Very Nice Surprise!

It's Monday and Happy Monday everyone! This is the day that the Lord hath made! We will rejoice and be glad in it! Especially everyone at Cliffwood, because it is the big day for Cassidy's big home coming to Cliffwood.

As we were all looking forward to April 1, there is a nice surprise that CaCa is actually going back to Cliffwood today! This is a day CaCa has been looking forward to since last April. Today is again another big new step in CaCa's life and let us all cheer for CaCa!

As there will still be many many things to work out about CaCa continue to go to Cliffwood, let us all pray that God will guide everyone through the process and everyone involved to experience the love and grace of God throughout the process of helping Cassidy in this. Also, let's not forget to pray for CaCa to adapt well back to her school and that she can move around well without any accident. Pray that all her friends and teachers will be glad to help her out whenever she needs help and pray also that CaCa gets to share the love of God in her life with all her friends there.

Let us praise God with a thanksgiving heart as we look back to the days that we walked together with CaCa, GorGor Aaron, Mama Carmen and Papa Andy through the darkness in life and to realize what a great mountain our faithful God has brough us through in the last year. Our God is good all the time, and all the time, our God is good!

A Great Celebration of Easter

The March Break has gone by so quickly and after a full week of anticipation, Easter has also gone by in a flash. I hope everyone had not only a great weekend, but also a great reflective time on Good Friday to remember the sacrifice our Lord Jesus has made Himself to redeem all of us and a celebrative time on Easter for the joy of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is only because of this love from God that we are able to love. Let us proclaim with faith and our experience of love that our Lord Jesus Christ is in deed alive today and forever, for He is Christ the Messiah, our Lord God.

As Easter brings us the hope of life and symbolized the birth of a new life, we are joyfully anticipating a new big step in Cassidy's life. Sooner than you know it, Cassidy is returning on April 1 to Cliffwood to attend classes with all her friends and seeing her teachers and principal. Although there is only a 0.5 SNA approved for Cassidy to be at Cliffwood for half day each time, but Cassidy just couldn't wait to be back where she feels she belongs. Let us continue to pray for God to make a way that Cassidy may continue to go to Cliffwood and grow up with all her friends who have been through this special life journey with her. Pray that God would show Mommy and Daddy the best way to arrange for CaCa's future education and follow God's guidance in all aspects to help Cassidy grow up happily overflowing with love and support.

As CaCa gradually gets back into a more normal life schedule, let us NOT forget to pray also for Gor Gor Aaron that he also gets to enjoy CaCa's company at home and pray that he also do well at school and in all other things he enjoys. Let's have a big cheer for our Super Sib Aaron for his outstanding love and support in the last many months to CaCa, Mommy and Daddy when the family was going through a very rough time. Aaron, you are a great hero! Yeah!

It's March Break!

It's March break now! Thank you for your continuing support and prayers! Here is some update about CaCa.

CaCa, Aaron, Mama and Papa went to a Japanese All-You-Can-Eat restaurant, with some other families from the cell group at Church, for lunch today after Sunday Worship. Everyone was full after the meal!

Some of the days Ca will be at Bloorview for physiotherapy appointments. On top of this, she will have some gatherings with her friends from Cliffwood. I am sure she will have a great time! Mama Carmen is scheduling the daily activities for CaCa to fill up the rest of the March break time-table.

The program with Bloorview will be done soon at the end of March. There was a meeting, where principals, teachers, physicians, physiotherapists, social workers, parents, and many had attended, to discuss and work out some plan for the near future. Thanks to all who have attended and to all who have been so concerned about the progress.

The current plan and status is that after Bloorview, Ca will start going back to Cliffwood, where 0.5 SNA (Special Need Assistant) has been approved to help Ca for half a day (that's why it is 0.5) each day for the period of April 1 to end of May. What will happen after end of May is not sure yet.

Please continue to pray for the recovery of CaCa, and her studying at Cliffwood. May God lead the way of her academic path. Please pray for the Sheng's family as there's still a lot to explore and get used to in the future. Your continuous support is highly appreciated!

Check out CaCa on Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/309066

Sorry for not updating as often, after a very very busy week with conferences and meetings and deadlines to meet, Dr. Jesse has came down with fevers over the weekend and then just found out that it's some ear and respiratory tract infections. Still taking antibiotics ; (

In any case, CaCa has been doing ok in everything. She's gone back to church 2 Sundays in a row, although still a bit quiet and timid, she's enjoying being with her friends again and has participated in doing all sorts of activities that everyone else are doing. Just this past Sunday, everyone got to write down their wishes and put into a hat, and CaCa's wish is to be able to go back to school. Oh, dear God, if it is Your will, please bring CaCa back to school so she can be with her friends and teachers again!

With some very heavy meds, Dr. Jesse gotta turn myself in again. Hope to keep everyone updated more often as I get better! Ciao!