If we were to analyze new insights gained from David's need to go through this life-saving surgery, I think the blessings of friendship are right up there with appreciation for the medical interventions. Friends have called from all over the earth, e-mailed from dozens of countries, written cards, and visited from around the Baltimore area during this recuperation month. David would have to take another month off to read the new books you have sent or view all the DVDs on loan. It's amazing, humbling, and inspirational to have such friendships sustaining him.
Friends at church welcomed David back to worship last Sunday and assured him of continued prayer power. On the first Friday of this month we went with close friends to hear Mahler's 9th Symphony played poignantly by the Baltimore Symphony. Like many other 9ths, this profound orchestral vision was Mahler's last completed work and captures the sunlight and darkness of his life = appropriate for Lent and this Holy Week. In playful contrast, we took friends and Paul's family to the Orioles opening baseball game on April 6th where Vice President Biden threw out the first pitch and the New York Yankees were defeated 10-5. David took advantage of a wheelchair loaned by friends and all 10 of us had great leg-room seats in his "assisted" section of the ballpark = the benefits of a disability. Finally we have had friends/family over for dinners this month and shared food and memories. Henry Mosley had just returned from his visit with our Burundi family and showed amazing photos of Rebecca & Paul's work and friends there.
We appreciate this week's confluence of important religious events - Passover and Easter. We realize that life is a journey directed by God and shared with family and friends until death parts us. Getting well from an illness is like a type of doorpost marker or symbol of salvation to remind us of the power of the divine.
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