CCC news 2014 July 1

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2014 July 1 Newsletter Cross Cultural Connection Dear Prayer Partners and Supporters, This has been a quite slow month for me. I had eye surgery for a macular hole on June 18 and have been keeping my face down since then! Mostly that means lying down 24/7. I am allowed to look up for 10 minutes each hour! So I really don’t have much to say for this newsletter. I think the pictures will speak for themselves. I am thankful to finally have this surgery done. I decided to not wait another 3 months for the government clinic. I finally got an appointment with a retinal specialist and that will be September 9. I felt that my eyesight was getting bad enough to not wait. So I went to the private dr. I had seen before. I was trying to save money by going to the government clinic so that is one reason I waited. Praise the Lord that several things happened: my father had money put into my bank account, enough to cover the cost, the private dr. made the appointment, and I had the surgery within a week. Scott and Evelyn and Paul Kunkel have been taking good care of getting me to and from Mong Kok and up and down in the elevators. I was able to get good help from Tonnette who has been staying all day since the day of the surgery. We are planning for her help for two weeks. She is cooking and keeping the place clean while I am lying face down. Ken’s long time friend had made a massage board and given it to Ken a long time ago. I have put that to good use during this time. Lying down in a horizontal position disturbs my equilibrium a bit when actually getting up. I have many things to be thankful for. I was somewhat anxious about getting two shots in the eye, which the Doctor said would be quite painful. Hah! I have had many, many shots and that was no worse than any I have ever had. The dr. visited with me while working on my eye. The whole thing lasted an hour and then I was up and on my way home! The most painful thing about the surgery was taking the tape off my face while removing the patch!! I wore the patch overnight. Ok, enough about me. I mentioned fellow missionary, David Poling, had hip replacement surgery. He is doing very well. I cannot imagine dealing with a wheelchair in their very small apartment, but he was very glad to be home. His wife, Lynn, is dealing with a cracked rib, so that is painful for her to do much on pushing the wheelchair, etc. Even cooking is painful! A few prayer items for you all, besides David and my recovery times: 1. Continue to pray for my cousin Ranata Byrd whose husband suddenly died in June. My Aunt Vonda also died suddenly about that same time. Their funerals were the same weekend, one in Colorado and one in Kentucky. 2. I will be speaking and teaching at an English Bible Camp in mid July. 2. Future mission trip with Al Corson of Insight Resources, International. 3. My daughter Sara and two of her girls will visit from July 20 to August 3. 4. Praise that our church trip to the Home of Loving Faithfulness went well. Before we had been there very long our people were saying we need to do this again. So we are thinking about Christmas time. And now for the pictures:

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2014 July 1 Newsletter

Cross Cultural Connection

Dear Prayer Partners and Supporters,  

This  has  been  a  quite  slow  month  for  me.    I  had  eye  surgery  for  a  macular  hole  on  June  18  and  have  been  keeping  my  face  down  since  then!    Mostly  that  means  lying  down  24/7.    I  am  allowed  to  look  up  for  10  minutes  each  hour!    So  I  really  don’t  have  much  to  say  for  this  newsletter.    I  think  the  pictures  will  speak  for  themselves.    I  am  thankful  to  finally  have  this  surgery  done.    I  decided  to  not  wait  another  3  months  for  the  government  clinic.    I  finally  got  an  appointment  with  a  retinal  specialist  and  that  will  be  September  9.    I  felt  that  my  eyesight  was  getting  bad  enough  to  not  wait.    So  I  went  to  the  private  dr.  I  had  seen  before.    I  was  trying  to  save  money  by  going  to  the  government  clinic  so  that  is  one  reason  I  waited.    Praise  the  Lord  that  several  things  happened:    my  father  had  money  put  into  my  bank  account,  enough  to  cover  the  cost,  the  private  dr.  made  the  appointment,  and  I  had  the  surgery  within  a  week.    Scott  and  Evelyn  and  Paul  Kunkel  have  been  taking  good  care  of  getting  me  to  and  from  Mong  Kok  and  up  and  down  in  the  elevators.    I  was  able  to  get  good  help  from  Tonnette  who  has  been  staying  all  day  since  the  day  of  the  surgery.    We  are  planning  for  her  help  for  two  weeks.    She  is  cooking  and  keeping  the  place  clean  while  I  am  lying  face  down.    Ken’s  long  time  friend  had  made  a  massage  board  and  given  it  to  Ken  a  long  time  ago.    I  have  put  that  to  good  use  during  this  time.    Lying  down  in  a  horizontal  position  disturbs  my  equilibrium  a  bit  when  actually  getting  up.    I  have  many  things  to  be  thankful  for.    I  was  somewhat  anxious  about  getting  two  shots  in  the  eye,  which  the  Doctor  said  would  be  quite  painful.    Hah!  I  have  had  many,  many  shots  and  that  was  no  worse  than  any  I  have  ever  had.    The  dr.  visited  with  me  while  working  on  my  eye.    The  whole  thing  lasted  an  hour  and  then  I  was  up  and  on  my  way  home!    The  most  painful  thing  about  the  surgery  was  taking  the  tape  off  my  face  while  removing  the  patch!!    I  wore  the  patch  overnight.  

Ok,  enough  about  me.    I  mentioned  fellow  missionary,  David  Poling,  had  hip  replacement  surgery.    He  is  doing  very  well.    I  cannot  imagine  dealing  with  a  wheelchair  in  their  very  small  apartment,  but  he  was  very  glad  to  be  home.    His  wife,  Lynn,  is  dealing  with  a  cracked  rib,  so  that  is  painful  for  her  to  do  much  on  pushing  the  wheelchair,  etc.    Even  cooking  is  painful!  

A  few  prayer  items  for  you  all,  besides  David  and  my  recovery  times:    1.    Continue  to  pray  for  my  cousin  Ranata  Byrd  whose  husband  suddenly  died  in  June.    My  Aunt  Vonda  also  died  suddenly  about  that  same  time.    Their  funerals  were  the  same  weekend,  one  in  Colorado  and  one  in  Kentucky.      2.    I  will  be  speaking  and  teaching  at  an  English  Bible  Camp  in  mid  July.    2.    Future  mission  trip  with  Al  Corson  of  Insight  Resources,  International.    3.    My  daughter  Sara  and  two  of  her  girls  will  visit  from  July  20  to  August  3.    4.    Praise  that  our  church  trip  to  the  Home  of  Loving  Faithfulness  went  well.    Before  we  had  been  there  very  long  our  people  were  saying  we  need  to  do  this  again.    So  we  are  thinking  about  Christmas  time.  

And  now  for  the  pictures:  

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The  massage  board  ready  for  use.      

Waiting  on  the    street  for  the    ride  home.  

       

   Making  good  use    of  the  board.    Light  for    reading,  tape    player,  etc.    When  not  lying  down  I  sit  backwards  in  my  kneeling  office  chair  and  with  the  help  of  a  special  mirror  

can  watch  TV  or  visit  with  people.  

 

 

             Joy  and  Jasmyn                                          enjoying  the  face            down  bed.      

 

 

 

 

 

Jayd  knitting  while  Joy  and  Jasmyn  try  out    the  bed.