{"id":2369,"date":"2014-08-12T07:25:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2014-08-12T07:25:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:25:19","slug":"hope-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonandlayne.com\/hope-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Jon<\/span><\/em>\u00a0Post<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I sat on the couch this week with my wife. I sat and wept for the frustration of the shattered reality that there is no forthcoming solution to the place we find ourselves.<\/p>\n

\"Last<\/a>

Last Month<\/p><\/div>\n

Last month Layne posted that Pedro had an MRI and we were waiting for the next step to be determined based on the results of that MRI.
\nThe results came.
\nPlaced up against a florescent light to show the contrast between bone, tissue, cerebrum, artery, and tumor, this thin film of plastic brought with it ugly words.
\nTumor, extensive re-growth, malignant, invasive, terminal.
\nAn apologetic neurosurgeon sat in front of me and explained her inability to even close the surgical wound left behind by his first surgery.
\n\u201c\u2026only thing left to do is help him manage pain and dress the wound.\u201d
\nAnd she left me with the honor\/dread of telling Pedro his prognosis\u2026 of cutting the spidersilk thread we all had held on to that maybe surgery could help\u2026 of telling him that his seizures and loss of muscle control were only the beginning\u2026 of telling him that there is a God who loves. A God who loves. A God who loves.
\nNow\u2026 1 week later, he sits in a wheelchair in my back yard.
\nUnable to move his right arm or leg.<\/p>\n

\"Laughter\"<\/a>

Laughter<\/p><\/div>\n

And I sat on my couch and wept. In this situation, because of his rapidly deteriorating health, we would have hoped to bring Pedro\u2019s wife and children to him here at Casa Ahav\u00e1. But just three weeks ago Pedro\u2019s son was born. His forth child, not even a month old, waits for his daddy to come home. A daddy who cannot hold him, cannot stand tall with him, cannot wrap him against his chest and tell him how proud he is. This 3 week old cannot make the journey to Pedro.
\nPedro\u2019s health means he cannot get on a bus or an airplane to get home. His family cannot get on one to come here.
\nLet\u2019s get Pedro home.
\nThursday morning at around 4 we will help Pedro into the car and I\u2019ll drive him the (depending on road conditions) 12 hour trip to his home village. His home is in a bit of a remote area but we\u2019ll make it.
\nSo our hope has changed.
\nIt\u2019s changed from hoping for long months, even years, to hoping for enough days to get home. Just two more days. And it\u2019s changed to hoping for more than just what this broken body can offer. Our hope has changed. Pedro\u2019s hope has changed.
\nA God who loves. A God who loves. A God who loves.
\nPlease pray for us as we drive to Mux\u00fangu\u00e8 on Thursday to get Pedro home.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Route<\/p><\/div>\n

Pray that our hope is not deferred<\/a> but that Pedro\u2019s longing to see his son is fulfilled.
\nPlease pray with us for Pedro\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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