Missions

29 May

Posted at 23:07h in Church, Missions by
Sunday began with a trip to the church to load up everything we would need to hold services in the park...evidently, it takes pretty much everything in the church...lol.  We had to load it up, transport it, then it was all carried into the park from a neighboring street...it was quite the undertaking.  Mark and I went to one of the local markets to pick up the "fruit cakes" with chocolate on top, then headed back to the park.

28 May

Posted at 13:03h in Church, Missions by
Friday was a day where we spent the morning shopping for groceries, etc. as we continued preparations for Saturday's youth conference.  We got to spend some time with the Christian Family over lunch as well.  They had recently moved to a new, third floor apartment and we were invited over for some pasta salad and strawberry shortcake.  This was a great time of fellowship...they will be heading back to the States in a couple of weeks to celebrate their sending church's 50th anniversary.  Please pray for them as they travel.

06 Apr

Posted at 15:09h in Church, Missions by

Spoke with Bro. Bob this morning and he said that Mary is having a good day today.  Last night she didn't have a fever and the head-to-toe rash that she has is getting better.  She is still having to contend with the sores in her mouth, but they are treating that.  She is still needing to receive blood and platelets pretty regularly and the doctors are hoping to be able to test her bone marrow soon.   Originally, they were looking at testing on the 7th, but they have given them a window out until the 11th for that.  Prayers are that the chemo and other drugs they have been giving Mary will be working on the Leukemia, if not,...

01 Apr

Posted at 08:35h in Church, Missions by

As of last night, Mary was still struggling as she is receiving her treatments.  With all of the swelling in her organs, her spleen seems to be giving her particular trouble.  The doctors aren't sure why, but she has been receiving pain meds and other things to allow her to rest.  Another concern is that her fevers have spiked again.  This usually happens after the chemo treatments finish, but it has begun earlier for some reason.  Another new development is that she now has a rash from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet, most likely a reaction to the drugs.  Another possibility perhaps, is that with her immune system compromised, she is now manifesting an...

27 Mar

Posted at 14:12h in Church, Missions by

Mary has been on the chemo now since Friday afternoon and it is making her extremely sick.  She had to receive more blood and platelets on top of that yesterday.  The chemo is causing a great deal of pain and she pretty much all of the other side effects that chemo treatment brings.  Bro. Bob stated that they have her sedated, but the pain is too much.  She just lays there in a fetal position and they try to get the nausea under control.  There was a moment of levity on the phone when he was explaining that he doesn't do well with vomit and that he has to keep a bucket going for him too.  Dawn is on her...