Hey Sharon,

Your post came to the list and I was glad to read more fully how things were 
with you and your Dad.

It sure reminds me to pray some more.

"Our Father and our God, we thank You for all You have been doing for Sharon 
and her Dad.  We're delighted that her new home is much better for her, but 
she needs you to help her to settle and and really enjoy it.  Dad too needs 
Your ever-watchful eye upon him, and we pray for his strengthening (in the 
inner man) and Your ever-present help with all the physical problems ...

Thank You, dear Father, for taking good care of them both.  Yes, I just ask 
for them to experience that "exceedingly abundantly above ..." experience 
that you promise those of us who need to come to You and ask great things! 
Bless them richly and give them Your great peace!

"Amen and Amen"!

--
Carol
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On Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:53 PM (UK time), Sharon Hooley at 
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> Hi Phil!
>
> I hope things are going well for you and yours.
>
> Well, life has been just terrible!  As I was trying to move, the
> earth's magnetic pole was so strong that my implant got sucked out of
> my head, along with the processor, and I'm being spoiled rotten here!
> And, to top it all off, my dad went home to be with.........
>
> Hahahahahahahahaha!
>
> My implant is working so well now that I don't use a microphone
> anymore!  I can't always hear what some people are saying, but then
> I'm not sure if the microphone would help either.  It's so nice not
> to be burdened by the FM system anymore!  However, I'll probably want
> one for big buildings, such as church.  I also feel that I'm
> declining in ability with it, but maybe that's because I'm getting
> used to it, and maybe not exercising it enough without my hearing aid
> on the other side.  I've experienced before what appears to be a
> decline in function of the system, but apparently I just get used to
> it, and then I go for another sound mapping and get something a bit
> new to try.  Jenaa told me my basic setup is pretty much stable, and
> she just makes small changes.  My next mapping is April 16 at 1:00
> p.m.  Please be there! :)
> Yes, Dad actually went home to be with........my mother at the farm! He 
> still needs special equipment though.  He continues to be fed via
> the tube in his stomach, sleeps in a hospital bed, still uses oxygen
> much of the time except for the few times he goes outside.  He has
> the suction machine, but he doesn't use it as often as before.  He's
> also being watched by Big Brother, kind of like George Orwell's 1984!
> A voice comes on in the morning, in a box, instructing him to put on
> the instruments that monitor what goes on in his body, and the air
> fills the cuff, etc.  He can choose not to cooperate, of course, but
> isn't that a bit scary? I don't think he uses a walker anymore, but his 
> voice is still pretty
> much a whisper.  The doctor says that something, I'm not sure if it's
> the vocal chord or the nerve, is way out at an angle, as I understand
> Judy to say.  He can do outpatient surgery to correct this, but wants
> to wait until Dad's lungs get stronger.  Sigh.  Isn't the waiting
> hard?
> The people I live with here are great!  The other clients, both
> women, are friendly and much easier to interact with than the other
> clients I've been with before.  we go out on the weekends, like I've
> always wanted, and our care providers, Virgil and Tabbitha, are more
> free to run errands with and for us!  I once asked to stay home so I
> could get some business done, and the only requirement they had was
> that I go with them to an appointment and errands.  That's the day I
> got my email set up!
> Please continue to pray with me though, because I'm having emotional
> struggles with things related to the move.  Since God put me here, I
> want Him to help me truly enjoy it!
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Sharon