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 Brother Bin-Lung Lam's Testimony
Sister Anne Cheng's Testimony
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1. Bro. Bin-Lung Lam
Hallelujah In the name of Lord Jesus I testify.
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Since 1975 to 1976, I followed my mother to believe in the Lord and have believed for nearly 30 years. I have received a
lot of grace in the Lord. I would like to testify here about the Lord's providential care during the last two years.
Early in 2004, I suffered a heavy bout of flu but I did not go to see the doctor straightaway and stayed at home for
three days and nights. Later on, I went to the doctor. I also had a fever and so, had drank too much cold water.
The doctor said that my heart had swollen and there were two tears about half a millimetre long on the right and
left atria. Since I was born with heart problems, my heart beats were irregular anyway,
and this made the situation quite dangerous. The doctor advised me to seek specialist treatment.
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However, my family's finances were bad and we could not afford such costly medical fees.
Furthermore, both my son and daughter were still studying; we could only rely on my wife's wages as our
only income. There was a period in 2004, when I did not want to cook for myself, and when my condition got
really severe, I would have blackouts three times a day. Thanks to the Lord's care, I was able to pass through
that time peacefully. Whenever I experienced a blackout, I lost all strength and could not even speak, I could
not even pray. During those long, torturous periods, the Lord watched over me and enabled me to see His love.
Even though I encountered many difficulties, He helped me to resolve them.
The Lord's grace is great. I also received the prayers and concern of the brothers and sisters. Thinking back
to 1992, a doctor at the Queen Mary Hospital had pronounced that my heart condition could not be cured and
my life was at risk at any moment. Yet, during those grave times, I could still go to work and earn some
money for my wife and children. For about three months, I could not sleep at night because the pain in my
heart made it hard for me to breathe. One night, as the dawn was breaking, I dreamt that I was at hospital
receiving treatment. A doctor was helping me unbutton my shirt, in his hand he was holding a stethoscope to
listen to my heartbeat. As he bent down, he was holding a scalpel in his hand. He made a cut from my chest
to my abdomen. I heard the sound of a knife cutting and I really felt something touching my chest and abdomen.
A few hours later, I went to work at the paper-cutting plant as I usually did. The work was heavy, and
later I realized that the part of my chest where I had been operated on in my dream,
was hurting. Why was that? That night, after I got home from work, I was taking a shower when I saw
that there was a long thin white scar on my chest. I immediately called my wife to come and take a look.
Later, I went to the hospital to have a check-up. The doctor arranged for me to have an electrocardiogram.
The results were normal and they said I had recovered. This was by the mighty power of God. For the next
12 years, I did not need to see a doctor.
May all glory be to the Lord, Amen!
Bro. Bin-Lung Lam
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2. Sis. Anne Cheng
Hallelujah in the name of the Lord I testify.
For the past few years, I used to have bad headaches on the left side of my head. I thought I had
migraines. Sometimes, the pain was so unbearable I felt like pulling out the left side of my head.
Sometimes, when I woke up in the morning, I felt dizzy and couldn't open my eyes and had to stay in
bed for at least half a day. These headaches occurred at least two or three times a week.
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Every year, I have a complete medical check-up in Singapore. The doctors did not find anything
wrong with me, saying I was healthy, especially my heart. I used to play tennis and squash but
always after a game, I would have terrible headaches on the left side of my head. I concluded that
since I am left-handed maybe I over-exerted the left side of my body. Eventually, I had to give up
all sports except for swimming.
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My company manufactures products in China, so one day I asked the plant manager to arrange for me
to see a Chinese massage doctor. I hoped that massaging part of my neck could help cure my headaches.
Instead of that, the Chinese massage doctor told my plant manager to take me to the hospital for a MRI scan.
During the scan, a tumour was found in the centre of my forehead, between my eyes.
I took the MRI scans to doctors in Hong Kong, to see what could be done and whether the tumour was
cancerous or not. At the same time, there was another sister who had been diagnosed with two brain tumours.
We would comfort each other and pray together. She said that if the doctors advised an operation, she
would have it. However, I prayed that I would not need an operation but only special treatment. That church
sister did have an operation. She suffered a lot of pain because the doctors had to cut from one ear to the other
to remove the tumour. Despite this, thank God, her operation was successful.
In October 1998, a friend from the Philippines who is a medical doctor came to visit me. I told him about my
situation. He advised me about a new treatment called “Gamma Knife”. It is a non-invasive treatment for brain
tumours using radio-surgery. I checked with doctors in Hong Kong and only one hospital performed that technique.
However, the doctors there said I still needed an operation because my tumour was too big for using the “Gamma Knife”
procedure. Even with an ordinary operation, there was an 80% success rate. Since the tumour was near a nerve centre,
I could have loss of speech; loss of memory, be paralysed down one side and be in a wheelchair for at least six months
during recovery. When I heard this, I was too afraid to undergo the operation. What if I never recovered?
My Filipino doctor friend said that if I was still interested in the “Gamma Knife” procedure, he would arrange for
me to see his friend in Manila. This friend was considered to be the best brain surgeon in the Philippines. On the
6th October 1998, I flew to Manila for the treatment. The night before, I asked church members to pray for me during
the evening service.
The next morning, I had a MRI to check the exact size of my tumour. When I had the first MRI in China, my tumour
measured 3.5cm. Tumours measuring 3.5cm and over are considered too big for the “Gamma Knife” procedure. Praise the
Lord, this time, my tumour was measured to be 3.4cm-just within the margin. Praise the Lord for answering my prayers.
The whole procedure lasted for half an hour. After resting for four hours, I was discharged. Immediately the next day,
I could feel the difference. I have had no headaches from that day until now.
In October 2005, I had my annual check-up. The tumour has shrunk to less than 3cm. The three doctors and one
professor who saw me were all surprised that so far, I have experienced no side effects (e.g. colour blindness;
blindness, speech problems or memory loss). They even said I had not aged and was looking well. They concluded
that the good Lord must be looking after me! That is certainly true in my case. There are others with the same
condition as me. All of them have suffered and needed invasive operations to remove their tumours.
May all thanks and glory be to our True Lord!
Sis. Anne Cheng
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