“Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him… (Psalm 37:7a) So often in Scripture, growth in God is directly related to patience. One of the great cards I got among the hundreds of other wonderful missives you sent in to me and my family said “God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. I’m sure He wouldn’t mind if you took a few more days off.” My rehabilitation sometimes seems to me to be so agonizingly slow, but it is still encouraging to see small signs of healing progress each week. My left hand (writing) somehow damaged as an after-effect of the operations, which shook uncontrollably at any even small attempt to make some kind of legible mark (printing, signature) is slowly responding again. Nerves apparently may regenerate at a rate of a millimeter a day. It is a joy to know I will be able to freely type again as well as do such a simple thing as sign my name. A simple legible shopping list is a real achievement. For those of you waiting to see more personal posts from me will be glad to know these are becoming possible, without having to slowly dictate what has been happening for William to send on my behalf. My apologies for not doing more; it has been an effort to do even simple things. My voice is still around half-mast in volume, but it was also encouraging to find I can still quietly hold a tune. Singing has been such a key part in ministry over the years in both personal worship and the ability to communicate challenge and encouragement to others, especially among the music communities I have fellowshipped with and sometimes been privileged to mentor. I work on this from time to time when no-one is around and trust this too will be restored to normal. We have still not finalized a surgeon or date here for the fourth and final operation, to restore the use of my abs. We are trusting the Lord for this to be guided by one of His own children with the expertise to literally close up this very painful chapter of my life in the best possible way. After over $100,000 dollars worth of critical surgery and other medical expenses the relative simplicity of rejoining the band holding these frontal muscles seems a given, but we have learned to take nothing for granted and a mistake here could undo a massive amount of care and work. We value your prayers. We have been blessed with the visit of friends here at home to continue to encourage pray for and support us as we hold the Lord’s hand in the unglamorous walk of faith where daily little miracles are not the subject of headlines and articles. We love you very much.” Winkie Pratney Posted by Israel Anderson