Dear Prayer Partners,
Thank you so much for your prayers, your faithfulness, and your care. We could not do this without your support and love, GOD bless you.
Sorry this has been so long, I know some of you are wondering what is happening and How John is doing.
He is doing much better for the most part, he has been seeing a speech pathologist almost every week and there is some improvement in his memory, most of all he believes he is getting better and can see something is happening with his memory in that he is remembering more names. The speech pathologist has given him homework which takes him a long time but he works so hard at it and doesn't give up.
In the next week or so he will be seeing a new speech pathologist, as the one he has been seeing is changing rolls. He has really liked this one and she has been very understanding and gracious to him, even borrowed a Bible from the chaplain at the hospital so he would have something familiar to read and remember, we pray the next one will be as caring and interested in him and his needs as she has been.
We are walking about every other day, not just a walk around the park... we walk the steepest hills in Burnie so we really get our exercise and walk about an hour each time (most of the time we end up at McDonald's, John favorite eating place here!!!).
We are still in the apartment by the sea, not sure for how long but GOD has the plan and we trust HE knows what are needs are, please be praying for the right accommodation, John is to see the speech pathologist every week or every other week for a few months so having a semi-permanent accommodation would be a blessing.
I have applied for permanent residency here is Australia and have received a Bridging Visa which allows me to stay until they make a decision, please be praying that it all goes easily and without any problems.
Please forgive me for not sending out an email earlier, we haven't had internet and the computer in the same place and I didn't realize that my ipad doesn't always pick up all the email addresses, anyway I will try to update more often.
I have been reading a book and one of the things I read really struck me, it was that GOD is wanting to erase some of the old memories and ways of doing things and put in new ones, that seemed to be just where we are GOD has erased the way we did things and we are moving into new territory and we haven't been this way before (and it is not easy to find your way in a new place) but we are keeping our eyes on JESUS for direction and for peace, HE is trustworthy!!
Agape,
Monette and John
