The Valley Church of Los Angeles\u2019 North Region<\/a> and asked to study the bible, something amazing happened. <\/p>\n \u201cJennifer Lopez asked Teresa to join in the studies with Daisy, and Teresa was very happy to do it,\u201d said Bill Kropp, Teresa\u2019s husband of 25 years. \u201cTeresa is the kindest, most loving person I have ever known, she thinks about others all the time.\u201d <\/p>\n
The women bonded instantly. With each having two children and a desire to know and please God, they shared their lives. It was then that the conversations revealed another discovery. In 2014, Daisy received a diagnosis. It was Leiomyosarcoma \u2013uterine cancer. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as Jennifer introduced us, we started talking about our condition and treatments and we soon realized that we had the exact diagnosis and conventional treatments,\u201d said Daisy who with her husband was in search of a new church home. <\/p>\n
\u201cI believed in God, knew of him and followed the rituals that come with [my past] religion, however my husband and I felt there was ‘something missing’ from our lives especially after attending Sunday mass. Once, doctors said that, \u2018only a miracle would cure\u2019 my condition, I started to seek him, praying to him with more intensity. God ‘told’ me that I needed more of him, that I needed to pray just to him and that the present church I was attending was not the one. Then I felt an overwhelming urge to read the Holy Bible. This was around the time we found the Valley Church,\u201d Daisy said. <\/p>\n
Together, Teresa and Daisy went on a mission of healing \u2013 physically and spiritually. Teresa took notes for Daisy during her Bible studies. They studied at church after Sunday services and on weeknights once a week for eight weeks. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was so amazing to share stories and experience how other sisters came to know Jesus Christ,\u201d said Daisy. \u201cIt is something I will cherish forever.\u201d <\/p>\n
Even Bill noticed the impact that the studies were having on Teresa. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey were very close right from the start. There seemed to be an instant bond and they loved each other,\u201d Bill said. \u201cI saw Teresa just be filled with incredible joy as the studies went on. She talked about Daisy all the time. I think it did more to lift Teresa\u2019s spirits than anything else.\u201d <\/p>\n
But Teresa\u2019s condition would steadily decline. In November, doctors told the family that the cancer had returned with cells now in her lungs. She battled extreme pain, re-emerging on December 2, 2018 to participate in Daisy\u2019s baptism. <\/p>\n
\u201cTeresa was very happy; it was what she lived for and she felt like she was having a great impact on Daisy,\u201d said Bill who recalled Teresa re-entering the emergency room the day after Christmas and starting chemotherapy. She returned home 11 days later where Bill, their daughter Serena, 18, and son David, 12 lovingly cared for her. Having fought the good fight, Teresa died on February 5, 2019 at the age of 53. <\/p>\n
As a testament to the power of God\u2019s grace and the impact of that friendship, Daisy declared during her baptism that she one day would baptize her own mother. On Easter Sunday 2019, 86-year-old Maria Cordelia Ramirez made Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior. <\/p>\n
\u201cTeresa would be so happy about that,\u201d said Bill. \u201cTeresa was an amazing light for all who knew her; she lived to encourage others; she experienced more joy in giving to others than getting something herself\u2026 I miss her terribly.\u201d <\/p>\n
Having directly experienced Teresa\u2019s love and devotion, Daisy summed up Teresa\u2019s legacy. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe message is the same; we have to seek him and make him our priority in our lives,\u201d she said. \u201cThe message also is that while on this earth, it\u2019s never too late to do so, until we die.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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