Post-Op: Day 7

We made it to San Marcos today! Yippee! I think we are all glad to be back and where we belong. Though, I'll have to admit, I wasn't sure if we were going to make it...



Like a said yesterday, when I left Marlon last night, he had a fever. I tried to play it down on my blog post, but I was seriously worried. I was already running a list of possible infections and trying to rule them out. I knew that I couldn't leave Tegucigalpa today, in good conscience, if Marlon had a fever. It just wouldn't be prudent. So last night I decided the only thing that would ensure Marlon made it home today was divine intervention.



Last night I asked God to stop whatever infection was brewing, dead in it's tracks. Before yesterday I don't think I have ever really contemplated miracles. I mean I knew that Jesus did miracles... and I think I believed that they could still be done, but I must admit that I had never really thought about it in depth. I have always associated miracles with the earthly Jesus. You know, Jesus actually being present and healing someone with touch, or mud, or what have you. But after this week and all that I have seen happen to make Marlon's surgery possible I have decided that Jesus is probably doing miracles all the time, we just don't recognize them because He's not there (physically) to show us that a miracle is happening.



Is it a miracle that the top surgeons in Honduras offered to operate on Marlon for FREE? Yes, I think so! Is it a miracle that the snobbiest, richest, nicest hospital in Honduras gave me almost a 60% discount on the hospital stay? Most definitely! Is it a miracle that the this same hospital has commited to help us, at the same discount, with any other special cases that we bring their way? You better believe it is! (FYI, donations like this from Hondurans to Hondurans just don't happen here.... so it is a BIG deal!) And, is it a miracle that we prayed for God to heal Marlon last night, to "stop the infection it it's tracks," and Marlon's fever broke about an hour later... and he has felt better ever since? All I can say is a resounding, AMEN!

Thank your for all of your prayers and support! I am honestly telling you that we have felt everyone of them. Please keep Marlon in your prayers as he continues to heal. Please keep Juana, his mother, in your prayers as well. Pray that she would have the energy to keep being super mom! And please, please say a prayer of thanksgiving because there is no way that any of this could have happened but through our God! AMEN!