September 29, 2005 - Erik updates

Hello All! We are adjusting to life outside of the hospital and all is going well. We have an appointment with Erik's medical team tomorrow morning and then the goal is to come home on Saturday! YEAH!!! Many times we sit and think about how quickly things have changes over the past 2 years. One minute things are going great and the next minute, things have gone another direction. This also has worked in reverse - one minute things are not going well and then there is an amazing impovement. One thing has been steady - God has always been with us and has held us through it all. It seems like the Footprints poem many of us have read has been our experience. When things have been the hardest, we have laid it at God's feet and he has picked us up in various ways and let us know he is with us through it all. We still have quite a road ahead of us but know that we are being faithful in our walk with God. This is what God asks us to do. He wants us to rely on him, believe in his power, and trust him with everything. Many times people say to us they cannot imagine how we make it through tough times leaning on God. Our experience has been that these are the times we have found it easiest to do this. Our job going forward will be to maintain our faith, trust and hope in God while we are going through what may seem to be "easier times". This may prove to be harder than anything we have been through thus far. We will continue to take and celebrate it all - day by day. We are excited to let you know about a web site that has been set up to help keep everyone informed of Erik's progress. It is: http://erikmedlin.org. Check it out! Thanks to our friends for setting this up for us. We certaintly have not made time to do this but we think it is an awesome thing!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, for those of you who are local . . . don't forget about the BBQ October 8th at our church - Good Hope Baptist. We will list details below. There will also be a carnival that day for the kids from 4-7pm and at 7pm a local gospel group will be singing. It should be lots of fun! This is a fundraiser to help raise money to cover Erik's medical expenses. Love in Christ! Erik's Family