Updates and News (again)

Hello everyone! The update fairy here with some updates (because if she was bringing you something else she wouldn't be an update fairy now would she?). First, my dad is definitely going to have surgery on Thursday. He'll be staying overnight at the hospital and should supposedly be in much less pain when he wakes up. I'm a little skeptical of this less pain thing because doctors have said that to him before, but I have to remember that I'm not putting my trust in his earthly doctor, but in our Heavenly Doctor that created my dad and knows him better than anyone else. He'll take great care of my daddy. :)

Caitlin is adjusting well in Rome, to find out more about her you should check out her blog because she says it so much better than I could.

Haley's doctors have finally decided that the pain they thought was her gull bladder was actually severe acid reflux. She thinks the pain was too bad for that, but she had an endoscopy and that's what it showed. She just got her stitches in her arm out on Monday and though she's pretty badly bruised still she's feeling much better. She's even going back to work today!

Now for some bittersweet news: Marci's getting married!!! For those of you who don't know, Marci R. and Nick S. have been planning on getting married in June. The wedding day was set and she was just about to send out invitations when they found out that Nick is going to be deployed (that's the bitter part). He's leaving in February for training and then in April they're going to send him to either Iraq or Afganistan. He'll be gone for a year. They just found this out last Friday (Jan 16). Instead of postponing the wedding they decided to move it up - to Saturday (Jan 24). They're getting married in two days!!! They're going to have a small wedding with just immediate family and then a big wedding and reception in a year when he comes back. This time for them has been absolutely crazy! They're trying to get an apartment ready and a wedding planned in a week, plus Marci started school on Tuesday! I don't think they're going to have time to process him being deployed until after the ceremony. Marci says she's not feeling too stressed at the moment which is great! Please pray that God continues to give her peace and that He blesses the time that she and Nick have together. Also pray for Nick's safety and Marci's sanity while he's gone. I'll update you as I know more.