Sunday, February 25, 2007

Greetings from PA

A big hello from CTI 14:22! We have had a rather....interesting week. Josiah blogged on Wednesday 10 or so days ago, so let me update you on what's been happening for us.

Since then, we've visited the Emergency Room twice and Urgent Care twice for 2 of our team members! Tiffany and Rebekah have been under the weather. Rebekah recovered fairly quickly...well after we changed her medication - the first lot she was given gave her acid reflux :-S And Tiffany took forever to get better! She was in bed as much as was possible during our travels. She was incredibly dizzy and weak and couldn't walk much at all without assistance. But last night we were blessed at New Life Evangelical Lutheran Church. They had numerous nurses and a doctor, who spoke with Tiffany and ended up taking her to the ER again last night. But this time, she was treated much better than the first time she went and actually got a diagnosis. Apparently she had a Potassium imbalance and so they gave her some Potassium to fix that up and she's been up and around walking by herself! It's so great to see her looking so much better. It's incredible the difference in her between last night and this morning. Praise the Lord, He's answered our prayers.

I wanted to mention the detention center we went to this past week. It was so cool to see the kids there responding to our concert. It excites me to see these young kids who have messed up in life and have found hope and new life in Christ. You can see it in their faces and it's inspiring to see how excited they are about Christ. I was really touched and encouraged.

And I also wanted to send a big thank you to everyone at New Life Evangelical Lutheran Church. We had such a wonderful, inspiring time with you guys this weekend. Thank you for your generosity and for taking such good care of us all.

So after a difficult week of cancelled and delayed concerts, struggling with 2 people down and now finally back to normal, I've learned yet again to rely fully on God's strength and allow Him to be all that I need.

Thank you for your prayers! We appreciate y'all heaps. (How's that for a combination of Southern US and Australian?!)

Until next time,
Carolyn

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Team 14:22,
We just wanted to say how much we appreciated your concert on Saturday night at New Life. It was fun to meet you and awesome to see how God is using you through this ministry. You were a great encouragement to us. Glad to hear Tiffany is feeling better! We're keeping you guys in prayer. Hope to see you again!
Brad & Renee

Anonymous said...

Hi Carolyn, We are Teresa and Ed Gray who will be your host family in Baltimore for the Expresso Cafe at IPC on March 9.
I would like to be able to talk to you or someone on your team and don't know how else to contact you about your visit with us before you arrive. Our e-mail is JKDKID2@comcast.com or verizon cell# is 443-604-3762. Thanks Teresa

Squibbby said...

Wow I guess nobody wants to comment on our posts. So, I guess I will. Hey sounds like things are going well! Keep it up 14:22!

Squibbby said...

Wow I guess nobody wants to comment on our posts. So I guess I will. Hey sounds like things are going well! Keep it up 14:22! Y'all have heaps of fun now!