Sunday,

Hi all. Hope everyone had a nice Fourth of July weekend. Just a quick update as Bonnie and I head into a new week. First of all the updates for the weekend.

Thursday was Bonnie's stepfather's memorial service and that was very hard for us (Bonnie particularly) to miss. Bonnie's brother Rick and his family flew in from Arizona for it. On Friday Rick and his wife Kathryn drove down from Gaylord and visited Bonnie and I for a few hours.

As many of you know we watch fireworks every 4th up at Lake Charlevoix. This is a time we (Bonnie particularly) look forward to and like so many other things that have changed or we have missed since May 12th, this was one of those difficult times. God is faithful and gracious at all times, including those that are more difficult times than others. We were able to go out on the outdoor patio 4 rooms down the hall from Bonnie's room and watch Lansing's fireworks. The interesting thing is that the announced fireworks were in a location almost due west from our patio so we had some obstructions with the view, but was able to get Bonnie out of her wheel chair standing up on a bench for a few minutes so she could enjoy the display. After she sat back down and it appeared the show was over a second longer show started which was directly north of our patio and no obstructions. We sat there and watched another 35 minutes of fireworks and they were better than the first batch. Attached is a poor photo from my camera phone.

Tomorrow at 4:15 I (Steve) have my port surgically implanted. Bonnie's most likely will be Tuesday. It looks very good that Bonnie will be discharged mid-week, which brings great joy along with the fear of the unknown of going on to the next stage of a transplant. Pray that God will be our fear and He will replace the other fear with His continued peace.

Thank you for your continued prayers!