My Greatest Blessings Call Me "Mommy"

by Yvonne Fukumoto

This is not going to be a shock that my real life Jesus moment comes from my children – yes another girl on the way!  And it’s no coincidence that we celebrated Maile‘ailana’s 4th birthday yesterday!  I truly believe that Maile is filled with Christ’s spirit and has been from birth when she decided to come into the world 2 months early and spent one month in the NICU until now, attending St. Michael’s Preschool and becoming “Student of the Month” (she got it from her mommy).

I owe a lot of my spiritual faith to these little girls. Maile is the miracle that sparked my renewed faith in God.  Finding out that I was carrying a life was a sign to me that, in all my sin, God has never forgotten me.  Instead, he trusted me to love, protect, and raise this little girl.  When I thought God could not forgive me for my past sins, he blesses me with the most precious gift of all.

Kainoa and I are expecting our second daughter in June and Maile is truly excited to be a big sister!  Now, what most of you know of you don’t know is that I went through a miscarriage before God blessed us with our second daughter.  Needless to say, I was angry with God; angry that he gave us hope and angry that he took it away.  After I shared some my thoughts with God, He told me that if we were to have another child, it would be in his time.

If you didn’t know, I am a control freak and it’s tough for me to handle uncontrollable situations, so when God said, “in my time,” it was truly a test of my patience and trust in him.  I began to truly accept the fact that God will bless me with another child when he saw fit… and he did!  I am now 25 weeks pregnant with our second miracle.  Maile is so excited to be a big sister and I can already tell that she’s going to love her with all her heart!

I could not comprehend the immense love that God has for us had it not been for my children. When I put things into perspective… the thought of sacrificing my child to save the world is an idea that I cannot fathom. God’s Son, Jesus, died for you and me. Do you care? Does it mean anything to you? …I care, and it means EVERYTHING to me.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life." – John 3:16.

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Yvonne Fukumoto is Secretary and Historian for EPIC Ministry.

Yvonne works full-time at Kamehameha Schools as a Senior Budget Awards Analyst in their Financial Aid Department.  In her free time, she enjoys catching up on the latest Netflix shows and sleeping.

Favorite Food: Sushi!
Favorite Prayer: Hail Mary