Joy Update #2

Joy should be home today.

When she called I was able to clear up some points of confusion:
1.) the hospital she is currently at cannot do the lithotripsy
2.) no lithotripsy can be done until the infection is cleared up
3.) lithotripsy will need to be done at a different facility next sometime week

Beyond that I do not know much more.

-knme

Joy Update

Hello everyone,

For those who were not aware, Joy has been suffering from kidney stone related problems for the last six or seven weeks (maybe longer).

Yesterday in the late morning the pain became unbearable and Joy finally agreed to go to the hospital. She was admitted to the hospital overnight. Some of the other details are sketchy but this is what I have interpreted from various phone calls with her since yesterday afternoon:
1.) kidney stone is about 2cm in size
2.) the current hospital cannot do the standard sound wave treatment (forget the name) so she may have to go to a different hospital for that treatment
3.) she has a catheter to drain one of her kidneys
4.) she has a bad kidney infection in one of her kidneys and is on medicine to take care of it

We were to be taking care of Aiden and Alli (our close friends from Chichi) this weekend. We've worked out with Don and Heather to swap weekends so Abigail and Emma will be heading to Chichi today and later in the summer we'll take Aiden and Alli again.

Praise the Lord for this: Sara has been taking the baby formula (so far).

I will try to keep the blog updated (instead of Facebook) as I am not sure we're connected with everyone on Facebook.

Thanks very much to Rick, Millys, Julia, and Chris and Mike for coming to the rescue yesterday. We very much appreciate all that you all have done for us.

In Christ,

-knme

Year Two In the Books - and family matter (UPDATED)

First and foremost, I am asking that you lift up Kenneth's cousin, Krista, in prayer as she is struggling with some things.

Second... our second year is now officially done. We will be saying goodbye to some very close and dear friends over the next week. Some of these friends are only furloughing for the summer and some are moving on to new opportunities. God has called them to move on so we pray God open the doors and they will walk through (with God).

Summer plans? That is yet to come... and be determined. We will be remaining in Guatemala and will do some small family traveling (Chichi and Antigua).

-knme

May Update - Finish Line in sight

Our last post said that Emma was sick. Well, that was quite a week. Noon on Saturday Emma started a 24 hour period of not being able to keep any food down. By Noon on Sunday she was right as rain.

Wednesday we saw Joy and Sara off for a trip to see her niece's graduation from Cedarville University. That night, at some point, Emma threw up in her bed. But she did not discover it until about 5:30 Thursday morning when she woke up. Needless to say that was fun.

The weekend was very low-key here. I believe we had two consecutive PJ days!

Wednesday night we welcomed Joy and Sara back.

Yesterday, Joy and the CAG Choir sang at the Baccalaureate Ceremony. It marked, what I believe was, the final time when Joy and Jordan (Underwood) would collaborate on a piece. Joy and Jordan have worked together on "The Life We Knew" (2010), "Charlie Brown" (2010), and numerous Choral presentations. Jordan and Rachel will be returning to the States in just a few short weeks.

Some of you may still be curious what we're doing this summer. Well, here it is: we'll be staying in Guatemala. A couple of factors have led to this: unexpected automotive repairs, drop in support levels, and (drum roll please) dramatic increase in airfare. We are going to aim -- tentatively -- for a Christmas return.

For now, that is it.

-knme

Emma is sick...

Please join us in prayer for Emma who has an upset stomach. She started throwing up about noon yesterday and has not been able to keep anything down since.

Please pray that whatever it is does not spread to the rest of us.

-knme

Why Hello Semana Santa

Day one of our spring break... stayed in bed until 7:45am... check...
10:43am ...still in jammies...check...

The last two Friday nights have been quite busy for us. Last Friday, 8 April, was the elementary spring concert. Last night was the high & middle school Vocal Explosion. They were both amazing nights.

We're looking forward to having some rest this week.

Bummer of a Change

I had a student
He tried so hard in my class
But to no avail

Music is his goal
The theory is just so hard
He dropped to not fail

A plan had been made
With me alone to study
To help with college

But now that has changed
His fam-ly is furloughing
In the States next year

I can't imagine
How hard grade 12 would have been
Done in a new place

Please pray for Roman
That he would transition well
his needs would be met

A school with theory
friends that will understand him
success with hard work

Thank you for reading
this reality Haiku
Yup I need some sleep