And so ... this is Mom's testimony .... super long years ago .. we moved into Tmn Muhibbah. Our right side neighbor are teachers and very nice people ... our main door and their main door are side by side .... so our neighbor knows our going in and out .... no problem .. cos they are very nice people. In fact when they bought a semi-D house, they even ask Mom to buy the other house so that we can still be neighbors.
Our left side neighbor where Mom's room is next to their room .... ooo ... that neighbor has been a headache since day one. The lady sells nice prawn noodles in the market and her late husband char keow teow (fried rice noodle) in market which is quite famous. But their relationship is never good .. they fight cats and dogs day and night .... u can always hear fighting ... plates .. pots .. pails flying around in the house. Since she sells noodles in the market ... she wakes up very early 4+ in the morning to prepare ... so from the back room ....we can hear tumbuk2 sound .... cooking sound (which is fine) but .... since is frustrated with her gambling drinking husband .... she will nag, yell and scream releasing her frustration as she prepares ... and you know .... wee hours in the morning .... your house is just not sound proof!!! Eventually, the husband passed away .... and we taught that it will bring peace .... yes ... to certain extend cos she stop running the noodle stall in the market.
But the greatest challenge for Mom is the smell of burning incense sticks ... the worst -- the ashes from the whatever whatever that they burn. The neighbor will purposely burn it at the back of our kitchen area instead of hers because she knows that the ashes will mess the house. Right in front of her house .... right at the side of ours ... facing our house there is a "house" for her god .. this is a challenge for Mom. Once Mom told her to move the house (off cos she cant -- its fong-shui) ....and do not burn at the back of our house ... her face turned black ... scolded us in her house for a week!! After that she stopped talking with Mom and us ....
So, what options Mom has? One - sell the house and move out (which she almost did) Two - pray for the neighbor's salvation!!! That was super many years ago .... imagine Mom has been living with SM and I for almost 10years ... that was how long u can imagine Mom prayed and prays every time she comes back to Sitiawan for this neighbor ...
And then ... SUDDENLY .... yesterday, I saw the the "house" and altar was missing outside her house was missing!!!
I asked Mom what happened ... Mom just said .... Oooo they are going to church now and all this has to go!!!
Wow!!! Praise the Lord!!! The power of Mom's prayers .... now ... we have a peaceful home and clean house in Sitiawan :0...
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God works in mysterious ways. PTL indeed
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