{"id":1189,"date":"2010-06-08T10:22:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T15:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2010-06-08T10:22:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T15:22:43","slug":"oh-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2010\/oh-sick.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, sick."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Sick has been the word, lately &#8211; not just us, either.<\/b> &nbsp;Other members of our team have been hit with one thing or another lately.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday I started feeling sick &#8211; I was hoping it was just my imagination, but by Monday morning it was obvious it wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>In the mean time, Nathanael&#8217;s eyes started getting red. &nbsp;You guessed it &#8211; the dreaded <i>&quot;pink eye&quot;<\/i>!<\/p>\n<p>So the boys in the family went off to the doctor yesterday morning. &nbsp;Nathanael got a couple of drugs (including his &quot;favourite&quot; &#8211; eye drops), and I got some too (not eye drops. &nbsp;Vitamins, though, not <i>just<\/i> drugs. &nbsp;Imagine that!).<\/p>\n<p>Nathanael is fine other than his eyes &#8211; lots of energy. &nbsp;But he&#8217;s home from school for one more day while we try to get him better.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been pretty out of it the last couple of days, but &#8211; no rest for the wicked &#8230; er &#8230; weary &#8230; whatever. &nbsp;I was trying to help Shari with her study (she helping to lead a women&#8217;s study now) and trying to keep the kids moving. &nbsp;Shari was up until 1 or 2 in the morning I believe, working on the study. &nbsp;I <i>should have been<\/i> up until 1 or 2 working on the Chronological Bible Study, but I was just too out of it.<\/p>\n<p>So today I&#8217;m still out of it, but trying to do something. &nbsp;Like help Nathanael with his homework. &nbsp;Hopefully Shari will get a bit of a break so that <i>she<\/i> doesn&#8217;t get sick &#8211; though she may be nursing people back to health!<\/p>\n<p><b>Then this morning we got word that one of the interns was quite sick.<\/b> &nbsp;Sounds like a stomach bug, but when he got it HE GOT IT. &nbsp;So the Frys were up half the night helping him, and they&#8217;re trying to nurse him back to health today.&nbsp;&nbsp;They&#8217;re taking good care of him &#8211; so I have no doubt he&#8217;ll be back in the game very soon. &nbsp;But I&#8217;m sure he would appreciate your prayers.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your prayers in the midst of what sometimes feels like chaos &#8211; God is working, and of course He&#8217;s reminding us that He can work even when we&#8217;re tired and sick. &nbsp;It&#8217;s not like He &quot;needs&quot; our brilliant efforts to accomplish His purpose. &nbsp;But He still wants us involved &#8211; thanks for those who are praying for us and helping in so many ways! &nbsp;There are exciting things happening as God&#8217;s Word is being spread.<\/p>\n<p>Lord willing I&#8217;ll be able to make it to the study tonight&#8230; we&#8217;ll see. &nbsp;Either way, pray for Jos&eacute; who will be leading, Lord willing. &nbsp;It&#8217;s a very key topic tonight (I guess it is every night, though, in a 15 week study of the whole Bible!) &#8211; <b>the Call of Abram<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sick has been the word, lately &#8211; not just us, either. &nbsp;Other members of our team have been hit with one thing or another lately. 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