Home sweet home! 

Just a quick post to let you know that Janet is now recuperating at home, away from all the distractions and interruptions of the hospital.  Hooray!  (If any of you have been in the hospital lately, you know it's a terrible place to try to get any rest).  In the next week or so, we are going to be putting together some sort of plan/schedule for how we can help now that Janet is home.  She won't be driving for a while, and definitely still needs to rest while her body continues to recover and regain its strength. 

If you are interested in helping out in some tangible way, please let us know by replying to praying4janet@gmail.com or you can also call or text Kris Esau at (360)798-6144.  I will be visiting with Janet tomorrow and hopefully will get more of an idea of some sort of plan that would be helpful for their family.  Please think about whether you want to provide a one-time meal or maybe you can donate a specific chunk of time to help out once a week until Janet gets on her feet again. 

Right now, we are thinking we can be helpful by:
*Providing meals or homemade goodies or even Subway or pizza gift cards
*Running errands
*Grocery shopping (you would shop and the Dickens would reimburse you)
*Cleaning
*Staying with Janet for chunks of time whenever Mike goes back to work

I understand that Janet and Mike's home church (Kessid) will be providing dinners at least through October 25th or so.  I'm sure dinners will continue to be appreciated! (I will be asking Janet what her family's favorite foods are!) 

I think if we all just pitch in together to provide what we each of us can easily offer, it will add up to a huge blessing for the Dickens.  They have come through this acute-ICU-hospital phase of this journey, but we want to continue to support them as they work toward getting back to normal.

Mike is off work for now and will be taking Janet to her follow-up appointments.  Again, keep praying for those appointments and especially for her left hand and arm.  Pray that she finds the right doctors and that she receives the very best care.