He went on a diet not to lose weight but to live

My friend Aquilino, who I mentioned in the previous post, who has a severe case of leukemia, mentioned to me the other day about a diet that would really help him get his blood levels back up. It is super strict and filled with all kinds of herbs and vegetables. He has to eat every two hours. He cannot cook for himself because the smell of cooking these foods that are super healthy and don’t taste good give him nausea. Also, he does not have the money to buy the food that he needs because with having to buy so many fresh vegetables every week and having to buy so many herbs it was just not possible for him to continue the diet. He did this diet for 7 months when his sister was cooking for him in another city, but when he moved back to Lima because he needed to be with his family he had to quit. During those 7 months his blood count greatly increased and he was only 1 point away from having enough of the good blood cells to start treatment. His wife works in a city 2 hours away and comes home every 10 days for 2 days of rest. He has 4 kids: a 17 year old son, a 15 year old son, a 12 year old son, and a 5 year old daughter. Aquilino cannot work because of his health. After he told me about this diet, I wanted to find some way to do it for him, but I thought to myself this is impossible to do with my schedule.

Then I was reading my favorite blog: www.kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com and she was talking about for half of a year she cleaned a man’s wound on his leg. Everyone thought he was going to lose his leg, but because of God’s healing power and her faithful obedience, not only did he not lose his leg, he came to know Christ, and has given up being an alcoholic. While I was reading this blog, God was telling me this was something I need to do. I have made it a week and a half of cooking for Aquilino every 3 days. Each time, Nicchola, other Peruvians, and I cook 3 days’ worth of meals for him. We bought him a microwave so that he can just pull out the Tupperware and heat it up. Next week a Peruvian woman is going to take this job over so that I can have more time for other things in ministry. She will come here twice a week and cook for him.  

The vegetables for the week

What he eats every night at 6:30 pm (a mixture of powders that make a sugar free dessert)

Every morning at 7:30 am/ and 12:30 pm he eats corn on the cob

Every day at 12:30 he eats a salad full of different kinds of vegetables

Everyday at 6:30 am/ 10:30 am/ and 3:30 pm he makes an extract of vegetables using these vegetables
Every morning at 4:00 am he makes 2 liters of herb infused water which is not pictured here

This is Aquilino excited about his food! He says these vegetables are going to give him life.  We are praying that God does use these vegetables to give him life and heal him completely!

His refrigerator each shelf representing one day of his food!

Aquilino is so grateful for this. He feels this will help save his life. We are praying that God will heal him through this diet. Would you pray that with us too? Would you pray that God will financially provide the resources needed to buy vegetables and herbs for him every week? Would you pray that Aquilino would come to know Christ in a personal way through this act of service? We serve a God that heals and that saves.