I can hardly believe it's been a little more than a month since my last post on this blog! So much has happened in that small collection of days!
Benjamin, my nine year old son, was playing outside with his friends a couple of weeks ago and, inspired by some terrible muse at which I can only guess, decided that it would be fun to roll down our inclined driveway on a small plastic truck. Predictably, Ben fell off of the truck and landed on his right arm, said arm promptly snapping in two near the shoulder. Many emergency room hours later, we discovered that the bone had not only snapped, but that it had snapped so easily because of a bone tumor called a unicarmal bone cyst (UBC). Apparently these cysts, which occur mostly in children, significantly weaken the affected bones. Ben could have more of these in different places in his body. The treatment? Wait until he is 20 years old at which point natural strong bone will fill the cysts and he should be fine. Until then, for the next 11 years, he should "exercise caution" in his activity so as to not break another bone. Thankfully his arm is currently healing well and this young boy is proudly sporting his fiberglass cast as a well-earned badge of honor.
Vickie, my lovely wife, is working diligently at her part-time job at Walmart. She is grateful for the work, but is often little more than a glorified housekeeper. It is the prayer of both of us that she will be able to find different work that will utilize her many skills and pay more. We appreciate prayer about this!
I should find out next week if I have been accepted to the local university. I've already begun to integrate myself into the pre-med club here, an interesting experience. The folks at the club seem sincere if not a bit zealous. Most of them are young enough to be my son or daughter! At my first meeting I sat next to a kind young man who looked like he was 14 years old. It is going to be a bit of generational culture shock to submerge myself into this world, but it is a challenge I embrace and for which I am grateful.
Finally, our online teaching ministry is getting organized. Our website, www.scroll2soul.com, is looking better and, beginning the first Sabbath (Saturday) in December, we will begin live Bible study broadcasts via the website. Vickie and I both are looking forward to it.
As I type this, I'm waiting to see the podiatrist, following up on my ankle surgery a month ago. I better sign off for now. Thank you for reading!
I'll keep you posted.
