Today I got to see my church family and got many healing hugs. It felt so good to go home to God's house. I think the praise team sounded more beautiful than ever (if that's even possible), and Sam, our pastor, was in rare form today! He had everyone laughing about his analogy of the "rasler" Dusty Rose and his famous sleeper hold. He reminded us of how money can put a sleeper hold on just about anyone, rich or poor, if we are not careful. So true!

This weekend I got to talk to a lady, Joanne, who lives in Florida and is a few months ahead of me in this process, and she was a tremendous help. She was very honest in letting me know what to expect in the days to come. One of the things she told me was that any day now my incisions from surgery would "come alive." Right now they are completely numb, which I did not even realize until she told me! She said that about 10-14 days after surgery the damaged tissue would start to wake up and become hypersensitive. Good to know or I might have thought something was wrong. She also told me about "phantom pains" that may happen in other parts of your body which I think I may be experiencing. Thank you, Joanne, for your insight!

Some friends of ours, Ron and Robin, came on Saturday and mowed the lawn for us. I was so excited about this, cuz of all the things I cannot do right now, the lawn was driving me the most crazy! You know it was bad cuz our smallest dog would go to the back of the yard and we would lose sight of him in the weeds! Afterward, Ron and Robin prayed for me, and the most incredible peace came over me as I was able to take deep breaths more easily since the surgery. God is SO good!

Results will be coming back soon. I will keep you posted, but honestly they are just a formality as I am convinced I can survive any diagnosis they throw at me. I have been covered in prayer and have felt more loved recently than I ever have in my life. I keep telling my friends, if ever for one moment as a single gal I have felt lonely or felt I was missing out on love because of it, this situation has taught me otherwise.

"'...I have loved you with an everlasting love'..." Jeremiah 31:3

Lisa