Wednesday 24 August 2011

NO EASY ROAD, MY NEW BOOK IS OUT

To the glory of God, my new book is out. It is entitled NO EASY ROAD: A PASTOR'S JOURNEY INTO PARALYSIS.
Area/National Heads, District Pastors and Presiding Elders may order copies for their respective congregations from the COP Headquarters Accra.
Please contact Pastor Samuel Otu-Appiah, Personal Assistant to the Chairman at:

1.samuelappiahotu@yahoo.co.uk
00233(0)244012201
         Or
2. ntumybooks@yahoo.com
Front and Back Cover designs of the book


TABLE OF CONTENTS
i. Dedication
ii. Table of Contents
iii. Acknowledgement
iv. Foreword
1. INTRODUCTION---THE NARROW ROAD
2. THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
3. ANOTHER MISSIONARY ASSIGNMENT
4. KNEELING HARD IN DECISION
5.  THE BLESSINGS OF A PRAYING WIFE
6. 209 DAYS IN YEAR 2009
 7. A COMPLETELY NEW KIND OF LIFE
8. NOTHING IS FOR NOTHING
9. SICKNESS- GRAY AREA TO MANY CHRISTIANS
10. TILL YOUR MIRACLE COMES
11. TILL HIS MIRACLE COMES---MAKING THE ROAD LESS HARD TO TRAVEL
12. TRIBUTE TO NURSES
13. OBSERVATIONS FROM FAR AND NEAR
14. APPENDICES
  • A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE GHANA DISABILITY LAW
  • OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR


"You may never have another opportunity to read such a book from the mouth, mind and hand of a courageous, intelligent, faithful, hopeful, and transparent Christian hero. The book is very interesting and also emotional that once started, you will be compelled to read right through." 

Opoku Onyinah (Apostle Dr.)
Chairman, The Church Of Pentecost.

Concentration: book writing in action. Here I am in my favorite corner of our living room and writing with only two fingers

Friday 12 August 2011

MY THERAPIES

Welcome once again to my blog.

Some of you wanted to know the differences between the therapies I undertake.

The two major therapies I undertake are PHYSIOTHERAPY and ERGO/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.

Everyday I undertake one or the other of these therapies.

1. Physiotherapy has to do  with physical manipulations of the body. For paralyzed people it serves primarily as a source of physical exercise to avoid stiffness. But more importantly, it helps with the reactivation of muscles and nerves.

As a result of paralysis, a patient is not able to undertake adequate physical exercise. Through physiotherapy his body gets some of the physical activity it requires to stay healthy. The movements are strategically targeted to stimulate the nerves and muscles into reactivation or enervation.
Well, has the Bible not intimated that "Physical exercise has some value ..." (1Tim. 4:8 GNB)?

During the period of my hospitalization, I  undertook various Physiotherapy types such as physical activities and manipulations, horse riding and swimming.
In a session with my Physiotherapist

2. Ergo/Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy may help a part of the body to regain its mobility after a nerve injury. After the recovery however that part of the body would have "forgotten" its original functions, even though it would be moving. For example, even though one's hand may begin to move and the fingers are strong they would have "forgotten" their functions such as picking up and handling objects. The mobility of the legs also, could have been restored but they too would have "forgotten" their functions of supporting the body to stand or walk.

In a session with my Ergo therapist
The role of Ergo or Occupational therapy is to "retrain" that part of the body to "remember" what they used to do and do them, or learn to do them in a different way.

In my case, after the surgery I suffered almost a zero-mobility of my hands and feet. When my right hand recovered it had to be retrained. I had to learn how to handle a toothbrush, pick up a piece of paper, hold and write with a pen, hold a glass of water or tea cup as well as handling a spoon/fork and using them.
My right hand is now described as 98% restored in mobility and function. It would interest you to know that it was only with two fingers that I have written the two latest books as well as everything you are reading from this blog.

Similarly, when my feet began to move, they had to be retrained to support my body to stand and to walk. By the grace of God I am making good progress.


My wife Martha and Apostle Agyin, (National Head of COP, Holland) in a pose with me after church service when the latter visited us recently

This issue of parts of the body "forgetting" their functions sounded very interesting to me. In Psalm 137:5 King David revealed that parts of the body could forget their functions. He said, "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand FORGET its skill" King David knew over three thousand years ago that parts of the body could "forget" their functions! When it does happen, it must be retrained to remember how to do them.

Isn't it interesting how in some of these things medical science confirms the Word of God?

A father and son, Joseph on a recent visit to us
Well, these are some of the things I do as I await the LORD'S miraculous intervention. I know that men could do their part but our healing ultimately comes from the LORD. In HIS own time He will do it.

Thanks to our dear Chairman, Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, and the International Missions Board of our church, a brand-new car with a ramp was bought for me. Here, the ramp is lifting me into the car to go to church
This is the assurance that sustains me. I thank you for standing with me in persistent prayer. I still need it; we should not relent for God will grant our desire, even my complete recovery.

Please meet me again on this blog. May God richly bless you.

At my usual place at church

Tuesday 2 August 2011

WELCOME TO MY BLOG

My Beloved in the LORD,
Warm greetings to you and yours. Since February 2009 my health has been impaired following a delicate surgery on my spine. I lost the use of my hands and feet. Mobility was almost zero.

Many of you prayed for me and God, by His grace, intervened in my situation. Now both mobility and sensitivity have been restored to much of my hands and feet. I am able to perform some A.D.L (Activities for Daily Living) and move about in an electric wheelchair. This means I am able to go to church and take part in many church and social activities.

I perform various therapies every week-day and trust God for complete recovery, sooner rather than later.

As one of those praying for me, I thought you deserve to know how I am faring. This is one of the means I have chosen to communicate with the millions of my friends and members of our church worldwide. I trust that as you receive periodic information from me, you will intensify your prayers for me until the LORD completes what He has started in me.
The Ntumy Family
                                                                  
           

     Walking therapy on a Lokomat Tread mill


In the meantime, I spend much of my time writing. You may be aware that while I was in hospital in 2009, I wrote my tenth book entitled, 'REFLECTIONS, Taking A Second Look At Life'. By the grace of God I have completed yet another entitled, NO EASY ROAD: A Pastor's Journey Into Paralysis. We expect the book to be out this August. Also, you may be surprised to hear that I am into the second chapter of the next book. I will tell you about it later.

Going to church on a snowing day
                                           



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