I’m sharing with you this testimony of how God has worked his way into the hearts of both my parents. As most of you know, getting flights back home to one’s home country is difficult and costly. But God can and He intervened.
My parents came to New Zealand on a visitor’s visa from Malaysia in early February that allows them to stay for 3 months. They were supposed to fly back home in early May. Then in late March, the first few cases of COVID19 arrived in New Zealand while at the same time, cases were sprouting exponentially in Malaysia. We felt that it’s best for my parents to stay put here in New Zealand and wait till their scheduled flight. Little did we know that New Zealand will be placed at the highest lock-down level a week after Malaysia started their lock-down in late April. We prayed that the lock-down in New Zealand will be lifted by the time they’re to fly back so that we could travel to the Waikato region to fetch them. We just don’t want them to overstay their visa and get deported. Unfortunately, their scheduled Malaysia Airlines flight back home got cancelled indefinitely, when all countries have closed their borders. Despite that, God intervened when their visa got extended by immigration till late September. It was a huge relief for us as Malaysia Airlines, MAS has suspended all international flights till late July.
During their time here, we got word that my maternal grandmother isn’t well due to dementia. So they booked a flight in early August. Sadly, MAS cancelled the flight 3 weeks prior. They finally managed to book a flight on the 9th of August. We prayed as a family, with the HIS Church ladies group and my work prayer group that there won’t be any further cancellations nor delays to their flight. We also prayed that they’ll be quarantined in a good, clean and safe center which is compulsory for all returnees to Malaysia.
Both my parents are now back safe in Malaysia and enjoyed their time in quarantine, 5 star hotel style with clean, safe conditions. Miraculously, their flight was a few days before Auckland went into another lock-down. God’s timing is perfect and way beyond our understanding.
by: Sharain and family