March 4, 2010 - Praying and planning . . .

Hello all! Well . . . the title of this email says it all! We have experienced ups and downs but we continue to push through it all! Your prayers, words of encouragement, and general support are lifting us up! Erik is doing well. He had had a fever off and on since last weekend (this is really rare for him!) and started coughing last Saturday as well. We took him to the doctor on Tuesday and they put him on an antibiotic which we pray will rid him of this illness! Of course with him having a cold like this, his seizure activity has increased. We are hoping this is just because of the illness and fever so pray that this will resolve once he is feeling better. We took Erik this week for his annual vision and hearing screenings and all is well. We need this for a meeting we have next week with the school. We are also attempting to change his school schedule to 3 days per week to allow for additional physical, speech, and occupational therapies during the week. We have been trying for over a year to get services at home but since he leaves in the morning at 8:15 and does not get home until 4:30, it has not worked out that anyone has been available. Pray the school will approve this request and that the right therapists will be secured. We are still praying for God to provide for us financially for this trip. He is answering! Our Sunday School class has offered to organize and host a multi-family yard sale and use the money made to help us pay for treatment/housing for our upcoming trip! Many people have asked how they can help us out so for those of you who are local and want to come by to contribute items for the yard sale or shop, the details are below. This is right near Apex Middle so spread the word! If you want to bring items by to Doug and Kathy's home the evening before the sale, this will be fine. The plan is to get rid of everything by the end of the yard sale so please only bring items that you do not want back! Thanks again for helping pray us through this time and we remain committed to placing our trust and faith in God to get us through it all! Love in Christ, Erik's Family 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (New Living Translation) So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. Yard Sale Details: March 13th 6:30am until ~noon 200 S. Mason Street Apex, NC General contributions can be sent to: NWCC Benevolence Fund For: Erik Medlin 7712 Carpenter Fire Station Road Cary, North Carolina 27519 END.