Calling Malawi is only slightly easier than calling the moon. The cheaper way for us to call using a certain pre-paid calling plan has become so unreliable it is pretty much useless. Even the more expensive way to call has been fruitless 8 times out of 10. But I am praising the Lord that it at least works some of the time. Some missionaries live in the bush with no phone contact for months at a time.
On to the update.......
Junior
Junior's hospital stay was related to a seizure he had on Saturday. Junior is epileptic, but Praise the Lord that until now it has been relatively controlled with medication. He is having a few seizures now, so it maybe time to increase his medication. He has also had a growth spurt, so that could account for the medication no longer being as effective.
Ida kissing Brother Gentry on the cheek in her home Villiage of Jacket
Ida....what to say about our Ida. She continues to be hospitalized in Chirazu. I have convinced my "ownself" that this hospital is better than Queen Elizabeth. I don't have any scientific research to base this on, but I like Chirazu much better....so I am happy she is there. Regardless where she is, please pray for wisdom for the doctors and medical staff. Please pray that if there is a treatment she needs that the hospital can't provide, that God will provide the funds for us to purchase the treatment for her. Ida continues to have a high fever, chills and diarrhea. She does not have Malaria. Today they are running "blood work" to check her CD4 count. This blood test will show us how many T-cells (fighter cells) she has left in her body. Please pray for God to heal our Ida and if it is His will to take her home, that he do so with as little pain and suffering as possible.
Thandie sounds awful! But states that she feels better than she sounds. She would be so mad if she new I was asking for prayer on her behalf....but she needs it. Thandie has a cold with terrible laryngitis. It was very difficult to understand her and painful for her to talk. Please pray for her. It is VERY difficult on Thandie to see Ida so sick. Also Ida and Savannah-Hope for that matter can't afford to get Thandie's cold....which makes things more complicated for Thandie.
Brother Gentry has an anti-biotic resistant infection in the back of his neck related to a parasite. He will be seeing the infectious disease doctor this week. Please pray for wisdom for the doctor so that Bro Gentry may finally be delivered from this parasite that has been plaguing him for over year now. Also please pray for wisdom for Brother Gentry as he plans his next trip to Malawi.
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