DAY 2

On my way…Wow I am finally on my way. I got up early for the first time in my life, ( just kidding ) Mike took me to the train station and I caught the earlier train to my first connection. Praise the Lord I did, because I would of missed my train. This is my first trip up to Northern Germany it is so beautiful. Fall is my favorite time of the year, the changing colors, a chance for me to change! I can’t believe how much I have come to Love Germany, everything about it, the people, my church, the weather, the countryside, Mercy’s school, my neighbors, the German efficiency and cleanliness. The German system works. Of course every system has its faults but it works for me and I get it. Es ist wunderbar!!

Here,I have grown in the Spirit, Love for Jesus and a closer relationship with Him, love for my family, time for my kids, a clearer understanding of missions. I have always had a heart for missions, but now I am learning it, living it! My health is so much better than ever before, from the time I got sick. I still have a long way to go, but I am on the right track now.

I am not the 'Name-it-claim-it-speak-it-freak-it' type...but, when I pray, I know that Jesus will answer it in some form or another. He is faithful! So, I was praying for a clinic that would help me get on my raw food diet/lifestyle. A place where they prepare all the food, teach me how to also. Someone or some place that had experience with people who had multiple-immune disorders. I wanted to learn techniques to stretch my muscles ( the Fibromyalgia. ) Instruction in how to diagnos changes in my body, to conquer my addiction on cooked foods. Just in case you don’t know that cooked food is an addiction, IT IS. It is the hardest one to overcome.

Diabetics will eat themselves in to a coma, before they will give up their sweets or carbs. Overeaters or overweight people will die before the stop eating fast food. People with allergies won’t stop eating the things that are making them sick. And Me I couldn't stop eating cooked food to save my life. But God it seems, has decided to keep me alive, for His will in my life, and for my family.

About the answered prayer. Mike and I were praying about a place in Florida called Hippocrates health institute. http://hippocratesinst.org/ that has a high success rate of healing anything from Cancer, Fibromyalgia to Diabetes ( including the other Diseases that I have.) They put you on a tailored raw food plan and guide you in your healing process. Across the board...raw foods are the only thing that consistantly drive these remmision. But God had different plans.

My friend and raw food coach Daniela Ploetz gave me a call and invited me to come stay with her for a few weeks to learn all I can from her and get started on my Raw life. We have been trying to get together for a visit sense February this year. She has worked with Gabriel Cousens in Arizona...doing exactly what I was praying for. She only lives about 5 hours from me by train near Berlin. The Lord answers prayer in amazing ways. Exactly what I was praying for and 3 days later she called. What timing,

In January I stopped taking all my 14 medications, stopped eating all animal products and all Dairy products. I had a 2-month detox from the meds, but when it was over I felt 30% better. Wow all those drugs were making me feel sicker. My blood sugar dropped 150 points in 3 days. I also lost 33 pounds. It truly was awesome to feel and look so much better. I have been meat and med free for 11 months now and loving it. ( if you know me at all, i only ate meat most day 4-5 times a day. That is a miricle in itself) As for the dairy I couldn’t give up the cheese for long. I started to get so much better then I fudged on one bite of cheese and it was all over. I can tell a big difference and don’t feel as well as I did in March. Although I did several positive things for my health I didn’t do the most important thing and begin eating raw fruits and vegetables, and stop the cooked foods. I so struggle with this. I can’t do it on my own, in my own strength. That is where Jesus comes in, He is my strength and I can do all things with His help.



DAY 1

I arrived at the station and received a warm welcome with Dani. I have never met Dani, just over the phone and email so it was great to see her face to face. The country is so beautiful here in Eastern Germany. We arrived to her home and got settled in. She made me this veggie plate with a lemon Tahiti dressing that was amazing.

All Raw and good for me. That’s a first, I loved the sprout, carrots, and celery but not the cucumber. What an exciting day to do something that I haven’t been able to do before. I am excited.

DAY 2

Wow I haven’t slept better in so many years it was great. I only went to the bathroom around 11 times. That may seem like a lot but for me it is an improvement. We had Raw soaked rolled oats with fruit and hemp milk. It was really satisfying to my surprise.
All this is so new to me, what have I been missing for 35 years? I don’t even want to think about it. It is the past and this is my future. My body is going to heal the healthy way and Jesus will be glorified. I noticed that my liver started to hurt in the middle of the day after I had some raw chocolate cake. My body is so sensitive that I feel the smallest pain. I just never could tell what it was that was setting it off

For dinner we had a salad with sprouts, guacamole & beet chips.
Its was a little hard to get down because I haven’t had this before, but all in all it was ok. I have had some detox systems already how, exciting. When you eat cooked and processed foods that provide your body with little or no nutrients your body holds on to the toxins within fat cells. Holding on to the fat ( and making you fat in the process!) is the way the body protects itself. Instead of allowing the poison into the blood stream and through the organs. When you stop eating in such a way and start to eat more healthy food. (for me that is a 95% raw food diet) Your body will start to release the toxins and fat cell ( along with colonic debris is swept out and released. It can take many months or years for your body to release all the toxins it has stored up in your muscles, organs, bones, and fat. All the toxins are what cause disease and illnesses. With all the bad things I have put into and done to my body it is no wonder why I am so full of disease. You know you can have a very healthy diet and still have unhealthy cells and be sick. Cells are what we are made of. Going through the detox process is exciting for me, as I know in the end I will feel so much better. Eating the food I grew up on hurts my body. How hard is it to stop what I am so used to doing...and how difficult to do what I know will heal me!

Most all of my diseases are Autoimmune and it is said within the naturopathy realm that Autoimmune should be renamed nutrient deficiency disease. So it high time that I put nutrient filled food into my body to heal it. When I first go sick 12 years ago and diagnosed 8 years ago with my first known disease Diabetes. The Lord spoke to me and said that he was going to heal me of all my disease. Little did I know, that before the healing would begin, I would have to endure 8 years of pain, which would send me running to the Lord constantly for help and guidance! ( good traning! ) It has been a long road with many operations, hospital stays, times away from my family. In January 2007 God had me follow the raw food path...three years of obstinate refusal later...I finally folded! It is time to follow His leading. It comforting to know that the God who created my body is going to guide me through the process of healing it!

Until tomarrow
Amberlea