In about 48 hours from the time I began having symptoms of a detached retina, we are back home in Rivne. Yes, I did have surgery yesterday afternoon. I had not gotten there in time so that they could repair it by laser, but praise God, this was one of the days the eye clinic schedules surgeries. And they managed to schedule me in just a couple hours or so after we arrived and they had confirmed that indeed my retina was in the process of detaching. It has been almost 3 years since I had my last surgery there. A number of new staff, younger people, and several speak English now. 
Also lightens the stress load. So many thoughts run through your mind in a time like this. I won’t bore you with that! But it truly felt like a miracle that this could be done so quickly considering we have to travel minimally 4 hours to get to Kyiv. I had to go back today for the 24-hour checkup after surgery and the doctor said it all looked good. Drops of a couple kinds of meds every two hours for the next week. My next checkup will be a week from Monday, actually when we have to return to Kyiv for the next workshop. We did hire someone to drive us back home today. I’m a little weak and it was a very hot day. Buses do not have air conditioning and take longer than a car, so from my perspective it was a good investment on the road to healing.
Thank you so much for praying. God answers, you know? Yes, we sometimes question why He lets these things happen when we know He can prevent them. But…I think that question arises less often as you grow older. He purifies us, doesn’t He? And He wants to lift us up in the midst of the trials and troubles of life. He wants us to turn our faces towards Him in trust. So many things.
If you would continue to pray that the Lord will bring healing so that I may have good sight in that eye, well, I would be blessed. I can read with my right eye but it is stressful and tiring which means I will not be on my computer much in the coming week. Meanwhile, I’m grateful that I do have sight. So many things are precious. But I told the Lord again today, if I should lose my sight or more of it, it’s okay because I have my spiritual eyes and all of satan’s best efforts will not take those. He may mess with us in the physical things, but I think that will only sharpen our spiritual vision. There is a whole spiritual world out there that we do not comprehend. And we know the things we cannot see are the important things.
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