Prayer and Praise

Hey, these bodies are pretty weak sometimes, aren’t they?  This was supposed to be a week to get caught up on work and rest after our trip.  But for some silly reason, I can’t sleep!  Well, not much anyway.  Actually, it’s more like wild dream – awake – wild dream – awake – wild dream – awake.

So I’m not sure what’s up with that.  Shari actually can’t sleep all that well either.  So we’re just kinda getting more and more tired.

Sooooo…. I don’t know what else to say about that.  It’s just that we’re getting tired enough that it’s become significant enough to write about!  If you like, you could pray that we could get some sleep.  And, more importantly, that we could cope while we’re awake – not get too irritable or anything like that.  The spirit is willing, but…

For those of you who like to pray for health related issues, here are a few quick things to pray for…

• My Mom is heading to the hospital today to have some "minor" work done this afternoon.  Please pray for her recovery over the next couple of days especially, and for my Dad who is also dealing with health issues.
• Nathanael has shown some improvement, but will be going in for blood work tomorrow and then another doctor’s appointment probably on Thursday.  Please pray for continued wisdom and direction in his treatment.  Nathanael and I also have nasty colds.
• I will be going to the doctor this week so he can tell me how I’m feeling.  😉
• Shari has been struggling with a bad headache, and it needs to go away.
• I will be Lord willing seeing an optometrist later this month regarding some trouble I’ve been having with my eyes.  Please pray that I’ll find the right doctor and get some help.

Thanks for your prayers!  God is teaching us and reminding us to rely on Him.  He’s great!

Excuse the ambiguous title, but it seems there are loose ends all over the place here at Finding direction, so I’m going to tie a few up.  Thanks to Ken for the reminder.

First, I already mentioned this but Hannah and Nathanael are fine after the fevers of the last week or two.  Shari was sick but is starting to feel better.  As for me… well, I’m supposed to take some drugs and talk to my doctor again in about 10 days.  So I’m making as much progress toward health as is possible at the moment (I’m even writing this lying in bed – a rare tip of the hat toward recovery for me).

I mentioned Toby in the last audio post.  Marilyn (his wife) emailed from Houston on the 14th to say that he’s fine!  They’re playing with his meds a bit, but it sounds like he’s doing ok.  So praise the Lord and thank you for your prayers!

We had a good visit with the Fry family on Sunday.  In an effort to check out what’s going on in other parts of Mexico, we’ve visited with the Frys and the Williams.  They were good visits, and we look forward to more, including a trip to Texcoco next week to visit the Smiths.

Meanwhile, we’re doing school – ours and the kids’.  And as always we appreciate your prayers for that!