Well, we are back from Kauai. I will post photos soon, with more details about the fun we had hiking and snorkeling on this beautiful island. It was almost the site of tragedy for us – my sister MA nearly drowned on Sunday afternoon. None of us were nearby, we were all snorkeling farther out, so we don’t know exactly what happened. God in his mercy sent a team of wonderful people who performed CPR and delivered her to an excellent EMT team who brought her back from the brink of death. She was in the hospital for 4 days, 3 of those in intensive care, and though it soon became clear she was out of immediate danger we were worried about permanent damage to her brain or lungs, and wondered how she could possibly be recovered enough to fly home on schedule that Thursday.<\/p>\n
One of the worst moments for me was when we were driving back to the condo to break the news to my mom who had stayed home to rest and have some quiet time to herself. It took me back to the day, when I was 8 years old and my mom was pregnant with MA, when she came home and collapsed in desperate weeping after the routine ultrasound that revealed grave health problems for the baby. At that time, we had no way of knowing whether MA would survive and what her life would be like. The Lord has worked mightily in her life, and she has become a wonderful young woman, who while fragile in many ways, has a strength and spiritual toughness that never ceases to astonish us when tests and trials come into her life.<\/p>\n
Just 4 days – almost to the hour – after the accident, we were assembled with MA on the fateful beach, praying and thanking God for her miraculous recovery. I am deeply shaken to think how close we came to losing her, and wishing that one of us, that I, had thought rationally and unselfishly and stayed with her so that all this never happened. But I am trying to instead focus on the joyful result that God blessed us with. All glory to Him!<\/p>\n
“…but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”<\/em> Well, we are back from Kauai. I will post photos soon, with more details about the fun we had hiking …<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIsaiah 40:31<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"