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June 2, 2005
June 2, update
They will be doing a trach on Asher this morning. the procedure will be done in his room in icu. pray that God's hand would be the doctor's guide. yesterday morning was a difficult one for us, but when we left him last night he was doing so much better. i know it is the prayer. his ortho surgen came in last night and gave us a great report on the surgery he performed on asher's broken femur. he kept telling not to lose hope and to keep our faith for the ultimate outcome for asher. i can't tell you how wonderful this was to hear from a doctor that we don't even know. It is amazing the ways that God is bringing joy to us in the midst of circumstances that seem to be void of hope and joy. speaking of having joy under such circumstances may seem like lunacy on our part, but i can't tell you the relief it is to be able to have God's joy come upon us, because if it didn't the weight of the circumstances would simply be too crushing.
Throughout each day we find so much to be thankful for and find ourselves counting each blessing as a special gift from God as it is actually occurring. I think these special blessings come to us every day under normal circumstances, it is just that we have become so used to them that most of us pass them by. Lord forgive me for so many blessings that I have received from you and failed to give you thanks for.
Our dear sister, agnes stokes, will have her homegoing celebration today. this will be terribly hard not to be there to join in with so many others who knew and loved her, for this very special homegoing. agnes was a widow who was a saint among saints. on several occaisions over the years agnes prayed over me for healing when all else had failed and through her prayers God healed me. i have never had any doubts that agnes had the gift of healing. i know that she has no regrets about where she is now, but i already do and will continue to miss her.
There was some more very sad news for me this week. i learned that a very old and dear friend, Dr. John Bollinger, passed away this weekend. he was hiking in the smokey mountains this past sunday and had a heart attack. i first met john in 1979 the first time i lived in chattanooga, right after i graduated from the university of Georgia. it happened to be a time in my life when i was going through some growing up struggles and john really befriended me it was not until years later that i realized that he was one of those very special people that God places in our lives just at the time when we need help getting through some very difficult personal struggles. please pray for his family and his many many close friends who are in terrible loss over this great shock.
Lord bless you all and i will update you later today after asher has his trach.
andy mendonsa
| By Leda | 10:41 AM
