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Back Home in Quito
We arrived safely back home in Quito around 10 p.m. on Thursday evening. The trip was fairly uneventful with no delays. It is good to be back! It seems as though we have been gone quite a while even though …
Heading Back to Quito
We fly out tomorrow for Quito out of O’Hare at 12:45 p.m. Your prayers for safe travel are very much appreciated!
Update and Travel Plans
We thank God for a successful minor surgery yesterday for Ruthie of having a feeding tube inserted into her stomach. The surgery was quick and fairly easy and over within 45 minutes or so. She has had some pain and …
Update on Ruthie and Immediate Prayer Request
We ask for your prayers again for Ruthie. Today they did a Barium swallow test (using dye and an x-ray) and determined that she is not swallowing at all and it may be a very long time until she is …
Update and Prayer Requests for Ruthie
Sorry for delays in posting since we arrived in Indiana. We have been pretty busy, although that is not an excuse.
Yesterday (Friday), Ruthie was moved to the rehab unit at Elkhart hospital. Here she will be receiving intense therapy …
In Goshen, IN
We made it to Goshen, IN late last night (around 10:45 p.m.) after leaving around 4:00 a.m. in the morning from Quito. Safe to say it was a long day. Thankfully, the hospital staff was nice enough to allow us …
Update on Ruthie and More Information
First to all, to update you on Ruthie for today: things seem to be going better. She is still undergoing a significant amount of pain and discomfort but that is to be expected still. The big thing for today was …
Update on Ruthie
Just got a call from Earl (Joel’s dad) who said he just went to see her. They were able to go in for a brief time last night which was very difficult for everyone. She appeared to be uncomfortable and …
Update on Ruthie
We just got a call from Shana again at a little after 7:30PM our time that said Ruthie was out of surgery. They talked with the surgeon and he said that the tumor had grown deep into the vertebrae which …
Update on Ruthie
We just got an update from Shana (Joel’s sister). First of all, they didn’t get her in to surgery until about 11:45 our time (12:45 Goshen time). This is about 2 hours late. Please pray for the surgeon that he …
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