Sunday Update

A rough start to the day...For the first time ever, we spent all of Sunday at the hospital on the second floor Occupational Rehabilitation wing. Oh, how we missed our church family! The night had been difficult, with Nathan suffering from various side effects from the pain medication. The surgeon spent quite a bit of time with us, explaining that sometimes finding the right mix of pain medication is almost as difficult as dealing with the pain itself. Some changes were made and hopefully will lead to improvement. Please pray with us about this.

A genuine blessing...after a nap and a bath, Nathan was able to walk (with his walker and nurse) to the dining hall, where he was greeted with a sweet hymn caroling from many members of Bible Baptist. It did not take long for the tears to begin flowing as he listened to the sweet melodies of "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", "Amazing Grace", and "In my heart there Rings a Melody". He was able to express a heartfelt thank you for their prayers and kind gesture in coming to visit him and sing to him. The caroling continued with his request of "Mansion Over the Hilltop" and then some more testimony from him of some of the struggles this past week has brought, what they have meant to him, and glory given to God for his faithfulness in everything, which lead us to a spontaneous singing of "Great is They Faithfulness". The children he loves so much were invited for hugs and mini-sermons to keep doing right and grow up serving the Lord. His dinner arrived and it was finally time for good-byes, but not without more tears and showing of affection and love between sheep and their shepherd.