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Michael....I hadn't planned on writting...because my heart was drawn to shae this. My wife Joan died when she was only 44, two of our kids were still at home, so that helped some. Two years later I married Frances...after 16 years we found she had cancer and died 6 weeks later...all the kids were on their own. After six weeks everyone seemed to be going about things as if nothing happened...but I was still hurting sooo very much. I missed the just reaching over in bed and touching her...I longed to get hugs...I even hugged guys. After 9 months I decided to have cataract surgery. The doc required me to have a physical...part of it was a special eye exam (previous detached retina) the treatment was a freezing of weak spots on the retina (my world renowned doc..personal friend...forgot to annestisize me.) on the way home it hit me...I pulled off the road and really cried...not just for the hurt but....I missed her so much. As I was recovering, God spoke to me (more real than this email) He said, "Get over your petty party I have things planned for you". A week late I went for the physical and the nurse as she was taking my blook asked if I wanted and aids test. I told here I had only been with two women in the past 35 years...and I was married to them. She knew about Frances and asked how I was doing. I said, I liked to cook and go out to dinner, but it ws no fun alone. The nurse (Brenda) said you should have a problem getting someon to go with you...so I said would you. We've now been married 22 years. I tell you this because I know after the first few months...you will be the only one still hurting, but our God knows everytihing about you and will bless you with His peace. Just want to tell you from someone that's been where your are...I'll continue to pray for you.

Micheal thank you so much for sharing true love with us. Father God Bless Micheal and his loved ones always and may the continued work of his heart and hands bring a sweet smile to Your face. Please give Brenda a BIG HUG from all of us ! I n Jesus' name, Amen and Amen!

Michael, I am saddened by your loss, yet comforted that she is with the Lord and that she will be cheering you across the finish line when your day comes. This video is a powerful testimony of a truth that is all but lost in our society today: love can be pure and it can last a lifetime. You and Brenda were faithful to that testimony to the end. Requiescat in pacem.

Michael,after viewing the video abt u and Brenda i'm moved to tears knowing she has lefther legacy to fight the good fight of faith.God has placed in her to serve Jesus to His Utmost.Come what may,we all serve HIM for the rest of our days michael..may the peace of the Lordcome upon your family and you.Take heart the Lord has greater things in store for you and your ministry.Praise The Lord!

Dear Michael and Family;My prayers are with you, I know your heart is sorrowing now, but I am sure you are comforted that Brenda is no longer in pain and she is in your future now with our Lord. I was very blessed to meet you and your family in Ft. Lauderdale a few years ago and was blessed to be in a day seminar. At the end of the day you prayed with me and my soul was very blessed. Know that my prayer is with you as you transition into whatever God has for your life. Just remember that Brenda is in your future and you are in the prayers of God’s people. I will be looking forward to your returning to south Florida, for it is great to be in your presence.

Heartfelt prayers to you... as we feel your pain I can picture Brenda dancing with her Father God in fields of grace... may He poor comfort, strength and peace to you and family and friends...

I have read and reviewed you postings then I saw the U tube message. What a display of God's character.Mario

My prayers are with you and your family. May God's love and peace bless you and keep you!

I pray that you will be given the peace of God during this time of transition in your life. I pray that your strength will be renewed each day to continue to be a blessing to everyone you touch.

Michael,Words can not express, a wonderfull video.GOD bless you

Michael, thank you soooooo much for sharing. She is simply beautiful and your jewel forever. Words can not express the love many have for you. God remains forever on the throne.

Michael, your courage and faith through this challenge has been an inspiration to me. I don't understand why everything happens the way it does, but in watching your example I can have faith that God is always good. May the Lord bless and keep you, may He shine His mercy upon you, and give you peace.

Michael; Very nice video of the memories you all built together. Thank you for sharing it with us. I hope to meet you face to face someday soon. I am reading/studying your book on the RainForest and am gleaning many lessons from it. She must have enjoyed your excursions into the forest and the many wonderful sights/sounds and lessons found there. She is now learning lessons that we can only hope for someday. She will help to prepare your room in the great mansion. ONward, Bob

Thanks for sharing the video. Reading all your email and seeing the video has blessed me tremendously.

It is time like these that words not spoken become more powerful than words spoken. I am, for some reason, reminded of the words of the song "Still". Hide me now under your wings. (He is your refuge)Cover me within your mighty love. He is your hiding place) For when the oceans rise and thunders roll, I will soar with You above the storm. Father, YOU are KING over the Flood, And I will be still And know YOU ARE GOD. Find rest my souil,In Christ your God,Know HIS Peace In quietness and trustFor when the oceans rise And thunders roarI will soar with YOU above the stormFather YOU are KING over the floodsAnd I WILL BE STILL AND KNOW YOU ARE GOD!We may never understand why some people are miraculously healed and why some are not. Why our God chooses to heal and restore some and some He calls home. But this we do take comfort in, is that He is still God and He is Sovereign. And in His Sovereignty, He knows what is best for us and His love for us is without measure and is so deep. I pray that you will allow Him to comfort you. He is the God of all comfort and that you will find that place of quiet peace and rest in the cleft of the Rock, under His mighty wings enfolded and wrapped in Him. Psalm 84 says if your heart is set on a pilgrimage and after you go through the Valley of Bacca (the Valley of Tears) you will be strengthened. You are on a piilgrimage, you are going through, you will not stay in the Valley of Tears. God will take every tear drop and bottle them and He will, from day to day strengthen you. We are not without hope as some are . You know you will see your beloved again. In the meantime, Brenda has left you with a treasure chest of wonderful memories on which to pull from.Allow the Lord to hold you close from day to day. His mercies are new every morning and His tender lovingkindness is better than life.Be abundantly blessed and may the Peace of God guard, keep, protect and govern your heart and mind in the knowledge of Christ Jesus.My condolences to your family also.Cheryl

You and Brenda have been in the center of my prayers since you learned the news and shared it with us. I can't imagine the pain of your loss tensioned with the joy of knowing where Brenda is right this minute. This I know from my own life experience. God will use your suffering to the hope and healing of others you will meet in the months and years ahead, and the price you both paid will bring glory to God and life to them. You cntinue in my prayers, Michael.

Michael, Thanks for sharing with us your heart and your love. What a picture, we will cherish. Many Blessinges

Michale, there are not words -- Brenda was my age. God bless you for your love--it will endure for always.

Thanks so much for sharing your life with us. We appreciate you and know that you are in our prayers. May God continue to uphold you and comfort you in this your time of need.Be Blessed.Michelle

Thank you for sharing such beauty. I can see that your love for each other was great, and an honor to our Lord. Praise and thank God that you will see her again!

Speechless! All glory to God for her life! Respecting her as I feel a Humble Presence

God Bless you and your family. I agree with the previous post...We shall all be changed...In the glorious name of Jesus...whose face she has actually looked upon. Wow. Remember when you are weakest, he is strongest. God Bless

Thanks a lot for share with us your life.God bless you,Martha

Michael, I lost another close friend this week. Abb Henry was one of the few people in this world who experienced as much pain as you and your dear Brenda. We learned from Brenda to "get over yourself, it's not about you". I think she would also agree with what Abb taught us through the trials of his life. The Lord met him as he paced around the parking garage at the hospital where his daughter eventually died last year. The Lord said to him "I know this is not what you want, but this is what I have for you today." Fight on, brother!

I am in floods........................ there are no words, but the Lords...We shall all be changed..........

Thank you so much for your continued posts and this beautiful video of your life with Brenda! I was honored to meet you for the first time at the celebration of her life at The Barn! I have been walking with you in prayer since the first announcement of her cancer and to be a part of homecoming celebration was a privilege. The family you have at The Barn show the love of Christ in each face. You are blessed to have each one of them with you side by side! My granddaughter just asked me if Brenda Pink is in heaven and I said yes she said I want to go to heaven too! Someday we will all be together there praising Jesus I told her. Until then we remain faithful to him and each other! Thanks Michael again for all you have done in servanthood to so many! Blessings keep looking up your help comes from the Lord! We all love you in Christ!

Wow - What a wonderful video and tribute to an incredible woman. Words fail me right now. We have followed you in this battle, we have felt your pain and continue to do so. We still praise God for His mercy and thank you for sharing your greatest story Michael. All the wonders that you have created in business do not compare to the love and respect you hold for Brenda - Thank You Brother that it is so!! We will most certainly continue to keep you in our prayers. God bless!

Michael,My heart goes out to you and family. You did all you could do... you stood strong on the word and faith. Although Brenda is with the Lord now, she is alive and well. She had the living word of God in her. Jesus Christ... and that is an incorruptible seed. So the enemy did not win this battle, because Brenda has planted many seeds of faith while here on Earth. Although I didn't know her, I am sure she has planted into many lives. You and her have both planted awesome seeds into my life. Seed that are bearing fruit already and some yet to harvest. SO BE STRONG.... The seeds are planted. Brendas harvest is still coming in. You are the laborerof her seeds, what an amazing privlige. Know above all that she was an INCORRUPTIBLE SEED. 1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for everLove Michele Tokiwa

Thanks for sharing! Seems you've had so much more then many of us have had. May these memories bring you great comfort. His Love and Mine, JJ

My heart aches for you and tears flow, both of joy for Brenda's assured salvation and presence with Jesus, but also for your sadness in the loss of your wife. I've been struggling with finding joy of late, but this really helps to put things in perspective. Enjoy every moment together and prepare for His coming! May the Peace of God which transcends all understanding be your cover. Blessings, Brother!

Michael,Love in this world is really hard to find. Thank you for sharing with us your love for Brenda, and that love is possible. May the Lord richly bless you.

Michael, this journey with you has helped all of us to see life from a diffrent perspective. You are a man who is blessed more then he realizes. I thank you for sharing your story with us and I Bless you for being a great husband to your wife. God has his hand on you, so keep going forward with strength and boldness Brother!Many Blessings from God to You and your Family,James

Your amazing account of Brenda's fight to the end touched my heart deeply...even though I don't know either of you I wept with you and prayed for her healing. May God bless you abundantly.

What beautiful memories and photos of her Michael. There are no words I could begin to offer that would express how your ministry especially through these last couple of months has touched and enriched my life. Thank you for sharing and I do pray that God will use all of this, as he says he will ,for good and his glory. Persevere Michael and God bless!

I don't even know you in the flesh but I have walked this journey with you in Spirit. My heart is humbled and so blessed. As Anita said, "Grace, grace and strength enfold you now and in the days, weeks, months and years to come!

My Brother, Thank you for your courage and unwavering dedication to our Saviour and your expression of agape love demonstrated for Brenda these last weeks. I ask for a new song, a brand new expression through you, for you in this year of new beginnings. I also ask for a touch, just like that, and a residue of His Presence to so cover you, that every where you go, they exclaim, surely, he has been spending time with Jesus.Servants in glory,Brother Ray.

Michael, after seeing the pictures I KNOW you must be homesick right now. But you have to also know the time is very short. I'm so sorry she's not here with you today, but she won't have to go through whatever is coming next. And then you'll be together again forever. And again, I can't imagine that that would be very long from now!! What a wife! What a marriage!!! And your heart is full of that! And it always will be! We love you and we're grateful you brought us in to this journey with you and Brenda. Now THAT's the Body of Christ! God bless you and fill up your heart until you're back together with Brenda and with Jesus.

I am moved beyond words...for someone I never had the pleasure of meeting, there is such a connection. Abundant blessings Michael. He never fails even in the midst of the pain.

Praise the Lord - Brenda's home!!!!!!!!!!!! The trip we all must take. I have been touched by not only her love for the Lord but for all the many christian firends that stood by her side.May we all have the love of family and friends such as Brenda had in her life on year. She has passed on a legacy of faith and love. God continue to Bless you and all Brenda's loved ones. you will continue to be in my prayers.

Thank you for sharing this video with us. God Bless you

Words fail me, Michael. What a beautiful video of your precious wife. Grace, Grace over you and strength. God bless you.