Prayer and Praise!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Becca's birthday on Saturday. Becca, Brent, and Henry came over for dinner. Our praise is that Henry is feeling SO MUCH better! It took two trips to the doctor and plenty of antibiotics but Henry's ear infections seem to have cleared up. We are thankful!

Our prayer request today is that Kelly is quite sick. She has been running a fever since Saturday night and she is having trouble breathing. She has had this problem a few times - the infection has been in her chest. Anyway, today we are trying to get in to see a respiratory specialist. I have cancelled my morning classes so that I can take care of her.

The complication is that she is house sitting for an acquaintance and caring for his dogs. The house is 10 miles away from us. We have been back and forth a few times to care for Kelly & the dogs. I brought her home last night but Rich went back to stay overnight so that he could feed & water the dogs. I hope that we can keep up with everything.

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