Sharon,
I'm still praying with you about any move you are to make.
God's timing is always perfect and ours doesn't have to be!
--
Carol - Reading, UK
To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
In You I trust, o my God. . . .." PS25:1-2 NIV.
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From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 2:03 AM
Subject: Please pray with me!
> Something interesting happened today. It "happened" to be the day I went
> to see my psychiatric nurse practitioner. When you use Medicaid-supported
> transportation companies, as I do, you can often be riding with different
> drivers to and from appointments. I went there with a man, so I was
> surprised to have a woman to take me back to day treatment, whom I hadn't
> seen in a long time. I'll call her Lola. Lola often comes to my house to
> pick up Blanca's oldest daughter, Luisa, who has the mind of both a
> 3-year-old and a teenager. On the way back to Daybreak, Lola informed me
> that she'd talked with Blanca this morning, when Blanca called her to
> change something about Luisa's transportation. Lola has a 14-year-old
> granddaughter who has cerebral palsy, and cannot walk or talk. She needs
> total care, but her loved ones are not available. Blanca offered to take
> her in. As yet, I haven't talked with Blanca, so I don't know how she
> arrived at this decision. It came as a surprise, because I was hoping,
> somewhat, that one of my friends would move in with me.
>
> With this in mind, I've never been completely happy living here, largely
> because my care providers can't seem to go out into the community much.
> blanca and Jose still have 2 teenagers at home, and Luisa, and an older
> gentleman who is severely mentally delayed and in a wheelchair. It seems
> the only time he leaves the property is to go to the doctor or the
> hospital. I was told that it takes both Jose and Blanca to lift him,
> because Jose has had high blood pressure as well as other physical
> problems. Personalitywise, I would say that these people are my favorite
> caregivers, but I'd rather be with a very small group, or a couple with an
> empty nest, or even a single woman who likes to go out and do things.
>
> I'm not sure what the lord has in mind for me now. In a way, it doesn't
> seem right to leave them, because of the recent moving of the Holy Spirit
> in their lives, and the Spanish ministry they want to support. But I hope
> He doesn't care if I move elsewhere. So please pray with me that the lord
> will lead me in the best way possible.
>
> Thanks, and God bless you!
>
> Sharon
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