Eyes shut, few seconds, and I passed out
Before November ends, I had the privilege of serving the people of the design team of a nationwide gathering, Jesus Reigns that was held on the 30th of November. I was altogether driver, assistant, runner, and basically anything that I can do to help.
Not being able to sleep well for the whole week, I am still grateful that I was all-hyped and lucid. Thank God for His strength, for blessing me with so much joy and love to serve Him and His people.
Saturday came and it was the most challenging part of it all. I drove from 10 in the evening til the afternoon the next day. Did I say I lacked sleep the whole week? Yes, and it was a crazy feeling. It seemed like some organs in my body were shut or dysfunctional but I still feel ecstatic.
It was my first time to drive an L300 van (mini truck), which is a M/T type, for the longest time. I don’t know but with some stroke of a miracle, I got the hang of driving it smoothly. Wow! 🙂
With all the energy I had, I drove from one place to another, away and back to the event venue (Quirino Grandstand, Luneta, Manila). Everything happened in a bliss. Bananas and water helped me through the day, and of course a great company of Hannah (my super close friend) and Jenny (who now calls me her mama. hahaha). Afternoon came and the event took place. Though a little dizzy and a little under the weather, I thought of giving all my strength to pray and praise Jesus. And so I did. I sang and danced, and even jumped, like it was the only thing I could ever do in this lifetime. Yes, amidst all the tiredness, I can’t help but give it all up to Jesus
The event ended at 10:00 in the evening. 24 hours passed and I was up the whole night. My bed and how I will crash to a sweet and sound sleep were my thoughts. But no. There was no available driver to drive my little ones (church members) back to our church in Bulacan (some up north of Luzon). To keep this short, I started driving again at 10:30 p.m. I preferred not to eat dinner. I lost appetite due to tiredness and my sleepy head. Before I hit half way, I had to park for a while and nap. Good thing I was accompanied by Janel (my little me, I can say) and Jong. Janel was up the whole time I was driving, trying to keep me awake while I fight against my low energy. She was giving me a lot of chocolates, hot drink, and food that I can take whenever I ask for one. We arrived at Bulacan (San Jose del Monte) at 12:00 mn. It was the 1st December already and we were still on the road. OMG!
On our way back home to Manila, the challenge begun. I cannot fight it off anymore. I took a stop twice to sleep it off. I thought everything was back to normal when I woke up from that nap but worse thing happened. I experienced sleeping while driving. There were couple of times I had my eyes shut for 3 to 5 seconds. To think that I was on a dimmed and winding road, I really can’t imagine how someone can just sleep through it but I did. Oh oh!
Eyes shut, few seconds, and I passed out.
I parked again but before I successfully parked the van, I almost hit the cable cord. I was once again asleep in that few seconds. With all that stops (and well starts), we reached home at 3:00 in the morning. Yes, it took me 3 hours to drive back home. Oh good Lord!
I slept at once and woke up that same day with so much gratitude in my heart. I still can’t believe that we pulled it through. I thank God for keeping us safe. With all my senses functioning right at this moment, I still believe it’s a miracle I did not get us into an accident. I may have sung the famous song “Jesus Take the Wheel” in my head.
With all what had happened, I could only promise one thing to myself and to God, I will never ever take that risk again. Never again.
When you serve and love Jesus, He protects. Thank You my Jesus.
To God be the glory!
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