I am in the middle of moving. It is a terrible transition to have to make - knowing that I'm leaving the last house I shared with my Rob. I had not planned on taking the time to blog again until after the move. However, just now I needed a phone number that I needed to look up online. While the computer was on, I checked my email to see if there was any news about my friend, Richard (see previous posts about his cancer and his family). There was and I'd like to ask you all to pray for my friends today and in the next days.
It seems he is close to the end of his earthly life. This is the email I received:
Richard was stable in his breathing all night. There is no evidence of any pain.
For the past 24 hours he has been non-communicative, and seems to be largely unaware of those who are with him.
He has not been moving, nor eating. The nurses that attend to him think his organs may be shutting down.
As per his request of a couple weeks ago, brethren have been with him, reading Scripture and singing hymns,
believing that these activities may well minister to him.
Pray that the Lord may comfort our brother in his final hours, and his wife, his children,
and his mother, Ruth, who has been with him for the past 3 weeks.
Marisol's sister, Rosa, came from the DR on Thursday to be with her.
We anticipate Richard's entering Glory rather soon, to be with Christ, which is far better
He has not been moving, nor eating. The nurses that attend to him think his organs may be shutting down.
As per his request of a couple weeks ago, brethren have been with him, reading Scripture and singing hymns,
believing that these activities may well minister to him.
Pray that the Lord may comfort our brother in his final hours, and his wife, his children,
and his mother, Ruth, who has been with him for the past 3 weeks.
Marisol's sister, Rosa, came from the DR on Thursday to be with her.
We anticipate Richard's entering Glory rather soon, to be with Christ, which is far better
(Phil. 1:23).
I am almost sobbing as I write this - for his family because I know what the next little while holds for them
- for my family and me because it just reminds us so much.
Moving has been excruciating in so many ways - to say the least
but as hard as it will be today as my friends, family and I finish loading and unloading what we're moving now,
that will pale in comparison
to what I know oh so well (and still remember in bitter detail) that
my friend Marisol and her children will be going through as they watch their husband and father
as he
becomes "absent from his body and present with the Lord."
It is so hard.
Please pray for Marisol, Jael, Victoria, and Joseph.
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