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About Becky Hastings

I am a wife, a mom, a grandmother. I am passionate about Jesus and health - the two are intricately woven - and I am passionate about helping others who desire to learn more about both.

240+ Doctors Question Vaccine Safety

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Doctor 2What are doctors taught about vaccines in medical school?

Doctors are taught that vaccines are safe and effective and are the reason for the decrease of infectious diseases in childhood. Most doctors do not know that VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System) exists, that vaccine injury is real, and that nearly four billion dollars has been paid out on vaccine injury claims by the VICP (Vaccine Injury Compensation Program). Further, most doctors are unaware that vaccine manufacturers are 100% liability free or that there is a mechanism for parents to receive compensation for vaccine injury or death through a special court set up under HHS.

Doctors graduate from medical school and residency blind to the vaccine issues apart from the idea that there is a very small group of “anti-vaccine” crazies with “low cognitive complexity in thinking patterns,” which prevents them from realizing the vaccines are victims of success, and that these crazy people spread misinformation and disease, and are a danger to us all. Today, new doctors are told to refute the rumors of vaccine damage and danger that circulate due to the nutters in the “anti-vaccine movement.” Dr Suzanne Humphries, Rising From the Dead, p 384.

Sometimes it seems lonely to make a decision contrary to mainstream medical opinion. This is a list that started with 80 doctors, but has quickly grown to 240+ doctors in various fields who have spent significant years of their lives investigating the vaccine issue. They had to do the research on their own time, it was not part of their training. All of them conclude that vaccines are not as safe nor as effective as we are being told. Some of them say it with a lot stronger words and phrases than that. If you have a doctor to add to this list, please let me know in the comments below.

I have identified 240+ Vaccine Truth Doctors boldly speaking out, but have removed it from this blog. You can easily find many highly educated, intelligently doctors boldly speaking out by doing a search on Youtube.

These doctors have critically examined the facts and learned that there is no evidence to support the use of vaccines. Why do most doctors and parents still blindly follow the recommendation to give vaccines to their precious baby? A thoughtful discussion in this video called The Truth About Vaccines.

I am sorry that I needed to remove the list of nearly 300 doctors committed to sharing vaccine truth. I have written a blog with many ideas to help you locate a respectful doctor in your area: Choosing Your Baby’s Doctor.

Author: Becky Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, passionate follower of Jesus and truth. As a breastfeeding counsellor for over 23 years Becky is devoted to helping parents make wise decisions for the long-term health and wellbeing of their babies. As a member of a Vaccine Safety Education Coalition, Becky writes and speaks on the topic of vaccine safety.

What Helps Labor go Easier, Faster, Better?

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IMG_1725Proverbs 14:12 says “There is a way that seems right to a MAN, but its end is the way of death.” I think this particularly applies to childbirth. If it seems right to a MAN, it might not be the best way for a woman. Of course there are some rare men, such as Michel Odent who left his OB practice to become a midwife, but overall most women, most times, are going to have a much better birth outcome by trusting the way God has made their body, and trusting a woman who respects the natural birth process, to be her birth attendant.

There is a little booklet, called The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labor, written by an acquaintance of mine from Cape Town, South Africa. This short powerful book is a gleaning of information gained through working alongside Michel Odent and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for all pregnant couples.

Through Dr Odent’s many years (more than half a century) of attending births (around 15,000 births) in both hospitals and at home, Dr. Odent has come to the conclusion that a laboring woman needs not much more than to be left alone, simply to be attended to by a quiet, non-invasive and low profile midwife.

If you’d like to read more information on the safety of homebirths, this is an important study recently published:

Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, Volume 59, Issue 1, pages 17–27, January/February 2014 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmwh.12172/abstract

And this is a discussion of the study by the Midwives Association of North America: http://mana.org/blog/home-birth-safety-outcomes

[The study] confirms the safety and overwhelmingly positive health benefits for low-risk mothers and babies who choose to birth at home with a midwife. At every step of the way, midwives are providing excellent care. This study enables families, providers and policymakers to have a transparent look at the risks and benefits of planned home birth as well as the health benefits of normal physiologic birth.

Birth is such a wonderful, incredible event in the life of a woman. Most of us don’t have enough children to allow us to “get it wrong” too many times. I urge all pregnant or wanting to be pregnant women to choose your birth attendants with much information and awareness.

Once you have made important decisions about your baby’s birth, you need to do some research on the necessity and risk of giving your newborn vaccines. I’ve written extensively on this topic.

Author Becky Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, writer and speaker, is passionate about health, Jesus, and joy, and has been helping mothers breastfeed their babies for over 22 years. Becky blogs at https://journeyboost.com and shares health information on her Facebook page. Please like Journeyboost on Facebook!

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Appropriating God’s Blessings in 2016

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Based on Deuteronomy 33

Appropriating and proclaiming God’s blessings in 2016

I am rich in favor,
Full of the Lord’s blessings.

The eternal God is my refuge.
His everlasting arms are under me.
He drives out all enemies,
Such as illness, doubt, fear, insecurities.

The Lord is my protecting shield,
My triumphant sword.
He brings security, prosperity,
Grain and new wine,
While heaven drops down dew upon me.

O Lord, hear our cry.
Bring your servants together in unity.
Give us strength to defend our cause.
Help us against all opposition.
Bring justice and healing.

For the glory of God,
And of Jesus Christ,
Our Rock,
Our foundation,
Our Savior.

 

Vaccine dosage

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Babies come in a great variety of sizes.

A Nurse on DosageA registered nurse who works in labor and delivery explained to me that the hepatitis B vaccination is given, after the consent of the parent, to all newborns weighing 2000g (4.4lb) or more.

The exact same dose of vaccine is given to a baby who weighs 2000g and to babies who weigh >4000g.

The dose DOES NOT CHANGE based on the weight of the baby.

However, every nurse who has worked in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) knows that every medication given is calculated to the nearest tenth of a point. So, every dose of every other medication given to infants must be carefully calculated based upon the gram weight of the child. This is true for all medications given to ALL CHILDREN BIRTH AND UP.

Yet when dealing with vaccines, the exact same dose of vaccine is given to babies and children who are vastly different weights.

Why???? What is the impact of the ingredients in those vaccines on the infant’s body?

Let’s look at just one example, the aluminum in vaccines.

Cumulative Aluminum by 18 moThis is a scenario of vaccines typically given from birth, as recommended by the CDC. Some variations may occur, as doctors may opt for combination vaccines rather than the separate shots, but the aluminum content will be similar.

  • Hepatitis B vaccine (Engerix-B) at birth, 2 and 6 months. Each dose contains 250mcg of aluminum.
  • DTaP shot containing diptheria, tetanus and pertussis (Infanrix) given at 2, 4, 6 and 15 months. Each dose contains 625mcg of aluminum.
  • Hib vaccine (Pedvax) is given at 2, 4 and 12 months. Each dose contains 225mcg of aluminum.
  • Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV/Prevnar) given at 2, 4, 6 and 12 months. Each dose contains 125mcg of aluminum.
  • Hepatitis A vaccine (Havrix) is given at 12 and 18 months. Each dose contains 250mcg of aluminum.

Thus, babies who follow the recommended immunization schedule are injected with nearly 5000mcg (5mg!) of aluminum by 18 months of age. (Since some shot dates are variable, babies may receive up to 1,475mcg of aluminum at one visit to the doctor at their 12-month or 15-month checkups!) Source: Vaccine product inserts and CDC’s immunization schedule.

For more information on aluminum in vaccines please read this important resource: http://thinktwice.com/aluminum.pdf

If you decide to give vaccines for any reason, please read my blogs Are You Prepared for Vaccines and  Preparing to Vaccinate so you can reduce any possible adverse reactions.

Thanksgiving 2015

 

Author/Compiler: Becky Hastings, passionate follower of Jesus, wife, mother, grandmother, truth seeker.

The Paradox of Faith

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I heard a talk, Taking Possession of Tomorrow by Bill Johnson. I took some notes and had a few reflections. This is by no means a comprehensive review of what he said, partly from Joel 2.

Imagine an entire city
Recognizing their need for God!

Our faith, our boldness, our obedience,
Can alter the course of history!

Don’t list the opposition you’ve experienced.
Don’t list the challenges you are facing.
Focus on what God is able to do
Through the resurrected Jesus!

Lord, alter my thoughts;
Altar my dreams;
Extend my vision
To see all YOU can do.

Bring the fruit of the impossible for the glory of Jesus.

That was all I had from Bill’s inspiring talk,
But that got me reflecting on WHY
More Christians don’t wholeheartedly
Run towards God,
With life-changing faith.
Why don’t we experience
The resurrected power of Jesus in our lives?

The Faith Dilemma

It is quite difficult
When you are so entrenched
In mediocre Christianity.
There is no urgency, no power,
No evidence of God at work.
Many of us have never known
Anything except comfortable Christianity
For our whole life.
We rarely, or maybe NEVER,
Have seen anyone healed
By the power of God.
We pray, but do we actually expect
Tangible answers to our prayers?
Mostly we stick to safe prayers.
We don’t want to ask too much
Of God. Perhaps we feel unworthy
Of His attention, or that our request
Isn’t noble enough.

I am comfortable and in control
When life is predictable.
My time is spent acquiring stuff,
Paying my bills, watching my shows,
Looking after the people in my life.
Do I need anything more?
More of God?
I don’t even know what that looks like.
I think I’ll pass.
I’d rather have the current amount.
Just the comfortable serving.
So I’ll be more like all of my friends.

Or maybe,

If I risk seeking more of God,
He won’t come through for me.
Maybe those ‘comfortable Christians’
Are the reality.

Maybe this desire for “more” of God
Is just pride. I think I’m better,
Or have a greater understanding, etc.
But if I were to test it,
If I seek to step boldly out
On what I perceive to be God’s promises,
And I fall flat,
Provision doesn’t come in,
The power of God is not displayed.
Not only will I be disgraced and discouraged,
But my example may lead people
Further from the truth.

So I stay stuck;
Comfortable in what I know.

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Becky Hastings, wondering about faith and God’s purposes in our world, knowing that anything good I can say or do is only through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Is God Quiet?

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shhhh-1433634-639x852So often we live like God is quiet,
or not operating on earth;
like the inter-testamental times.

We don’t see the supernatural.
We don’t expect the supernatural.

Yet God, the Creator of all things
invites us into a relationship with Himself.

Think about that.

Imagine a person with a ‘Midas’ touch,
or phenomenal money-making ability.
What would it be like
to have a close relationship with them?
Their blessings would naturally overflow.
What if that person was your father,
who loved you absolutely?

God has glorious unlimited resources.

We worry about food and provisions.

My Creator – has the power
AND the DESIRE
To empower me
TO DO HIS WORK ON EARTH
Through the inner strength,
wisdom and guidance
Of the Holy Spirit.
Too often I stay mired in basic struggles:
Feelings of insecurity,
Struggles with habits
Relational challenges.
I don’t seek or experience
God’s power that I read about
In the Bible.
If I could comprehend
How wide, long, high and deep
God’s love FOR me is, and that
He can fill me with COMPLETENESS;
HE INVITES me to join Him in the work
He is doing on earth.
He has absolute power,
God is able to accomplish
INFINITELY MORE
Than I could ever think to ask for
Than I could ever dream or imagine.

All given freely
By His grace.
Nothing I could ever earn.

DSC_0062Becky Hastings, a sinner saved by grace, who enjoys considering all the grace our loving Father wants to bestow on us.

3rd Prize Chili

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Red potOrganic 3 Bean Chili Con Cashew (Vegetarian)

This is my variation of an original recipe known as Chili Con Cashew by Kathryn J. Canfield, in Whole Foods for the Whole Family, published by La Leche League International. All the ingredients are organic, if they were available. This chili won 3rd place in a local chili cook off.

  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 carrots, chopped
  • 3 stalks of celery, chopped
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 to 2 jalapeño peppers, chopped
  • 1 to 2 tbsp. coconut oil
  • 1 tsp. each basil and oregano
  • ±1 tsp. chili powder, or to taste
  • ±1 tsp. curry powder (can’t get enough of those spices!)
  • 1 tsp. ground cumin
  • 1 tsp. turmeric powder (great anti-inflammatory food; add to everything!)
  • 1/2 tsp. salt or less
  • a few dashes of black and cayenne pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 1/2 cups raw cashews
  • 2 cups black beans, cooked
  • 1 can garbanzo beans
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 42 ounces chopped/crushed tomatoes, with their liquid
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/4 – 1/2 cup dry red wine

Salute garlic and all vegetables (except tomatoes) in the coconut oil in a saucepan for several minutes. Add all the spices (except the bay leaf) and stir.

Stove Top Method: Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and simmer on low, stirring occasionally for ±2 hours.

Slow Cooker/Crock Pot Method: Dump the contents of the saucepan and all the remaining ingredients into a slow cooker and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 5+ hours. In order not to waste any of your spicy flavor, add some of the tomato liquid to the saucepan, stir and pour into the crock pot.

Serve with sour cream, cheese, tortilla chips, corn bread, or WHATEVER YOU LIKE! It is also great as leftovers and can even be eaten cold!

ENJOY!

Becky Hastings

The plight of the parent with a vaccine injured child

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Babies in the USA are routinely given 37 doses of 14 different vaccines by 18 months of age. They receive a total of 49 doses of 14 different vaccines before they start Kindergarten.

No parent ever goes to the doctor, complies with the medical recommendations to give vaccines, and expects to harm their child. Yet, sometimes, it happens. Vaccines might not cause obvious harm to every child, but they do harm some. This is the true reality of real parents with seriously vaccine injured children:

“I trusted my doctor and government and vaccinated my son. He now has severe regressive autism. Some days I’m soooooo angry at my stupidity; other days I’m so full of hate I actually vomit.” –Anonymous mom A

“A parent of a severely vaccine injured child is one of the most hellish demographics of this country. To have to go through that…. and then have the medical community, family, media, trendy ‘sheeple’, degrade you on top of it… there are hardly any words. One that stands out is shameful.” –Anonymous mom B

Red Flag WarningIt is incredibly difficult when facing the hellish nightmare of serious regressive autism

every              single              day,

to hear really ignorant, uninformed people who have an opportunity to give their own brand-new-baby a healthy life, make comments that show they might be choosing the same path. The ‘autism’ resulting from vaccine injury is not just a slight ‘quirky difference’ in personality. This is physical illness; pain, serious bowel disturbances, often non verbal, non-toileting, etc. These children and their families experience severe incapacitation on so many levels. The parent with a vaccine injured child seeks to vigorously wave a huge red flag, desperately trying to warn unsuspecting new parents, but many are too proud, too confident, too trusting in the medical system, to recognize the truth.

“Here’s the thing. I’m absolutely sure vaccines are the cause of my daughter’s brain damage (aka autism). What I don’t know is WHY. Was it Thimerosal? Was it the aluminum? Was it retroviruses? Was it aborted fetal tissues? Was it the MMR? Was it the DTAP? Was it the Hep B, HIB, Polio? Or was it the COMBINATION? Did she have a genetic predisposition for vaccine injury? Was it too many too soon? Why is it up to ME to figure it out and up to ME to fix it????????? WHY????? Oh and WHY is nobody helping me and WHY are doctors still getting away with telling me autism is a genetic mystery??? BULLSHIT.” — Donna L Delicate, New York, USA

If someone you love has been impacted by vaccine injury, please share your reality in the comments below. The world needs to know. Vaccines are not as safe as the marketing implies.

If you are considering giving any vaccines to your child, or trying to decide which ones are worth the risk, please read this.

If you, like me, have been blessed to NOT experience severe debilitating vaccine injury in your family, we can heed the words of the writer to the Hebrews:

Continue to remember those enslaved and in prison,
And those who are ill-treated
As if you yourselves were suffering.
As if you felt their pain in your own bodies. Hebrews 13:3

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Becky Hastings, Jesus follower, wife, mom, grandmother, health promoter, breastfeeding counsellor (helping moms for 22+ years), and someone who seeks to research, understand and share truth so people can make wise choices in our crazy mixed up, deceived world!

Boldly

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Baby Dad silhouetteThrough our faith in Christ
We can come boldly
And confidently
Into the presence
Of God.

Think about that.

One would think
That God’s presence
Would evoke fear, or
Guilt;
Feelings of inadequacy;
Thoughts of judgment;
and punishment deserved.
Not measuring up, comparison,
Lack of blessing, shame,
A remembrance of rules, laws, punishment.

Yes, God gave the law
As a guide,
Fully knowing how impossible
It would be
For us to keep it.
The purpose of the law
Was to show our inability to keep it,
No matter how hard we try.

Yet Christ’s death
Abolished the law,
Allowing us to enter
Boldly,
Confidently,
Into the very presence
Of God.

Awesome.

_DSC7099Becky Hastings, a forgiven, cleansed sinner who rejoices while boldly approaching God! Also, a wife, mom, grandmother, health promoter, breastfeeding counsellor (helping moms for 22+ years), and someone who seeks to research, understand and share truth so people can make wise choices in our crazy mixed up, deceived world!

Truth Seekers

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cosmosArguably the most powerful words ever spoken on our earth:

My kingdom is not of this world (kosmos). If My kingdom were of this world, my subjects would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders, but My kingdom is not from here.

The reason I was born and have come into this world (kosmos) is to testify to (share, highlight, reveal) TRUTH. Everyone who seeks truth, who is on the side of truth, will hear (pay attention, understand, obey, accept) my voice. spoken by Jesus, recorded by John 18:36-37, Becky’s paraphrase

Seeking Truth

The extent of evil
Oozing in every sphere of life
Forces me to seek the LIGHT.
Wholeheartedly.
Unreservedly.

Not on my terms or conditions
For how can I impact or dictate
To the LIGHT?

I seek the totality of the pure LIGHT.
The LIGHT of truth.
The truth that brings healing; wholeness.

The truth that seeks good;
Demands justice.

The truth that fully accepts.

The truth that does not conform
To my ideals or expectations.

I must conform and align
To Truth.

I am fascinated by the topic of truth. In the information age in which we live, truth seems to have become more and more elusive. So much conflicting information is available. We are exposed to theories and arguments on every side, with multiple issues. How do we discern truth?

When the Spirit of TRUTH comes, he will guide you into all TRUTH. Jesus, John 16:13

Jesus prayed to God, the Father for us, this is what he said, “Make them holy by Your TRUTH; teach them your word, which is TRUTH.” John 17:17

I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE, no man comes to the Father, but by Me. Jesus, John 14:6

“I am the LIGHT of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the LIGHT that leads to LIFE.” Jesus, John 8:12

“But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going. Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told you. But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

“There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. When the Spirit of TRUTH comes, he will guide you into all TRUTH. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.” Jesus, John 16:5-13

12Becky Hastings, a forgiven, cleansed sinner who seeks to walk closely to the LIGHT of Jesus Christ every day. Also, a wife, mom, grandmother, health promoter, breastfeeding counsellor helping moms for 22+ years, and someone who seeks to research, understand and share truth so people can make wise choices in our crazy mixed up, deceived world!