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"I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I wil praise You among many people."

Psalm 35:18

A FUN AFTERNOON! ...WITH SOME CHALLENGES

Main slides platform at the Liki-Tiki Village

May 21, 2006

by Andy Corley

You would have loved to join us at the Liki Tiki village water park this afternoon -- it was so much fun!

There were numerous swimming pools connected to each other with fun water slides, wooden gang-planks and water that was just deep enough to allow the kids to swim from adventure to adventure all on their own. That is, if we didn't have to worry about Alexandria having a seizure!

Kristi and I took turns trying to keep up with Alex and Drew as they ran and swam all over the place -- and with Kaitlyn as she just loved running up and down the "beach" part of the little wave pool. But it wasn't until we'd been there almost two hours that Alex had a full-blown seizure right on the steps of the tallest slide -- and what a blessing that Kristi was right there to catch her from falling.

We have been encouraged that Alex has now taught herself to sit down when she feels a seizure approaching. But the frustrating thing is that she is having regular seizures again while she is awake! It's so discouraging to know that we can't protect her every minute of every day. And with the recent count of about five seizures per day, we just about have to expect one seizure about every two hours. You can imagine how much this limits her activities.

So at this point, I guess we don't really know how to ask you to pray. God is drawing us closer to His heart for encouragement and strength, but even there we don't have any idea of what He is wanting to accomplish through this challenging time.

But we do appreciate your prayers. We feel the effects all the time and know that God is close ...just asking us to press on and trust Him.

Andy Corley
for Kristi, Alexandria, Drew and Kaitlyn

ps. You can also read this article on Alex's blog page -- and see photos of the afternoon in the photo gallery!