Hard decision and second guessing-updated.

We enjoyed worshiping with the pastors of the district on church Sunday morning.

The singing filled the church with joy and praise and putting the keyboard on organ a nice change.

They thanked our family for the bananas they enjoyed that week and the blood pressure screening.

Yesterday I dealt with a different kind of pressure, the uncomfortable type neither fun or entertaining.

Yesterday I felt that I needed to stay at home and work on school and office work rather than go down to help in clinic.

 The blood pressure checks during last week and this coming week will use more time than I normally donated to clinic so I felt I needed to focus on my other tasks before the men's conference starts on Wednesday.

Then I received an E-mail asking for some medical advice which started a day of phone calls and second guessing myself.

One of those situations where more information is needed and unavailable at the patient's location.

As often occurs outside the developing world getting better information, needed information, more information can mean costly travel and hours of additional worry.

My head knew I made the right call with the information at hand.

Even if the patient's labs come out normal and nothing to worry about-there was NO way to know that at the time.

I would of done the same for my kids.

I also did it to protect the medical staff and missionary staff knowing that it the small but very real chance of this case becoming serious rapidly at night when the possibility of travel to a better hospital is impossible would be devastating.

This part of tropical, rural medicine I do NOT like.

So continue to pray for me please.

 For wisdom in these hard cases: especially when I do not get to see the patients and need to rely on other people's eyes and hands.

For peace after the decision and being able to leave things in the Lord's very capable hands and not sinning by worrying.

 For comfort and healing of the sick. Thank you.

Note: Yesterday's patient did travel to the USA, was seen and hospitalized to receive further testing and care.

Praise: Bedonia and her mom received not just 3 month medical visas but 5 year visas. They travel to the USA on Friday to start the pre-op testing.