Please Pray

Please continue praying for my grandmother. She got out of the hospital last week, but only for two days. She began having some complications on last Friday and was sent by ambulance to a hospital near my mom. Once she was seen there, she was transferred back to Medical City where she was admitted to the CVICU. She has had a few rough days with her heart rate going up and down. She had more fluid on her lungs, which she had drained once before and she has been given 3 units of blood. She is scared and needs prayer for peace. I know she's thinking about her sister who passed away in April after her bypass surgery. Also, please pray for my mom and my aunt who have been by her side for the last 3 weeks. They are emotionally and physically drained and my mom really needs to be at work as she is out of vacation/sick time.

I had Darrel talk to my grandmother to try to help ease her mind. He said many of these complications are very typical for the type of valve replacement she had. She has always respected his opinion so much that I figured he may be the only one who could help her be at peace. She did get out of ICU on Tuesday of this week and will be in the hospital until they can get her medications regulated and keep her heart rate normal.

Home From The Hospital

Just a quick update....I went to see my grandmother yesterday at the hospital. She is doing much better after a few crazy days with her kidneys, lungs & breathing treatments. She has finally gone home to my mom's where she will stay for the next 3 months in order to do her rehab. I am very thankful she is out of the hosptial and she does have family to take care of her while she recovers. She lives in west Tx but will stay in the Dallas area throughout her rehab. Please continue to pray for her as she recovers and has to be away from her husband. He is not in very good health but has a close friend nearby watching out for him.

Myranda and Arron had a great week at camp and had alot of fun working with kids who came to VBS. It was good for them to be brought out of their comfort zone a little while inviting people off of the street of NM to come to VBS. Some kids came all week, and some were sporadic but seeds were planted in the lives of those little ones and their parents/grandparents! One little girl asked if they were coming back again to do VBS. She was about 6 yr old. They told her maybe they could come back next year, she said "no that is too long, you need to come back sooner." She must have really felt God's love being poored out on her. Hopefully she will come to know the Lord someday!

Payton is away at camp this week, Jacob went to my in-laws for a couple of days. Ben isn't quiet sure what to think when his siblings keep coming and going. We are leaving soon to take the kids on a short vacation. I will post again when we return.

Update on Grandmother

Thanks for all your prayers for my grandmother. She did well during her surgery, she was in surgery for 7 hours. She ended up with 2 stints being placed and the valve replacement. She is still in ICU but has come off the ventilator. She still needs prayer for her recovery and to be able to be weaned from an external pacemaker. I hope to be able to travel to see her sometime this weekend when Darrel can help with the kids.

Prayer Request

Everyone here is doing well, Ben continues to adjust and is doing better (most days) with being nice to Shayle. Arron and Myranda are away at church camp in New Mexico this week. As a part of the camp their youth group is having VBS at a local housing project, which we have been told is not open to the Gospel. Please pray with me this week for Arron and Myranda to grow even closer to God, to have a life changing experience while teaching these children and for the kids who will attend VBS to have an open heart to hear about Jesus. I have been praying for a couple of weeks for those who God will bring to VBS and for them to be receptive as well as our youth that will be teaching them God's Word, some of which have never heard the name "Jesus".

Also, my grandmother will be having a second heart surgery on Wednesday, 7/14. She had a tripple by-pass five years ago. She is now needing a stint to be placed in and her aortic valve replaced. Turns out, her aortic valve has never been the way is should be, she has had a heart defect all of her life with a small heart murmur. She is 77 yrs old and I am very close to her. She was the one who led me to my Savior over 31 years ago. I will forever be greatful to her. She is nervous as her sister just passed away in April after her heart surgery. Please lift her up for her to have peace like never before, for the doctors to be guided by The Great Physician and for her recovery. She had some trouble with her breathing and lungs after surgery last time and is concerned about that this time.

Last time, I was able to be at the hospital the entire time for her surgery, but this time I won't be able to be there the day of surgery. Ben would not be happy if he couldn't be with his mommy for an entire day and my grandmother understands this. Our family did get to go have dinner with her last week and she met Ben. Tomorrow we are going to go see her in Dallas at the hospital as Darrel will be able to go with me and entertain Ben in the waiting room. I hope to be able to go visit her again later in the week once she is out of ICU and into a room on the floor.