pics & good news (mostly)

Hi Everyone!  

I wasn't great at taking photos while I was traveling around, but here is a sample of he ones I took.  Several people that I got to see aren't included... sorry!  The pictures are in my heart! 

I have a praise report on my step-mom!  Robin was moved to the rehabilitation hospital yesterday!  YAY!  However, she is still having bouts of paranoia, hallucinations and severe confusion.  Please continue to pray for her healing.  She had a rough time with the transfer because she thought she was going home.  Please pray that she will settle into the new hospital and get all the drugs out of her system that are most likely causing these episodes.  Please pray for the staff caring for her to have compassion on her and help her through this time.  My dad is still worn out from trying to spend as much time as possible with her after work and still keep the house in order.  I appreciate your prayers for him too.

love to all,

kimmie

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back in Atlanta again...

Hi Dear Family and Friends!

How are you? I hope that this spring is finding you doing well and
not suffering from too many allergies!

After many weeks of travel and enjoying everyone's company, I wanted
to let you all know that I have safely made it back into Atlanta
again. I am soooo excited to be able to be back at my home church,
CrossRoads Community Church for Easter celebration! I can't think of
a better way to celebrate the resurrection of my Savior! I was able
to show up Wednesday night at church for the women's Bible study and
surprise everyone. It was great to see the reactions of Ms Rosie and
Margaret when they realized who it was who walked through the door! :-)

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for my step-mom. She is
doing much better finally! YAY! They moved her out of the ICU into a
sub-acute care for surgical patients this week. She is up and walking
several times a day, and they have even started letting her eat some
pureed foods! If she keeps doing well in the next few days they even
hope to take out the tracheostomy tube! Please continue to pray for
her healing.

Thank you also to everyone who was praying for my safe travels. My
friend in Birmingham is sick so we both decided that it was best if I
didn't go and stay with her. Instead, I thought I could make it all
the way from Tulsa, OK to Woodstock, GA on Tuesday... I got too late
of a start and that didn't happen. Oh well... I found a nice Ramada
Inn to stay at and had a lovely night of sleep even though it was
freezing outside. I made it into GA yesterday (Wednesday) and have
been having fun trying to unpack and get settled. The pile in the
middle of the floor is getting smaller so I think that it's
working! :-)

I love you all!
kapande

hello from windy Oklahoma

Greetings dear friends from Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain!  

 

And boy is it windy these days!  I have been in different parts of Oklahoma for a week now and have enjoyed the warm glow of friendships that started back in college.  I have enjoyed meeting husbands and babies (and one boyfriend) for the first time.  :-)  It was also nice to drive through and see OBU and Shawnee again, though I was sad that the house I lived in my junior year has been moved and the church parking lot expanded.... further proof that life moves on I guess!  On the other hand, the old deli that was across from the campus has a new face... Hammy Hortons.... and wow!  It was amazing!  I liked it so much that we ate there two days in a row!

my step-mom

Dad has been really good about keeping me informed about what's going on with Robin, which I really appreciate.  They have decided that she is not bleeding now and that they don't really know where the blood that they saw on the CT scan came from though they speculate that it is old blood from the surgery.  They have a hematologist on the team now trying to figure out why she isn't able to keep her blood count up on her own.  I hope they will soon find the reason!  Robin is having more good days than bad at this point.  They were even able to take her off the ventilator!  Wahoo!  Please continue to pray for her and my dad.  

continued travel

Since Robin is doing so well I have decided not to head back to Albuquerque right now.  If things take a turn for the serious again I might rethink that decision, but for now I am going to continue to head back to Atlanta.  Currently I am in Owasso which is just north of Tulsa.  From here I will head to Birmingham for a few nights then head to Atlanta.  I will be back in Atlanta before the end of the week.  Though it has been great to travel it will also be nice to be able to settle into Teresa's apartment.

job hunt

I still don't have any leads for any jobs, though I haven't been able to spend as much time as I probably should on it.  I am wondering if God has a different direction for me than I have thought.  Maybe I am not supposed to be in the hospital setting....  My sister keeps pointing me in the direction of home health care but I am not sure about that either.  Please pray that I will be open to what God has for me.

much love to all,

kapande

p.s. We are having trouble transferring the money from the sale of my car from Africa to America.  Please pray with me that it will get sorted sooner rather than later so that I actually have some money to live off of!  Thanks!