Sometimes I wonder

why God allows us to go through certain situations. For example, why does one persons life have to be completely altered for another to come to Him? I might ask Him that question when I see Him.

Yesterday I met Barbara, a Mexican lady here at Stanford who has stomach cancer. I went in her room, introduced myself, and asked if I could pray for her. I don't know how she's feeling today, but I should definitely go find out tomorrow.

I also met Alma, a Mexican mother waiting patiently in the hall for her little boy (Eduardo) who was getting an MRI. I prayed for her, tried to encourage her the best I could in Spanish, and told her not to be afraid. Jesus, please heal Eduardo.

So even though we're not in Mexico at the moment, God is definitely using me to reach out to the Mexicans here.

I also met Cody. Just kidding! :) Each day Cody gets a little bit better. He got up twice today and went for a walk. He also got fitted for a back brace. Hopefully, that will help minimalize a lot of the pain he's been having in his lower back. We found out this morning that he has a blood clot in one of the veins in his abdomen. Please pray for that specifically. As of right now, the doctors are taking a "wait and see" attitude. They don't wanna give him a blood thinner since he just had surgery. But in about 5 days when we're at Mount Zion, they'll do a scan and go from there.

His breathing is the same and he still has a lot of fluid in his lungs. He's taking some medication, but so far it doesn't seem to be helping.

Thank you for standing with us and for us.