FROM: Barb S
Aug 6 @ 9:26 AM

Good Morning, Just a brief note to let you know we are praying hard and hope you had a quiet night after the scare. You make sure you are taking care of yourself so you can be strong for Lea. You have Dave and
your Mom to help you so try to get some needed rest. I know it will be hard.

FROM: Shana
Aug 6 @ 12:18 PM

Good Morning, Larry, Hope all is going well this morning. I called and listened to the update on Lea and it seems like she is stable again. Please let her know I’m thinking of her.

I wanted to let you know that we closed on the Home Equity loan yesterday (it was the earliest time that was available) and the funds will be available on Wednesday. So, Gary plans on being at the bank around 9:30 am to get the funds deposited into our checking account and then you should be able to cash our check. I apologize it has taken that long, but we honestly couldn’t get into a closing until yesterday.

I hope you have received the “care package” by now. We included a gift credit/debit card that contains $230.00. Gary picked that up for us and forgot to include the amount, so I wanted to make sure how much was on the card. Please know that we continue to pray for Lea’s recovery. It’s amazing how much we miss her at work! Please let me know if there is anything you need that I could help with.

FROM: J.B.
Aug 6 @ 4:30 PM

Lea, Here are some pics I took in Colorado last month. (Note: Copyright 2005 J.B. Thistlethwaite)

FROM: Jean
Aug 6 @ 10:55 PM

Good Evening! I’m sitting here on the floor in my “office” because my desk tray holding my keyboard fell off today. I’m trying to find a comfortable place to type, this isn’t too bad, but kinda feels “rickey”. That makes me smile and think of those days in Hannibal when we were growing up and called those other kids across the creek, wasn’t it?, that awful name.

I’ve read a couple of times the vision you told us about having. And I agree that the meaning is not for us to know just yet. God in His Wisdom will explain it one day. I am so pleased that you were able to share it with Lea and that you could laugh about it. How typical of your relationship! Would that I had the laughter that you two have shared all your lives. I know it has been a real blessing to you both. I just don’t seem to have the sense of humor that you do. I think I have always envied that-in fact I know I have.

I am so very proud of you for your devotion to your beautiful wife. And yet, I know too that you could do nothing else. I know that when you are away from her, that you can hardly contain your anxiety until you see her face again. I pray that God will bless you for that faithfulness. I am very confident that He will. Because our God is so very very good. I believe that He wants to do good for us, to prosper us and to bless us. And I believe that He wants to do this endlessly more than we can comprehend.

I just want you to know that you both are ever in my thoughts. I pray for you rest, joy, peace. How heartwarming to have your friends and family praying for you. And how amazing that you can actually feel that power of God in response to our prayers. Rest well, my brother. I love you.