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June 26, 2005
June 26, 7:30 PM
asher continued to have a good day today. they put his right leg, the one that he broke, in an extender machine. i know that isn't what it is called, but that is what it does. it bends his knee and then straightens it out very slowly to exercise it. he also showed much more movement in his feet while i was there. earlier, when the nurse came in to check on him she was able to get him to stick his tongue out 2 times in a row, which just totally amazes to me.
a dear friend came by and sat with asher all afternoon so that gloria and i could both come home and get everything ready to go to atlanta tomorrow. as i said in my update earlier today that i woke up with a list of things to do on my mind and started off the day worrying about how i was going to be able to do them all. well, everything has fallen into place perfectly, in fact, more perfectly than i even imagined they would. so, we should be able to leave town in the morning without any worries to follow behind us. of that, i am so thankful.
over the next few days i will have to figure out how to connect with the internet when i am in atlanta so that i can continue to let all of you know what the latest developments and improvements are with asher. until i figure that out i may only be able to just call in brief updates for a while.
please pray for safe travels to atlanta tomorrow and for everything to go smoothly as far as getting settled in. since asher's fall the landscape in our lives has been in constant change. things seem like they are moving both at the speed of light and as slow as the ticking of a clock. it is like our whole family has become something entirely new, and at the same time we are aware of tensions with the old. most of all, though, we are, more than anything else, filled with praise and thanksgiving to God for the ways that He is continuing to restore asher's health and to sustain our hope in Him in the process.
blessings and thanksgiving to and for all of you,
trying to stay in the place of still waters,
andy mendonsa
| By Andy Mendonsa | 8:02 PM
