Four years- it sounds so much longer than it feels. Larissa has been there every step of the way. I love you, Larissa. My life without her would be stupid. It’s amazing. I’m laying in bed and Larissa is sitting on the end of it. She has been sitting with me for four years. She loves me. Why? God enables her to love me. I appreciate the fact that she loves me.
The gospel should pervade every part of our lives. I think we often tend to compartmentalize the gospel, trusting that God has forgiven our sins because of Jesus’ death on the cross, but then not recognizing how that does and should affect every decision, every thought, every part of our being.
Our every hope for marriage rests on what Christ has done. We are both entering this marriage with extreme weaknesses, difficulties and challenges that most marriages never experience. But we have hope. We have hope because the gospel affects everything about our lives. And we have everything we need for life and godliness through Christ. Our affection for each other and therefore our marriage cannot thrive outside of the gospel. So we are hoping and trying to enter into this knowing that we stand on nothing else other than Christ. We are so weak but we have a great God, who works way beyond what we can understand.
I can only imagine how this makes way more sense to Steve now than it does to us.
Thank you for praying. We are so thrilled to get married.
Ian wanted me to write a post to update you on his progress. Ian’s really doing well with his initiation and his memory. Also, he’s showing huge signs of progress with his cognitive awareness.
Ian asked for prayer for our marriage- specifically for our communication.
Ian said to write whatever I wanted tonight and said he wanted prayer for whatever I think he needs prayer for. I caught on quickly and realized he was brushing it off on me because he’s totally distracted by Oprah’s soothing voice on the Discovery Channel’s premiere of “Life.” He’s such a loser..
So, since I have to guess, I would ask prayer for Ian’s initiation and that he would have a breakthrough here at therapy. We don’t have a date of when he will be discharged- he’s allowed to stay as long as he’s making progress.
Ian had an appointment today with his neurosurgeon who did his original emergency surgery. On the same floor, just down the hall from the ICU that both Ian and Steve had brain surgery in. Hated to be there. And making me cry on so many levels, the doctor told Ian that he is the sickest patient he has ever had who has survived.
again i need to apologize for not keeping the blog up very well. there is nothing too new to report. ian had some testing done in pittsburgh today that went well. this weekend i’ll start moving into our new house, plus we’re running a 5k for brain cancer research in DC on Sunday.
Almost exactly four months until we get married. it’s going fast, but at the same time i feel like we’ve been engaged forever. still praying that ian will be walking and standing at our wedding, but trying not to put my hope in that.
thank you for praying. please continue to pray for ian’s memory and that he would initiate conversation.
Thank you to everyone who supported us in the Race for Hope DC, which raised more than $2 million for brain cancer awareness and brain tumor research. We ran and walked with more than 11,000 people. It was quite an experience. Hopefully Team 828 will make more appearances around the area:)
