Dear Praying Friends,
What a journey we have been on! And you have been right there
with us. Thanks you!
Cassie is doing very well. Her headaches are subsiding and we are
seeing more and more of her personality and less "contrived
friendliness" that seems to come whenever someone is in a lot of
pain, but trying to be polite and caring at the same time. The
closest thing I can use to relate would be me interacting
pleasantly with someone while in the middle of one of my
infrequent (thank goodness) migraine headaches.
Cassie got the remainder of her stitches out yesterday and is
doing well. Her appetite is back, she's sleeping well and . . .
No more seizures. I truly believe that she is getting a full
night's sleep for the first time in her LIFE.
The Open House we had was an incredible time. It was so cool to
see so many different facets of our lives converge in our home.
There was the friends and family from our home church, Peninsula
grace Brethren Church in Soldotna. Then we had staff and students
from Alaska Christian College and New Hope. Next there were
Arctic Barnabas staff. Then Cassie's friends from school. Then
her friends from Child Evangelism Fellowship. And other people
that have been impacted by her life and story. What a neat
"composite" gathering of the Body! Cassie made it thru the first
hour and a half and then she was wiped the rest of the day.
So, add to this the fact that our son, Tyler, was in a car
accident and totaled his truck on Friday. Someone pulled out in
front of him on his way to work. There were a few tense hours
while the doctors determined if he had any permanent injury to
his back, but otherwise he was unharmed. And it turns out that
the perceived problems with his back were determined after a CT
scan to be no problems at all. And get this, Kris is in the
habit of praying for people in ambulances as they speed by.
Well, Friday, she ended up praying for our son unknowingly as she
passed the ambulance he was traveling in on the road. Good thing
God know who was in that ambulance. Because her prayers were
heard.
Tyler is back home. In fact, he goes back to work today, and
moved out of the house into a place he is renting with a couple
of friends last night.
Finally, add to all this mix of our UNROUTINE the fact that our
other daughter, Chelsie, is leaving for Indiana today and will be
there working and visiting friends and family for a year. Then,
she is planning to come back to Alaska and begin her college
education (and may take some classes in Indiana while she is gone
as well). So we are driving her up to Anchorage today and putting
her on a plane. She's going to be missed by us and so many of
her friends, but we are excited for this first step out into the
world. Many times recently, Cassie and Tyler have been the
topics of our updates. But I am so proud of Chelsie - - I just
want to bust. Please pray that she will get settled in (already
has a job and place to stay) and get plugged into a church and
continue to make Christ a part of her daily routine.
It looks like Alaska Christian College has 32 students this year.
17 are new, first year students while the remainder are back for
the "Encore Program," living on campus and taking classes at the
local extension of University of Alaska, Kenai Peninsula College.
Kris is out of the kitchen and back at New Hope Counseling
Center. She "fits" there so, so well. Pray that we will both
get to know these students well, from all over different villages
in Alaska.
Kris' salary at New Hope is dependant solely on our efforts at
raising financial support. And, to be quite honest, our support
is down somewhat and we have been focused on Cassie's situation.
If you have not done so already, please consider how you can
assist us financially. I must confess, I'm not even sure where
the percentages are right now. We have really been consumed by
more pressing matters of family lately.
In closing, I just have to say that I know there are a lot of
difficult situations with family illnesses in our church and
among some of our supporters, and in one instance, death of a
family member. We do our best to pray for all of you on a
regular basis. Please keep us informed of how we can serve you.
After all, if you get this e-mail, you are our PARTNERS. And
partnership is a two way street!
THERE or in the Air!
Gary Harris
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