Hello once again! What a whirlwind month and a half this has been!
Update on Sheea
Sheea has been recovering well and has weaned herself down to one pain pill every other day or so, depending on whether it is a good day or she is in pain.
Thank you so much to all of you who have provided meals for our family. Who knew there were so many great cooks in one area?!
I am now having to fight to have Sheea not do things around the house, which is good in the sense that she feels well enough to attempt them, but the kids and I are trying to make sure she doesn’t over exert herself.
Sheea has had a post-op doctor appointment on Thursday where they will hopefully give they gave her a clean bill of health.
Flight Training
After many attempts at explaining the actual progress toward our training goals I put together the graphic below so it will be easier to visualize our progress.
The orange line represents the point at which I would qualify to be able to take the Commercial certification exam.
Kids (Shane)
Shane had his second soccer game Sunday evening and scored the only goal the team had and the crowd went wild! Even in his playing I am thrilled to see his personality shine through. If someone fell down (on his team or the opposition) Shane would go over and help them up. Shane was played almost the entire hour as his tenaciousness was evident to all. Up the field, down the field and right back again. I don’t know where he stores all the energy, but he stayed on the ball the whole time. He even used the reverse kick he learned in the one skills class he had taken to great effect several times!
Kids (Becca)
We recently asked Becca what she wanted to do for her eighth birthday. In a matter of fact way she stated, “climb a mountain.” Because that’s the kind of girl she is. She loves exercise (didn’t get it from me) and the outdoors and wants to explore and see the animals.
She then asked Sheea if she could try to find gold in a river too. Sheea asked, “You want to pan for gold?”
“Yes, pan for gold. Well, do they let you keep the gold you find?”
“Well, I think so.”
“Then, yes. I want to pan for gold.”
So we’ll see what she actually settles on (especially once it’s made clear that we would probably not find any gold.)
Prayer Requests
- Praise: Sheea is recovering well!
- Praise: Tony passed the instrument certification!
- Sheea’s continued recuperation Sheea will be taking more Bible courses through Moody next semester, so pray that she does well and learn much that can be applied practically rather than just being an academic experience.
- Debt repayment from the training so that Tony can continue to build hours toward our goal.