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.
----- Original Message ----- 
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