Thank you, Jesus, for the good news about my health.  After coming back from Sloan, I was pleased to know that there is no new pleural effusion and that the CT scan looked good.  Not quite sure where this leaves me but I am clear to go back to work in the fall and will be on schedule for October to see when and if they have to move to the next steps.  It is good news and world we sense.

There is also wonderful news in that Dan and Regina are due to have another baby in march.  It is very early right now so please Lord protect this unborn child with your loving care and providence.  I wish they had a better financial scenario but that must be in your hands dear Lord.  I have been able to listen to more tapes from LightHouse Catholic Media and it is improving my understanding of you and of your planned for the Church.

I have been moving very quickly since I got the good news one week ago.  I if think that you want me to finish up the virtual materials so that Holy Apostle can take over teaching them.  I have also been working with Father Erasto about getting the materials to Africa and hopefully we can run some courses with Africa to in the fall.  I am actually eager about thinking about returning to work; I must work very differently and more efficiently.  I am trying to get the headset and speech recognition to work well.  I have been listening to Father Larry Richards about living in the divine will and according to the way he sees things, if I am serving and loving in the work I do then it must be at least part of your well for me.  I am excited about working on the virtual island today and creating it so that it can be an activity that others can use for their own in making their own islands more quickly.  I don't know if I have been foolish to have invested so much of the past 15 years of my life in working with virtual environments, but Lord, please help me if this is what you want me to do – I think it is.  I am happy to think I may be in your service for a bit longer.  Honestly, I had been looking into what I would do if I went through chemotherapy – what type of wig I would buy – and how I would use morphine to help me through those and times.  Those questions are still out there, but it seems you have given me a reprieve for several months before I must deal with them.

Please help me channel the excitement and I feel about the upcoming baby, about my work and my going back to work, and help me use my time well.