An amazing story of Gods grace
We went for a second opinion at the severance hospital in Seoul.
The Myoma is gone. No need for a operation. Perhaps the Sun hospital messed up. All we know is if we did not pray and seek a second opinion Chantal would have had major surgery by now. God healed her miraculously, or at least saved her from unnecessary operation.
We are now in Australia on holiday. Christmas will be great with the family and will be a nice time of relaxing.
Praise the Lord for Chantals health which is really great.
The kids are excited about Christmas. Bought them various gifts and especially a wii. Perhaps the wii is more for me.
God bless and have a great Christmas.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
More change
Today was another day on the Myoma rollercoaster.
Chantal does have a growth about 7 to 10 cm large. The Dr are recommending surgery but there is no rush and we can wait for second opinion. The Dr at 10am and then on the KTX and off to Severance hospital for a second opinion at 2:30. Further testing and waiting until Wednesday or Saturday for the second opinion.The Dr at Severence needs time for her radiologist to do a review of the MRI and sonars.
So we might need to wait a week but we are at peace with that and feel really content.
Chantal is off with her girl friends to Seoul tomorrow and Shanneth has a party. The boys and I are going to hang out. I will do some work.
Today was another day on the Myoma rollercoaster.
Chantal does have a growth about 7 to 10 cm large. The Dr are recommending surgery but there is no rush and we can wait for second opinion. The Dr at 10am and then on the KTX and off to Severance hospital for a second opinion at 2:30. Further testing and waiting until Wednesday or Saturday for the second opinion.The Dr at Severence needs time for her radiologist to do a review of the MRI and sonars.
So we might need to wait a week but we are at peace with that and feel really content.
Chantal is off with her girl friends to Seoul tomorrow and Shanneth has a party. The boys and I are going to hang out. I will do some work.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Things change fast.
The last 24 hours have been rather intense. Chantal went to the Dr for a minor issue and thought she would pop in and get an antibiotic. One thing lead to another and it was discovered she has a 7cm growth in her pelvic region. That was yesterday. Today she had an MRI. Until this morning we thought it would be a CT scan but with concerns over nasuea and alergic reactions a change to MRI was made. Much less invasive although the claustraphobea of the tube is not for the faint hearted. Tommorow we are going to get the results and go for a second opinion in Seoul, at the Severance hospital. By Friday night we will have a clear idea of what to do.
Ken
The last 24 hours have been rather intense. Chantal went to the Dr for a minor issue and thought she would pop in and get an antibiotic. One thing lead to another and it was discovered she has a 7cm growth in her pelvic region. That was yesterday. Today she had an MRI. Until this morning we thought it would be a CT scan but with concerns over nasuea and alergic reactions a change to MRI was made. Much less invasive although the claustraphobea of the tube is not for the faint hearted. Tommorow we are going to get the results and go for a second opinion in Seoul, at the Severance hospital. By Friday night we will have a clear idea of what to do.
Ken
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Not Much Happening
Not much happening but I want to keep the posts rolling.
I am working hard to get a exam schedule sorted for the High School.
Chantal has a student teacher which is going well.
Josh has a sore back from falling while walking the dog.
Josh won a Thinkers award at school -pretty cool.
Ethan is doing very good work at school and has a great attitude, also learning the trumpet which is cool too.
Shanneth is her cute, too big for her boots self.
Not much happening but I want to keep the posts rolling.
I am working hard to get a exam schedule sorted for the High School.
Chantal has a student teacher which is going well.
Josh has a sore back from falling while walking the dog.
Josh won a Thinkers award at school -pretty cool.
Ethan is doing very good work at school and has a great attitude, also learning the trumpet which is cool too.
Shanneth is her cute, too big for her boots self.
Saturday, November 08, 2008
It is time to update the blog. It has been a while and life is moving on fast.
The new school year has started and all out lives have taken on an adjustment.
I seem to never have enough time for my life. Work consumes me and I still seem to struggle to make it all work.
Chantal is grading like crazy but still struggling to keep up. She has a great student teacher which might help.
Shanneth is a big girl in kindergarten. Way too big for her boots but so cute.
Ethan has had a rough ride. Grade five has been a major step up and he is working like crazy and doing great but the work load is huge.
Josh has absolutely blossomed in Middle School. He has done well in class and participated in every intra mural there is. Today he went up to Seoul and ran Cross Country at SAHS. This means they go on base and get exposed to mini America.
Chantal went to Shanghai on a technology conference. I am not sure why. She learnt all this cool stuff and finds no use for it and does not bother to tell me. Leaves me in my ignorance and dark ages. Oh well, perhaps she will teach me moodle one day.
I went to Kota Kinabalo, Malaysia. The EARCOS conference was awesome and the venue was spectacular. I loved snorkeling even though I only managed to get out for 2 hours.
Lets hope we do a better job of updating.
Ken
The new school year has started and all out lives have taken on an adjustment.
I seem to never have enough time for my life. Work consumes me and I still seem to struggle to make it all work.
Chantal is grading like crazy but still struggling to keep up. She has a great student teacher which might help.
Shanneth is a big girl in kindergarten. Way too big for her boots but so cute.
Ethan has had a rough ride. Grade five has been a major step up and he is working like crazy and doing great but the work load is huge.
Josh has absolutely blossomed in Middle School. He has done well in class and participated in every intra mural there is. Today he went up to Seoul and ran Cross Country at SAHS. This means they go on base and get exposed to mini America.
Chantal went to Shanghai on a technology conference. I am not sure why. She learnt all this cool stuff and finds no use for it and does not bother to tell me. Leaves me in my ignorance and dark ages. Oh well, perhaps she will teach me moodle one day.
I went to Kota Kinabalo, Malaysia. The EARCOS conference was awesome and the venue was spectacular. I loved snorkeling even though I only managed to get out for 2 hours.
Lets hope we do a better job of updating.
Ken
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bethany Rose
Dr.Choo - our vet.
BETHANY: OUR NEWEST MCALLISTER FAMILY MEMBER!Name: Bethany Rose McAllister (Italian:Beautiful; Hebrew: God's Promise)
She is God's Beautiful Promise!
Age: 75 days (born: 9 January 2008)
Breed: Alaskan Malamute / Artic Wolf
Eye colour: Smokey Grey
She is so sweet, caring and friendly. She loves to chew; bite her own foot and cries when she bites too hard! She is a social butterfly but does not want to sleep on her own!
She is frightened of our old cat Terry - who has threatens to clout her every now and then...
Here are some interesting pictures.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Dear Friends
Thank you for all your prayers, concern and love. My father died on the 21 December 2007. It was extremely traumatic as he was really well on the 14 December, on the 15 December he felt fluey and had a nose bleed in the middle of the night. Due to the severity of the blood loss, he was hospitalized. I chatted to him on the phone and was told that he had pneumonia. Praise God for the prompting of the Holy Spirit; I booked the earliest flight possible…19 December.
His condition deteriorated rather quickly and I felt extremely trapped – afraid that I would not be able to see him before it was too late. Ken and the children decided to stay as I was sure he would recover once I got there and flights to South Africa are ridiculously expensive. I arrived at his bedside on the 20 December at 2:00pm. It was wonderful to see him, even though he was connected to pipes and comatosed – I was able to hug and kiss him. I then started reading Matthew 25 to him - one of his favourite chapters. I then read Psalm 30 to him and he opened his eyes and said “Where is that?” I was delighted and the nurses were shocked because they had been nursing a corps until now! I then started to sing his favourite praise and worship songs: Guide me O Thy Great Jehovah; Blessed Assurance; Amazing Grace; How Great Thou Art; Jesus Love Me; Noel and many more. He started to hum along perfectly and for the next 45 minutes, my mother; sister and I experienced the most amazing worship session ever! Truly Extreme worship, every time we finished singing a song, my dad would start humming another and we had the privileged to sing along! We managed to take a short video clip (if you are interested) of Dad humming but did not want to focus on recording too much because really this was and is about God. We had two more “worship sessions” with Dad and this time the nurses joined in – surreal to see God working even in the hardest situations. Dad was growing weaker and we kept on telling him to hold on … for the children and his sons to come… Eventually on Thursday 20 th at 11:00 pm Dad opened his eyes… looked at me and said “I’m so tired.” I just knew I was being selfish, wanting him to fight; to live, when God has such a wonderful mansion prepared…. so I said ”It’s okay, Dad – rest – go home to Jesus…”
My sister, nephew and I, each had an opportunity to say goodbye and tell him that we loved him and are so grateful to have had a Dad and G/father like him. My mother spoke to him too and then he said ”Charney look after Bess.” I said I would – he slipped off quietly in his sleep three hours later on the 21 December.
Well his legacy did not stop there – we held a service for him on the 27 December at their home “Edenroc”, Durban. His last wish was not to have a funeral but to have a celebration of what God had done in his life. Everyone was to wear bright colours, no black – his best friend and pastor, (whom he lay preached for every other Sunday) was to preach a SALVATION message… giving hope and sharing GOD’S LOVE, at the celebration. It truly was a celebration - 25 people responded to the salvation message and accepted Christ into their lives! What a tremendous victory for the kingdom and I know that my dad would be thrilled! Heaven and Earth rejoiced.
We brought my Mum with us to spend sometime in Korea and hopefully become more independent – she has been married to my dad for 49 years – this year would have been their 50th anniversary. She is rather confused and still in shock so your prayers are appreciated; especially as she adjusts to her changed life. I know God will protect her and comfort her as HE has us. God is so faithful and true.
Love in Christ
Chantal and Kenneth McAllister.
Thank you for all your prayers, concern and love. My father died on the 21 December 2007. It was extremely traumatic as he was really well on the 14 December, on the 15 December he felt fluey and had a nose bleed in the middle of the night. Due to the severity of the blood loss, he was hospitalized. I chatted to him on the phone and was told that he had pneumonia. Praise God for the prompting of the Holy Spirit; I booked the earliest flight possible…19 December.
His condition deteriorated rather quickly and I felt extremely trapped – afraid that I would not be able to see him before it was too late. Ken and the children decided to stay as I was sure he would recover once I got there and flights to South Africa are ridiculously expensive. I arrived at his bedside on the 20 December at 2:00pm. It was wonderful to see him, even though he was connected to pipes and comatosed – I was able to hug and kiss him. I then started reading Matthew 25 to him - one of his favourite chapters. I then read Psalm 30 to him and he opened his eyes and said “Where is that?” I was delighted and the nurses were shocked because they had been nursing a corps until now! I then started to sing his favourite praise and worship songs: Guide me O Thy Great Jehovah; Blessed Assurance; Amazing Grace; How Great Thou Art; Jesus Love Me; Noel and many more. He started to hum along perfectly and for the next 45 minutes, my mother; sister and I experienced the most amazing worship session ever! Truly Extreme worship, every time we finished singing a song, my dad would start humming another and we had the privileged to sing along! We managed to take a short video clip (if you are interested) of Dad humming but did not want to focus on recording too much because really this was and is about God. We had two more “worship sessions” with Dad and this time the nurses joined in – surreal to see God working even in the hardest situations. Dad was growing weaker and we kept on telling him to hold on … for the children and his sons to come… Eventually on Thursday 20 th at 11:00 pm Dad opened his eyes… looked at me and said “I’m so tired.” I just knew I was being selfish, wanting him to fight; to live, when God has such a wonderful mansion prepared…. so I said ”It’s okay, Dad – rest – go home to Jesus…”
My sister, nephew and I, each had an opportunity to say goodbye and tell him that we loved him and are so grateful to have had a Dad and G/father like him. My mother spoke to him too and then he said ”Charney look after Bess.” I said I would – he slipped off quietly in his sleep three hours later on the 21 December.
Well his legacy did not stop there – we held a service for him on the 27 December at their home “Edenroc”, Durban. His last wish was not to have a funeral but to have a celebration of what God had done in his life. Everyone was to wear bright colours, no black – his best friend and pastor, (whom he lay preached for every other Sunday) was to preach a SALVATION message… giving hope and sharing GOD’S LOVE, at the celebration. It truly was a celebration - 25 people responded to the salvation message and accepted Christ into their lives! What a tremendous victory for the kingdom and I know that my dad would be thrilled! Heaven and Earth rejoiced.
We brought my Mum with us to spend sometime in Korea and hopefully become more independent – she has been married to my dad for 49 years – this year would have been their 50th anniversary. She is rather confused and still in shock so your prayers are appreciated; especially as she adjusts to her changed life. I know God will protect her and comfort her as HE has us. God is so faithful and true.
Love in Christ
Chantal and Kenneth McAllister.
A Celebration of Buzz Bowden’s Life.
Buzz and Bess Bowden on theor 49th Wedding Anniversary. 2 October 2007.
Buzz and Bess Bowden on theor 49th Wedding Anniversary. 2 October 2007.
Bess and Buzz 49 years earlier on their wedding day.
ARTHUR HARRY BOWDEN
1921 – 2007.
Buzz Bowden aka Arthur Harry Bowden was born on the 28 October 1921 in East London. Every thing he accomplished in his life was for God’s glory – he NEVER bragged about anything he achieved – he gave God all the Glory, for the things God did in his life, to God. He would only say that to serve God was such a privilege.
He was educated at Selbourne College in East London where he excelled in sport especially swimming. The motto of the school is the Latin Palma virtuti (virtue has its reward). Dad truly lived this motto and in his last days showed us all what this means….he has reaped the reward of eternal life through living this motto out to the fullest; “Reward is to the brave”.
Buzz had achieved a variety of accolades:
A National Technical Diploma
A National Technical Teacher’s Diploma
A National Technical Engineering Diploma
A Bachelor of Arts Degree
A Bachelor of Education (with Honours)
A Master of Education
Two unpublished (due to death of two daughters) Doctorate’s:
Education and of Philosophy
A member of the Human Science Research Council
An Amateur Ham Radio Licensed operator
A Private Pilot’s license
Member of the Royal Life Saving Society (Award of Merit)
Officer in the Royal Navy during the 2nd World War
Medals for fighting in the war:
These are for bravery and as dad sometimes said “staying alive”!
The GRJ Star of Merit (King George Rex Jr.)
The GRJ Star of Africa
The GRJ Star
The GRJ Atlantic Star
The GRJ Africa Star
The Imperial King George VI Medal of Honour
The Africa Service Medal
Medal of Service on the HMS
2 Gold Medals for Life Saving (Award of Merit)
Gold medal for swimming the English Channel
Bronze Medal for swimming in the Africa Games
Won the International Service Gala in Alexandria
Egypt (200 m freestyle 1min:22 sec) this really helped
when his ship sank off the coast of Tubruk!
He taught at the Johannesburg Technical College;
John Orr Technical High School;
Head of Blairgowrie High School;
Rustenburg Technical High School.
Lay Witness Missionary; Gideons; Started and actively involved in many churches in Jhb.
Managing Director of three companies:
Impala Clay
North Riding Electrical
A-Z Agencies.
Greatest Accolade: Child of God; Husband; Father; Grand father and Friend.
He died of Pneumonia at the age of 86 on the 21 December 2007.
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