June 12 update on my wife

Good News!!! Thank you so much for your prayers for my wife Denise. Her bone marrow has begun to produce blood cells again! (Red cells to carry oxygen, white cells to fight infections and platelets for normal blood coagulation) All three are improving! Her doctors at NIH (National Institutes of Health) are thrilled calling Denise their star patient! They are even saying she may not need any more blood transfusions—her last was on Friday. Praise the Lord! Thank you for your prayers.

In case you didn’t know, Denise was diagnosed with bone marrow failure (severe aplastic anemia) in mid-March and is undergoing a clinical trial at NIH in Bethesda MD just outside Washington DC. She is staying with our friends Bob and Pat Hale. I returned home four weeks ago to be with my daughter Renee (who sadly had a miscarriage) and to teach a mission class at I.B.C.D. in OK (Institute of Biblical Community Development). Renee is now visiting with Denise in VA now while I’m here helping my son-in-law. We are working on home repairs so Denise can come back to a nicer and mold-free home.

Thanks also for your patience with me in replying to your emails and messages. I hope to spend some serious time catching up on my communications very soon.