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Some much needed encouragement

February 17th, 2011

If you’re expecting me to give encouragement today, I probably won’t.  But I will send you to our friends Dee & Greg’s blog.  They are serving God in Estonia right now, and with 2 little ones (age 3 & less than 1!), it’s safe to say that Dee is Supermom.  She touched my heart the other day with this post – From the Mouths of Children and Infants.  I needed to “hear” all those Scriptures she quotes.

It seems like our family is in the midst of weekly medical drama.  I haven’t been posting as much because of it.  On the other hand, maybe I should write this up and sell it to Hollywood as a script for a tv show.  Here goes -

1.  My grandmother is in a nursing home now.  She is having trouble feeding herself, much less walking.  We are not sure how much of her symptoms result from depression (from losing her husband of 58 years last September) or from just getting older.  Please pray for my dad and his siblings to know the best care for her, and for my grandmother to know God’s peace and comfort right now.

2.  My dad is doing fantastic.  Each day he is stronger and happier and can do a little bit more.  He’s been working every other day for a few weeks.. now I think he’s working 3.5 days, with his cousin from out of town working for him the other full day.  Thank you for his prayers for him and continue to lift him up – recovery is slow and steady, but still not fun.

3.  Colby has been sick for the past 3 weeks now.  I think he had a mild form of the flu I had, which turned into a double ear infection.  He went to the doctor and was prescribed amoxicillin.  This week he broke out in a horrible itching rash from head to toe and I worried beyond all worry that he had the measles.  We took him to the doctor, and the bad news is, it turns out he has a pretty bad allergy of penicillin.  The good news?  He does NOT have the measles.  So, now he’s on another med to try and get rid of the (ever-loving, ever-living, compound, complex) ear infection, and a steroid to get rid of the itching and rash.  One of these days we’ll figure out how to be rid of sickness.

4.  Kevin’s grandpa is in the hospital.  This is fairly recent, and this comes after Kevin’s mom was in the hospital for a very complicated bladder infection.  We are so glad she is doing [MUCH] better; now Kevin’s poor dad is taking up residence in the hospital rooms, looking after one and then the other.  Please pray that our family will find some much-needed relief – emotionally, spiritually, physically.

I’m so glad the Groundhog Phil told us winter was over.  My kids have really enjoyed playing outside and I have loved being outside as well.  I am so thankful for all of you – family and friends who lift us up in prayer.  Thank you for remembering us and for your encouraging words to us.

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