In the Midst of Trials

It has been some time since I last updated the happenings in life here at the blog and it is well past time. I have finished my time in the Army for the time being. I still need to get a few ends tied, but all in all I am ready to go the next level of accessioning into the Reserve and actually being a chaplain. The last week of my time down in South Carolina Joy and the kids came down and we camped out in the hotel all cozy and sick. The night I went to pick them up at the airport I was running a high fever and coughing up a lung. This was not a good way to see my family after 6 weeks. The kids were ale to not get as sick as me, but Joy was not as lucky. We were both down for a couple of days, but not at the same time. It has only been recently that I have stopped coughing and really started feeling better.
Much of what has been happening since I got home has been dealing with some mystery virus that Joy came down with a little over a month ago. While visiting her sister, she started loosing the spatial relationship of her legs; kind of weird I know. It came on very sudden, or what seemed to be sudden. She began having difficulty walking by not being able to control her legs. She has gone to multiple doctors to include a neurologist with no diagnosis other than it is some kind of virus that needs to run its course. So in the meantime, she is going to physical therapy as the only course of action. There is not another treatment recommended, because the cause is unknown. We are basically waiting for this to go away or for something else to happen…sounds like fun doesn’t it?
It has not been easy to deal with because there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to when the periods of difficulties happen. Some days are good some days not so good. We do have a great support system both here at the church and with family with many giving help and prayer. I never discount the power of the faithful praying. It often seems that our prayers go unanswered, but sometimes what seems like silence is God wrapping His arms around us and giving us comfort; even crying with us through the pain and frustration. Our prayer is absolutely that Joy would be cured; but in the midst of the trial we are looking for peace and understanding. Our next step is to put one foot in front of the other.