Many prayers (especially Bill’s!) were answered and Donna flew through the air and arrived here in Manila early this morning. She was able to get so many details taken care off, both in Iowa in San Diego, although it meant a frantically busy couple of weeks. She had to deal with her mother’s estate (even when everyday people pass away, the paperwork and arrangements boggle the mind!!), and she had many of our own affairs to do in San Diego.

Now she’s here, napping off her jet lag and enjoying letting Bill take care of everything!

He is… and not just because Donna’s back here. But also, thank the Lord, the new asthma medicines he has been taking are having a very positive effect in just how much air he breathes. He has improved over 40% on the breathing measurement scale in just over 3 weeks. He has moved from an all-day rating of “severe attack,” through the “moderate attack” range and is almost out of that into the lower ranges of “normal.” We’re thankful for this… breathing is pretty basic, for one thing, and he was feeling pretty yucky; but mostly we’re glad that this is a good sign for moving ahead with getting settled back into the tribe, and getting back into translation.