Hey Friends,
This is Odie coming to you from the beach cottage. Thank you for all of your prayers! We appreciate everyone letting us know you are praying! Keep it up, please!
Most of you are coming for an update on my Dad. Yesterday was another busy day. He has worked so hard in rehab. He is dedicated to doing whatever he can to get better. I am so proud of him!
We must keep our eyes looking up for our help. We know our help comes from the Lord! God is our strength and refuge from the winds of life!
My parents sent me a praise report and prayer requests. Reading this reminds me again that God's blessings on my family are abundant! It is just the tip of the iceberg. I join my Dad in praising God and I want to also intend to join him in prayer.
Thanks for stopping by to visit us today. I will let Dad wrap up this post. Dad said he tried to do an audio recording to post on YouTube. He could not get it done because his voice was too weak last night.
Odie
1/9 Tuesday Praise Required And Prayer Needed
The miracles we have received and the great favor of God we have been granted the last week or so require us to stop and give glory to God for his goodness to us.
Firstly, we are thankful this stroke happened at home and not in a foreign country or an airplane.
Next, we are thankful the stroke did not happen as I was driving the bus down the road that afternoon.
Thirdly, I am thankful Kelly and my brother Steve were nearby to help me and that I was not alone.
Fourthly, the amazing and miraculous manner in which we came to be covered by medical insurance for this.
Fifthly, something we have not mentioned to this point, the neurologist told us in no uncertain terms that strokes originating in this specific part of the brain are often fatal. It is an unpleasant fact that Kelly Jo and Odie could have planned a funeral last week.
These things are miraculous and we give God glory for each one of them. However, I want to remind you that we have a long way to go to get through this.
In some ways, I am not much better than when they carried me in this place on December 29th. My right leg and right arm are still completely numb and I'm trying to learn how to use them again. I am still dizzy, my eyes are somewhat still jumpy and I have not regained my ability to swallow at this point. I am working with very good therapists and they are guiding me in every way possible. They are hopeful that I will recover my ability to swallow.
So, as you help us continue to praise God for the miracles, please continue praying for the miracles which have begun but are yet out of sight physically.
God has been very good to us and completely faithful to us. We want the world to know that He is our God, and we are thankful to serve him.
We appreciate churches and individuals who have helped us financially during these difficult days. We do not expect that at all but we are grateful for your kindness. If God will let me swallow, it would be worth every dollar that I have to pay times two.
Please pray for Kelly and Odie that they would be strengthened through this. The load on Kelly is substantial and we are finding no tools to cope with some of these things.
No tools but God. We believe He is enough.
Thank you for being here for us during this time!
Davy
