Family

"We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" 

2 Corinthians 10:5

     My family has been going through something lately.  My grandfather is the only living grandparent that my sister and I have left.  I can't speak for her, but I can tell you that he is the one grandparent that I was always closest to.  When I was a child and my parents got mad at me he would always stand up for me and tell me stories of how my Dad messed up worse.  Or occasionally, he would just make fun of me for the stupidity of the mistake.

    About two weeks ago, he had a fairly bad fall.  It would not be that bad if he was not older, but his age did impact the affects.  It messed up his hip pretty badly and he had to have hip reconstruction.  After that things just went down hill.  As a family we are not sharing everything, but I will say that we need prayer.   We recently found out that he will never be able to return home.  Since my sister is his POA, she has all this new and hard responsibility falling on her shoulders. 

     We are so blessed to have my brother-in-law, Jimmy, to be with us.  He has helped out as if he were blood.  He is a great support for my sister and a calming affect during the high stress situations this is bringing.  This is so hard for my Dad who is also extremely close to his father.  He spends more time at my Granddad's house than his own.  My mom, has lost hours of sleep trying to be there.  They had to break down and hire a babysitter, so that they can work and sleep.

   

  For me this is hard because I have always been there during the hard times to do my part.  As a single person, a lot usually did fall on my shoulders and now everyone is having to pick up the slack.  My family is being great though.  They know I am in Bolivia to serve God and that right now I can't come home.  Life has a lot of hard choices and I turn them over to God, so that He can direct my path and I don't have to live with the what ifs of life.