December 11th

WOW.................. things have really changed up here.  It's gotten so cold that our diesel truck wouldn't start so we decided that Leon would take the truck & trailer home since it's going to get below 0 this weekend and it's a good thing that we did because the water tanks were frozen when he tried to drain them before he left.  We're praying that nothing busts in the trailer when it starts to thaw out.  So, we're staying in the hospital's hotel that is really nice & we were able to get a room that we could keep Chloe with us, Praise the Lord!  I was sure sad to think that I would have to send her home.  He was only gone for about 36 hours and its a 14 hour trip one way, he said that he felt like he was trailer trucking again! 

I brought a  little Christmas tree with us so it's set up on the dresser so it looks a little like Christmas in our room.  But we've had about 5 inches of snow so far & they're expecting a lot more tonite!  YEAH!  We'll be out driving around to see the beautiful scenery..

We went on an outing that the hospital provided last weekend to Bethel College.  It was their annual Christmas concert, it was spectacular and honored our Lord in music & song!  Then they took all of us to a wonderful restaurant for dinner.  We are so blessed to be at such a wonderful facility that cares about the whole person and family.  They treat us like royality.

We're planning on going to a Christmas program at a local church tomorrow night providing we don't get snowed in.  What a wonderful time of year to hear all the good news about our Lord's birth!

I've had 7 treatments this trip, only 8 more to go!  We're counting the days until we can go home for good! Jody is going to have surgery on the 17th, we're SOOOOOO sad that we won't be there for her but we know that she is under our Father's care and trust that the doctor's hands are guided by our Lord!

We should be headed home on the 22nd, just in time for Christmas.

Praises:
***Leon was able to make it safely home & back to me
***Wonderful celebrations of Christmas
***treatments are easy so far
***NO ITCHING now!

Prayer Requests:
***Protection & healing for Jody as she goes thru this surgery & recovery
***my treatments will go on as scheduled so we can head home
***that God will be glorified thru all of this