Updates and Fun Stuff!

Bill went to see a surgeon on Thursday who let us know that he really needed an MRI of Bill's leg. Ya think? Isn't that why we've been calling for four days to see if you needed one before we came? Wouldn't it have been more efficient to MRI the leg at the same time as the back? That is medical efficiency at work for you! So anyway, Friday, Bill finally was able to establish as a new patient at a regular doctor's office. He had a full exam, blood work, x-rays, etc. We don't have the results to everything yet, but basically know that there is no other glaring health issues. He is really healthy - except his leg.

He is playing his PAT today in Moses Lake, WA, and will have an MRI tomorrow after work. Eventually we'll get there. God gave me two verses to give to Bill before he left. One being,

"One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving." Psalm 62:11-12a

and

"To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

Berry Picking







Gas for a mountain drive: $40



Time in the hot sun: 4 hours


Time to treat berry-stained clothes: 30 minutes

Other ingredients: $5

Price for listening to children whine, "Can we go yet?": headache


Trying to duplicate mom's huckleberry cheesecake: priceless

We've also been to pick raspberries at a friend's house.





...and play at the local BMX track





...and went to Art on the Green, where we juggled, balanced on balls, painted, sculpted, and learned about the Chinese yo-yo!