Laurie Ishii and Daryl Bargy

Last night Daryl and I were laying in bed, listening to ‚ÄòDominic‚Äô on tape (bible study tape) when all of a sudden, out of nowhere - I felt something ‚Äôstrike‚Äô my left temple, and then everything started to SPIN! It was so unexpected and happened so suddenly that I screamed out loud as soon as ‚Äòit‚Äô (?) struck my temple. Daryl didn‚Äôt know what was going on, poor thing. Me neither, and it was scary to me. I thought for sure I was going to throw up, but fought it. I couldn‚Äôt lay down, or stand up - just sat there - staring at the ceiling. It seemed as long as I stared at the light on the ceiling, I was okay.… Read More

I woke up with a fever, chills and sweats in the middle of the night. I didn‚Äôt make it to church this morning. It was REALLY cold and windy when we were out for the prostitution outreach. Maybe that‚Äôs what did it. I‚Äôm not sure. I‚Äôm just praying that I will be well before Pastor School. I believe I will. Thank You Lord. Read More

Well, I‚Äôm up - it‚Äôs 9am and I seemed to wake up every hour, on the hour, since I got home after 5:30am. I decided just to stay up. The outreach went pretty well last night. We had a guy from England, a woman from Orgeon, and‚Ķ I forgot where the other woman was from. And of course, Tony and Kristi. The guy from England was great, but his accent was so strong that it was hard to understand what he was saying at times. There weren‚Äôt too many people out, and only a few pimps at the donut shop where they all hang out. I did get to pray for a couple of girls - one called herself ‚ÄòTemptation‚Äô and the other called herself… Read More

Well, I‚Äôm planning on going out tonight. I don‚Äôt think that it‚Äôs going to be raining at 3am. Why, I‚Äôm not sure, but Daryl said that he didn‚Äôt think it was going to rain either. (Not like he‚Äôs the weather man or anything, but‚Ķ) Anyways, Daryl and I were talking before going to bed, (I should be asleep right now, but I started writing this) and he mentioned that he should come out with us once in a while, so that people won‚Äôt think that he doesn‚Äôt care about Kristi and I going out every Saturday at 3am. I told him that it isn‚Äôt about that. I asked him what his motive would be for coming out with… Read More

Well, I‚Äôve been in bed most of the morning (now afternoon) - my body does NOT do well with this weather at all! My throat still hurts, too. I called Kristi and told her that I would be staying in all day today, until 2am, when I will call to wake her up. We were wondering if we should go out if it is still raining tonight. I was thinking, that maybe God would have it rain so that I‚Äôll keep my butt at home. We‚Äôve decided that if it‚Äôs pouring, we‚Äôll cancel. Otherwise, we at least need to show up, in case Short Term Missions people show up at 3am for the outreach. I‚Äôd be curious to at least drive out there and see if… Read More

I saw, on the news yesterday - the train wreck in Glendale. How horrible. It was caused by a 25 year old man, Juan (I think that‚Äôs his name) who wanted to commit suicide. He parked his vehicle on the train tracks and when the train started to come, he chickened out and got out of his car. He watched the train come off of the tracks, as another train came from the opposite direction and collided into the first one. Ten people died, and over 100 people were injured. The newscaster said that Juan came over after the wreck, saying, ‚ÄúI‚Äôm sorry, I‚Äôm sorry‚Ķ‚Äù The whole situation was quite disturbing to me. I found myself… Read More

I‚Äôm in sort of a strange mood today. It feels as if it‚Äôs going to rain - my body is hurting really bad. I already told Kristi that I‚Äôm not going anywhere today - I‚Äôm saving myself for the Prostitution Outreach Friday. Last night, I was thinking about things - like about writing my testimony for the essay contest‚Ķ see, the church that‚Äôs having the contest is in Korea town. I lived in Korea town, after I had been ‚Äòcouch hopping‚Äô from Hollywood, the Valley, Culver City, Century City, to LA (to name a few)- and finally ‚Äôsettled down‚Äô with Johnny when he got an apartment there. I used to ‚Äòpanhandle‚Äô… Read More

I feel a little better than yesterday, but I‚Äôve still been in bed most of the day. I received a phone call from a woman from a Korean church in LA. She told me that her church is having an essay contest, with the first prize being $500.00. She thought that I might be interested in entering the contest. Whoever enters the contest is to write about their testimony. A friend I met at Coffee House at the Dream Center told me about this over the weekend, and he gave my phone number to the woman who called me. It sounds like a good opportunity. I have to send in my essay by February 28th. Anyway, the weekend was nice, but like I mentioned before,… Read More

Well, I‚Äôve been in bed all day, and now I am feeling well enough to write. After I‚Äôm done, I‚Äôll climb back into bed. Staying in bed, drinking lots of water and taking vitamins is about all I can do when I‚Äôm like this. I usually sleep, sleep, wake up and go to the bathroom, sleep, get up and eat, sleep, check e-mails, sleep, write a little, sleep, sleep, read a bit, sleep, write a bit, sleep‚Ķ Having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is pretty frustrating. I remember about 15 years ago - I had a friend who had CFS (before I had ever even heard of it) and I thought, ‚ÄúWhat a lame excuse for being lazy?! They even gave it a name!‚Äù… Read More

The weekend was great, but I did too much and I am now suffering the consequences. I‚Äôm assuming that it‚Äôs a CFS flare up - I have a sore throat, aches, pains and can barely keep my eyes open. Hopefully if I stay in bed all day today - I may feel better. Hopefully this won‚Äôt last more than a day or two. Help me, Lord Jesus! Read More