Day 17

Today Debbie and I went to church at Gracepoint Community MB Church in White Rock. It was a great service. We had a wonderful time of prayer with some elders from the church near the end of the service. It was really great to be in church together. Kate and Sam stayed home.

In the afternoon, we had a visit from my Cousin Donna Hartman and then we drove to the beach and tried out Sam's new wheelchair with our friends the Holliers. It was very fun to walk along the sea wall and get some fresh air. We stopped at a little ice cream shop (Sara's Ice Cream). There was lots of laughter and talk about the fun we had last summer on Kal lake. It was an outstanding afternoon.

Sam is feeling better with the change in anti-nausea drugs. He's still very tired and can't walk very far but he's finding this last treatment easier on his stomach. This week is a blood test on Tuesday and then more chemo treatment on Friday. This will be the first treatment day that I'm going to miss with Sam as I'll be staying in PG for graduation this weekend.

It was so good for us to be together this weekend. I wasn't sure if Kate and I should come down this weekend but in the end we were so glad that we did. The challenges we face are so much easier to face together.

So much to be thankful for this weekend. We're thankful for the great report from the doctors on Friday, the many encouraging words on the blog and in writing, the incredible support we've had from family and friends, colleagues and our school board, the chance to be together these last two weekends, this amazing place to stay in White Rock which meets all of our needs and then some, and the faithfulness of God throughout all these events.

Nothing can separate us from the Love of God...

Good night,

Ger