"Living the high life"

A few days ago myself and Carol (a physical therapist who is with us this month) were able to get Blades a new foam mattress for his bed, hoping it will help to reduce his bed sores. Can you guess which one is the new one? Blades was SO VERY grateful for this small gift. When we put him in bed on the new mattress he said, "wow, now I'm living the high life".

Now I am not exactly sure if he was referring to the height of the new mattress, or to the fact that it is much more comfortable and new, but regardless, this small gift was a BIG blessing. Same with him being able to sit in his wheelchair. The smile on his face is priceless!

"now I'm living the high life".... Most of us are way overly blessed with "things", and yet we always want more. The life each of us have been given is so abundantly more than we deserve (and often need). Luke 12:15 warns us: "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

May we live to give generously of ourselves and our things out of the abundance of God's blessings.

Blog on the "back burner"

Wow! The past 2.5 weeks have been quite the whirlwind! Between Hannah being gone for a week, all craziness here at the clinic, and the many sick sick people, I had to put many things on the back burner, and blogging was one of them. The things I tried put to the forefront of my priority list were God, family and patients. But, things this week have sloowed a little so I thought I would try to catch you guys up.

Hannah had a great trip visiting family and attending her Aunt Pam's wedding in sunny San Diego. We sure missed her a BUNCH but the kids and I stuck together and did as well as could be expected. Hannah returned on Aidan's 4th birthday, which was a special treat.
















We had Aidan's birthday this past Saturday. He had a good time. Aidan invited some of his friends and we even had an uninvited guest: a tarantula (which was appropriate as it was a Spiderman party)!! No joke. Needless to say ole Spidy did not survive long enough for cake and ice cream. Aidan and everyone else had a fun time regardless.





























Blades continues to improve. His major wound on his backside is still healing albeit slow. however he has developed some small ones, but we are working on that. Hannah was able to bring back a "camel-pack", a water system used by hikers/bikers and runners. Now he can drink water by himself without help which is a good thing in many ways (physically, mentally and emotionally). He is able to sit up in a wheelchair now! YAY! Today was his third time and he was able to sit for 2 hours!!! He absolutely loves it! Today he was able to eat lunch while in the chair which was the first time he has had a meal not lying on his back in over 6 months! Keep praying for his healing and his spirits.

So much more has happened but those are the highlights. Please pray for God's guidance for our future. It is hard to believe but we have less than 10 weeks left here (and we still do not know what we are going to do (job etc) when we return. Our replacements (Dan and Maria) will be arriving here in Belize at the end of August, and we will begin their training. Pray for that too!

I have been studying 1 John a good bit lately. What an awesome book! ^3:1"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" Good stuff. More later...

Home Alone

Hannah traveled all day yesterday to San Diego, California for her Aunt's wedding next weekend. Her first flight left PG at 7:00am and 3 flight later she arrived on the west coast at 9:00pm PST. Praise God she made it safely! Sorry for not telling anyone of this trip but we were trying to surprise Pam and family (and I think she was successful). I know Hannah really wanted to go on this trip but she was very, very hesitant to leave us. I finally convinced her that we would be alright and that she needed to take this trip. I think she is glad she did. I am glad too for her sake. We miss her terribly of course, but she'll be back on Aidan's birthday (the 13th). Pray for us this week. My schedule is PACKED and hectic so pray I'll find "Lily and Aidan time" throughout the week. thanks!