We have several items of good news and praise to God. First, David had his eye surgery this morning and it went very well. Dr. John Siddens, the opthamologist who has performed all the previous reconstructions of David's injured eye, was very pleased with the condition of David's eye when he began the surgery. He only had to do two minor procedures - to correct a defect in the tear duct system that he had rebuilt earlier and to build up the inside corner of the eye. He was very pleased with his work!! He did such good work, David didn't even need a bandage. Dr. Siddens plans on one more minor procedure that can be done at his office under local anesthesia and in about 2-3 weeks, he should be able to make the prosthetic eye frontpiece to complete the reconstruction. We also expect David to enter rehab at Roger C. Peace rehab in Greenville sometime in the next 2-3 weeks. He will be on a 2 week trial period, if he makes good progress, he will be able to stay longer. Please pray for his continued improvement - in body, mind, and Spirit. Pray for us as we continue to try to locate and provide the best therapies and procedures for his recovery. Please pray for decisions about the renovation and that the work will be completed soon (probably still at least 6 weeks away - at best) Thank you for all your prayers and other provisions for us. It was amazing to be back at Greenville Memorial today (where David was in ICU for 2 months) and to see how far he has come - but to also understand how far he has to go. We praise God for His gracious provisions for us and in us.

John 7:37-39 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified...

John 14:15-21 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”