summer of prayer, week seven

Wonderful news! We spoke with our friends the Zickafoose's and they were so glad to report that Joe has not been sick as they had anticipated from the chemo! Thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray that Jayne stays healthy so she can stay with Joe while he's in the hospital the next few weeks.

Thank you also for your prayers for the release of the new resources and for my time speaking with the Chaplains. They were a very receptive group of sincere, substantial souls.

For the next week:

1. Tomorrow, Keona and I leave on a spiritual retreat together for 48 hours in Kansas City. We're going to a kids worship gathering, staying at a hotel, doing her nails together for the first time, and enjoying some special "mommy & me" mentoring time. She's so excited. In fact, it's almost 11pm and she's STILL awake!

2. We've had visits from 4 professionals this past week for little Louie. The doctors feel Louie is 9 months delayed. The First Steps teams feels he is only 4-6 months delayed. Now we begin wading through insurance and therapy options. We would appreciate your continued prayers for a team to grow around our dear baby boy.

3. I am writing 'like the wind' these days for the next book. Please pray for a very fruitful August :-) !