Gonna need God's help for this....

Howdy,

I drove to True North Health Center today. Kiyomi from Kansas, who I met early 2017 at the Cancer Center for Healing and who lived with us for 4+ months for treatment, was there to meet me with her warm smile and her wonderful way of lightening me up while still being able to "go deep" when we need to. We are booked to be here until Jan. 19, which will include 21-40 days of fasting of no food and drinking clear water only and 1/2 again as long for "refeeding." If you're interested in what this is all about, check out a YouTube video called Water Can Save Your Life by the man who started True North, Dr. Alan Goldhamer. :Water Fasting Can Save Your Life - FULL TALK - Dr. Alan Goldhamer (click on the hyperlink)

Anyhow, we're here and ready to meet with the doctors tomorrow morning and learn the system. We had what we thought would be our last meals tonight but someone told us we may have to ease in tomorrow with juices. We'll see...I really want to get out of here with some time to go see the family before hopefully returning to work in Jan.

So, Kiyomi and I have decided to try to make this fun. Check this out as an intro to our experience. (1min)


And here is day one of our VLOG. (3 mins)



The idea is to keep track of the transformations and share the experience (and reassure our loved ones that we aren't dying). 

Anyhow, ... here we go. Love to all. Night night. 

Comments

  1. Silvia StandkeDecember 18, 2019 at 4:24 PM

    OMG! I started following you on day 4 so I never saw this video. Love it. You are both AMAZING!

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