Update For July 2007
Enid is fine. During our travels, she developed severe leg pains, which doctors identified as a blood clot. This arose from the nature of our trip, since long-distance travel in cars and airplanes forces one to sit for hours. Ironically, this also holds true of sitting pratically immobile during intense conversations with dear friends, the very people we came to America to visit! Without her usual activity, in fact, a clot formed, costing Enid the pain and concern for a potentially worse problem. Thankfully, ER doctors gave her blood thinners to attack the problem, permitting her to arrive back in Italy. She is now able to go for long walks with no pain. However, doctors advised her to postpone our trip back to Italy for ten days.
Harold's sister passed away. Alice Marilyn went to be with the Lord after struggling for over a year with congestive heart failure that took her in and out of hospitals, without a decisive diagnosis. In the end, a fatal heart attack ended her suffering. We were able to fly to Georgia to be with her during her last four days. All her children were present for the informal, but heart-warming funeral. Even the timing of this event was providential, since we could have been in Italy. Instead, we were able to be in the States and with her at the time of her passing. Also this was the first week we had free during a busy schedule of visiting the churches, and it was the very week we needed most to be there with her.
Another "God-thing". We had hoped to meet Leonard Allen, editorial director of Abilene University Press, the brother who granted us the right to publish "A Church That Flies". Our speaking schedule left no time to go see him, but the Lord arranged everything anyway: Brother Allen was to speak in the Detroit MI area the same weekend we were to be there! Some brethren in the Troy church arranged for us to meet him and talk over a plate of pasta at an Italian restaurant (no less). This generous brother later offered further help to our ministry.
Pray for the book A Church That Flies. As summer races by, pray that we will be able to publish this book in time for several conventions coming soon.
Thanks for everything! We thoroughly enjoyed our visit with Christians we had known for a long time, and making new acquaintances. We're grateful for all the hospitality and kindnesses we were shown while in the States, especially from the dear Christian nurses and doctors we met along the way. We want to thank all of you who helped make our four months so enjoyable!
We are back in Italy. After driving 9,483 miles and flying 12,472 airmiles, we are now back home in Italy. We have been so blessed by so many! Now we we would ask your continued intercession for us that our re-entry would bring the Lord's blessing to the most people possible here.
Harold and Enid Fowler
Harold's sister passed away. Alice Marilyn went to be with the Lord after struggling for over a year with congestive heart failure that took her in and out of hospitals, without a decisive diagnosis. In the end, a fatal heart attack ended her suffering. We were able to fly to Georgia to be with her during her last four days. All her children were present for the informal, but heart-warming funeral. Even the timing of this event was providential, since we could have been in Italy. Instead, we were able to be in the States and with her at the time of her passing. Also this was the first week we had free during a busy schedule of visiting the churches, and it was the very week we needed most to be there with her.
Another "God-thing". We had hoped to meet Leonard Allen, editorial director of Abilene University Press, the brother who granted us the right to publish "A Church That Flies". Our speaking schedule left no time to go see him, but the Lord arranged everything anyway: Brother Allen was to speak in the Detroit MI area the same weekend we were to be there! Some brethren in the Troy church arranged for us to meet him and talk over a plate of pasta at an Italian restaurant (no less). This generous brother later offered further help to our ministry.
Pray for the book A Church That Flies. As summer races by, pray that we will be able to publish this book in time for several conventions coming soon.
Thanks for everything! We thoroughly enjoyed our visit with Christians we had known for a long time, and making new acquaintances. We're grateful for all the hospitality and kindnesses we were shown while in the States, especially from the dear Christian nurses and doctors we met along the way. We want to thank all of you who helped make our four months so enjoyable!
We are back in Italy. After driving 9,483 miles and flying 12,472 airmiles, we are now back home in Italy. We have been so blessed by so many! Now we we would ask your continued intercession for us that our re-entry would bring the Lord's blessing to the most people possible here.
Harold and Enid Fowler
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