Hope for a Homecoming

Hi everyone. It has been a long and complicated time since our last blog. We would like to thank all of our friends for their prayers and faith for our family and the situation with David.

David, looking much better these days.

Last time I wrote in this blog the good news that David was home from the hospital. Unfortunately he did not stay home for long. David went back to the hospital in February and has been in one of three different hospitals ever since. All of that time, until two weeks ago he was in pediatric ICU’s. David has collapsed lungs, a hole in his heart, and he currently must breathe through a tube in his neck. He is still too small for the heart surgery he requires.

This has been especially difficult because the hospital system here requires family members to do some or most of the nursing for the patient. Because the hospital is so far away (one hour, one and a half hours, or three hours; depending on which hospital) has meant that Anchalee has been away from home for most of the last 6 months. It has been quite an undertaking for us to make sure our four other children (all under the age of four) were happy, as well as handling all the details of the farm, village, and church life.

Anchalee and David are both happy that since he has been released from the ICU,
 she is now able to hold David

This week we have some confidence that David will be coming home soon. They are currently training Anchalee to do the suctioning of the lungs and the application of medicines through the feeding tubes and assorted other things. So maybe even this week they will release David to come home.

Please pray for David to get past his recent fevers and for his healing to accelerate so that the doctors will release him to our care. It would be such a blessing to have our family back together again. Also because I will be returning soon to Canada for a month, it would be a great comfort to me personally if my wife was home with my kids. The trip to Canada has been postponed continually and can no longer be avoided.

Once again, thank you for your thoughts and prayers. The rest of us are well and we have made progress in many areas despite the situation. I would say more, but I want to share our news in person when I arrive in Canada.

God bless you all