June 25, 2009
Greetings
For the longest time I’ve been trying to think up a nice
letter to send, but I haven’t been able to get my mind
into a “letter writing mode”, so I’ll just send you a
little note.
Thanks very much for praying for us.
It’s great visiting churches and seeing people, but we
would rather be back in Perú now. We had a goal of
returning to Perú in February, but that didn’t happen,
so now our new goal is for July. We’ve gained about $200
a month and there are some indications that there might
be more. At the moment, we need about $700 a month more
support before we can return to Perú. We’d like to be
there by July so I can be at the Bible college for
second semester. We hear good things about the
churches in Poroto and Samne. We’re looking forward to
seeing them again.
We’re still up in the air about
whether Daniel and Timothy should return with us to Perú
or whether they should stay here in the States to study
and work.
Thank you, Jim and Alethia
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tim had abdominal pain and couldn't sleep much last
night. Then this morning he was hot and shivering, so we
took him to the Riverside Community hospital. After
several hours he got a cat scan that confirmed it was
his appendix. So this evening he will have an operation.
He's busy on his cell phone texting everyone.
Thanks for remembering him in prayer,
Jim and Alethia
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The appendix had ruptured before the operation, so Tim
is on antibiotics and is being drained. He'll probably
stay in the hospital at least until Saturday. We took
him for a walk down the hall. Alethia has been with him
all day, so maybe she'll be able to send more
information this evening when she gets home.
Thanks for praying,
Jim and Alethia
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tim tried to start eating solid food, but then had to
stop. The Dr. thinks he has an abscess, so he will have
another cat scan tomorrow, and probably have another
drain put in.
Thanks for praying,
Jim and Alethia
Monday, June 1, 2009
Tim wanted his Mom with him early this morning before he
went for his cat scan. By the time we got there he had
thrown up the dye they had given him for the scan. The
scan didn't take too long and when they brought him back
at about 9 they said they should have the results in a
couple of hours. I decided to wait till then. Tim was
served a liquid breakfast and ate some of it. But then
he felt nauseous and hardly ate any of his liquid lunch.
Finally, at 4:00 they told us the results. There was no
abscess and no bowel obstruction. So he could have
normal food and maybe go home tomorrow. By supper time
he felt better and ate and kept it down. So we hope to
be able to bring him home tomorrow.
Thanks again,
Jim and Alethia
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Tim had a good night and ate some breakfast. Sarah came
with Alethia and me to pick him up. As Tim came out the
door he was happy to breathe the fresh air. We're really
glad to have him home again.
Thanks for praying,
Jim and Alethia,
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