Jim and Wendy just left about 10 minutes ago to head to the hospital. Wendy got a great night's sleep and I hope Baba did, too. He is exhausted. The nurse told Wendy that he did OK though the night. For those of you who want to know...Clement's oxygen level was running at 22% last night. Now that he is on oxygen it's up to about 80%. They are keeping him sedated so he doesn't move much. I can't remember if I mentioned this yesterday...but all of the doc's/nurses are amazed that he survived the trip here. It took them 3 days of traveling to get here...so they just cannot even believe it. But I can. We serve a big God and we have a TON of people covering this little dude in prayer. He (God) is hearing our cries, He loves it when we boldly come before His throne and offer up our requests...it is like a sweet incense to Him. So my dear friends, please, set your watches/alarms for 11am EST and STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING to pray, please??? Maybe even consider fasting from lunch today.
Jim, the kids and I all went up to the hospital last night but Baba didn't even want to leave C's side to come out to the waiting room. He is an amazing Dad. It's very touching to watch him w/ Clement. We are so proud of him. Cathy packed his bag full of clothes, toothebrush, blanket, pillow, etc...and he loves pizza so Jim and I stopped at Pizza Hut and brought him a pepperoni pizza.
I think all of us around here have butterflies in our stomachs. Wendy wants me to go up a little later and I'll take the computer w/ me. Today will be lots of waiting and sitting and waiting some more. so don't expect a lot of updates. I imagine the surgery will take a while.
We covet your prayers. Don't forget to pray for Laadi, too. (Clement's mother) And the doctor/nurses. He stressed to Wendy that he has not seen a heart this bad in a very VERY long time. HE had a really rough day yesterday so I pray he got a good nights rest. He told Wendy that this surgery will be very "complicated". So we must cover him and his team in prayer as well.
Love to you all, Misty
PS: This morning I read Acts 12. There is something amazing that happens when God's people come together to pray! I'm going to put Acts 12 on this note and want you to take the time to read it if you can. It's just a good reminder for us all to come together in unity and let our requests be made known unto God.
5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”
12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”
15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.
18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.
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