Concerning News and a New Video

Howdy all, just wanted to ask you to be praying with us for a medical situation here. Elizabeth had been feeling a little lightheaded for a couple of weeks and so she went in to see the doctor here on Thursday. Tests revealed that both her red and white blood cell counts are dramatically below normal. (like 50% of normal red cells and 5% of normal white cells)

According to the doctor, she has almost no resistance to infection (white cells) and will be easily fatigued (red cells). It seems that this situation has been building in her body for some time.

What does this mean for our plans? Well, we are not sure yet. Elizabeth is trying a few dietary supplements as per the doctor's recommendation. For the next month or so she will be taking weekly blood tests looking for improvement. If we don't see improvement in that time, we may be forced to travel back to the US this summer to find the source of the problem. We have been strongly advised against moving into Pal until Elizabeth's body is functioning normally.

So, please pray with us that we see rapid normalization of her blood. Pray too that the doctors will be able to determine the cause of this problem. Please pray for proctection from infection as well as she is especially vulnerable at this time.

Thanks from all of us,

Nate

In other news, we finished a video this week - most of which was taken during surveys into Pal. It even has a little shot of the site that we hope to build our houses on!

Check it out (high speed connections only - 130 MB).