Monday Again

Hello all faithful blog readers. Your reading and comments mean so much! Thank you for surrounding Brian and Emily with your love. I (Katie) am about to head to the hospital but wanted to update you on some things that you can pray for. Here in the north tip of Manhattan, there are various rules and regulations for parking. So, when the streets are being cleaned you have to move your car. I drove around for quite some time this morning trying to find a spot with no luck, but began to pray... I returned home and looked out the window and saw a spot open right beneath the apartment on the correct side of the street, but when I ran back to my car to get the spot, I realized that it would take a good long while to get to the right place with all the one ways streets and lights. So, I figured it would be taken but decided to chance it. I was right, a car had pulled into the one available spot. "Lord- you know the way, you know where the spots are, I am a foreigner in this city!!" I muttered and took a deep breath before going another round. Just as I was about to pass the apartment, a car turned on, a person got in the passenger side, and a green minivan pulled out of a more perfect spot. The workings of it all got my attention. A good reminder that through all of this, there is a best way, God knows it, and we have to TRUST him even when all circumstances completely baffle us. I like this quote a friend gave me this summer

"It may be, that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work. And when we no longer know where to go, we have come to our true journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings" Wendell Berry.

There is a lot of singing that is going on around here. Yesterday two other high school friends of Emily's visited her. For a girl who knew no one is in this "concrete jungle," she certainly has a lot of friends! I know that they are lifted up by each friend, each word of encouragement, each and every prayer. Thank you all for your support.

Here are some prayer requests for today:

Pray for Emily, she had a rough weekend with her pregnancy. We are looking for a doctor today to check her out and make sure that everything is ok. Pray that she has strength to care for Brian through the night. There are many sleepless nights which are very taxing, especially for someone 8 months pregnant!

Pray that Brian has continued strength and perseverance in his daily rehab workouts.

Pray for Emily's family at home. Noreen is furiously working on trying to get the house ready for both Brian and Emily to return, but that means a huge facelift for handicapped accessability as well as a new baby. Noreen is planning on coming down to help with Emily this weekend, and we are still working on housing for her long term. I know that there is a way, and it seems that perhaps she can stay with my friends Carleigh and Bekah for a little while so hopefully we will find a more permanent solution.

Pray that we would all continue to walk in trust and faith, knowing that there is a God above who knows our ways and loves us.

thanks!
Katie