{"id":440,"date":"2015-05-21T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/?p=440"},"modified":"2015-05-21T12:08:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T16:08:16","slug":"one-step-back-and-six-steps-forward-from-cora-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/2015\/05\/21\/one-step-back-and-six-steps-forward-from-cora-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"“One Step Back and Six Steps Forward…” from Cora Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0 few days after returning from Brazil, we received \u00a0word that mom had an infection and wasn\u2019t able to get around as she did for the birthday. Imagine 40 relatives and not being able to talk and enjoy being with her kids, grandkids and great grandkids; and 300 and some visitors and colleagues. Let\u2019s see what happens\u2026<\/p>\n

Calvin and Gwen Taylor<\/p>\n

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One Step Back and 6 Steps Forward…<\/strong><\/p>\n

12th May, 2015
\n(Beth & Carleen made us a very nice meal on Mother\u2019s Day)
\nHello from Cora Taylor\u2019s house in Brazil,<\/strong>\"MommaCoraAndDaughters\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now that we have climbed to 100 years of age\u2026 well, we take the days as they come and learn to \u201cRejoice in the Lord always, and again, I say REJOICE.\u201d I am told that I have a UTI so, whatever that is, I must pray about it. \u201cPray without ceasing.\u201d My kids got the information from the lab and then a doctor\u2019s order for antibiotics. I have never done well with these: I lose my appetite, my balance, my sense of direction, my legs sort of give out and down I go to the carpet in my bedroom. Some say it\u2019s my age.<\/p>\n

After a week or more, the lab gave us the report that we had been praying for\u2026 \u201cthe infection is all cleared up!\u201d How special is that! In a few days I should be clear of the medication and should be feeling better too. I told my daughter Carleen that most folks don\u2019t go to Glory with symptoms like I have but I have been wanting to go there, especially these days. When we found out that my friend, Marginell Bulla went to Heaven yesterday, we were suddenly minus a devoted prayer intercessor for our family\u2026 and it made Heaven seem sweeter, too. Most of my friends are going on to Glory ahead of me.<\/p>\n

It takes 3 people<\/span> to help me move from the bed to a chair and back again. It is so nice to be loved\u2026 so nice! Some of the faces of the helpers are new to me. I hear they are students from Peniel and when I find out they are going on to be missionaries I just break out in a big smile ^-^.<\/p>\n

Dona D\u00e9 has helped<\/span> with my care just lately and she is not saved. She remembers her children swimming in my pool when I lived in the East Brazil area and that I taught the Bible to them. She even remembers me wearing some of these dresses still hanging in my closet. A number of people had problems with drunkenness and they would come to my house to plead for prayer\u2026 she was fully aware that God was saving the drunks (she knew them well) and transforming their lives way back then. You know, the Lord is not finished working on her yet \u2013 He brought her to my bedside and I can still pray for her salvation many years later!!! That is God\u2019s Grace.<\/p>\n

My daughter was so sad today<\/span> as every time I was moved I had lots of pain\"MommaCoraAndAssistant\"<\/a>. It was either a pulled muscle or a cracked rib. She remembers people picking me up and squeezing me tightly so that I wouldn\u2019t crumble to the floor. They did it with much love, but it sure hurt. She prayed with me for much wisdom and had the physical therapist come and use his machine on me. It took away the inflammation! There was no crack at all! He also taught my kids to help me to my feet in a more comfortable way, encouraging me to take steps and then sit comfortably in my wheel chair. Did you hear me say \u201ctake steps\u201d? I took at least 6 good steps today!!!<\/strong> Oh, it feels so good to be getting better.<\/p>\n

I had a nice supper and am now tucked into a warm bed on this cold night\u2026 sound asleep\u2026 while my daughter writes up the events of the last few weeks. Thank you for remembering me in prayer. I have a lot of phlegm which causes problems every time I am in bed. All of my financial needs are being met, I thank you for helping to support me on this our 66th year in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Finding God FAITHFUL,<\/p>\n

Carleen Newton for Grandma Cora Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0 few days after returning from Brazil, we received \u00a0word that mom had an infection and wasn\u2019t able to get around as she did for the birthday. Imagine 40 relatives and not being able to talk and enjoy being with her kids, grandkids and great grandkids; and 300 and some visitors and colleagues. Let\u2019s see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/calvin-taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}