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Timing is often important, though not always.  Sometimes it is of the utmost importance, like when Chris was pretty much racing me to the hospital as Lucas was about to be born. It happened in a hurry and nothing could postpone Lucas’s arrival!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timing has been important ever since God.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creation had timing, the Savior\u2019s birth had clear timing – the Bible is clear that the Lord is purposeful in his timing.  His timing is perfect, though not always our preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late May, when we told our kids we would be returning to America for a longer period of time, Luis specifically asked, “Will we ever return to Thailand?”.  I was hopeful we would return, but the timing was not clear or sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.  <\/p>\nMatthew 16: 21<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

God’s timing is perfect, and His plan was revealed to his disciples at exactly the right moments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though not an easy or simple decision, the Lord has given us clarity. Our family plans to return to Thailand on December 29th.  Our medical team, our ministry leadership, and our extended family are supportive knowing that Chris can get very good medical follow up care in Thailand.  Our medical team here in Grand Rapids will continue to keep Chris as a patient so we can consult with them if any unusual results occur.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please continue to pray for Chris and his recovery.  It feels a little like postpartum recovery – a necessary exercise in patience.  Chris still has symptoms of neuropathy in the morning when he wakes up. He also senses that chemotherapy has advanced his presbyopia. The nurses said that the physical effects of chemotherapy can last 3 months or longer so he is generally trying to recover from the past several months of treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please pray for our children, and for us to help them enjoy the present, adapt to the coming changes, and wrestle with the not yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris and Luis got to do a bike ride together in Lowell, MI!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carving pumpkins was a new-again experience for our kids!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This post features an amazing picture capturing a hawk as it flew in front of Chris’s birthday-present-drone. Chris set out to capture the fall colors of our neighborhood and didn’t realize until he reviewed the footage that a hawk had flown in front of the camera for a single second. Something amazing and beautiful was captured in that moment – only God could have orchestrated such timing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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