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An update on the Wallaces

Well, after two weeks in the hospital it seems that God has been listening to our prayers and Dustin is on the road to recovery!!!! Dustin's birthday was on Friday and we joined a few other friends and family to have a small surprise party for him in the food court at Medical City. Although it was not the best of places to celebrate, I think Dustin had a good birthday and it was great to see him! Kate posted a picture of Dustin last week and there is SUCH a positive difference this week. He has more color and just overall looks healthier this week. David told me he has had his staples removed and he might get to go home as soon as Monday or Tuesday!! Praise the Lord!! I also got to visit with Kate and Nora for a little while, and both seem to be holding up well. Nora held my hands and we walked around the food court for a couple minutes as we waited to surprise Dustin.

Thanks to all for the continued prayers and support of our good friends!

Don't you wish you could live in Germany?

Then you could go to the annual beard festival! :/ Look really close, there's a bicycle 'sculpture' in there somewhere!

Funny.... at least to me:

I heard this somewhere and thought it was funny.

"You know, if you watch the movie JAWS backwards, all it is about is a giant shark that throws up people until he opens a beach."

I don't know why I think this is so funny, except for it's probably one of my favorite movies. :)

Updates!

Thanks to everyone who has prayed for the Wallace family over the past week! I know God has heard our prayers and please continue to pray as Dustin, Kate, and baby Nora have a road to recovery that is not nearly over. Dustin had another surgery Wednesday and spent the night in the ICU. Everything I've heard is that the surgery went "as well as can be expected" and my understanding is that he may be able to go home in a week or so. You can visit Kate and Dustin's blogto get much more detailed information. I am definitely saying a prayer of Thanksgiving that Dustin is doing better!

In the seemingly endless saga of "David's job hunt", David had a ton of action this week! Thank you all for the prayers for God to help us with this!!! I think he had about six different interviews, both phone and face-to-face this week. Here's where we stand: the doc in Jacksonville, IL (whom we were going to visit this weekend) decided to go with an associate doctor already holding an IL license. As disappointing as this might seem, at least he cut to the chase and didn't drag the waiting out for THREE WEEKS; he also let us know so we didn't waste our money driving up there. David spoke to a doctor on the phone from Colorado Springs (a place I would LOVE to live!) but she already has two candidates and we probably won't hear back from her. David was supposed to have a second phone interview with the doctor from Rockford, IL, but that had to be rescheduled for next week. He did a phone interview with a company in Dallas that is weird, if nothing else, but he will have a second interview next week. He also received a questionnaire from an all-female office in Houston. The questionnaire turns out to be used by Scientologists. Between the Scientology and the all-girl practice, I think we're going to let that lead go....

AND NOW, FOR THE BEST NEWS:

David had a phone interview earlier in the week with a doctor in Houston by the galleria and was asked to come in for a face-to-face interview. We (David, Lauren, Chewie, and Sammy) all piled in the Rouge and spent the night Wednesday with David's parents in Willis so David could get up early Thursday morning to go to the interview. It went really well, and among other things David learned that he's in the "final two"!!!!! What great news for us! I'll let you all know when we hear the results, but in the meantime we're still searching for more open positions. I'm still interested in the job in Rockford, IL and he's put his CV in for a couple of cool opportunities in Seattle and Phoenix.


Thanks to everyone for the prayers and support!!!

Prayer requests

As many of you know, our good friend Dustin had an accident Friday afternoon while moving into his new home. Unfortunately he sustained some serious injury to his pancreas and is in a lot of pain as well as in need of several surgeries. Please pray for Dustin, his family, and the doctors that will do this surgery so that he will once again be the active and healthy guy we all know and love!!!

Also, as many of you know, David did not get the job in Michigan after three weeks of uncertainty. We are back at square one in terms of the job search and are also in need of prayer as both David and I are searching to find David a job. He has two interviews this week- one phone on Tuesday with a rehab clinic in Dallas, and one face to face in the Houston area on Thursday. He has also had two preliminary phone interviews with two different doctors in Illinois. I just pray that David finds his place and God helps us to see where we are meant to be, be it moving out of state or not.

Thanks and love to all in these two requests!!!

The stomach flu and no news!

Well David has been sick with a stomach virus since Saturday night and I caught it Monday night. It's been a really pleasant couple of days- in bed, feeling miserable. David's feeling better, and finally this afternoon I'm seeing the end of the tunnel too. In news on David's job hunt, we heard Monday morning that the doctor needed yet another week to make her decision- it's between David and one other doctor. Hopefully we'll hear soon!