Thursday, July 10th

Update: The Barnes Family--
Good Morning All! His Mercies are truly made new every morning! Our praise is unexplainable - Terah is feeling much better & Jordan sounds very happy.JOhn got good rest last night. He feels ALOT better this morning; his headache and aches are next to nothing, especially compared to yesterday. He has an appetite and asked to be taken off of bed rest so that he can take a shower; Even the doctor looked shocked at his progress.We explained that he had tons of people praying for him! He is being taken off of his morphine drip and will only had the self-button for pain.The doctor said that we won't have to lab preliminaries until tomorrow - PLEASE pray that we get those results and the final today! It would be awesomefor JOhn to continue this incredible improvement and be able to be released by tomorrow but it sounds like they want all lab cultures back before theyrelease him and at this point it sounds like Sat. would be the very earliest (IN THEIR opinion). John is still sleeping alot (which is great) but he flows in and out of conciousness. -PRAISE!!!!!We have been blessed beyond measure and in awe from the encouragement and love that we have received during this time. God HAS moved mountains and met our every need. He has made streams in the desert. The body of Christ has truly been a testimony and modeled Christ to our family by being the hands and feet of God.Our church family and friends here have been so gracious in calls,emails and visits; they are gathering Sat. to pack/load the moving truck. Our new church has served and supported us beyond expression as well; they have helped take care of moving/storage details and our equipping pastor is flying here with another brother to drive the moving truckto Weatherford, TX. When John is released from the hospital, we will fly home together and God has provided flights home through a voucher John's dad had. PLEASE continue to PRAY for the purchase of a home in Weatherford-We heard yesterday from the realtor that we will here about our offer on the home today.There is another small issue with the broker that we are expecting God to move in as well...he knows the need and is in control. I've never done this kind of update thing, so I am trying to provide alot of details as many of you are far away and/or I just can't answer the many calls in order to talk to everyone.I hope that I have communicated in ALL of the craziness going on...Thanks again - we love you all. Consumed by PEACE-John & Christi B. Phillipians 4:13