Thursday, May 27, 2010
Mixed Emotion Day
Fran has had a good day. The kids and grandson left for Africa this afternoon, and yes it was sad but that was expected. It wasn't as bad or as difficult as we had expected. Emily called from Dulles and said Ben had been an angel and had stayed buckled in his seat all the way to Washington. It will be interesting to hear how the 17 hour flight to Jburg went. After seeing them off at the airport Fran and Natalie came home and napped and I worked in the yard. Then the three of us went to Applebees for dinner. Will had a previous school engagement. We are back home and ready for bed. Thanks for all the prayers regarding today. I will post again on Sat. unless something comes up. Thanks for checking in. Charlie
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Another busy day
I don't know how Fran is doing it but she spent most of the day at Grandin Court with her girls preparing Wed. night supper. Needless to say it was a big success. Now we just need to get through tomorrow. It will be tough - Natalie is coming in, Will is taking off from school. We're all going to meet at Robert's for breakfast and then take them to the airport. Lots of tears but we will make it.
Till next time. Charlie
Till next time. Charlie
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Great Dr.'s report
Fran has had a very busy day today. It all started by going to Kroger to finish shopping for the church's Wed. night dinner that her team is fixing. She then went on to church to start cooking. At 1:30 Samia took Fran to see her Roanoke Dr. She had her blood work done and he is thrilled with her numbers. They all are coming up very fast. While this is great news she is still having difficulty eating, as in not being able to eat much at all. The Dr. said all this will wear off and she will start feeling better soon.
Following her Dr. appt. she then went back to church to work some more. She is supposed to go back tomorrow at 11:30 to work some more but we will see how she feels.
On another note, we were hoping to be able to see Ben tomorrow. He has been running a fever for the past several days and we were hoping that it would stop. We had our hopes up this morning because he had not had a fever for 8 hours, but then Robert called again this evening and said it was up again tonight. Needless to say there were more tears, but God knows best, hopefully at least we will be able to see him Thursday when we take them to the airport here in Roanoke.
Thanks again for checking in.
Following her Dr. appt. she then went back to church to work some more. She is supposed to go back tomorrow at 11:30 to work some more but we will see how she feels.
On another note, we were hoping to be able to see Ben tomorrow. He has been running a fever for the past several days and we were hoping that it would stop. We had our hopes up this morning because he had not had a fever for 8 hours, but then Robert called again this evening and said it was up again tonight. Needless to say there were more tears, but God knows best, hopefully at least we will be able to see him Thursday when we take them to the airport here in Roanoke.
Thanks again for checking in.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Long, busy day
For Fran it all began at 4:30am. She got up to get ready to go to Charlottesville for Will's graduation. We left at 6 and got there before 8. We took a wheelchair which worked great, we were able to get wonderful seats to see everything. Following that ceremony at 10 we went to the arena for the Curry School of Education ceremony. This one only lasted about one and half hours and we were on the road back to Roanoke by 3. We were able to get home before our guests arrived and thanks to Natalie, Jordan and Robert they had everything just about ready, just a few final touches from Fran before our family arrived. Natalie came in Friday and was such a big help getting things ready for the party. Emily and Ben were not able to come because Ben had a temp of 102. They were missed but we had a great party.
Fran has now crashed in bed. She did great.
This will be another busy week getting Robert, Emily and Ben ready for Africa. Hopefully things will settle down next weekend after all the tears. Thanks for your concern and continued prayers.
Love the Krauses
Fran has now crashed in bed. She did great.
This will be another busy week getting Robert, Emily and Ben ready for Africa. Hopefully things will settle down next weekend after all the tears. Thanks for your concern and continued prayers.
Love the Krauses
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Exponential Blessings
Fran has had a good day today. All of the children have been home and she and Natalie have cooked and cooked getting ready for our family coming over tomorrow night. We are having two celebrations in one, we are celebrating Will's graduation from UVA with a Masters degree, and (not celebrating) but having a good bye party for Robert, Emily and Ben who are leaving Thursday for Africa. Fran seems to be getting stronger everyday, naturally she still has to stop and lay down for a while but she doesn't stay in the bed like she did earlier.
Even though we are sad and hate to see Robert, Emily and Ben leave, we know they are doing what God wants them to do. We wanted to share something neat with you...
About 5 months ago Fran was lying in bed early in the morning praying as she always does. She prayed for our children and Robert's upcoming adventure that was in the making. It was then that the Lord gave her an incredible thought. He showed her that if each family could give $25 a month, or even quarterly, that would multiply into all they would need. No doubt this economy is tough, and so is raising funds in the midst of it, but He assured her that this was possible. We can't help but recall the story of the feeding of 5000. It was in the boy's small gift of 5 loaves and 2 fishes that showed God's ability to multiply his gift to benefit thousands.
More than this, she began realizing this would only happen because of the love that Christ has multiplied among our friends and family. We are not asking you to do this out of obligation, we just wanted to share it with you and if God moves your heart we would be honored!
You can learn all about what they are doing on their website at www.izwi.org. If you do feel led to donate you can do so on that site or you can make a check payable to IZWI World Outreach and mail the check to:
Izwi World Outreach
108 Walnut Creek Rd.
Locust, NC 28097
Fran still feels like she can make it to UVA tomorrow so we will let you know how it goes. Thanks you again for all the prayers, cards and love you send our way.
Love, the Krause's
Even though we are sad and hate to see Robert, Emily and Ben leave, we know they are doing what God wants them to do. We wanted to share something neat with you...
About 5 months ago Fran was lying in bed early in the morning praying as she always does. She prayed for our children and Robert's upcoming adventure that was in the making. It was then that the Lord gave her an incredible thought. He showed her that if each family could give $25 a month, or even quarterly, that would multiply into all they would need. No doubt this economy is tough, and so is raising funds in the midst of it, but He assured her that this was possible. We can't help but recall the story of the feeding of 5000. It was in the boy's small gift of 5 loaves and 2 fishes that showed God's ability to multiply his gift to benefit thousands.
More than this, she began realizing this would only happen because of the love that Christ has multiplied among our friends and family. We are not asking you to do this out of obligation, we just wanted to share it with you and if God moves your heart we would be honored!
You can learn all about what they are doing on their website at www.izwi.org. If you do feel led to donate you can do so on that site or you can make a check payable to IZWI World Outreach and mail the check to:
Izwi World Outreach
108 Walnut Creek Rd.
Locust, NC 28097
Fran still feels like she can make it to UVA tomorrow so we will let you know how it goes. Thanks you again for all the prayers, cards and love you send our way.
Love, the Krause's
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Yes we are home
In our haste to get packed I misplaced the logon info for blogspot.I'm sorry I missed yesterday. We got home around 8 last night (Wednesday). Fran felt like stopping by and seeing Robert, Emily and especially Ben. When we got home needless to say she went straight to bed. We were at Duke until around 4 getting more of the iums and then she had the Hickman Port taken out of her chest. She still does not feel like eating much and she has very little energy but she did get out and go to Will's girl's Hidden Valley soccer game. She enjoyed that and Robert, Emily and Ben joined us for a little while there which was fun. And yes they won 6-1 against a rival. This week will be bitter sweet, as you may know one week from today Robert, Emily and Ben will be leaving for Africa. Our hearts are saddened to see them go and yet we are so excited for them in this new ministry that God is leading them to in South Africa. I will say more about that in a later posting.
Back to Fran, please pray that she will begin to feel like eating and drinking (especially since she has 7 pills to take everyday and right now it is a struggle to get them down.) When she got home tonight she went straight to bed after our outing but hopefully she will get stronger every day. The folks at Duke said she has to force herself to eat and get out even when she doesn't feel like it. Also pray for us as we wrap up our time with the grandbaby, I'm sure there well be a lot of tears coming this week. But we are also very excited about Will getting his Masters Degree from UVA this weekend. Fran want's so badly to go see him graduate, so pray for us as we make this decision also.
You all have been so faithful in praying for us and especially Fran this far and we truly give God the credit for all he has done for her. Thank you for your continued prayer support.
PS She goes back to see her Roanoke Dr. this coming Tuesday and for the next four weeks and then we go back to Duke in one month for a follow up visit.
We love you all, Charlie and Fran
Back to Fran, please pray that she will begin to feel like eating and drinking (especially since she has 7 pills to take everyday and right now it is a struggle to get them down.) When she got home tonight she went straight to bed after our outing but hopefully she will get stronger every day. The folks at Duke said she has to force herself to eat and get out even when she doesn't feel like it. Also pray for us as we wrap up our time with the grandbaby, I'm sure there well be a lot of tears coming this week. But we are also very excited about Will getting his Masters Degree from UVA this weekend. Fran want's so badly to go see him graduate, so pray for us as we make this decision also.
You all have been so faithful in praying for us and especially Fran this far and we truly give God the credit for all he has done for her. Thank you for your continued prayer support.
PS She goes back to see her Roanoke Dr. this coming Tuesday and for the next four weeks and then we go back to Duke in one month for a follow up visit.
We love you all, Charlie and Fran
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
We are coming home tomorrow!!!!!
WOW were we surprised this morning when the PA came by and told us we could come home tomorrow (Wednesday). He said Fran's numbers were better than expected (thanks to your prayers). Fran is still extremely tired and hasn't started eating alot yet but the most important thing is that we are coming home even earlier than expected. I'm sure that will make her feel better! We have a 10:30 appointment in the morning with the Dr and they will give us instructions for coming home. She will also have her Hickman port taken out before we leave.
We have some wonderful cleaning angels in our home as we speak to get our Daleville home ready for us. Fran won't be able to get out in the yard quite yet but that will come. He said it would probably be 4-6 weeks before she felt like doing much. The Dr. even said that she should be able to go to Charlottsville on Sunday for Will's graduation, (we will see how she feels). Now we will have a whole week with Robert, Emily and Ben before they head off for Africa on the 27th. Also Natalie is planning on coming in this week end to check on her Mom.
Finally, we can't thank you all enough for your prayers, love and concern for Fran during this difficult time. We have been truly blest by your support and love. I will continue to update the blog for the next few weeks as she progresses.
In Christ's love,
Charlie and Fran
We have some wonderful cleaning angels in our home as we speak to get our Daleville home ready for us. Fran won't be able to get out in the yard quite yet but that will come. He said it would probably be 4-6 weeks before she felt like doing much. The Dr. even said that she should be able to go to Charlottsville on Sunday for Will's graduation, (we will see how she feels). Now we will have a whole week with Robert, Emily and Ben before they head off for Africa on the 27th. Also Natalie is planning on coming in this week end to check on her Mom.
Finally, we can't thank you all enough for your prayers, love and concern for Fran during this difficult time. We have been truly blest by your support and love. I will continue to update the blog for the next few weeks as she progresses.
In Christ's love,
Charlie and Fran
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