This morning at church, I was preaching a message about how our faith needs to be built upon knowing and hearing God. So, this afternoon when we arrived at the hospital, it was a surprise to hear Dad begin to talk about his own faith amidst the trials he's been through over the past eleven weeks. "I wasn't much of a Christian before I came in here," he said, "although I was always sincere in my relationship with God. But when you have good health, you take a lot of things for granted and you don't always depend on God. When you've been through what I've been through since the operation, you realise that you just can't make it without God. I know that I wouldn't be here now if God hadn't brought me this far, and I think that my faith is stronger now because of it."
In fact, after more than a week of pain-free progress, Dad has had a couple of not so good days this weekend. He began to have pain yesterday, and it wasn't clear whether it was because they had reduced his pain medication or whether it was because he had tried some lactose-free milk for breakfast. But he began to be a little confused in the afternoon, thinking that he'd been moved to another ward, and having some strange dreams. It looks as if he might have an infection somewhere, so some tests are being done, and he might need to go on antibiotics again from tomorrow. He wasn't looking good yesterday, but he was feeling a little better and brighter today, as they were giving him some buscopan for tummy pain. He's decided to avoid all kinds of milk in future, and they're going to put his meds back to what they were a couple of days ago. Hopefully this infection will clear up soon and he can begin to feel a little better again.
As for me, I prayed for him tonight and said my goodbyes, because I'll be flying back to Spain very early tomorrow morning. I'm continuing to compile some pages of best wishes from those of you who have emailed or left comments to say that you've been praying for him. It will be a huge encouragement for him to see how many people all around the world have been standing with him during this time. You can continue to email, or can leave a note by clicking below (where it says "comments.")
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