August 22nd, 2007 by admin

            After a successful church plant, we moved back to the Tulsa area. It was now March of 2005, and we set our sights in on other opportunities that we felt the Lord showing us. We had enjoyed our time in Arizona and had met some wonderful people whom we will cherish for a lifetime. Missy and I took jobs and settled in to accomplish a few things. The pressure in the eye seemed to be stable and had been that way since we saw the doctor in Arizona in August of 2004. My next checkup was not scheduled until June 1^st. I was still on the eye drops the doctor in Arizona had given me, and they seemed to be working in keeping the pressure stable.

            On June 1^st I went in for the check up and to my dismay the pressure had risen again. The drops were no longer working and a second surgery was inevitable. This was so disheartening. I was nervous and scared and trying to have faith. I would quote healing scriptures and my Jeremiah 17:7-8 key that I received while in Arizona. God told me if I trust in him my leaf would be green. Surgery did not sound like that. It sounded like my leaf was going to be cut. This was the valve surgery that I was told about on previous visits and I was not happy. Indeed this journey was an up and down journey, and I felt like I had no answers for anything. Everything that I had believed in and grew up believing was not working. Hopelessness is a horrible thing.