Re: Prayer request for Marty

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn, as always, you and Marty are in our prayers!

Never think you are there for no reason! Of course you are so important in Marty's life and in the lives of your family members, especially those grandchildren.

More than that, you are an inpiration to so many. Your emails show the spirit you have, that lifts you through every trial that is placed in front of you. Your amazing faith in God is shown in your writings and it is an inspiration to us readers!

Congratulations to your granddaughter for getting a solo at church. She'll be fantastic, I'm sure!

And to for taking part as well!! I know you are so proud of them!!

Again, you and Marty are in our prayers. I hope he's not in hospital for very long, but home with you instead!!

Take care and God bless you (as you know he does!)

Estevan, SK

Canada

-- Prayer request for Marty

Hello everybody,

I would like to request prayer once again for my son Marty again, he is in the hospital with pneumonia right now. I noticed he had a little fever last night so we took him in to ER and it was the same old routine, the ex-rays showed an infection in one lung higher up than his others, and pretty small the doctor said, but it was obvious it was there none the less so denial was no longer an option. The doctor wanted to send us home with Zithromax to give him, a 5 day antibiotic and have me "watch him" and if he "wasn't better" in a couple of days to bring him back in.

Well he cannot talk and can handle a great deal of pain with no outward expression of any kind so I would have no way of knowing whether things were going well or not. Anyway we did that once before, for you newbies, Marty had pneumonia a couple of years ago and just looked to me like he did not feel good, he didn't even have a fever that time and we took him in, they sent him home with antibiotic, his lung filled with infection and collapsed, so we took him back, and they had to put in chest tubes to try and drain it, but it didn't work so he had to have very serious lung surgery to fix it. The same one Adam had to have...so you know Adam.

For me it all feels like I have jumped out of an airplane, when I did NOT want to and began to fall into the abyss! I felt that feeling for about six hours in the ER last night, it sure does take them a long time to admit a person. We went in at 5:00 pm and Marty finally got settled in his room at about midnight. Oh yes they did start the IV antibiotics in the ER, the Zithro and Clindamyacin. They are much more potent we have found when given IV rather than pill form.

I always stay with him when he is hospitalized and slept on a fold out chair, it wasn't too bad but I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. freezing, just freezing, and rung the nurse and she brought me a warmed up blanket. I thought that was nice of her.

So I am home now doing my usual routine while stays with Marty. We never leave him alone when he is there, and he always looks to find me in the room when ever they wheel him off to do something, etc. just called and the physical therapist was there and they were going to get him up, we have learned it is better for him to get up and sit in a chair and walk down the hall instead of laying flat in a bed.

I guess I am just struggling with the meaning of it all, I wonder why in the world my son Marty has had to suffer so much in his life, and me too taking care of him. I know God has a reason, but still I do wonder what in the world it is sometimes as the obvious reasons escape me they get so redundant. To build my faith, give me strength of character, and so forth.....

This morning early I turned on the TV and lit upon Pat on, have not watched him in many years but stayed there to listen to a vet talk about losing his legs in Viet Nam and finding the Lord and living a life of service to the Lord since then. It touched me a lot, then Pat prayed for those listening to have peace in their lives through their trials and I laid my hand on Marty and prayed and began to cry. It felt good, and I feel better.

Yesterday morning I took the three grandkids to church and there was a prophesy given about a person being in the water and floundering as the water reached their head....being afraid they would drown, but I did not get the rest of it since Lucas popped in right at that moment complaining about the train track in the class he was supposed to be in, so I quickly got him out of there so we wouldn't disrupt the service and went to mend the train track. He cannot stand his train tracks out of order, just goes ballistic.

I did go back to hear the sermon, pastor is doing a series about Defining Moments in your life and he says that many times we are plunged into serious trials in order to make us call upon God. Hmmm.

I got to thinking that the Lord really is trying to teach me something here. Yes it feels like jumping out of a plane, but after awhile you can just get so scared, and can go no further with it, and then you do notice something is reaching under you to hold you so you do not crash splat on the rock below. Hmmm.

I know this is getting long but had to let you all know that Sierra won her very first audition yesterday. I had to take them back at 4:00 to the choir rehearsal and she had been telling me she wanted the solo for the Christmas program. Well she had told me about three months ago she wanted to start doing solos in front of the church, just announced it out of the blue one day. Then I felt I should start taking the kids regularly to children's church, and so I started. Just about then we got new children's pastor, pastor Earl and his wife and their 5 kids, all with names starting with "A."

So now it has come to pass, Sierra WILL be singing in front of the whole church, for two services. They are also doing a movie and shooting it, last Sunday before this one we were at the church for 5 hours shooting one scene, so I have been busy with the kids. Both Sierra and are in it, and I am just as happy as I can be to think my little grandchildren want to serve the Lord and bless others this way!

I suppose this is enough for now, will get back to the hospital now to sit with my dear sweet little son, and praise the Lord for him, and his life, and all the people we are able to interact with and bless every time he goes to the hospital.

Talk to you soon, pray you all have a nice week, we are having the Pineapple Express here. This is when storms come up the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii and cross over to Oregon with very high winds and lots of warm rain. It is kind of neat with all the leaves blowing off the trees in every direction, need to get out and sweep off my deck, it is buried.

As always,

Carolyn

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Prayers for you both and hugs

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>

> Hello everybody,

>

> I would like to request prayer once again for my son Marty

again, he is in the hospital with pneumonia right now. I noticed he

had a little fever last night so we took him in to ER and it was the

same old routine, the ex-rays showed an infection in one lung higher

up than his others, and pretty small the doctor said, but it was

obvious it was there none the less so denial was no longer an option.

The doctor wanted to send us home with Zithromax to give him, a 5 day

antibiotic and have me " watch him " and if he " wasn't better " in a

couple of days to bring him back in.

>

> Well he cannot talk and can handle a great deal of pain with no

outward expression of any kind so I would have no way of knowing

whether things were going well or not. Anyway we did that once

before, for you newbies, Marty had pneumonia a couple of years ago

and just looked to me like he did not feel good, he didn't even have

a fever that time and we took him in, they sent him home with

antibiotic, his lung filled with infection and collapsed, so we took

him back, and they had to put in chest tubes to try and drain it, but

it didn't work so he had to have very serious lung surgery to fix it.

The same one Adam had to have...so you know Adam.

>

> For me it all feels like I have jumped out of an airplane, when

I did NOT want to and began to fall into the abyss! I felt that

feeling for about six hours in the ER last night, it sure does take

them a long time to admit a person. We went in at 5:00 pm and Marty

finally got settled in his room at about midnight. Oh yes they did

start the IV antibiotics in the ER, the Zithro and Clindamyacin. They

are much more potent we have found when given IV rather than pill

form.

>

> I always stay with him when he is hospitalized and slept on a

fold out chair, it wasn't too bad but I woke up at about 3:30 a.m.

freezing, just freezing, and rung the nurse and she brought me a

warmed up blanket. I thought that was nice of her.

>

> So I am home now doing my usual routine while stays with

Marty. We never leave him alone when he is there, and he always looks

to find me in the room when ever they wheel him off to do something,

etc. just called and the physical therapist was there and they

were going to get him up, we have learned it is better for him to get

up and sit in a chair and walk down the hall instead of laying flat

in a bed.

>

> I guess I am just struggling with the meaning of it all, I

wonder why in the world my son Marty has had to suffer so much in his

life, and me too taking care of him. I know God has a reason, but

still I do wonder what in the world it is sometimes as the obvious

reasons escape me they get so redundant. To build my faith, give me

strength of character, and so forth.....

>

> This morning early I turned on the TV and lit upon Pat

on, have not watched him in many years but stayed there to

listen to a vet talk about losing his legs in Viet Nam and finding

the Lord and living a life of service to the Lord since then. It

touched me a lot, then Pat prayed for those listening to have peace

in their lives through their trials and I laid my hand on Marty and

prayed and began to cry. It felt good, and I feel better.

>

> Yesterday morning I took the three grandkids to church and

there was a prophesy given about a person being in the water and

floundering as the water reached their head....being afraid they

would drown, but I did not get the rest of it since Lucas popped in

right at that moment complaining about the train track in the class

he was supposed to be in, so I quickly got him out of there so we

wouldn't disrupt the service and went to mend the train track. He

cannot stand his train tracks out of order, just goes ballistic.

>

> I did go back to hear the sermon, pastor is doing a series

about Defining Moments in your life and he says that many times we

are plunged into serious trials in order to make us call upon God.

Hmmm.

>

> I got to thinking that the Lord really is trying to teach me

something here. Yes it feels like jumping out of a plane, but after

awhile you can just get so scared, and can go no further with it, and

then you do notice something is reaching under you to hold you so you

do not crash splat on the rock below. Hmmm.

>

> I know this is getting long but had to let you all know that

Sierra won her very first audition yesterday. I had to take them back

at 4:00 to the choir rehearsal and she had been telling me she wanted

the solo for the Christmas program. Well she had told me about three

months ago she wanted to start doing solos in front of the church,

just announced it out of the blue one day. Then I felt I should start

taking the kids regularly to children's church, and so I started.

Just about then we got new children's pastor, pastor Earl and his

wife and their 5 kids, all with names starting with " A. "

>

> So now it has come to pass, Sierra WILL be singing in front of

the whole church, for two services. They are also doing a movie and

shooting it, last Sunday before this one we were at the church for 5

hours shooting one scene, so I have been busy with the kids. Both

Sierra and are in it, and I am just as happy as I can be to

think my little grandchildren want to serve the Lord and bless others

this way!

>

> I suppose this is enough for now, will get back to the hospital

now to sit with my dear sweet little son, and praise the Lord for

him, and his life, and all the people we are able to interact with

and bless every time he goes to the hospital.

>

> Talk to you soon, pray you all have a nice week, we are having

the Pineapple Express here. This is when storms come up the Pacific

Ocean from Hawaii and cross over to Oregon with very high winds and

lots of warm rain. It is kind of neat with all the leaves blowing off

the trees in every direction, need to get out and sweep off my deck,

it is buried.

>

> As always,

> Carolyn

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Marty is in my thoughts and prayers !!!

love and hugs

brenda

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Author Ben

Autism and Aspergers Treatment From: charper777@...Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:19:20 -0800Subject: Prayer request for Marty

Hello everybody,

I would like to request prayer once again for my son Marty again, he is in the hospital with pneumonia right now. I noticed he had a little fever last night so we took him in to ER and it was the same old routine, the ex-rays showed an infection in one lung higher up than his others, and pretty small the doctor said, but it was obvious it was there none the less so denial was no longer an option. The doctor wanted to send us home with Zithromax to give him, a 5 day antibiotic and have me "watch him" and if he "wasn't better" in a couple of days to bring him back in.

Well he cannot talk and can handle a great deal of pain with no outward expression of any kind so I would have no way of knowing whether things were going well or not. Anyway we did that once before, for you newbies, Marty had pneumonia a couple of years ago and just looked to me like he did not feel good, he didn't even have a fever that time and we took him in, they sent him home with antibiotic, his lung filled with infection and collapsed, so we took him back, and they had to put in chest tubes to try and drain it, but it didn't work so he had to have very serious lung surgery to fix it. The same one Adam had to have...so you know Adam.

For me it all feels like I have jumped out of an airplane, when I did NOT want to and began to fall into the abyss! I felt that feeling for about six hours in the ER last night, it sure does take them a long time to admit a person. We went in at 5:00 pm and Marty finally got settled in his room at about midnight. Oh yes they did start the IV antibiotics in the ER, the Zithro and Clindamyacin. They are much more potent we have found when given IV rather than pill form.

I always stay with him when he is hospitalized and slept on a fold out chair, it wasn't too bad but I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. freezing, just freezing, and rung the nurse and she brought me a warmed up blanket. I thought that was nice of her.

So I am home now doing my usual routine while stays with Marty. We never leave him alone when he is there, and he always looks to find me in the room when ever they wheel him off to do something, etc. just called and the physical therapist was there and they were going to get him up, we have learned it is better for him to get up and sit in a chair and walk down the hall instead of laying flat in a bed.

I guess I am just struggling with the meaning of it all, I wonder why in the world my son Marty has had to suffer so much in his life, and me too taking care of him. I know God has a reason, but still I do wonder what in the world it is sometimes as the obvious reasons escape me they get so redundant. To build my faith, give me strength of character, and so forth.....

This morning early I turned on the TV and lit upon Pat on, have not watched him in many years but stayed there to listen to a vet talk about losing his legs in Viet Nam and finding the Lord and living a life of service to the Lord since then. It touched me a lot, then Pat prayed for those listening to have peace in their lives through their trials and I laid my hand on Marty and prayed and began to cry. It felt good, and I feel better.

Yesterday morning I took the three grandkids to church and there was a prophesy given about a person being in the water and floundering as the water reached their head....being afraid they would drown, but I did not get the rest of it since Lucas popped in right at that moment complaining about the train track in the class he was supposed to be in, so I quickly got him out of there so we wouldn't disrupt the service and went to mend the train track. He cannot stand his train tracks out of order, just goes ballistic.

I did go back to hear the sermon, pastor is doing a series about Defining Moments in your life and he says that many times we are plunged into serious trials in order to make us call upon God. Hmmm.

I got to thinking that the Lord really is trying to teach me something here. Yes it feels like jumping out of a plane, but after awhile you can just get so scared, and can go no further with it, and then you do notice something is reaching under you to hold you so you do not crash splat on the rock below. Hmmm.

I know this is getting long but had to let you all know that Sierra won her very first audition yesterday. I had to take them back at 4:00 to the choir rehearsal and she had been telling me she wanted the solo for the Christmas program. Well she had told me about three months ago she wanted to start doing solos in front of the church, just announced it out of the blue one day. Then I felt I should start taking the kids regularly to children's church, and so I started. Just about then we got new children's pastor, pastor Earl and his wife and their 5 kids, all with names starting with "A."

So now it has come to pass, Sierra WILL be singing in front of the whole church, for two services. They are also doing a movie and shooting it, last Sunday before this one we were at the church for 5 hours shooting one scene, so I have been busy with the kids. Both Sierra and are in it, and I am just as happy as I can be to think my little grandchildren want to serve the Lord and bless others this way!

I suppose this is enough for now, will get back to the hospital now to sit with my dear sweet little son, and praise the Lord for him, and his life, and all the people we are able to interact with and bless every time he goes to the hospital.

Talk to you soon, pray you all have a nice week, we are having the Pineapple Express here. This is when storms come up the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii and cross over to Oregon with very high winds and lots of warm rain. It is kind of neat with all the leaves blowing off the trees in every direction, need to get out and sweep off my deck, it is buried.

As always,

Carolyn

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Hello Carolyn,

I too am experiencing a great trial and to ask God for guidance. I know there is a reason for this and someday we will know. But until then, thank you for writing your email. It lifted me:)

I found this prayer:

I need help, Lord, and you have promised to infuse me with your infinite power. Without divine assistance I cannot press on. With your help and strength, I can do whatever you ask of me. Give me a second wind. I look to you in trust because I know you are faithful.

Blessings,

Sonja

Prayer request for Marty

Hello everybody,

I would like to request prayer once again for my son Marty again, he is in the hospital with pneumonia right now. I noticed he had a little fever last night so we took him in to ER and it was the same old routine, the ex-rays showed an infection in one lung higher up than his others, and pretty small the doctor said, but it was obvious it was there none the less so denial was no longer an option. The doctor wanted to send us home with Zithromax to give him, a 5 day antibiotic and have me "watch him" and if he "wasn't better" in a couple of days to bring him back in.

Well he cannot talk and can handle a great deal of pain with no outward expression of any kind so I would have no way of knowing whether things were going well or not. Anyway we did that once before, for you newbies, Marty had pneumonia a couple of years ago and just looked to me like he did not feel good, he didn't even have a fever that time and we took him in, they sent him home with antibiotic, his lung filled with infection and collapsed, so we took him back, and they had to put in chest tubes to try and drain it, but it didn't work so he had to have very serious lung surgery to fix it. The same one Adam had to have...so you know Adam.

For me it all feels like I have jumped out of an airplane, when I did NOT want to and began to fall into the abyss! I felt that feeling for about six hours in the ER last night, it sure does take them a long time to admit a person. We went in at 5:00 pm and Marty finally got settled in his room at about midnight. Oh yes they did start the IV antibiotics in the ER, the Zithro and Clindamyacin. They are much more potent we have found when given IV rather than pill form.

I always stay with him when he is hospitalized and slept on a fold out chair, it wasn't too bad but I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. freezing, just freezing, and rung the nurse and she brought me a warmed up blanket. I thought that was nice of her.

So I am home now doing my usual routine while stays with Marty. We never leave him alone when he is there, and he always looks to find me in the room when ever they wheel him off to do something, etc. just called and the physical therapist was there and they were going to get him up, we have learned it is better for him to get up and sit in a chair and walk down the hall instead of laying flat in a bed.

I guess I am just struggling with the meaning of it all, I wonder why in the world my son Marty has had to suffer so much in his life, and me too taking care of him. I know God has a reason, but still I do wonder what in the world it is sometimes as the obvious reasons escape me they get so redundant. To build my faith, give me strength of character, and so forth.....

This morning early I turned on the TV and lit upon Pat on, have not watched him in many years but stayed there to listen to a vet talk about losing his legs in Viet Nam and finding the Lord and living a life of service to the Lord since then. It touched me a lot, then Pat prayed for those listening to have peace in their lives through their trials and I laid my hand on Marty and prayed and began to cry. It felt good, and I feel better.

Yesterday morning I took the three grandkids to church and there was a prophesy given about a person being in the water and floundering as the water reached their head....being afraid they would drown, but I did not get the rest of it since Lucas popped in right at that moment complaining about the train track in the class he was supposed to be in, so I quickly got him out of there so we wouldn't disrupt the service and went to mend the train track. He cannot stand his train tracks out of order, just goes ballistic.

I did go back to hear the sermon, pastor is doing a series about Defining Moments in your life and he says that many times we are plunged into serious trials in order to make us call upon God. Hmmm.

I got to thinking that the Lord really is trying to teach me something here. Yes it feels like jumping out of a plane, but after awhile you can just get so scared, and can go no further with it, and then you do notice something is reaching under you to hold you so you do not crash splat on the rock below. Hmmm.

I know this is getting long but had to let you all know that Sierra won her very first audition yesterday. I had to take them back at 4:00 to the choir rehearsal and she had been telling me she wanted the solo for the Christmas program. Well she had told me about three months ago she wanted to start doing solos in front of the church, just announced it out of the blue one day. Then I felt I should start taking the kids regularly to children's church, and so I started. Just about then we got new children's pastor, pastor Earl and his wife and their 5 kids, all with names starting with "A."

So now it has come to pass, Sierra WILL be singing in front of the whole church, for two services. They are also doing a movie and shooting it, last Sunday before this one we were at the church for 5 hours shooting one scene, so I have been busy with the kids. Both Sierra and are in it, and I am just as happy as I can be to think my little grandchildren want to serve the Lord and bless others this way!

I suppose this is enough for now, will get back to the hospital now to sit with my dear sweet little son, and praise the Lord for him, and his life, and all the people we are able to interact with and bless every time he goes to the hospital.

Talk to you soon, pray you all have a nice week, we are having the Pineapple Express here. This is when storms come up the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii and cross over to Oregon with very high winds and lots of warm rain. It is kind of neat with all the leaves blowing off the trees in every direction, need to get out and sweep off my deck, it is buried.

As always,

Carolyn

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Carolyn, You are such an inspiration to more people than you will ever know, you touch many lives with your emails. Thank You. I said a special prayer for Marty and you this am before I got up and I'll keep on praying that he will be healed and home soon. Toni

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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Dear Heavenly Father,Help us remember that even in the tough times when everything seems dark, you are in the midst of our struggles with us. We thank you that you rise upon us and your glory appears over us. Help us to cast our worries, fears, and anxieties upon you. Shelter us with your mercy and provide us with new strength day by day. Lord, help us not to just endure each day, but to see your hand of goodness and blessing to us. Give us a new measure of joy for today and peace for what tomorrow will bring.In Jesus’ Name,Amen

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Prayer request for Marty

Hello everybody,

I would like to request prayer once again for my son Marty again, he is in the hospital with pneumonia right now. I noticed he had a little fever last night so we took him in to ER and it was the same old routine, the ex-rays showed an infection in one lung higher up than his others, and pretty small the doctor said, but it was obvious it was there none the less so denial was no longer an option. The doctor wanted to send us home with Zithromax to give him, a 5 day antibiotic and have me "watch him" and if he "wasn't better" in a couple of days to bring him back in.

Well he cannot talk and can handle a great deal of pain with no outward expression of any kind so I would have no way of knowing whether things were going well or not. Anyway we did that once before, for you newbies, Marty had pneumonia a couple of years ago and just looked to me like he did not feel good, he didn't even have a fever that time and we took him in, they sent him home with antibiotic, his lung filled with infection and collapsed, so we took him back, and they had to put in chest tubes to try and drain it, but it didn't work so he had to have very serious lung surgery to fix it. The same one Adam had to have...so you know Adam.

For me it all feels like I have jumped out of an airplane, when I did NOT want to and began to fall into the abyss! I felt that feeling for about six hours in the ER last night, it sure does take them a long time to admit a person. We went in at 5:00 pm and Marty finally got settled in his room at about midnight. Oh yes they did start the IV antibiotics in the ER, the Zithro and Clindamyacin. They are much more potent we have found when given IV rather than pill form.

I always stay with him when he is hospitalized and slept on a fold out chair, it wasn't too bad but I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. freezing, just freezing, and rung the nurse and she brought me a warmed up blanket. I thought that was nice of her.

So I am home now doing my usual routine while stays with Marty. We never leave him alone when he is there, and he always looks to find me in the room when ever they wheel him off to do something, etc. just called and the physical therapist was there and they were going to get him up, we have learned it is better for him to get up and sit in a chair and walk down the hall instead of laying flat in a bed.

I guess I am just struggling with the meaning of it all, I wonder why in the world my son Marty has had to suffer so much in his life, and me too taking care of him. I know God has a reason, but still I do wonder what in the world it is sometimes as the obvious reasons escape me they get so redundant. To build my faith, give me strength of character, and so forth.....

This morning early I turned on the TV and lit upon Pat on, have not watched him in many years but stayed there to listen to a vet talk about losing his legs in Viet Nam and finding the Lord and living a life of service to the Lord since then. It touched me a lot, then Pat prayed for those listening to have peace in their lives through their trials and I laid my hand on Marty and prayed and began to cry. It felt good, and I feel better.

Yesterday morning I took the three grandkids to church and there was a prophesy given about a person being in the water and floundering as the water reached their head....being afraid they would drown, but I did not get the rest of it since Lucas popped in right at that moment complaining about the train track in the class he was supposed to be in, so I quickly got him out of there so we wouldn't disrupt the service and went to mend the train track. He cannot stand his train tracks out of order, just goes ballistic.

I did go back to hear the sermon, pastor is doing a series about Defining Moments in your life and he says that many times we are plunged into serious trials in order to make us call upon God. Hmmm.

I got to thinking that the Lord really is trying to teach me something here. Yes it feels like jumping out of a plane, but after awhile you can just get so scared, and can go no further with it, and then you do notice something is reaching under you to hold you so you do not crash splat on the rock below. Hmmm.

I know this is getting long but had to let you all know that Sierra won her very first audition yesterday. I had to take them back at 4:00 to the choir rehearsal and she had been telling me she wanted the solo for the Christmas program. Well she had told me about three months ago she wanted to start doing solos in front of the church, just announced it out of the blue one day. Then I felt I should start taking the kids regularly to children's church, and so I started. Just about then we got new children's pastor, pastor Earl and his wife and their 5 kids, all with names starting with "A."

So now it has come to pass, Sierra WILL be singing in front of the whole church, for two services. They are also doing a movie and shooting it, last Sunday before this one we were at the church for 5 hours shooting one scene, so I have been busy with the kids. Both Sierra and are in it, and I am just as happy as I can be to think my little grandchildren want to serve the Lord and bless others this way!

I suppose this is enough for now, will get back to the hospital now to sit with my dear sweet little son, and praise the Lord for him, and his life, and all the people we are able to interact with and bless every time he goes to the hospital.

Talk to you soon, pray you all have a nice week, we are having the Pineapple Express here. This is when storms come up the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii and cross over to Oregon with very high winds and lots of warm rain. It is kind of neat with all the leaves blowing off the trees in every direction, need to get out and sweep off my deck, it is buried.

As always,

Carolyn

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Thank you so much , and thanks to all of you others who are thinking about us and are sending up prayers. Well actually right now after I write this I am going back to the hospital to get Marty and bring him home. is with him now. I just talked to the doctor on the phone and he said he can go home but will have to stay on antibiotic for awhile.

It will feel good to finally get some sleep at home for him and me both, and for him to get a soak in the bathtub, poor guy has not had a bath now since Sun. although they did wash him down with a cloth a time or two, it is not the same. It is good to be done with the 3 day hospital phase of all this, but as I know from experience now, there are more phases to go through which I don't look forward to. Like jumping at every little sound and cough he will make for days, and wondering if the germs are gone or only lurking, wondering what the antibiotic will do to him, he has been on so much of it the last year or so.

One thing I have learned for sure is that faith is NOT an emotion. It does not matter how you feel, it matters how you believe. I felt God's presence through this several times very strongly. It is kind of scary to tell you the truth to feel the presence of Almighty God, and I think us all being human we avoid it. So I have learned it is through these trials where we are pretty much forced to feel Him, it would not be something our carnal nature would choose....don't want to get too spiritual here, too tired anyway.

I know one thing that I tend to get mad once the hard part is over with, guess it is normal to feel mad, and ask WHY DID WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN!!! I have learned that it is best to just let the emotions roll out of me, not try to stuff any of them up, but be honest. I am mad, but I know it will pass as I vent it out, and it will be replaced with more soothing emotions eventually, such as Joy, Trust, and Peace.

It is hard to go through but worth the results, hope it is enough for now. Talk to you all soon, and thank you all again, and pray the Lord is with you also in your lives and your trials, showing you the way, His way.

Carolyn

Prayer request for Marty

Hello everybody,

I would like to request prayer once again for my son Marty again, he is in the hospital with pneumonia right now. I noticed he had a little fever last night so we took him in to ER and it was the same old routine, the ex-rays showed an infection in one lung higher up than his others, and pretty small the doctor said, but it was obvious it was there none the less so denial was no longer an option. The doctor wanted to send us home with Zithromax to give him, a 5 day antibiotic and have me "watch him" and if he "wasn't better" in a couple of days to bring him back in.

Well he cannot talk and can handle a great deal of pain with no outward expression of any kind so I would have no way of knowing whether things were going well or not. Anyway we did that once before, for you newbies, Marty had pneumonia a couple of years ago and just looked to me like he did not feel good, he didn't even have a fever that time and we took him in, they sent him home with antibiotic, his lung filled with infection and collapsed, so we took him back, and they had to put in chest tubes to try and drain it, but it didn't work so he had to have very serious lung surgery to fix it. The same one Adam had to have...so you know Adam.

For me it all feels like I have jumped out of an airplane, when I did NOT want to and began to fall into the abyss! I felt that feeling for about six hours in the ER last night, it sure does take them a long time to admit a person. We went in at 5:00 pm and Marty finally got settled in his room at about midnight. Oh yes they did start the IV antibiotics in the ER, the Zithro and Clindamyacin. They are much more potent we have found when given IV rather than pill form.

I always stay with him when he is hospitalized and slept on a fold out chair, it wasn't too bad but I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. freezing, just freezing, and rung the nurse and she brought me a warmed up blanket. I thought that was nice of her.

So I am home now doing my usual routine while stays with Marty. We never leave him alone when he is there, and he always looks to find me in the room when ever they wheel him off to do something, etc. just called and the physical therapist was there and they were going to get him up, we have learned it is better for him to get up and sit in a chair and walk down the hall instead of laying flat in a bed.

I guess I am just struggling with the meaning of it all, I wonder why in the world my son Marty has had to suffer so much in his life, and me too taking care of him. I know God has a reason, but still I do wonder what in the world it is sometimes as the obvious reasons escape me they get so redundant. To build my faith, give me strength of character, and so forth.....

This morning early I turned on the TV and lit upon Pat on, have not watched him in many years but stayed there to listen to a vet talk about losing his legs in Viet Nam and finding the Lord and living a life of service to the Lord since then. It touched me a lot, then Pat prayed for those listening to have peace in their lives through their trials and I laid my hand on Marty and prayed and began to cry. It felt good, and I feel better.

Yesterday morning I took the three grandkids to church and there was a prophesy given about a person being in the water and floundering as the water reached their head....being afraid they would drown, but I did not get the rest of it since Lucas popped in right at that moment complaining about the train track in the class he was supposed to be in, so I quickly got him out of there so we wouldn't disrupt the service and went to mend the train track. He cannot stand his train tracks out of order, just goes ballistic.

I did go back to hear the sermon, pastor is doing a series about Defining Moments in your life and he says that many times we are plunged into serious trials in order to make us call upon God. Hmmm.

I got to thinking that the Lord really is trying to teach me something here. Yes it feels like jumping out of a plane, but after awhile you can just get so scared, and can go no further with it, and then you do notice something is reaching under you to hold you so you do not crash splat on the rock below. Hmmm.

I know this is getting long but had to let you all know that Sierra won her very first audition yesterday. I had to take them back at 4:00 to the choir rehearsal and she had been telling me she wanted the solo for the Christmas program. Well she had told me about three months ago she wanted to start doing solos in front of the church, just announced it out of the blue one day. Then I felt I should start taking the kids regularly to children's church, and so I started. Just about then we got new children's pastor, pastor Earl and his wife and their 5 kids, all with names starting with "A."

So now it has come to pass, Sierra WILL be singing in front of the whole church, for two services. They are also doing a movie and shooting it, last Sunday before this one we were at the church for 5 hours shooting one scene, so I have been busy with the kids. Both Sierra and are in it, and I am just as happy as I can be to think my little grandchildren want to serve the Lord and bless others this way!

I suppose this is enough for now, will get back to the hospital now to sit with my dear sweet little son, and praise the Lord for him, and his life, and all the people we are able to interact with and bless every time he goes to the hospital.

Talk to you soon, pray you all have a nice week, we are having the Pineapple Express here. This is when storms come up the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii and cross over to Oregon with very high winds and lots of warm rain. It is kind of neat with all the leaves blowing off the trees in every direction, need to get out and sweep off my deck, it is buried.

As always,

Carolyn

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Hello ,

I appreciate your perspective on this, and agree we do live in a fallen world, but I also believe that our individual trials in our lives are hand picked by God exactly for us, and none are accidents. Also, that there are many reasons why He does this; to edify us as believers, to build our faith and build our character, to produce fruit in our lives of Faith, Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Longsuffering, and Wisdom, etc....so that we can minister these things to others as they come along in their own trials.....

I believe He is in control of all things, and that all things are working together for GOOD, to those who love God and are called according to His purpose. Without our trials in life and us showing others how we overcame them, with our faith in God, I don't know how He would ever spread this message to others.

I don't get angry at God, although at times I have tried to persuade Him He was sending TOO MUCH to me to deal with! But He has always responded by telling me to trust Him, that His grace was sufficient for me. I certainly did NOT want to be tested and tried, but I was, and here I still am!

Praise God!

Carolyn

Re: Prayer request for Marty

Thank you so much , and thanks to all of you others who are thinking about us and are sending up prayers. Well actually right now after I write this I am going back to the hospital to get Marty and bring him home. is with him now. I just talked to the doctor on the phone and he said he can go home but will have to stay on antibiotic for awhile.

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