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This is an article about the story of  a Filipina US born citizen which featured in a local newspaper here in the Philippines. It was featured in THE KLIPING TIMES with title “AFTER THE STORM COMES THE SUN” Introducing Julie Cox by Zen Trinidad in his column IN FOCUS.

“Believe in God. Everything happens for a reason. What sometimes breaks us makes us stronger, and in the end your strength will be unbreakable under any circumstances.” (First Key of the Fifteen Keys to Life”

If you think that your life is on the brink of breaking, stop for a while. If you feel that you nowhere to run to, take a deep breath for a moment. If what you are doing right now leads to nowhere, find a place to rest. I will tell you a short story. There was once a child of a carpenter in a barrio of San Antonio, Quezon who use to go to school without slippers and just managed to get an elementary education. Because of dire poverty, she was forced to work in Manila and to help the burden in raising the family at a young age. Working was already an ordeal then. Life became more complicated and challenging when at 15 years old she was raped. The incident increased her conviction not to marry since for her love is an abstract thing since men just wanting her body and not her heart. In the 70’s child labor was not yet a crime. Perhaps because of too much stress she was stricken with leukemia and contacted infectious hepatitis and was left in solitary confinement for months that added to her misery and longing for her family. However, helped came by when she was contracted to work for five years as nanny in the United States of America at age eighteen…she thought it was the route to a better life. She learned later that she was an illegal alien since her visa was good only for one month. The thought of helping her family never faded. All her savings was sent to a brother to start a business that could support her upon her return to the Philippines. Like a cliché that one will not value where one does no effort, the business went bankrupt. Once more, she started from the ground doing odd jobs without realizing that another ordeal was waiting. She was raped once more and technically was detained without her consent until she got pregnant for her first and only child, beaten up and left for dead. For the next six years her life was worse because she had another mouth to-feed her son. They stayed in a dump site of the Subic Naval Base. When she can’t bear any longer for her son, she asked an American friend to adopt him which she did. Incidentally, she was given another chance to work in the USA. But this time she made it sure to make more money and never to live in poverty again. She managed to work with full-time jobs and one part time. Her only rest was spent in the church. Another challenge came when her friend who adopted her son refused to let her see him until after fourteen years later. For fourteen years she missed the hug and kisses of her son. But along the way, she met a man who for five years waited before their “I do’s”. I cannot tell any further from here. But what I saw in my eyes was the woman herself holding a book entitled “I Ordered My Future Yesterday”-The Julie Cox Story-. Yes! It was Julie Cox at her own FIL-AM Garden and Resort in San Antonio, Quezon where she is not doing missionary works and not delivering speeches. The book will tell you the rest of the story. It might be the moving force you have waited for all this time.

LAILA B. ARMAMENTO BOOK PUBLICIST I ORDERED MY FUTURE YESTERDAY THE JULIE COX STORY

The US Review of Books

I Ordered My Future Yesterday by Julie Cox Trafford Publishing reviewed by Jenifer Kimble

"Love comes from the base of my heart. A great magnetic field five thousand times stronger than the brain comes from the base of my heart. I will decide from my heart with help from my brain, as 'I'm ordering my future.'"

This sad story details a young woman's journey from her childhood in a very poor home in the Philippines to an adulthood that brings her back to the Philippines but now as a wealthy, yet charitable business owner. She experienced many obstacles along the way, including multiple rapes, years of scrounging through a garbage dump for food, leukemia, other severe illnesses, and perhaps the most heart-breaking decision to give up her six-year-old for adoption. All through these traumas, she kept her faith and her desire to make her life worthwhile—and she has. As an autobiography, it gives personal details that only she could bring to life including her struggles, rewards, and finally the discovery of her earthly soul mate. This story uses bible verses and tragic events to inspire true hope. The author puts her most personal details in print in an effort to tell the reader that no matter how bad they think they have it, it could be worse. She doesn't sugar coat her struggles, but employs them for positive lessons. Her writing style is kept simple with examples of pop culture, including songs and TV characters—most likely in an attempt to lighten the very heavy subject matter. The author is reflective of her Catholic beliefs on almost every page and never misses an opportunity to inject spiritual insight. It's a good story, with gratefully a happy ending, although it might employ more precise details of her childhood to adult transition. It is a story of miracles, faith, and love that leaves the reader both thankful and reflective.

Review of the book “I Ordered My Future Yesterday” Julie Cox Self-Author –The Julie Cox Story-

“Proof: The giver is the gift.”

This is a very difficult book to review. Not that it is good or bad but more than that it is stirring, heart-wrenching and compelling in ways that are difficult to describe and that would do the book the “justice” it is worthy of. I wanted to put the book down after reading the chapter “The Gospel According to Leukemia” but was not able to. I had to know more about the courage and undaunted spirit of the Author, Julie Cox. I don‘t think I‘ve ever read a book that provided more reasons where “giving up” seemed like the thing to do and Julie on several occasions wanted to do just that but was saved in miraculous ways that surprised even her! I was mortified only to later be cheering, Julie, on back again, to anguish and heartache, to unbelievable joy, as this incredible woman doesn‘t just “overcome” trials but breaks through them with power, determination and a humble, grace that is so transformative I was completely caught up in, not the story but the “life” of this remarkable woman. Over and over again, Julie defies all odds and only comes back more determine and always with a generous heart. Julie‘s story is not a story of overcoming as it is a story of discovery of her own unique nature which in every case desires to return to others what was given to her. Here is a woman who, in her life experience and in her own words “has overcome the world”.

Carl Bozeman Author AMAZON BESTSELLER “On Being God- Beyond Your Life’s Purpose Are you Listening? Addressing the Divine Within On Human Being- Loving and Living without Purpose”

“Julie Cox has written a highly compelling account of her life. Faced with many hardships at a young age, her story is one of survival through sheer pride, courage and determination. Her strength, resolve and beliefs have helped her overcome the most difficult trials of physical and mental challenges. A truly inspiring story, Julie gives us a roadmap on how we can overcome our setbacks provided we have the right attitude to succeed”

Jim Mendori is a graduate of Fordham at St.John’s University in New York. He has work in the broadcasting arena as a writer, editor and political correspondent in New York, Toronto and Washington. Jim is currently a Financial Planner in NY-CT area.

“From the moment I met Julie Cox I knew she was intrinsically special person. In her heartfelt memoir, Julie scours through her past and relives her pain not for fame or fortune, but for the hope of helping others endure their sufferings with a lighter burden knowing the light shines brightly on the other side of pain. “La vida es una puta entonces we find pieces that fit together after the storm”…beautifully put, beautiful Julie”

PC Mccullough is an author, speaker and life coach. Her novel, Perfect, a story of self discovery after divorce is based on her own experiences. She has co-authored several inspirational books and co-edited the inspirational anthology, Turning Points, changing lives one event at a time.

Here‘s an unparalleled story of a Filipina Cinderella whose glass slippers for once shoeless Julie represent marginalization and hard toil that turned one‘s unrelenting passion to compassion. What I salute in the author‘s story is the multiplicity of misfortunes that fortified the walls of her heart and kept her soul pure and unblemished, open to look out not only for the salvation of her immediate family and clan but now the rest of the world. In my personal encounter with Julie, I have no doubt that she is a true missionary both in word and indeed.

Marita De Guzman Viloria, PhD Founder KALINGA CROSSOVER MISSION