dedo sejdo /day-doe/ /say-doe/ (grandpa sejdo)

the other night i had a brief history lesson with my boss. this is what i learned:

sejdo is nebat's father in law.

when nebat was to marry jamie, sejdo's son, it was the beginning of a very dramatic story.
sejdo has had diabetes for a while.
one of the days of the weeding someone broke the front window of the house. sejdo stepped on the broken glass. his foot got infected. and with his diabetes it would not heal. it got worse. and worse. and worse.
he went to the hospital but was turned away.
finally they decided to admit him, after two other doctors' referred him and waiting and waiting.
although they admitted him, they refused to treat him. saying that he was too far gone, but he could die there.
by the grace of God they had a change of heart. by this time, though his entire leg, from the hip, would have to be removed.
after they removed the leg. they released him to go home giving the responsibility of dressing the wound to his wife.
she faithfully served and cared for him for months while his wounds healed.
during this time, salija was a believer. but sejdo was not.
one night sejdo had a dream.
Christ appeared to him. He was naked. sejdo was yelling for salija to get a coat for him to give Jesus.
Christ said, 'I don't need your covering, sejdo. you need mine.'
then later, sejdo saw a blinding light - the presence of the Lord.
he was saved after these visions.
he told my boss, 'being with Jesus is like Noah and the ark. the people on the boat lived, and the people that were not on the boat died. That's like being with Jesus.'
beautifully put.
He and salija have been reading the Word.

Today we talked about how God gives and God takes. how God heals. how God deserves glory for when we are healed. how He deserves glory when we are sick. how only with God is living really a life.

(this past month has been difficult. sejdo's leg had developed more sores that are leaking. he has been sick. the baby betty has been sick. nebat has been sick. today sejdo felt better. and i will not ignore that we have been praying for him heartily for two days.... related? yes.
the health issues with this family are constant and real. but WITH GOD they will be well. one day, if they know Christ as their savior, their faulty bodies will be no more. they will never be sick again.)