Marching on

To winter!
The nights are chilly here now, the days cool and delightful. I love this weather!
Not for me the heat of summer, sticky and oppressive, or the frost of winter, bare and
bleak. I like Spring and Fall, cool, moderate, enjoyable. Each with its own kaleidoscope
of colors. I will admit, though, that snow might be fun once in a while, lol.

Good things, GOD THINGS, have been happening.
Mayo set us a goal of $3800 to raise for post transplant expenses. If we were to set up
an account with the Ga Transplant Center, they would match our donations, so we only
needed $1900. Our church alone raised over that in one night for us, with more that came
in after! We now have our transplant savings, and some in our personal account for afterwards,
as well. God is good.

Tony continues to hurt, but has found that a heating pad works as well as the pitiful meds
they give him, so he uses that instead. His mom gifted him a very nice wearable heating
pad with two batteries (one extra) that he uses at work. God is good.

We found a psychologist to see Drake about his anxiety and fear of speaking. We had
the first, meet and greet visit, and we go back for tests and evaluations this Thursday.
Praying we can diagnose him correctly to get him the help he needs to overcome all his fears.
We are on the way. God is good.

My brother was admitted to our local hospital with breathing difficulties, then transferred
to Savannah. He has bacteremia, a weak heart, terrible diabetes complications, ect. He's
hanging in there, has had a toe amputated, still hurts to breathe, but is trying to remain
positive. Considering how he looked when I first saw him in the Sav ER, it's a miracle he
is alive. God is good.

My sister has a spot of skin cancer that needs to be removed, but they feel that once gone,
it will be done. Pray that it is so. God is good.

We sent off two shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child this year, and it felt SO good.
We also filled our paper bag with food for our local food drive. Drake really got into
the spirit of it, and we had great talks about helping others and doing what Jesus sent us
here to do. His faith is simple and uncomplicated, and beautiful to see. God is good.

I hope that things are well with you, chickies. Stay warm and eat way too much at T'giving!
GOD IS GOOD!