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| Ali, Susan and Jim - St. Patrick Parish Urbana, Illinois |
This picture was taken at the Time and Talent event at my home parish in August. The Justice and Peace group had displayed an article that was written about our ministry in the LAS Alumni News from the U. of Illinois as well as the Maryknoll Book Lives of Service from Maryknoll. As always, it was a homecoming for me as these are the people who have nurtured my faith and supported us over so many years.
I saw my doctor yesterday and I am doing fairly well with my recovery from the sacral bone fracture. However, she recommended that I postpone my return to Kenya for six weeks and so I will arrange to return in midOctober. I realize that I received excellent care. The CT scan didn't show the fracture but they could do an MRI and that was diagnostic. If I had been in Mombasa there is only one place that does these two exams and the MRI machine has been 'down' for weeks and months at a time. I am so grateful that I didn't suffer a permanent spinal injury and should recover fully.
There has been over $12,000 donated to our ministry in memory of Alex Vitalis, my nephew. We are very grateful for this generous tribute to a wonderful young man. I have talked with the family and we will use the money to make renovations in Giriama dispensary to the lab, pharmacy, staff house and install a soak pit. We will also provide the salary for one nurse for one year at the new maternity room at St. Patrick's Dispensary in Bangladesh informal settlement in Mombasa. I would like to place a remembrance plaque at each site to honor Alex.
With all the difficulties in Syria and more talk of war let us redouble our work and prayer for peace.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
