the moods of millet....

Greetings! Thank you all for your prayers and comments this week! It has been a doozy, woozy week, but we're doing really great.

Tim took this photo and it reminds me of something I ate this week...I'll explain......

As I had said in last post.... Thursday I visited a naturopathic doctor out in Langley and on the way there I prayed that the Lord would speak to me clearly through the doctor and that His grace would cover me. To be perfectly honest, I was scared and excited all at once. For some reason, this visitation felt different than all the others. I took the "vega test" and while taking it, the clinician talked with me about some of my issues....the bloating, the PCOS, IBS, infertility and wonky periods. She shared story after story of people who discovered the parasites, food allergies, and difficulties their bodies were experiencing and through eating differently, felt better and their health issues disappeared. I was skeptical, but I had prayed that the Lord would reveal Himself, so I had some hope.

Then I found out all the food sensitivities I've acquired.....gluten, sugar, coffee, honey, citrus fruits, tropical fruits, all dairy products, turkey, pork, shellfish, eggs, wheat, barley, nuts, certain vegetables...etc. I can eat peaches, apricots, apples, avocados, spinach, eggplant, kidney beans, carrots, celery, asparagus, millet quinoa, brown rice, beef, lamb, salmon, chicken, coconut, and cashews. That's it! And I have parasites (big surprise) and an overwhelming amount of yeast causing weight gain, food sensitivities, fatigue, allergies and PCOS! I had no idea Candida could be so toxic! My liver is fried, too. The doctor said I had a lot to work on.

I remember having yeast infections as a little girl, but I just figured they'd go away....well, apparently, yeast has consumed my whole body and it cannot digest food properly as a result and getting on antibiotics makes it worse. So now I am on a strict no bread, no dairy, no sugar, no gluten, no caffeine nutrition plan. oooky. But I told the Lord that I would do whatever was required of me to make me healthy to serve Him more effectively.

Then I discovered the cost.....the money, the supplements, and the high cost of millet, quinoa, cashews, goat cheese and organic meat....I struggled with believing that God would provide for those needs. My dear sister-in-law offered to go to the store to get the items I could eat because we were so overwhelmed with getting the moving sale ready at our house.....she came back with the whacko hippie food and I started to experiment. Millet sucks.

I tried Millet with steamed spinach, then chopped carrots, cardamom, cinnamon, salt, plain, with garlic and herbs....millet sucks. Quinoa's worse. Goat cheese is yummy and lamb rocks. Now if only I could make Quinoa taste like lamb! Mmmm.

But God is bigger than my taste buds and He will give me the discipline, courage, and endurance to get healthy. Whew.

And you know- the Lord HAS been faithful. I made cookies for our moving sale with our dear 14 year-old on Thursday night and my favorite part has always been picking in the dough and eating the first cookie out of the oven. But I purposed in my heart that I wouldn't pick and God covered me.....He took away the cravings and the temptation. I was grateful. With His help, I will be healthy enough to give Tim babies, lose the weight that has frustrated me for over 10 years, serve the Lord wholeheartedly with every bit of energy I have in the Philippines, and I'll be strong enough to endure the hardships we're about to face.

Please pray that God will continue to provide for our finances (as this nutrition bit is somewhat out of our budget) and that He will give me strength to make hard decisions and choices in this process. Thank you so much for all your encouragement and support! Only 2 more weeks until we move outta the house!!!

Be blessed.