Monday, May 4, 2009

An Interesting Week

It's going to be an interesting week leading up to our departure. The H1N1 flu has our country and our community in quite a craze. Marshalltown schools have closed for the week due to the flu scare. I'm not sure there have been any confirmed cases in our community yet - just 5 or 6 suspected cases. According to the CDC website as of 11 am EST this morning there is only 1 confirmed case in the state of Iowa and that case in the southern part of the state. I guess better safe than sorry.

Reports from health officials indicate that this "outbreak" is not showing itself to be as severe as they had initially thought it would be. Now they are saying that it will not be worse than the "normal" seasonal flu. I'm hoping it's mainly media hype. It's definitely interesting living in a community that is being affected by this.

Seth woke up with a fever this morning which is not a real comforting experience with all the talk about the flu outbreak. But it's not a high-grade fever and he doesn't have any of the other symptoms of the H1N1 flu, so I'm thinking he's just fighting a little bug. He laid on the couch for the first 3 hours after he got up, but is now up and playing in the family room. We'll be praying that he gets over whatever he's got quickly and is healthy for our trip.

Yesterday we were blessed by an outpouring of support from our church family. We shared with our congregation about the trip and asked them to join us in praying for a miracle in Seth's life through this treatment. We are so thankful for Christian family and friends who are joining us in our prayers for Seth. The family of God is such a tremendous blessing!

Here's praying for less excitement as the week progresses!

1 comment:

tammy said...

jen,
i so admire your courage and determination to travel such a distance all by yourself. you are a good example of faith for me to follow. so i know God has blessed it with grace and mercy.
know that you are not alone in this battle, that we stand and war with you, declaring the goodness of our God over you and your entire household. and i know that your faith is going to be rewarded! I'm decreeing his word Psalm 4:8 over you and Seth:
In peace you both will lie down and sleep, for your Lord God alone makes you dwell in safety and confident trust.
as the days go on and the enemy whisper words of doubt say NO! It is my Lord God who made this way for me, for my family and for Seth! I confidently trust that this is exactly where I am to be, and what I am to be doing!
know that we love you, and praying down God's Glory to surround your every footstep and word spoken.
tammy