Hi

I feel as if I have been gone so long. I miss blogging and communicating with my blogging friends. I thought I better get on and update everyone. I also want to thank you all for praying for my family and for Mel’s health.

Mel has been moved to transitional care so that he can have physical therapy. The facility is very nice, much better then the one he spent 6 weeks in last summer. His attitude has improved over the last two days. Craig and I were really worried there for a bit. He was very lethargic and very intent on what the date was. I was concerned that he was trying to plan his death to fall on the anniversary of Mom’s death, April 3rd.

I once again got to practice my assertiveness skills. That is truly a joke. Most of you know that this isn’t an area that I struggle with. It only took me once to explain things to the staff and they have been wonderful ever since. I know that they didn’t care for me that first day but I have really been very nice to them since. I don’t normally approach people sternly but when you are trying to do something that is going to kill my Dad. I kind of get touchy. I don’t enjoy having to be that person. I try to avoid it at all costs. I am usually very nice to the people that are serving me or working with the public.

I do want to thank you all for your prayers. Prayers for Mel, Craig and myself. The update regarding Craig and him wanting me to read the Bible to him is……Amazing! He even turned off a game the other night and said “Hey, Isn’t it time to read?” It has been amazing to share this with him. It has opened up his eyes to a few things.

One is that the Bible isn’t full of all the strange human rules about church. Things like you must wear a tie to church and women must wear panty hose. As well as some of the other rules that churches put on you…Not the Lord.

The second thing that he is figuring out is that I am SERIOUS about God. That for the rest of my life I am going to serve the Lord. I think this is actually a comfort to him. He has made a couple of inquiries that give me hope that he will one day be an openly praying husband. That is the one thing about him not being active in Christ that I miss the most. I want my husband to pray with me. Baby Steps!! The Lord is working in him even his dad sees it.

I love you all. I am sorry if I have been neglecting any of you. I am also apologetic for the depressing prayer requests. Thankful for them I am, but you all know that I like to be fun some of the time. Lately that hasn’t been in me.

Please if you have any prayer requests send them my way. I love to pray for others! I owe a lot of you some serious prayer time!!