Greetings. In our last update we said, “Please also PRAY for our newly saved son-in-law, Howie. He has a severe back problem, is in a lot of pain, and his company insurance may not pay for the needed surgery because he hasn’t been with that company very long.”
The insurance company since then has said they wouldn’t cover the surgery because it is not necessary! The poor guy can’t work and can barely walk! However, the doctor convinced the insurance company to cover it. Thanks very much for praying.
Please continue to PRAY for Howie – that the surgery will be successful. This is pretty serious and risky surgery. He is scheduled for surgery on October 28.
We were in the city for a few days while Gene’s cardiologist “interrogated” his pacemaker, and he also had other testing done to try to determine if his vertigo is from restriction of blood flow to the brain or an ear problem caused by the stroke. It appears to be ear related. Homeopathic remedies are helping to alleviate the dizziness. In the midst of doctor visits and testing we were also running here and there around the city buying three months worth of food, office supplies, and hardware. PTL that Gene had the strength to do all that. A couple of months ago he wouldn’t have been able to.
His pacemaker keeps his heart from going too slowly, but pacemakers can’t keep a heart from going too fast. Most of the time his goes too fast. None of the available medicines to slow his heart have worked. Please PRAY for a solution. He is going to try aerobic exercise and also homeopathic remedies both of which are said to be able to lower resting heart rate.
Before we flew out to the city we finished the final revision of the 42 lesson first phase of the Manubu’ teaching program. We’ll be back in our village in a couple of days and working on final revision of the 23 lesson second phase of the teaching program. Please keep PRAYING for strength and wisdom as we continue doing final revision of Manubu’ Bible lessons.
Dani and Agung, Manubu’ Bible teachers and our translation helpers in the lowland dialect, spent a few days with us recently going over Bible lesson revisions. Dani has six Manubu’ disciples he is training to teach God’s word. Please PRAY for these six men. We forgot to get their names. We’ll let you know in our next update.
Thanks for praying. It works!