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I could hardly believe my ears yesterday afternoon when I heard Scott say, "This Monday?" in reference to my referral appointments with the surgeon and gastrointestinal doctor. I know I shouldn't surprised after all your prayers for me. Yet I am. I feel very special to see how God has worked on my behalf! Since Scott called late in the afternoon we were not sure if anyone would still be manning the phones. Thankfully someone was and they gave us back to back appointments again. So this coming Monday morning we will be headed back to the British Hospital to find out what the next step is.

I've been taking all three of the medicines and the newest one, Gastrial, makes me feel a little odd. I do have medicine allergies and so I hope this odd feeling is not a result of allergy. I have looked online but everything comes up in Spanish. I can read it, but my comprehension level of medical jargon in Spanish is not very high. :-)

I would appreciate your prayers for another aspect of all of this...childcare and help. We were leaving the older kids in charge of the younger ones but with having to go to the doctor, and/or to Montevideo, at least once a week, it became too much for them. There are several people who have offered help to us in various areas including this for which we are extremely grateful but we do need wisdom in whom to ask and when. Hopefully this will all be over with soon and we won't need so much help but until then we need wisdom on when and/or how to accept the help that has been offered.

Sorry folks

Well, I certainly have been neglecting the blog. Sorry, folks. Things are a bit crazy here.

Our sending church pastor is here for a week. It has been great to have him here! This is his second time to visit to ministry here. He came with us on our survey trip. Last night he preached to the teens. Today he preaches for both services. Tuesday is a staff meeting and Pastor will bring the devotional. On Wednesday he preaches for the final time. Thursday he leaves for Brazil.

Silas turned four months old this week. I'll post some pictures later. He weighes 7 kilos and 450 grams. And measures 64.5 cm. Brandon still takes the prize for the fattest baby at 4 months old; weighing in at a whopping 18.2 pounds and two weeks later he weighed 19.2 pounds.

We had our first eye exams in the country. The most modern form of medicine we have seen since we arrived. Kaitlin enjoyed it when I had to put on the Mr McGoo glasses. Since I'm approaching the 20th anniversary of my 18th birthday I had to prove I didn't need bi-focals.

Finally we had a BBQ yesterday with the pastoral staff and families - 23 people. Brandon did a spectacular job with the asado (BBQ). He's been my kitchen helper of late and I'm really enjoying this time with him. And after yesterday he has earned the title of official Asador (BBQ'er) for the Borrmann family.