Recovery

I’d like to follow up on our request for prayers for health and recovery. We really appreciate your prayers in this area. Ruth is improving incrementally each day, though definitely not yet 100%. She still has trouble with sequential thinking which gives her a headache, and with car trips which make her dizzy and nauseous. Since there are still signs of improvement, we’re just waiting and praying that she continues to heal, as we’ve been advised. We’ve been greatly blessed by some of the folks around us who have brought us meals and supported us through a difficult time.

​Alex is also improving over time, and has more energy than he did previously, but again, not back to 100% unfortunately.

Despite the struggles, we’ve got homeschool back up and running, and have been able to get most of our boxes unpacked and the house mostly set up. The “youth hang out” area is complete with ping pong and pool table. We even had our first group over, which was a birthday party for Josiah who just turned sixteen! Four neighborhood teens, one missionary family, and an older couple came (17 people in all). The driving age for cars in Thailand is 18, but it’s only 15 for motorcycles, so we decided to send Josiah to a motorcycle safety driving course, and he passed the written and driving tests to get his motorcycle license – growing up!

We took another trip to the orphanage in May. This time, among other activities, the girls all decorated their own cookies with icing and sprinkles (then ate them of course!). They all have their school uniforms, and two of them are going to be able to move on and start college this fall. It’s uplifting to us each time we go visit, and I hope/pray that it is just as much or more so for all the girls.

-Lance, for the Baker family