John and Anna Weeks YOUR link to tribal missions Dear Praying Friends,
We’re leaving town again, but this time as a whole family, minus Paula. This was a bit sudden, but works best in our schedule right now before Anna’s brother comes to visit and before the next group of new families in April. We’ll be heading to Thailand for more medical as well as some counseling. That’s a bit vague, but we really need direction as we’d like to wait until the summer of 2010 for our year-furlough, but may need to head home this summer depending on several factors. Since coming off 2 ½ years of hard medication for my eye disease I’ve really had lots of depression and other symptoms I need looking into if we’re going to keep on here. I was told beforehand of the side-effects of the eye disease medication, but it was the only medication available if I wanted to keep my eyesight! My father too was treated much of his adult life for depression but was faithful to stay on his medication. I was told 21 years ago that I had it too and had to be on medication for life, but decided to go off it after only a couple months.
Also, our eldest daughter graduates high school this May, but we’d really like to find something profitable for her to do for the year until we head home on furlough. This may include the local university in town or the language school as well as keeping up the pie business with her sister. Katie is also experiencing medical issues possibly related to chemical imbalance which she experienced some as a small child; my older sister has it pretty severely but won’t take her meds. Please pray for Katie and I as we see doctors and as all of us seek counseling on what to do and which course we should take, either continuing on here in Indonesia until our furlough in May of 2010 or heading home earlier for treatment and helping Katie get settled into life in the U.S., whether with a job or college.
Thanks for your prayers,
In this together,
John, Anna Marie, Katie, Grace, Paula and Kurt
