This post will be short and to the point (I’ve got little steam after the operation last week but I’ll be posting tomorrow.)
I need every single person who reads this to stop right now and pray for my friend Steve. Yes, the one who spent the month in a coma.
He’s facing the amputation of that foot in the next 48 hours. It’s probably the only way to keep the infection from killing him. Turns out they only stunned the bacteria, didn’t kill them. They’re lurking in the bone and could take off any day. This is truly life-threatening.
He’s taking it well enough. His wife is having a harder time. Both need your prayers.
I will be brief today. For the first time in almost 20 years I will not be at the cemetery to honor my comrades. My knee just can’t take the hobble after the surgery. And consequently I will not be speaking to the crowd for the first time in over five years at Resurrection Cemetery.
That makes me a bit sad. I love and cherish my comrades, known and unknown, who gave their all to keep me free. I honor them no less due to my physical condition, but today I must do it from my home.
Please take some time today to honor the men and women who gave their lives to keep us ensconced in freedom. They paid a heavy price. Do not let it be in vain. Fight for your rights. Fight tyranny. Fight oppression. Fight injustice.
While old gimpy is sitting on the floor eating Percocets and whining about his boo-boo, I got the passwords to this thing he spends his time on when he should be petting us. He looks shocked from the flash, doesn’t he?
The big guy
Pathetic isn’t he? But we wanted to tell you that he’s really funny to watch with 1/2 of his legs down and out. Combine that with his … chemical situation, and it’s a hoot to watch him contemplate the stairs.
In the meantime we’re enjoying his concept of being prepared: he made sure he had a bag of treats within reach and Kip is providing him with fluids. A bowl of water is more sensible but he likes Coca Cola.
He appears to be mending. Today he actually made sense for a few minutes. Probably won’t last. Edzell would add to this but he’s sleeping. That’s not exactly a news flash.
Edzell in his natural state.
Well, I’ve got to go out before it rains. Later. And thanks for all the requests to see more of me on the blog. It makes more sense than reading his drivel.
One final note – there are few things that scare a little girl like me than a 350 pound one-legged drug user swaying around as he heads toward the kitchen. I’ve got to really be alert this week! I look up and there he is – it’s not a pretty sight. Who knew he could be so stealthy?
During my trip to Haiti in February of 2013 I had the pleasure of getting to know the people of Healing Haiti. Part of their mission there is an orphanage known as Grace Village. It is my pleasure to present one of the children from Grace Village each week to my readership in the hope that you will take them into your heart and sponsor their care and education.
This week’s child is:
Blondine:
Blondine
Blondine is a talented young lady who loves to sing and dance. Blondine’s favorite song is God is Able and other gospel songs. Blondine loves to spend her free time reading her bible and studying. Blondine hopes to be a doctor some day so she can help other people. Her favorite subjects, science and math, will serve her well as she continues her education. Blondine’s prayer request is that she is able to attend university so that she can become a doctor and help support her family.
Blondine came to Healing Haiti in July, 2008. Blondine was abandoned along with her siblings Ronaldo, Laika, Edens and Bradley
Birth Info
Birthdate: December 21, 1995
Place of Birth: Port au Prince, Haiti
It is my hope that one of you will find your heart touched by this child and take up a bit of Christ’s work by sponsoring them for an extended period. My wife and I are sponsoring a pair of sisters and I look at it this way – I only gave up a fast-food dinner each day to change the life of a child. Healing Haiti will do the right things for these children and I have full confidence in their work. I am not affiliated with them, they don’t endorse this blog, nothing like that at all. I just love kids (can’t be Santa and not love children) and know that Grace Village is the difference between life and death for many of these children. Please open your heart and prayerfully reflect on the opportunity God’s giving us to sponsor these children. Some of them have come out of slavery and have some of the toughest lives you could imagine prior to Grace Village.
Just click the link and it will take you directly to the page where you can sponsor this week’s child. And if God is particularly good and that child is sponsored when you get there, please grab another smiling face and change their life instead. My goal is to put Sponsorship Sunday out of business as quickly as possible and take that day off each week. Thank you. God bless you for your generosity.
Some of the finest people you’ll ever meet. The hands and feet of Christ.
Thank you, God, I’m out of surgery and back in the land of the living. I wrote this before the surgery. So if it’s not lengthy I figured I’d be doing well to mash the “publish” button. Keep praying!
