. the last time you and I talked (roughly 2009/10?) I was trying to figure out what career path to take. I can't recall if I'd already gotten heavily into solar. Well, I started a small solar company and sold it to a larger solar company. Solar is my professional passion and I want to work full time to make a difference via solar energy. Pray that the larger company (Principal Solar) is able to close the deals it's working on so I can work there full time. It would be a relief for my wife, who's debating if she ought to go back to work, and it would make me feel proud (professionally) in front of my kids.

Thanks Akhil--I miss our time together, but I enjoyed it thoroughly. It came at just the right time in my life.
Dan

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Amanda
11/19/2014 05:29:44 am

I am friends with Patty Slack on Facebook and saw the link for your blog post. It is so touching and just what I needed to lift my spirits today. So here I am responding!
Anyway, my husband has been looking for a job for about 6 months. There have been many blessings we've had, but there have been some challenges as well.
We will find out about his most recent interview in the next week or so. And I pray this is the job God wants him to have. I've been struggling in having patience with this and having a positive attitude.
Thank you for your prayers! And I will be praying for you to quickly recover from your cold with no setbacks in your ALS.

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Cecelia Henderson
11/19/2014 01:42:02 pm

Akhil, I am so very sorry that you caught a cold. As soon as you are better, let me know. I will come to vist! I keep listening to Joel Osteen on Satellite radio as I am driving. Prayer and confident expectation of God's goodness in our lives is EVERYTHING! God has obviously kept you around for His purpose, and that purpose continues to unfold. You are a wonderful encourager, and your prayers are a perfect way for you to be active in HIS service. So...I want you to pray that my 1) that God will provide me with a wonderful job that I will love, 2) that God will restore good health to me including my knee healing completely, and that 3) His will be manifested in how I live my life each day.

I LOVE you my dear friend.

Cecelia

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Jill Howell from NETA
11/19/2014 11:15:59 pm

Hi Akhil,

We met one PowerTest the year before you were diagnosed. The next year I saw you coming across the reception area with a walker... I was amazed and sad at your news, seeing that just a year had gone by and you were already challenged. That was in 2012. I did not know it when I met you the first time, how you would become a bridge to my understanding and relationship with God. He loves you so much.
Thank you for your offer of prayer, it is proof that we meet God every day in the people we encounter. He lives in all of us. I would like to ask you to pray for my nephew, Blake Vedder and that God bless him indeed, that Blake be guided to take the right steps so he plays in the upcoming Kent State Basketball games this weekend.

Thank you
Jill

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Valerie Lavely
11/21/2014 12:36:32 am

Good Morning Akhil and Laura, I read about your cold and like others, thought "what a priviledge to have Akhil pray for you" - betting on your keen insight. I was caught by the verse selected from Habbakuk, because the verse before that talks about writing down what you've been shown - which you do. Then continued on down to "creating an experience beyond the perfect present" and thought about the guests I have coming for Thanksgiving and what I could do beyond food that would make it an experience - a roaring fire, ornamental cabbages tucked into an arrangement, music . . .and doing everything so the guests could relax . . . like you wished for Laura. I remembered experiences like the time we met at the Rusty Grape to listen to your daughter perform and my friend joined her in a song and we tried to drum out that song, smiles and laughter all around. I remember you teaching us to remember and the fellowship around your table and understand that the experience of knowing you will last, I guess on into eternity. There's something to look forward to! I was frustrated by your comments on leaving people better off than before they spent time with . . . me - because I realized how many people haven't felt better and all the sudden the task of turning that tide seemed overwhelming. So with determination I read it over and got out my journal and said Lord, I need your help on this and is it Truth? - that I'm to impact the way people FEEL?.
Must you always challenge us, Akhil? I knew to build up and encourage was in His Word - I guess I reserved that for special occasions rather than imagining a daily intention. So far short of the GLORY of GOD! UGHHHHH. So, I have written these points down - like Habbakuk . . the things I've been shown - I've imagined your three legged stool and am working on how I will attach these Truths. That the choice to Love Well is moment by moment and God's Power ever Present, That the Experience of His Presence, however it is manifested, is Always the nicest Gift, That God can use the most simple acts of the right person to blow us away. Thank you Akhil, for sharing Truth and provoking us. My Thanksgiving Guests thank you, my circle of influence thanks you. Please Pray that I make the change to be a "better off than before you encountered me" girl, and that God will inspire experiences that will become memories. Like the others, I will be praying for your cold and your overall healing because . . . I'm curious to know what you will do when you are better! Much Love to all of you. Val

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Melissa Kolb
11/23/2014 12:27:07 pm

Love your heart, Akhil...God is using you in so many ways! I thank God for your light!
I need to become more obedient to what God asks of me & to have a heart full of grace like His...so I would appreciate your prayers in those areas.
May your lungs be strong enough to get you through this illness! Peace & blessings to you & your household!

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daniela cassar
11/24/2014 08:42:37 am

Dearest Akhil,

So sorry to have read about your cold, I will pay for you. Could you kindly keep my better half in your prayers? He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis earlier this year, and it's been an extremely difficult year, one that tested us on many levels. I will keep you in mine, too.

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Phil Camden link
11/28/2014 06:55:00 pm

hi my friend.

That hospital was trying to turn you into a Christmas tree.

Please pray for me as I'm speaking at a bible college student graduation next Sunday night 7th Dec. pray my strength will be good and Holy Spirit anointing.

Love you Akhil

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