Praying Friends,
Kris and Cassie got home this evening from Seattle. In Kris' words "Cassie has had too many petit mal seizures today to count." Part of it has to do with the need to get back to therapeutic levels on the medication she was removed from during the first 4 days in Seattle. Part of it also has to do with the exhaustion she is experiencing.
Here are some very specific requests
1. Cassie will sleep thru the night without episode.
2. That Kris will sleep at night without episode. It's 1130 now, and the only way I could get Kris to go to sleep was by promising her I would stay up until 2 or 3 so she could at least not have to worry about hearing Cassie call. I mean it, friends. Kris is really, really, really worn out. Pray for strength
3. Cassie will return to high levels of medication shortly, and her episodes will once again return to a manageable level (What am I saying? How do you manage something like that? Well, you know what I mean)
4. All the results from Cassie's tests in Seattle will get to the top of stacks of paper, at the top of every doctor's list who has a part in the next three weeks of review.
5. We will need to schedule another appointment with the neurologist in Anchorage soon. Pray that timing will be right.
6. Pray for our financial situation. We need additional funds for this next trip to Seattle. Some of this is for accommodations - - but we have already seen God's people responding in that area. But more importantly, I will not be able to work at all this next trip up - - - and we need money to replace the income I will not be able to bring in to the family from my side work. If you would like to help with this, please contact me directly. While I think it could be sent to ACC and marked specifically, you would not receive a tax receipt for this gift. So, it might be better just to send it to us directly, or in care of our church. Anyway, just let me know directly if God is asking you to help in this way.
7. Pray for our resolve to get thru this. At times everything seems normal. At other times, we seem to have our own private hell that no one else knows about. We seem to jump from one state to another several times in the course of a day. Very burdensome grief followed by "Oh, we'll get thru this OK!" It's like I get up in the morning and determine to put on a good mood like I would decide what I was wearing.
I am teaching the book of Hebrews in Sunday School class. We have been talking recently about Christ as the perfect man. Sure he was God, but he was also man. And as such, it resonates with us when we read that he experienced what we experience. I know he knows how my wife is feeling right now as she tries to sleep. I know he understands my daughter's frustration and fear. And, all else said, I can sigh a sigh of calm resignation - - - He knows them, and He truly does care for both of them.
This is no trivial statement when we say that we know people are praying for us. At this late hour I can almost FEEL your prayers. You really are our lifeline right now. Thanks for taking the time!
Gary Harris
