Visiting My Father

Many of you may not know, but I am in the USA right now visiting my dad who's health is not well. (Sorry to not communicate before, but things came together quickly for the trip and have been crazy ever since I arrived.) He has pulmonary fibrosis which makes getting oxygen into his blood increasingly difficult. As a result of all of this, his other organs (heart, liver, etc...) are having to work harder and are giving him quiet a bit of pain and trouble. Pray with me that God would grant him all the care, treatment, and guidance to know how to move forward in his treatments. May he experience God's healing touch in his body and heart.

I count this time to be with him and the rest of my family a real blessing! It is so good to be with them and walk with them through such a challenging time. My father means so much to me and it has been hard to be so far away not knowing exactly how things are going here with him. Thank you Lord for making this time and this trip possible!

Please remember Wendy and the children as well, who stayed back in Brazil without me so we could save on the immense airfare (over $7,000) it takes to bring our whole family to the USA. I know it was a great sacrifice for them since they all wanted to come and be here with the rest of the family during this time. Please pray for an extra measure of God's grace and care as Wendy is caring for all four children without me for a couple of weeks.

We are praying that God would provide for us the necessary funds for the whole family to come and visit my dad and the rest of the family in June. We had not budgetted for this trip in 2007. Please pray with us about this. I believe that it will mean so much to the kids and Wendy to have this privileged time with the family as well as how much it would mean to my mom and dad.

Thanks for your partnership and prayers! They are so important!