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A Hometown Mississippi Team Is Coming to PERU!!!

Good morning, my faithful prayer warriors!  How are you doing this fine Friday morning?  I am doing extremely well since I have finally gotten a moment to just relax.  This week has been crazy busy. Everything is kind of a blur. Typing Brian's 10-page paper for seminary (he did the work; I did the typing); learning how to use and send an expense report (new way!); helping kids with homework each evening between PT and classes; doctor's appointment; lesson plans & creating pages for classwork/practice; lab work for my blood; and the list goes on!  Other than my allergies because of the  dirt/dust blowing in our sliding glass door and windows and the heat of the day making me groggy, all is well. 

On Tuesday, my leg had some swelling from top to bottom. This alerted Lourdes, my precious PT. She iced me down and told me to rest; she wanted us to call my cardiologist to see if this was normal. Brian called the intern, and he returned our call at midnight (he'd had an emergency call-out) with my doctor's instructions. Basically, this is somewhat normal (as long as I wasn't having pain in the area of the blood clot) because I was "restarting" my exercises from being on "hold" last week.  Please pray for complete healing/dissolving of the clot safely.

On Wednesday, I had an appointment to see my orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Suarez. I think he was a little surprised that I am limping as much as I am. He looked at my leg, and the healing of the incisions are very good. They are slowly beginning to fade/smooth over. I am still having issues with my inner ankle, so please continue to  pray for complete restoration of my ankle and tendons. Dr. Suarez says I need to walk, walk, walk to stretch everything (tendon) back out, and I should be a normal woman again. :) I don't like to take too many Tylenol, but I can't take Ibuprofen because of the clot. 

Skylar and Sydney are doing well in school. They are tired in the evenings because of March starting with such a bang! School + our classes + 1 hour workout in swimming 2 days of the week (which makes their day 30 minutes longer)!!! Pray for them to finish up their 2nd semester well, growing to be like Him more each day.

In addition to completing tests and papers for classes, Brian has been VERY busy getting everything together for our hometown team, which will be traveling on SATURDAY to Peru!!!!  They should arrive late Saturday night, and the plan is to travel straight from the airport to Canta.  Please pray for safe trips for them! Please keep the drivers (Brian and Josue), translators (JB, JP, Janeth, & Aracelli), theteam (Chase, Matt, Kayela, Courtney, Jonathan, Lathan, and Tianna), and the pastor from Canta city (Miguel) in your prayers each day (health, safety, and to be led by the Spirit). Please keep the people of San Buenaventura, San Lorenzo, San Jose, and Viscas lifted up; pray for salvation to those who didn't accept and for growth and knowledge in those who did or will choose  to follow Him. This will be the 2nd trip to the adopted area; many accepted Christ during our first trip in October. The team will be storying from the Bible, training in discipleship, and sharing God's love with the villagers.

Pray for the kids and myself, as we will stay in Lima. Pray for our health, safety, and strength.

Thanks again to our prayer warriors. You play a VITAL role in His kingdom work! We love you!

 

Peruvian March Summer Days

March...How the days are flying by!

Brian is steadily assigning translators for groups coming in. It is so amazing to know that God is sending more teams to share the Word with unreached people groups in northern Peru. I am awed at how God is working in and through our precious nationals who translate for the teams and also are burning to share the light with the people who need Him!! 

In addition to translating, He is taking 2 online seminary courses. One course is on the New Testament. He's reading, learning, and writing much about the NT.  Pray for his studies and for organizing his time/studies efficiently between trips, assigning translators, and classes/Bible studies.

Skylar and Sydney seem to be having a blast at school. Skylar has met a new friend/classmate that just moved here and is going to Fetzer who also has an interest in gaming. Sydney's friend and classmate, Mayha, has returned from her stateside assignment in Canada back to Peru. Both Skylar and Sydney are enjoying their swimming lessons, which is a blessing considering it was hard to get them in the pool last semester. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, they travel to a nearby pool and take lessons, which is part of their physical ed. curriculum; they will have 8 total lessons for this semester.

Classes are going full throttle. It's such a joy to teach students who are wanting to learn not only English but want to grow as a disciple or learn about a relationship with Him.  Although we have familiar faces in class, there have been many new faces join us this term!  On Saturdays, I have been teaching about the Gospel of John in the advanced class and the Gospel of Mark in the intermediate. Last weekend, I really wasn't sure if I was supposed to teach because of the clot issues, but God has been very good to me. I went and made sure I didn't sit still the entire day (6 1/2 hours, not counting the drive to and from); students were surprised that I was up and using only one crutch). As I listened in to groups discussing our passages, I was so thankful for believers within the groups sharing the Truth to the others! As I sat in on a group, I can see curiosity and a desire from students who want to know and understand what a relationship (instead of "religion") with Christ consists of.  Please pray for unbelievers to continue to come back, for God to work in and through myself and the others believers attending, and for God to open the hearts and minds of those who need to hear and believe!!

Although I was put on "hold" last week, I have a HUGE HALLELUJAH to share with you! Yesterday, I saw my cardiologist, who gave me GREAT reports. He seemed a little surprised that I am now walking (yes, it was a LONGGG walk into the hospital) without any crutches (another praise!!).  The clot is still there (lower stomach to knee), BUT it is slowly beginning to dissolve a little. He explained that it is a slow process because of the slow healing process of my walking. The more I walk, the more circulation will begin. A small channel of blood is beginning to move through. He says that because of the type of clot it is that there should not be a danger of the pieces moving. I am to continue taking Warfarina, wearing a compression bandage or stocking to my thigh (NEW news--I can take it off at night!!), and I may begin my exercises again from my PT. I will get another echogram around April 3 and see him afterward. I may travel during the April trip with George Greene (YAYYYYYY!!!!) as long as we stop on the ride up occasionally and let me move around some.  He thinks that by June or July the clot should be about gone, but we'll keep checking to make sure.  PRAISE GOD for GREAT news!  I will see Dr. Suarez next Wednesday.

Brian is making preparations to travel (purchasing food & needed materials) with the March George Greene team. Pray for him and also for the teammates, translators, and driver. Pray for the people who may hear for the first time (many villagers were out seeking water for their cows/animals during the last trip) and for those who did make a commitment to follow through in obedience and growth in Him.

Thanks to you guys for your love and support!  Your prayers mean so much to us!!!!

March Prayer Newsletter

We hope this newsletter finds you doing well!  Thankfully, my recovery has progressed over the past few weeks; however, now we are on "hold" again, until we see my cardiologist next Thursday. The echogram shows the clot slightly dissolving into pieces, so the doctor (who assists my cardiologist) has eliminated my exercises and has me resting again. If I am sitting for more than 30 minutes, I must elevate my leg above my heart. We trust that He is in control! Continue to pray for me as He heals me in His own timing. My doctor will be back from his conference in Texas for my visit next Thursday. My blood's INR level is very thin, just the way the doctor wants it to be, so my medicine is staying the same dosage. I am walking with one crutch; my tendons are still trying to stretch back out, so I am slow as a turtle. :)

 

Please share our newsletter with friends, family, your Sunday School class and church, mission groups, and all prayer warriors!  Download March 2011 's newsletter.

 

We thank God for each of you!!  May God bless you in His kingdom work.