Monday Morning Update

2 Corinthians 12:9-10
"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."

What a beautiful verse...one that has become so dear to me ever since we have been on the field and even more so this past week. I'm so thankful for God's Word.

I just wanted to give a quick update this morning. We got home Saturday night...what a blessing to ride not only in a car that had a reclining seat but one with a/c...a very unexpected blessing! It was a very comfortable ride home and I'm so very thankful.

Daniel had all the children sit down in the living room and then brought me in. I will remember forever each of those sweet, warm 12 hugs I received. Then we all talked about what had happened, shared what the Lord had done, how so many were praying and let them ask questions. Their questions were so sweet and so sincere and what child like faith. We then all went around the room and took turns praying.

We went to bed and a couple hours later, Nehemiah crawled into my bed and a couple minutes later, we found out he had the stomach flu. By the next day, several of the children were down. Admittedly, it was a bit discouraging, but even when all I wanted to do was cry, I continued to think of how all things work together for good to them that love God and clung to that throughout the day. It was a long day...Daniel had to be at church all day, but he brought dear Hna. Tola over and she stayed all day long and helped take care of well, most everything since I am not very helpful right now :). The children woke up much better this morning and Hna. Tola will be here all day each day this week. I'm so thankful for her help and so thankful for my husband making sure I'm taken care of when he can't be here.

Daniel went back to La Paz this morning because he has to pay the remainder of our hospital bill, return Rick his car and pick up our truck, and...should I really say this...Daniel said I should...he has to drop off my uterus at the lab. Yes, my uterus has been in a jar in our bedroom this entire weekend. It needs to go to pathology, and the patient is responsible for delivering it, but the lab was closed over the weekend when we got discharged and they didn't give it to us until then.
Well, at least we had time to tell it good bye. :) Don't make me laugh...it hurts my tummy :)

I'm feeling weak but the pain is better. My main concern right now is that I am not eliminating fluids as I should. Please pray this issue resolves. I get a bad pressure headache anytime I lay down too. We called the doctor last night and he gave us a prescription and told me to drink even more. Early this morning I drank another 600 ml. but nothing has come out and I feel all the more swollen and full. The doctor told us to call later today if things don't start resolving. So please continue to pray.
I'm scheduled to have my stitches removed on Thursday and the wound looks clean for which we are thankful.

Those couple days where things were so grave and all I could do was lay in bed, moan and pray as I could, a little bird with a bright yellow head came to my window. And he stayed there for almost an hour pecking on the glass, flying around, looking in the room. My eyes filled with tears and I told Daniel that God sent that little bird just to remind me that He loves me and is caring for me and is right by my side. Just a few minutes later, Daniel opened the computer to read me the new comments and someone had typed out the entire song of His Eye is On the Sparrow. I can't tell you what a special encouragement that was! I cried as I listened and drank in each word.
Thank you so much for your love, encouragement, and prayers. How wonderful is the body of Christ! How faithful and good is our Lord!