Another Brief Update

Dear friends, I know this update is much overdue already. Thank you for praying for me regardless. God has been so faithful to uphold me and sustain me through some deep waters over the past few weeks. Last week, my doctor confirmed that although he has seen significant improvement with my Lyme disease and coinfections, the latest difficulty is that I seem to have developed a significant issue with some type of Candida/yeast/fungal overgrowth which has been wreaking havoc in my body, making it more and more difficult to get in nutrition. Even fresh vegetable juices make me sick, and it is a tricky balance figuring out how to get in calories, while not feeding the bugs which love to eat sugars, starches, grains, dairy, etc. (all the foods that help you gain weight quickly!).

My nutritionists have been working with me very closely and have been a wonderful help to me. I have been taking an antibiotic to fight the bugs as well as other treatments. Despite all this, my system is very weak, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to get nutrition into my body. I could say more, but for now here are ways you can pray:

• For the ability to eat and take in calories, despite how my body reacts to food which can be quite severe.
• For the bugs to get under control and that we would have wisdom as to how to best attack them at a rate my body can tolerate.
• For the ability to digest fats and even begin to eat meats again.
• For perseverance, hope, and faith regardless of what comes.
• For clear wisdom and direction for my parents, nutritionists, doctors, and myself.
• For grace to deal with the die-off effect as the bugs are killed and my body tries to clear out the toxins.
• For supernatural healing in His timing.
• For God to be glorified in my weakness and as He makes a way through the morass of all the pieces involved and the counsel we have received.
  

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have felt your prayers through some very dark days. I do not know what the rest of the day holds, but I know my God does. He is teaching me some hard lessons about faith right now, but they are so good.

And He IS answering prayers. He has brought me this far, and He is not going to desert me now. He is worthy of our full trust.

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side…then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; then over us would have gone the raging waters. – Psalm 124:1, 4-5

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God. – Psalm 146:5

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. - Psalm 118:8

One Step at a Time

Dear friends,

Thank you all for continuing to stand with me through the hard times. Over the past week, I have been working closely with a nutritional coach as well as another nutritionist. I also recently started a new medication. God is sustaining me, but I would not be honest if I didn't say that the battle is very difficult right now. Almost anything I eat doesn't work with my system, and I am fighting to maintain my weight with the limited food choices I currently have. It is especially difficult to get up each morning and face the day, but God is teaching me to wait on Him one moment at a time. I know He is enough for me.

I would love to write more but don't have the strength at the moment. Thank you for praying. If you could continue to pray that He would provide wisdom and light for the path ahead, and give me perseverance I would be so grateful.

He has delivered me again and again. Can I not trust Him to do so once again?

I love you all.

"Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life." - Psalm 54:4