Zumba

Anyone one to go to Zumba class with me this Friday at 4:45 at the Avalon Y?  I went on Wednesday and it was fun.  Can’t do the foot work or move like they want us to but it certainly was a workout.

Brother-in-law

I want to ask you to pray for our brother-in-law, Rif.  He is Bill’s sister’s husband.  He is in the hospital.  He has suffered from Crones for years.  He had a fever of 103 and they have gotten that to come down. 

He has 2 infections.  A grand positive and a grand negative.  The grand positive is a staff infection in the valve of his heart.  If they cannot get it under control it will destroy the valve.  A staff infection is like a tree and parts can break off and go other places.

The grand negative they are hoping to find out tomorrow.  The doctor called it a volatile situation.

Rif, his wife Deb and son Ben live in South Carolina.  They are not christians.

Thank you for praying.

The Lives They Live

Many people have been on my mind lately.  The first one is Josh.  He just lost his wife to cancer a few weeks ago.  I met Wendy and Josh while I was in PA this summer.  What an amazing testimony they have.  Even through her pain they were praising God and seeing His hand in everything.  I am privileged for having met them even if it was only for a few hours one night.  During that time she was in extreme pain but I was blessed for having known her.

Sandy (name changed for her safety) is a missionary.  She was recently medically evacuated from her country because she was sick.  She almost died but God spared her life.  She will hopefully be in the US in the next few days.  I had the privilege of sitting in her debrief last year and hearing her story from the country she serves in.  She is a nurse and the things that she has seen are horrendous.  But she has an impact on many lives.  She is a go getter for God.

Then there is E.  She recently lost her husband.  They were missionaries as well.  She is now in the states with her 2 year old daughter.  Reading her blogs breaks my heart.  But she is being open and honest with her grief.  He was another go getter for God. 

And of course all those make me remember Jim, my co-worker and his wife Beth who he left behind. 

There are so many people who are making a difference for God and He is using them all in many different ways.  Their lives have touched so many people. 

It makes me wonder who my life has touched.  Are there people who see my life and how I handle it who see Jesus or do they just see me.  I pray that they can see Jesus light shining and that I would not be a stumbling block to them because of how I reacted, acted or what I said or did.