Bethany's Miracle Against Lyme Disease

17/11/2024

Well it has been a long time since I have posted here. I have been busy with my family and all the things. My Lyme had improved to manageable. Unfortunately, over the last several months I have progressively felt worse and seeing old symptoms resurface. This past week I saw my doctor and heard what I knew deep down but didn’t want to believe. It has all come back. Back to the beginning. I start all antibiotics this week orally with the hopes that is a high enough dose. I was told in 4-6 weeks if there was not enough progress I will get my port placed back in. This is heartbreaking to say the least. Help me pray this Lyme away! Love ya’ll

03/08/2024

My son, Nolan Walker, has a calling on his life to missions. He is already getting ready for the next trip to Ecuador. Please consider helping him with the finances.

He is a hard worker. Works at an ice cream shop, cuts grass, and will do anything you ask of him for your donation. But if you feel called to donate please use this link,

https://gofund.me/99987fba

Hey, what's up! Nolan is heading to Ecuador for a mission trip, and even the smallest donation can make a huge difference in his journey. Could you check out the link below and either donate or share it around? Thanks a ton!

Hello everyone, my name is Nolan Walker I am 16 years old and MY DREAM is to be a missionary. When … Nolan Walker needs your support for Ecuador Mission trip!

26/02/2024

We have had a great response and support for Nolan and I going to Guatemala. I spoke to our Missions Pastor yesterday, and even if you have Cash App'd or Venmo'd me money, I am putting that money in envelopes with your names. This is so you get credit for donating to a non-profit.

With that said, we still need your help. If you have venmo, you can send to -Walker-2 or if you have Cashapp you can send to $BertWalker75.

Every single donation will go towards our mission trip. The trip costs us $1,800 each, so $3,600 is our goal. With what we have raised so far, we only need a little over $2,600.

Trust me...I will do everything I can to pay for the full trip. In fact, Nolan is working at an ice cream store in Angier, NC and he is tithing and then giving a percentage of his income towards his own trip!! So proud of my son!!

Let me know by commenting or messaging me if you can help!

22/02/2024

Nolan Walker and I are going on a mission trip! Nolan is so excited about this, and he even feels a "call" to missions in one capacity or another. We will be going to Guatemala this summer, and I cannot wait to make memories with him as we share the LOVE of Jesus Christ with others.

With that said, we need your help. After speaking to our Missions Pastor, the best thing is if you want to help us get to Guatemala, send me a message. I will share our address and then if you send a check we will make sure it applies to our mission trip.

You can also donate other ways. If you have venmo, you can send to -Walker-2 or if you have Cashapp you can send to $BertWalker75.

Every single donation will go towards our mission trip. The trip costs us $1,800 each, so $3,600 is our goal. I have already paid the deposit, so, we are around $3,200 needed.

Trust me...I will do everything I can to pay for the full trip....but, with our challenges with Bethany's Lyme Treatment not being covered by health insurance, this is going to be a higher hill to climb.

But, we are very optimistic that this is the mission trip that Nolan needs to go on, and I need to go on.

Let me know by commenting or messaging me if you can help!

14/10/2023

This was in my memories from four years ago. So FIVE combined years.

Oct 13, 2019 • ,
It was one year yesterday I was diagnosed with chronic lyme disease. After months of odd symptoms including blisters and joint pain. I went to the ER around 1 in the morning. I got iv antibiotics and a prescription for additional antibiotics for 30 days.
Then I went home and slept until 4am. We got up and drove to Wilmington for Brasens first ever swim meet.
I remember the pain and the blisters during the meet.
I had no idea what was going to happen over the next year. This journey has been tough and full of twists and turns. I will say one thing, my God has been so faithful. When I have been on my knees both in pain and in prayer He has been there. When we didn't know how we were going to pay the thousands of dollars needed for my treatment, He has been there.
Today in church Pastor Scooter Glenn said something that is so very true. He said, " When you want to give up, that is when you have to get up." Powerful words.
I have had many days I wanted to give up. The days that chose to get up I saw God working. The disease may still be in my body, but I see God working. I see him using this for a testimony if His grace and power.
He is using this mess for a message. I pray that my choice to get up radiates Jesus. I pray that my journey shows that even in the midst of pain you can worship and you can praise God. I hope people see that God stays by your side even if healing doesn't come. Healing doesn't have to happen to to walk and trust God and have life run through your bones.

30/03/2023

Just got back from my doctor appointment with Dr. JEMSEK in Washington D.C.
I got news that I had not improved much since the last visit. The visit was about 10 months ago I think. So he did not get to see that I truly had improved tremendously and felt the best I had since being diagnosed. I was able to travel to California and Mexico, then all of the college visits and swim meets in between. I got to a healthy weight and truly thought I was in remission and was going to ring that bell. However, due to immense stress over the last 6-7 months my health slid backwards. While I have not gone into full relapse, it was in the beginning stages. I have to go back on my protocol with the goal to catch it early and prevent full relapse.
This is not fantastic news. I did get clearance for my travel to Rome, Greece, Turkey and a other places.
Maybe the next visit will be THE visit where I ring that bell. So we will keep praying, keep pressing, and keep trusting God.
(I did get to enjoy the cherry blossoms despite the 50 degree temps and rain)

06/03/2023

The greatest fight I will ever have is the fight against the real me.
It is time for me to protect my atmosphere, to give God my undivided attention. I have to set boundaries and shut doors.
There are miracles I need and in order for me to receive those miracles I have to turn off the noise and listen solely to His voice.

I have lived through many seasons in my life. Every single one of them I have seen God do marvelous and miraculous things.

For the first time I have found myself in a season that I was spiraling faster than I could catch my footing. I found myself numb. Something infidelity or disease never caused. I would look in the mirror and slowly see the woman I knew God called to be more become less by the hours of the day. I never felt hopeless, praise the Lord, but I certainly felt helpless.

I felt broken and as a result I felt my brokenness was breaking those who are so extremely precious to me.

As the weight of it all increased the numbness did as well. It scared me. How did I get here? How did I cling so tightly to God when my marriage got hard? How did I cry out and without doubt press on through a disease that literally invaded every inner part of my body? How did I cling with endless tears when I had to pull away from the “GOD DREAM” and stop speaking, blogging, and being an active part of two ministries?

How did I manage to somehow keep my grip in His and my eyes on Him, Jesus Christ, but in this season everything went numb?

I will tell you why. Because the enemy comes to steal,kill and destroy! The devil tried to destroy my marriage and he lost! The devil came at me and tried to steal my quality of life and fight for it and he lost! This just made the enemy even more fired up…..

The enemy came for my family not only as a unit of 6 but he also came after each one of my four babies. Momma bear was in fight or flight mode. But I ended up in “flat mode” meaning exhausted, broken, self blame, flat out on my face numb from the blow Satan just hit me with.

Ya’ll full transparency I have had to seek help to stand up. Then this weekend at the women’s conference the scales were pulled back. The scars were revealed and I left yesterday with my boots firmly planted because I was reminded who the problem was. It wasn’t me. my brokenness didn’t break my kids. That is a lie from the pit of hell!

So I am here to say:
Satan, you can not cancel my calling.
Satan, you can’t have my body.
Satan, you can’t have my marriage.
AND
Satan you can’t have my kids!

This means war! And P.S. this momma fights in boots!

21/01/2023

It’s been a hard season.
When I read this it was like permission to exhale, to look in the mirror and see the woman looking at me doesn’t have it easy and God is (ACTION VERB) using me in the not easy. Praise God for that or I would never be fit for using.

04/01/2023

I am a proud momma! Read the article, it already is talking about where he is now and where they think he will be when he arrives!

Phillips 66 Nationals-qualifying breaststroker Brasen Walker has announced his intention to remain in Raleigh to swim at NC State.

31/12/2022

There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH.

Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because we have a preference for vowels.

But scholars and Rabi’s have noted that the letters YHWH represent breathing sounds, or aspirated consonants. When pronounced without intervening vowels, it actually sounds like breathing.

YH (inhale): WH (exhale).

So a baby’s first cry, his first breath, speaks the name of God.

A deep sigh calls His name – or a groan or gasp that is too heavy for mere words.

Even an atheist would speak His name, unaware that their very breathe is giving constant acknowledgment to God.

Likewise, a person leaves this earth with their last breath, when God’s name is no longer filing their lungs.

So when I can’t utter anything else, is my cry calling out His name?

Being alive means I speak His name constantly.

So, is it heard the loudest when I’m the quietest?

In sadness, we breathe heavy sighs.

In joy, our lungs feel almost like they will burst.

In fear we hold our breath and have to be told to breathe slowly to help us calm down.

When we’re about to do something hard, we take a deep breath to find our courage.

When I think about it, breathing is giving him praise. Even in the hardest moments!

This is so beautiful and fills me with emotion every time I grasp the thought. God chose to give himself a name that we can’t help but speak every moment we’re alive.

All of us, always, everywhere.
Waking, sleeping, breathing, with the name of God on our lips.

❤️

written by - Sandra Thurman Caporale from the Memorial Church of Christ in Houston.

31/12/2022

Another year celebrated and another to look forward to. Thankful that I have been the healthiest I have been in four years (that alone deserves a party)!
In my 34 years , ok so I switched the numbers backwards, I have lived, loved, hurt, healed, learned and matured. I also have realized I don’t have control over everything despite my type A personality. I can’t fix nor prevent the hard stuff. I can’t control others and how they feel about me when I have messed up big or little. The one thing I can do is stand firm on the one thing that never wobbles, waivers, withholds but always promises to be by my side and withstand all life’s storms and successes. Christ my solid Rock. So today has been a happy birthday with sparkles head to toe! Fitting for a girl who tries to SHINE for Jesus the best she can every day.

17/10/2022

Another brag moment… just shows how resilient my kids are. Trust me we have cried A LOT together especially over the last year as well as the last four. But look how God is using them!