Greetings to you all in the precious name of our wonderful Savior. Well my latest health saga has finally ended. On Thursday of last week I passed a rather large kidney stone and the relief was almost instantaneous. The hospital never checked me for stones and so I was unaware that this was the cause for all my severe back pain until that time. Since then I have had an ultra-sound which revealed that I still have three more in my left Kidney but they are all considerably smaller than the one I passed, and should not cause great discomfort.
The works continues to go well, it was hard to be on the sidelines for a couple of weeks and to miss a couple of studies that I enjoy teaching, but it was also a learning time for me. For the first time in my life I learned what it was to be totally dependent on another for my care. Joyce was so patient and comforting to me while I lay on the floor in spasm.
I taught this last week at the assembly at Navy Base. It was good to be back teaching again. Currently we are down in Manila with Larry and Kim and the grandkids. We are here for a couple of celebrations. One celebrating 25 years of service of some old friends at Faith Academy, and then this week end we bid farewell to a special couple who have faithfully served the Lord in the assemblies both here in Manila and in Samar since the late 80s. They are returning to New Zealand due to Shane’s health and for two of their children to attend college. We will miss them, although we do not see them often they have had an impact on many lives.
This coming Sunday I will be with the saints at Hillcrest Christian fellowship. Then the following week back to Baguio for some studies and to speak at Baguio Gold on the Lord’s Day.
Thanks so much for your prayers during my hospital stay and home recovery and for the notes that so many of you sent which were so very encouraging to me.
