It's been a while since my last post and there has been much happening. I will put up some posts to catch up over the next week or so. I guess I'll start with my Dad's upcoming surgery. He's been diagnosed with prostate cancer and has surgery this Friday. I will be traveling to West Virginia on Thursday and then return on Saturday so that I can be there with him, Mom, and my sister Amy.
The difficult thing about living so far from family is when issues such as this arise. With our parents getting older there is, at least in my mind, a thought of what to do if health becomes a distinct factor being this far away. The added difficulty is being able to travel or find childcare without having family near us. We have been away from family for almost our entire marriage and all three of our children have been born here in South Carolina so we are used to trusting in HIS provision and we are so thankful for HIS graciousness to us. Yet when times like this arise it is difficult. In the midst of the difficulty we have found that HIS faithfulness is so amazing and this aids us in making trusting HIM our default position rather than seeking to trust in and of ourselves to come up with the needed resources or answers and that is a wonderful expression of HIS grace to us.
As for this trip to West Virginia, Jill was unable to switch a scheduled shift so both her and the kids will be staying here while I travel. We are thankful for a member of the body at Oak Ridge that will be staying with the kids and taking them to school the next morning while Jill is at work that night. This is yet another way in which HIS body is caring for us and by which HE is meeting our needs.
I will post more over the upcoming weeks to catch up on all that HE has been faithful in providing over the past few months. Please be in prayer for my Dad and for us as we will be apart for those two nights.
