To God Be The Glory: First Day of Official Rehabilitation

This World Is Not My Home

I'm just a passin' through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. In the meantime, we are so thankful to be in the center of our Lord's will and for the blessing of serving our Saviour and the people of Bible Baptist Church for the last 35 years here in Kalispell, Montana. This blog is a way of keeping in touch with our extended families, church family, and friends far and wide. We feel so blessed by each one of you and what you mean to us. We are thankful for your prayers over the years and especially now. More importantly, we encourage every one our fellow Christian soldiers to "hold the fort". Use both the joys and trials to tell others of God's amazing grace. It is our desire to give Him the glory in all things. "Wave the answer back to heaven, by Thy grace, we will"

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

First Day of Official Rehabilitation

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First day "on the job" Click on the link above to see a photo of Pastor Bemis freshly showered , dressed, and ready to go to work. The fog has cleared and the man is on a mission! Yesterday was his first official day of rehabilitation and all the doctors are already saying he is a good 2-3 days ahead of where they had expected him to be. They say it's because he is in such great physical shape, but we happen to know of more than a few prayer warriors who have been lifting him up before the Lord and asking specifically for good recovery. As with anything he does, he is trying to go above and beyond what the physical therapists are asking of him. If they want him to walk the hall once, he walks it twice, and so on. Please pray that he is able to find a good balance between working hard and resting well.

Less is definitely more when it comes to pain medication. He is now completely off the Valium, and tolerating the other new pain medication much better. Because of this his head is much clearer and he is back to his determined, ornery self. To that end, please pray for Louise. She is a fantastic help meet to him.

A homecoming already? Today we should learn more of the doctor's intentions for when they plan on releasing him from the hospital to continue his recovery at home. There will be plenty of changes in store with regard to how he gets around the house and we will expand on all of that later.