update on Dorothy

Well y'all Praise God because Dorothy is safe and on her way to being well. it was appendicitis and she had surgery today. she is in the hospital and will be there for 4 more days. they don't want her to rush home so she will be on observation...don't want an infection to break out or anything so reinforcements are coming as Kez likes to say...keep praying...

Mama Kathy will be on her way to help out and Sam who just got back from haiti on the eighth is going with her. hes a trooper there and right back again. For those of you who forgot or didn't know...Kathy is Kevs adoptive mom and Sam is his 16year old brother. it will be so good that they are there, extra hands and feet. i also think it will be great for kevs as i am sure this has been hard on him. he often takes on big burdens that a 10yr old shouldn't have to worry about. pray for him to know God is in control and Dorothy will be OK.

Pray for Dorothy to be OK. i mean we are confident that she will be, but anytime there is surgery and health involved there are risks. continue to pray for keziah as well, i think she has taken over my role as second in command, and first when Dorothy is not there. i am not sure that is what she had in mind when i left and fear she is really overwhelmed. i know she is doing a great job, but it will be a blessing that the reinforcements are coming. i know she is tired.

i think Sam will be there for two weeks, but mama Kathy comes back on the 17Th. i am actually going to visit them for a week. the day Kathy gets back is the day i am coming...pray for her as leaving kevs behind is always so hard to do. they live in Georgia and i am so excited to visit as i feel a piece of me is already there. i have heard so much of the things they are doing there and i am honored to know the brooks family. i am sure i will write about my time there with them.

other than that there is not much to update. rusty and Cheryl go back to Haiti on the 13Th of this month and will most likely be taking Emily Marie out to bercy as she needs to get settled there. pray for her, i am worried it is going to be a rough transition. pray for rusty and Cheryl as their task is always greater than words can explain, but they are fighters and know that God is a BIG God...He is always working :)

i better get to bed...i have to take my car into the shop tomorrow and buckle down on my application for the MSW at KU...

thanks again for everything...
love love love
tash