4 days...

I have to start packing!!!! Our schedule is so full with sports and school that for the life of me I can't stay home long enough to do it! Kenny has been gone every day since last Thursday and his first day home is Friday. It will get done one way or the other, and amazingly, I am not even stressed about it. As my grandmother says, "It is what it is. " Speaking of my grandmother, she is 87 years young today. I am so proud of her. She kicked cancer in the tail between 85 & 86...can't wait to see what she is going to do at 87! She hasn't felt well the last couple of days and Kenny thought she needed to go to the ER. We had them stop here last night so Kenny could go along, and after a quick checkup from Doc Kenny, she went back home and will follow up today. Please pray for her. She is very special in my life and in so many others. We need her strong and healthy!

We are so blessed to have so many friends and family praying for us. God has sent His own host of angels on earth to help Cintia get this far in her journey. She has people helping her who have never laid eyes on her but have their hearts wrapped all around her. We are so thankful for all of you!

The girls and I are flying Delta while Kenny is flying on American Airlines with a very special young man...Jose. Jose (pictured above at the airport with his Dad in August 2008) left Guatemala as a very scared little boy who had a long adventure ahead of him. After 13 months in the US, he has tackled medical care and surgery, learned English, learned to read & write & do math, and has grown into a big boy who is now 6 years old (bottom photo taken last week...doesn't he look like his dad?). He is going home to reunite with his family after 13 months away, and we have the privilege to tag along! He is very excited! Please pray for a smooth transition back home as it will be an adjustment having becoming "Amercanized" during his stay here. Pray for the Smiths who have been his family in Chattanooga as they adjust in his absence. Jose will need to return in a few months for one more surgery to remove the remaining vascular malformation from his neck. Please pray for that provision.

Blessings to you all!

April