Yesterday was a beautiful Saturday at Santo Amaro
Cemetery. A''H
At 2:45am, mom’s heart stopped after battling an
infection due to a pulmonary embolism after her fall. She was 83 years old but
her spirit was alive as ever.
Last time I visited her at ICU, I could clearly
see she was so unhappy being bedridden at that gloomy room. The Lord is good always.
Dennis’ eulogy at the funeral was very uplifting. My
brother Alberes led songs with power. Brother Mozart closed with a beautiful
prayer. And, I could visit relatives I hadn’t seen in many years. Nevertheless,
how could I not notice the providence in the details as of when and where that
ceremony was being held. The cemetery was close to the place where every
Saturday afternoon, approximately at same time, mom would take me to a Boy
Scout’s group. We used to walk through those same streets religiously. She took
me there in hopes that I would be a better man. The same she did taking me to
school and to church. She accomplished her mission trying to educate me—a woman
who never even learned to sign up her own name—a woman of vision.
I praise God for the mom he gave me.
I praise God for the family he gave me.
I praise God for the church he gave me.
Thank you so much for your prayers.
Thanks a lot to my spiritual family at Oak Hills
Church.
In Crist,
Bio and Dayse Nascimento