Testimonial
My name is Jamie Navarre and I am 34
years old. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon
cancer in November 2010. On my last visit
with Sister Dulce, we talked about being a
witness and how I needed to approach my
generation a little differently. I thought long
and hard about how the Lord might be working
with me instead of asking, “Why me?” I asked
myself, “What is he using me for?” I knew that
there had to be a reason why He chose me at
this point in my life to be put in this situation.
After speaking to two friends, without telling
them of my thoughts about the Lord using me
in a positive way, they both spoke my exact
thoughts.
A benefit was held for me at the end of
January. After the benefit, I gave thanks and explained my
spiritual experience as a post on Facebook. I received over 100
replies to my post, and at least that many more had read it.
This all comes back to finding new ways to reach the younger
generation. The younger generation is easily overwhelmed, so
a subtle approach, in my opinion, would be more effective.
Because the event was promoted on Facebook, I knew people
who attended the event would check my Facebook page. With
1500
people in attendance, I figured the day after would be my
chance to express how I feel, and have everyone’s attention.
This was my post on Facebook:
“
I look at my situation as a blessing. God
has given me a chance to appreciate life to the
fullest, I wake up every morning and thank
Him for one more day and do the same at
night. None of us are promised tomorrow! I
hated going to work for 15 years, and now I
smile all day because I sit next to people in the
chemo room who can’t go to work, so I feel
blessed. God has given me a chance to make
our relationship stronger. And He has chosen to
use me as a tool to help spread His love. People
I know that didn’t pray, now pray. People that
didn’t go to church, now go. Even if it is only
a few, it doesn’t matter. Fifteen hundred people
came together in an act of charity and hopefully
came away with a good feeling. Some people had never even
laid eyes on me before. Hopefully, they know now what that
feeling was about. It is about God putting love in their hearts.
I will never, ever be able to repay their kindness, so I will fight
every day to try to show that they make a difference. I will
fight to show that God can work miracles, and, if He doesn’t
choose to cure me, that you will look back at my journey and
you will see that He was with me the whole time, carrying me.
No matter what His choice, He has made me a better man and
you can’t ask for more than that!
Jamie
The day my husband, Oliver, and I found out that I had
ovarian cancer was the day I met Sr. Dulce. We remembered a
friend talking about her but never thought that I would ever
actually meet her. We went to her ministry that very afternoon
without an appointment and sat and waited until she had time
to see us because I knew she would help us. One of the ladies
that volunteers there was so kind and tried to help us while we
waited. She talked about Sister with such a love in her voice.
I knew this was the place I needed to be. That terrible day
turned into a day that we were both comforted by Sr. Dulce
who talked about Papa and asked Papa to take whatever cancer
I had. She showed us what power our Lord has through her
touch and love.
My operation was in August 2009 and I have been in
treatment ever since. I received IV and IP chemotherapy twice
a month for nine months and then IV chemo once a week for
24
months. I am now on daily oral chemo drugs. My last body
scan was good and every time I see Sister, she lays her hands
on me and asks Papa to take any cancer left in my body and
tells me to follow my doctor’s orders. I do have one of the best
doctors. God has truly blessed him with knowledge and skill
plus a caring “bedside manner”. We have seen Sr. Dulce once
a month, sometimes more, since August 2009. Each time I see
her, she has been so positive about my outcome.
God gave Sister the “dancing dolphin” as a sign of his
healing through her. On the day I had finished the last round
of IV and IP chemo, my husband and I were walking to the car.
As he opened the door for me, we both looked down and saw a
small little dolphin lying on the ground. We both felt like Papa
was filling us with his grace and mercy. A few days later we were
with Sister and she told us that we had found “our miracle”.
With Sister’s help, we have realized that we can have miracles
happen. She has made our faith so much stronger.
“
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot
be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under
a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to
everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine
before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your
Father in heaven.” (Mathew 5:14-16) This passage is so fitting
for everything that Sister is to us. We all have that light to shine
but Sister Dulce’s light shines so brightly because she gives all
the praise to Papa.
Linda Thomas
In the same way, let your light shine………”
“
The luckiest man on earth”
