In the midst of our mourning, we are comforted by the amazing Grace of God.  We again experience his loving providence and sovereign mercy at work in our lives as we reflect on the events that have unfolded in the last 24 hours. 

As Mabel and I believe that God is the maker, giver and sustainer of life, we believe that he is the one that blessed us with the life of our daughter Mary even though it was only for a short 29 weeks inside Mabel’s womb and now her soul is in the every lasting arms of Jesus as we hold onto his covenant promises in Scripture and hold onto the hope of his mercy and love.  This is the tremendous comfort that comes through the amazing Grace of God as we believe in him as our Lord and Savior.  Yes it is painful and there are a lot of things we do not understand, but still through it all we have seen God’s grace, peace and comfort though it all.  Even in our suffering, we can see that God is good all the time…and all the time, God is good.

We thank God for protecting Mabel.  The doctors said that at the time of her c-section, there was already bleeding and blood clotting in her uterus due to the separation of the placenta from the uterus and Mabel’s life would have been in grave danger if the surgery was delayed.

We thank God that this happened while we were still in Pennsylvania and so close to a great hospital near our house, and not while we were traveling or in the middle of the boon docks at the church conference this past weekend. 

We thank God that this happened in the middle of the night while all the kids were asleep and they did not have to go trough the trauma of seeing their mother and father taken to the hospital by police and ambulance.

As we look back there are many, many, many other things we are thankful for, but most of all, we thank God for the loving support and prayers of our family and friends!

This all started around 6am Saturday Morning, when Mabel’s water broke as we were sleeping.  To make a very long story short, she was rushed to the Abington Hospital and underwent an emergency C-section.  After the baby was delivered, her heart stopped beating, and as it turns out she had several internal developmental abnormalities (internal cleft pallet, split tongue, mal-formed esophagus, and absence of anal orifice) which the doctors suspects are to be chromosome related, and they said that even if the baby was brought to full term, she would not have survived anyway. 

One of the hardest parts was telling our young children of the death of their baby sister whom they have been longingly anticipating the birth of.  But Gracie has the right perspective as she asked, “Is Joseph ‘gaw gaw’ (their cousin that passed away a couple of years ago) carrying baby in heaven now?”  Amazingly, she is right, her baby sister IS with Joseph ‘gaw gaw’ in presence of our Lord and Savior…and one day we shall all be together again in the presence of our Lord! 

Mary Hing-Sung Hui

Mary Hing Sung Hui