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a day for remembering

Last night we received a phone call that my cousin had been in an accident and was airlifted to a nearby town. For hours we had no other information, but prayers were going up in many states on the family's behalf. This family has been through a lot the last few months, with my cousin losing some of his memory (he's in his 30s) and a lot of tests and struggles with the VA hospital.

This morning they not only took the tubes out, but they allowed him to come out of sedation. Last night he had no reflexes at all below the waist. This morning he was wiggling his toes on command. Last night he once again didn't know his wife. Today he did. Tonight he was moved out of ICU and into a regular hospital room. He still has a very long way to go, and with his illness and being out of work so much the last month, I'm sure the medical bills are going to be unreal. But tonight his wife found the name on Facebook she had been searching for...the name of the woman who arrived at the wreck scene, stopped, called 911, and then stayed until both paramedics and the lifeflight arrived. And her FB post...a pic of his truck, his first name, and the helicopter arriving on the scene, with the request for prayer for his life, and for the family as well. I was almost bawling when I read that. Our family is so grateful for her, but even more for her asking for God's people to pray for a young man she knew nothing about. We still don't know how long or how much of a recovery they have ahead of them, but we do know God is healing and answering prayers, and that has all of us very excited.

Today we also had the privilege of going to Florence, SC to visit with a dear family friend. We had a good time, and it was good to be with someone from "home".

Tomorrow we have some repairmen coming out to look at two windows. The windowsill on one totally broke apart and pulled away from the handle Sunday morning as I was closing the windows before the rain started. Thankfully we were able to close the window enough that no rain came inside, but I'm not totally thrilled about having to replace two windows (maybe 4). That was not an expense we had on our radar for this year! But I am thankful to live in a country where such repairs can actually happen. We don't have to tape plastic over the window and hope the rest of the frame doesn't rot away too quickly because there would be nothing to replace it with when it did. There are many countries where that is a reality, and we are so fortunate to live in the land of the plenty.

God has blessed us, even though we really don't deserve it.

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