Nino’s Mission

Never Give Up Hope

March 12th, 2007

Hey my good friend it’s always a pleasure to see you again! I just have to tell you I can’t believe the number of positive comments…. that I have been receiving by people! I truly feel that God has been blessing my mission… in all sorts of ways that I never would have imagined! I definitely feel that God has given me hope… that my mission will continue to prosper! Usually your the one that gives me an idea…. for the topic of our next discussion! I think your slacking today…. because I think God has just beaten you to the punch! I believe God has just given me a message loud and clear….. for another goal he want’s me to accomplish in regards to my mission!                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

I definitely wouldn’t want you to feel left out! Would you like to take a wild guess…. on what that goal might be? No guesses ok…. you know I’m always here to help you out with the answer! Well here it is are you listening! In my next blog I’m going to teach you that you should never give up hope…. with your dreams or anything for that matter that you’ve been wanting in your life! I truly understand how difficult it could be at times to have hope in something…. that just seems impossible that it will ever happen!

I have news for you…. God has brought this mission to me in bring new hope to you in your life! I certainly don’t want you to continue… to go through life any longer feeling hopeless! Well are you ready for me to teach you how…. God is the only hope you need to help you through difficult times that just seem hopeless!

Are you ready to fill your glass with overflowing hope…. that only God can fill for you! 

Here we go again!

Well I should I go about teaching you this important lesson…. on to never give up hope in life reguardless of the situation your facing! I think this brings me back to an old saying that God has taught me…. throughout my challenging life! Would you like to hear it? Ok here it is! “When you think there is absolutely no hope left…. turn to God and he will give you more than you can ever imagine possible”! Let me go on the record and tell you…. that is so true!! This clearly reminds me of a time in my life when that saying…. was really put to the test! I’m going to share with you the time of my birth… when my family and doctors lost all hope that I would survive!

Well as you read in my bio…. I was born three months premature! Now that usually means one or two things…. either you will “live” or “die”! I feel in my case the odds that my doctors gave me to survive… were extremely low! So they told my family to basically hope and pray for a miracle…. because they did all they could do at that point! Gee I don’t know about you but they sure seemed pretty convinced…. of the fact that I wouldn’t pull through!

I guess what convinced them of that…. were three key factors! First I only weighed 2 1/2 pounds at birth… that’s sure pretty small for a new born! Second my lungs…. were severely damaged during labor! Those two factors right there were more than convincing for anyone to believe… that I wouldn’t survive! Oh I almost forgot the most important factor! I was given too much oxygen during labor…. which affected the muscles in my legs… and may have also caused damage to my brain!! So I guess that would be fair to conclude…. that my doctors were right about needing a “miracle” for me to survive!!

Well it all came down to now waiting to see…. if I would survive these incredible sets of circumstances! The doctors only gave me thirty-six hours to live! It came down to one person to decide my fate…. God! I was put in the I.C.U. so they could monitor those thirty-six hours closely…. for any chances of improvement I had to survive! So my family began to pray to God…. hoping that he wouldn’t take me just yet! The hours began to quickly tick away…. with absoulutley no signs of improvement! It all came down to twenty-four hours…. still no signs that I would pull through! My family began to lose all hope…. that God would answer their prayers for a miracle!!

My family then decided to have a priest…. give me my last rites before passing! So you can probably assume at this point….it seemed hopeless that I would survive! The time had come for the priest…. to send me to heaven in peace with a final prayer! Wait just a minute…. the priest was beginning to pray when something amazing was happening! Gee Nino what was happening?? I’ll definitely tell you what was happening…. a “miracle”!!

It was truly amazing as the priest began to pray….. the machines that were barely keeping me alive showed signs of life! The doctors and my family couldn’t believe their eyes…. I was very much still in the game! The doctors really had no explanation! Like I said to you they did everything in their power…. to keep me alive! Well now I’m going to give you a chance to tell me…. your thoughts on what was happening! Gee Nino…. I have no idea! Well let me try to help you out again…. God was keeping me alive!

 When everyone in that room thought I was about to checkout…. God decided to check in! I believe the message God was sending to everyone that day…. was simply “have you no hope in ME”!! Well as a result of what happen that day…. I was given another nickname by God! Would you like to know… the nickname?? Here it is…. “The Miracle Child”!

Listen this goal is extremely important for me personally to accomplish successfully! I sincerely hope that you were able to get one very important lesson… from all this! The lesson I’m trying to teach you here is very simple! No matter how hopeless a situation or circumstance that you are faced with might be…… never give hope on God!!

It’s like I’ve been telling you since the beginning of my mission…. anything is possible with God even bringing you back from near death! I definitely know all about that!! I wouldn’t be here telling you this story…. if it weren’t for my hope in God! I only have one question to ask you! How filled with God’s hope has your glass been lately in your life?? I definitely know for me…. my glass has been overflowing with God’s hope in my life!! 

 

 

 

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