All Smiles

Just a quick update- Ezra is doing great!  Last Tuesday he went into the cath lab with the doctors at 8:30 am- 6 hours later we all walked out of the hospital. Doctors inserted a catheter into Ezra's femoral artery and it went up into his heart.  With it they took measurements and then placed a balloon into the blocked valve.  On inflation #3 the valve broke free from the scar tissue and  it started functioning properly again. Ezra did great through the procedure and the medical personal were very impressed with how well he did and also about how cute he was.  We returned to Sitka Monday and we all are doing well. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

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Highlights from the End of the Year at MEHS

Today is the first week

 of summer vacation for students of MEHS.  The last weeks of school blurred by and graduation was yesterday.  This graduating class was a great class and about 1/2 of the graduating seniors had regularly participated in Young Life events at some point in each of their high school career. Here are a few highlights from this past week:

• A year-end combined campaigner breakfast with 30 kids and 8 adults. Some kids said that their favorite time in school has been our morning Bible studies
• I helped coordinate the Baccalaureate service and 5 students gave great testimonies about how God has guided them through difficult times.  Several students shared with their peers that is is God who needs to direct us and our futures.
• During the graduation ceremony students have a chance to let all people know what they are planning on doing in the future.  We had a couple students say that they are going home and will be Young Life leaders..
• Watching the adults of this community (Young Life, Church, and beyond) surround these kids in prayer through graduation and after.  It was awesome to see the bond that people have formed with these kids.  
• The gratitude of parents who look you deep in the eye and say from the heart "thank you for looking after my kid while they were away."  And "thank you for teaching them about God."
• Meeting so many of the wonder parents and siblings of the kids that I have grown to love. Here are a few pictures:  Combined breakfast groups, Baccalaureate, Marcus's family, and Danielle's cap- her cap says it all.

Also, please keep baby Ezra in your prayers as he goes in tomorrow for his 2nd heart procedure.  He will be fully assessed tomorrow and we will know whether he will need surgery- we are praying for a clean bill of health.

Here are a few pictures:  Combined breakfast groups, Baccalaureate, Marcus's family, and Danielle's cap- her cap says it all

End of the year joint campaigners group

the MEHS Baccalaureate Service

  

Bethel Alaska from the air

Summing it all up!