I’m confident God is answering your prayers with much grace and mercy on my behalf because of the renewed energy I’ve been feeling this week.  My recovery is going very well—better than I anticipated.  My skin burns are beginning to heal and I'm accomplishing more and getting stronger each day.  I still do have pain—headaches, eye pain, and leg spasms and aching where the free flap (muscle transplant to my skull) was removed.  But overall, I’m gaining strength and feeling more like a wife and mom than an invalid.  Now if we could just get my sleep schedule back on track!

Thank you also for praying for my dear friend Tina Olson.  She has completed her most recent radiation treatments as of Monday but still returns to the hospital for frequent IV fluid infusions because of her severe depletion from being so ill.  Would you pray especially for an extra measure of strength and energy for her, that God would grant a special week of enjoyment on the Alaskan cruise?  I believe that He will bless this time together and am especially burdened for her to have a wonderfully memorable time.

Which reminds me:  Yes!  We are joining our friends on the Alaskan cruise!  We leave Sunday, June 21 and are getting very excited about it.  All the reservations have been made and nearly all the loose ends tied up.

For all my Greenville, SC friends, I’m planning to be in Greenville to visit my family from this Friday, June 12 to next Tuesday, June 16.  I would love to have visits!  I am still unable to drive, but my folks are happy to welcome anyone who is able to visit me at the house.  If you’d like to check on a time and/or directions, please email me and we’ll work it out. 

To confirm for you how gracious God has been in my recovery, I am accepting speaking invitations again and have a ladies’ retreat scheduled for the end of July already.  He’s not finished with me yet!  Nor is He finished with you as long as you have breath.  Glory!

Grace and peace,
Ruth