22 YEAR FILIPINO BRAIN CANCER WARRIOR HELPING SAVE LIVE

I AM JAMES JAMES AUSTE 41 YEARS OLD FILIPINO BRAIN CANCER WARRIOR SINCE 1996! 22 YEARS AGO MY DOCTORS TOLD ME TO GO HOME AND ENJOY THE REST OF MY LIFE! THEY TOLD MY PARENTS TO JUST TAKE CARE OF THEIR BELOVD CHILD! BECAUSE OF HIS UNWAVERING FAITH IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HE SAID HE WILL FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE
CHANTING THE SONG GOD WILL MAKE A WAY THRU HIS JOURNEY FOR LIFE

1997 HE WAS DECLARED TUMOR CANCER FREE IN STANFORD HOSPITAL

TO THANK THE LORD FOR HIS LIFE, IN JUNE 2000 HE FOUNDED THE CANCER WARRIORS FOUNDATION

SINCE THEN CWF HAS GUIDED MORE THAN 1000 KIDS W CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR FIGHT FOR LIFE

TO RAISE AWARENESS HE BIKE FOR LIFE THREE TIMES ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES! AVERAGING 100 KMS A DAY FOR 14 DAYS! TO GET PEOPLE INFORMED EDUCATE EMPOWERED AND INSPIRED TO JOIN OUR BATTLE FOR LIFE

2011 HE SUFFERED 18 SEIZURES WENT TO 5 DAYS IN COMA EVERY BODY WAS CRYING BUT IT WAS NOT YET HIS TIME

SO TO INVOLVE THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY IN OUR WAR AGAINST CANCER HE INITIATED THE RUN FOR HOPE CAMPAIGN

HE CONQUERED THE CHICAGO MARATHON IN 2013, BERLIN IN 2014, TOKYO IN 2015

THEN TO THE SURPRISE AND SHOCK OF THE FAMILY FRIENDS AND DOCTORS

IN DECEMBER 2015 HE WAS DIAGNOSED

WITH BASEL CELL CARCINOMA- SKIN CANCER

BUT THIS DID NOT STOP HIM IN HIS MISSION TO CHANGE LIVES

IN NOV 5 2017- HE BECAME THE 1ST BRAIN CANCER SKIN CANCER WARRIOR TO CONQUER 4 MAJOR MARATHONS IN 4 YEARS

NOW HE IS SHOUTING TO THE WORLD CHILDHOOD CANCER IS CURABLE

TELLING PEOPLE TO THEIR BEST

BRIGHT IDEAS

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