I know God has us here for a reason...we may not understand it all, but we try very hard to be open to God using us no matter how we feel. We have now been here 10 days and we are both feeling it. However, people on the floor have started bringing their prayer requests to us and telling us their stories.
You know, everyone has a story. Sometimes we try very hard to keep our "stories" to ourselves for many different reasons. One of the things God has shown Kristina and I throughout her "journey" is that God uses our stories. I have been sharing some of the stories that we have heard and experienced since we have been here, and the stories continue to come. I have several new prayer requests to share with each of you, as I know people are praying for Kristina and we share how our prayer support team petitions for us daily! One of the PCA (patient care assistant) ladies on our floor has shared about a 12 year old girl (a close friend of her family) that is in the hospital here with sickle cell, and she wanted us to share her name (Shannon) so we could be praying for her specifically. Our most recent roomate is here to be video monitored for seizures. She has been having some kind of "spells" for the last seven years. She has asked Kristina and I to put her on our church prayer list as well. She has alot of issues in her life and wanted us to pray for her and her family. Our nurse tonight has shared with us that her youngest daughter just died in November in a car accident and she has her 4 year old granddaughter. She is still grieving and trying to raise a small child again. My heart goes out to each of them. Kristina and I talked about how important it is for us to try to be an encourager in each of these situations.
We also had a visit from the brother and sister that are dealing with their mother being here and basically waiting for her to die. They came by to see us and be an encouragement to us even as they are hurting so deeply. Our faith and love of God is a common link that has brought us together. We laughed together about our AWANA programs and our Wednesday night class duties...and our love for what God has us doing for His kingdom.
I guess you would love to hear about Krissy's testing now. Well, it started off a little rough this morning. The doctors brought in a machine that was suppose to stimulate the grid areas in her brain and check out the good areas. However, after about an hour of trying to hook it all up they discovered one of the connections was loose and was going to have to be repaired. They were not sure if they would get it repaired today or if the test would be postponed to tomorrow. Around 2 pm the doctor came in with the machine and said he didn't think they had really done anything to the machine but tightened a connection, so he wasn't sure if it was going to work or not. Once he got it all hooked up and turned it on it worked. He seemed a little surprised. (Of course Krissy and I knew we had been praying all afternoon for the machine to be fixed!) Two hours later the tests were complete. During the testing as they stimulated different grids (areas in her brain) her arm might go up, or her fingers wiggle, etc. It was pretty interesting to watch. The doctors are hoping to be able to analyze the data and they will be meeting with the surgery board on Thursday afternoon. They would still love to see some more seizures and that hasn't happened yet! Her doctor told us by Monday (or Wednesday at the latest) he would let us know how all the data came out and where we stand with the next step. Whew! Another week of just waiting!
being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully... Colossians 1:11
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You always told us that God uses each of us in different ways when we realize it or not. It's so awesome to see what He's doing for you. You have a whole army praying for you, not just here in NC either. I love you both and miss you. "God has a plan for you" that's what you tell us Dollie Mama. I hope your days get better, and that these people find the peace that they need.
So I was thinking as I logged onto the computer this morning... I check this blog like some people check the morning paper. I love you guys and I'm so glad you've stepped into each of these worlds.
Kristina "With all the lost and lonely people/ Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me/Does anybody hear her? Does anybody see?" Live it sister ;-)
The song that comes from... maybe that's our biggest problem, that we lose sight of people "under the shadow of our steeple" and stepping away from our churches and our "christian roles"(i.e. practice, teaching, the routine of actually being at church...) allows us to really SEE what's happening with people around us.
Have an awesome day--oh and I have a funny story for later.
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