From Bottom of my Heart....

My journey to Philippines was not that easy.., Hey, get some popcorn and enjoy the roller-coaster ride i went through...So here i go

I decided to be a Missionary Doctor at the age of 4 and since then my only goal was that..., I worked hard for my inter and scored 92% and I was very sure that I would get in the eamcet a free seat and in extreme cases atleast an MBBS seat for sure.

But God had a different plan for me and I didn't get it(my rank was 6927), at once all my dream was shattered, I couldn't believe that I didn't get it.. I even waited for the second counselling to be done but no, I didn't get., the only option was BDS which I didn't want to take.

The only thing that kept me going was this verse from the Bible- “Behold, I am sending an angel before you to prepare a way for you, so that you might come to the place that I have chosen for you..” (Exodus-23:20)

So I decided to give another try and did my long-term and this time my rank was 4657, seeing the rank I was with full confidence that I would get it, on the counselling day we went and I didn't have even an inch of negative feeling that I would not get. On the charts, seats were vacant, but by the time I went to the counter it was a blast for me, only BDS seats were available again. I couldn't believe it but that was the truth. I had to accept it, the deep pain of not getting the seat only I knew..

It was at this time that Shweta Ma'am from Access 2 Success called up my father and from then the talks of going abroad started. “Me! and abroad???”, That was my first reaction. It seems funny now. But at that time I was only praying for God's will to be done in my life, so after few days of prayer, Me and my Dad went to their office the first time, they were very homely- Akef Sir and Shweta Ma'am, they made me very comfortable in the office and released all my doubts and fears that I had. Next time we three went my Mom, Me and my Dad, they were so good that they even made my mom satisfied of all her doubts..

Slowly I could see my dream again, and this time no imagination but truth, the reality I wanted to live in. All the processes started, Passport, PCC, my parents really struggled for these things to be done on time and God made a way out.

With constant positive results day by day my dream was getting into reality.

Finally the day arrived and I had to depart from my parents to make my dream come true, Akef Sir was so kind enough that he came to the airport to give us a send-off. I and my dad arrived at the Manila airport and Mr.Leo was there to receive us.., He did all the possible things from going to the Quarantine, to the NICA and even to the shopping malls.

Day 3 at Philippines(Manila) and we started to Dagupan, Lyceum-Northwestern University, my dream college.... And wow within 5 hours of journey I was there in a Medical college, the college for which I waited for 15yrs,.. As we got down the car I just turned around, pinched myself and thought - this is it.....

Thank God for He fulfilled my life's desire not in a way that I wanted but in the way He planned it for me and this is much more bigger and much more exciting.. God had already planned that I had to meet Access 2 Success on my journey to the goal, and now if I look back, I donno how it would be if i was in India, but surely not like this, its all a blessing to me... Yes me in abroad, studying, away from parents but always near to them, Shweta ma'am and Akef sir. Thank God for helping me meet such good mentors.

So on my roller coaster ride till now though the track was going up and down and right and left, the fact that remains is I am still on the track,.... I still didn't get down from it but the day I will(after my graduation), credit only goes to God who gave me the ticket, my parents who held me tightly when I closed my eyes and Access 2 Success who are still catching my hand with a gesture saying WE ARE THERE FOR YOU....

Miss. Hema Corrieten Y.

Trimulgherry, Secunderabad – 500015.

e-mail- hcorrie10@gmail.com