Update from TJ

Thank you to all who prayed for my trip to Hong Kong. I was amazed that I had the energy that I had even speaking twelve times with numerous meetings. I was very encouraged.

Yesterday I saw the neurosurgeon and it was decided that I did not need surgery on my pinched disk for now. PTL. I do have some abnormal kidney tests which will be retested on Wednesday. This has been an issue since I left the hospital.

I do have abnormal kidney funtion which is a concern to the doctors. This could be a result of septic shock which I had in the ICU. I have been referred to a kidney specialist to see what they can determine. We continue to ask God for complete recovery including this issue.

It is not my health that concerns me most right now but that of Mary Ann. When she went back to work after my hospitalization, she suffered a severe mold reaction and discovered that there had been a leak at the school in December which had not been remediated. Mary Ann has severe reactions to mold. Essentially she has been out of work (with a few exceptions) since then. She suffers from severe lack of breath, trouble breathing and so far the steroids and antibiotics have not resolved the issue. She will not be going back as a school nurse next year. Our concern now is that God would graciously restore her to full health. Please join me in praying toward this end.

Steven is heading up to the boundary waters in northern Minnesota where he will again be a guide for a Christian group that ministers to inner city kids. as an outdoors man he is in his element there. Jon is looking for a summer job and business internship. We made a contact yesterday with Medtronics (when I was being prepped for an insulin pump) and he would love to see that happen.

My book, Leading From the Sandbox: Develop, Empower and Release High Impact Ministry Teams should be available in about three weeks.

As you pray, please remember relief efforts we are involved in in Myanmar and China in the aftermath of the Cyclones and Earthquakes. There are massive human needs in both places and ReachGlobal will be partnering with national Christians and ministries to do long term relief, development and church planting in these needy areas.

This weekend I will be in Knoxville, TN for meetings and will be preaching on Sunday.

Thank you for your love and prayers. If you have not done so, please check out my new leadership blog at www.LeadingFromTheSandbox.blogspot.com.

Gratefully, TJ for Mary Ann and the boys