A dear friend and sister in Christ (Kisa Hughes) passed away this week. She was an extraordinarily kind and loving young lady. Her funeral will be this Thursday at Shepherd of the Hills at 11:00 AM if you would like to join us.
(If I could say one last thing to Kisa...it would be something like...)
Dear Kisa,
We know that you have gone on ahead of us and we miss you and look forward to the day when we will see you in heaven. Each of our lives are richer for knowing you. May God bless and comfort your family and friends in their time of sorrow.
Thanks for touching our lives.
David
OBITUARIES (LA Times)
Kisa Hughes, 33; was All-Pac-10 as UCLA basketball player
From Times Staff Reports
March 4, 2007
Kisa Hughes, a former All-Pacific 10 Conference basketball player at UCLA, died of colon cancer Thursday at her home in Riverside, her sister Kilee said Saturday. She was 33.A graduate of J.W. North High School in Riverside, where she played basketball and volleyball, Hughes attended Cal State Fullerton and was named Big West Conference freshman of the year in basketball. She transferred to UCLA and was among the Pac-10 leaders in rebounding and scoring all three seasons there. A graceful 6-foot-4 center, Hughes was named to the All-Pac-10 team in the 1994-95 season. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in history, Hughes played professional basketball for 2 1/2 years in China, Germany and Austria until injuries ended her playing career.She returned to California and worked with youths in urban communities, first with the Beyond Shelter housing group and then with the city of Los Angeles' Rewarding Youth Achievement Program. Hughes was born in Harbor City and grew up with basketball. Her father, Ronald, played basketball at Cal State Fullerton and is a professor of sociology there. Her mother, Barbara, was a schoolteacher in Riverside. Besides her parents and her sister, Hughes is survived by three brothers, Ronald Jr., Solomon and Gabriel.A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Rock Church, 2345 S. Waterman Ave., San Bernardino. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Shepherd of the Hills Church, 19700 Rinaldi St., Porter Ranch.In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, with checks payable to LACC in care of Yo Watts!, a youth development organization that provides education and employment services in Watts and surrounding areas.
(If I could say one last thing to Kisa...it would be something like...)
Dear Kisa,
We know that you have gone on ahead of us and we miss you and look forward to the day when we will see you in heaven. Each of our lives are richer for knowing you. May God bless and comfort your family and friends in their time of sorrow.
Thanks for touching our lives.
David
OBITUARIES (LA Times)
Kisa Hughes, 33; was All-Pac-10 as UCLA basketball player
From Times Staff Reports
March 4, 2007
Kisa Hughes, a former All-Pacific 10 Conference basketball player at UCLA, died of colon cancer Thursday at her home in Riverside, her sister Kilee said Saturday. She was 33.A graduate of J.W. North High School in Riverside, where she played basketball and volleyball, Hughes attended Cal State Fullerton and was named Big West Conference freshman of the year in basketball. She transferred to UCLA and was among the Pac-10 leaders in rebounding and scoring all three seasons there. A graceful 6-foot-4 center, Hughes was named to the All-Pac-10 team in the 1994-95 season. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in history, Hughes played professional basketball for 2 1/2 years in China, Germany and Austria until injuries ended her playing career.She returned to California and worked with youths in urban communities, first with the Beyond Shelter housing group and then with the city of Los Angeles' Rewarding Youth Achievement Program. Hughes was born in Harbor City and grew up with basketball. Her father, Ronald, played basketball at Cal State Fullerton and is a professor of sociology there. Her mother, Barbara, was a schoolteacher in Riverside. Besides her parents and her sister, Hughes is survived by three brothers, Ronald Jr., Solomon and Gabriel.A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Rock Church, 2345 S. Waterman Ave., San Bernardino. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Shepherd of the Hills Church, 19700 Rinaldi St., Porter Ranch.In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, with checks payable to LACC in care of Yo Watts!, a youth development organization that provides education and employment services in Watts and surrounding areas.
2 comments:
Kisa was one-of-a-kind. A soft, beautiful, kind and gentle spirit. To have known her and walked with her, even through these last few years of her "living" with Cancer, has been an amazing testimony of courage, strength and a picture of GOD's love - yes, His Love.
Kisa received an AMAZING Healing during this time, her relationship with GOD the Father, GOD the Son and the GOD the Holy Spirit was healed daily until He took her home. According to her mom, she had no pain in the last days. I am greatly encouraged by what she stood for and how she lived.
Kisa has been a great blessing to her family and many that came to know her throughout her life and during her living with Cancer.
To have known and walked with Kisa, even through the most challenging time of her life, was momentous. I was greatly encouraged by how she 'lived' with cancer. It didn't take her love of life, it didn't kill her spirit, it didn't dull her sensitivity and compassion for others.
These last few years of her life were an AWESOME Testimony of GOD's Amazing Grace, His Love and what I understand of Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose". For the time that I've known her, I know that she loved him dearly and she 'lived' to live His purpose.
GOD healed Kisa in ways that we may not quite understand, see or know. His healing was in her relationship with Him, Jesus Christ His Son and the Holy Spirit. He continuously drew Kisa to Himself in the last couple of years and especially the last few months. To be in conversation with her, you knew the source of her strength.
GOD used Kisa's life to touch her family members, friends, strangers in the hospital and elsewhere through others who heard of her, or just in passing.
Her mom said that she had no pain in the last days and shared how much Kisa blessed others who had even a few words with her – because she just seemed to have spirit of encouragement to the end. An Angel among us - She will be greatly missed. She had the sweetest heart and a fighting spirit to boot.
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