Should she or shouldn’t she…

So I have received two phone calls, 4 emails and at least 4 subtle hints that I should write more about what is going on with Nick, the family, my new job, Mike’s travails at Fannie Mae, our dream of having Wayne Foley adapt our house to Nick, plans for Nick’s imminent departure to commence his college education at Virginia Tech, our challenges with medicaid and the immigration system, and all that continues in the saga that is known as the CafferkyNewNormal.

Obviously - with the new job, I have been pretty swamped, but I know that if it is God’s Will, I can keep this up.  I tried the Facebook thing, and I’m still doing it (addictive, short, allows for sarcasm and asynchronous relationships) but its mostly moms and girlfriends who want to read this stuff.  And strangers who are struggling in some way.

I wasn’t going to keep it up, but then an old friend told me that she established her own relationship with Christ through encouragement from this site (GOD BE PRAISED) and will be getting baptized this Easter.  When I heard that, I thought that maybe this is one of the ways in which I can serve God, give Him Glory, share some blessings, and, dare I say, miracles, and also humbly ask for prayer, support and even contributions to the Nick Cafferky Special Needs Trust.  (Just FYI - the work on the house will be around $168K if we can do it, and the motorized chair Nick needs for college will be no less than $33K - whew does this stuff add up!)

So should I keep it up?  Are you still reading?  I would appreciate hearing about anyone’s walk with the Lord, as this really encourages me.  Of course, i will be judicious with the information I share about work, as I am just lucky to have a job these days, and there’s no need to be career limiting!  Especially when our financial needs are so specific and Fannie Mae (Mike’s employer) has been getting a really raw deal lately and thus is not the security blanket it once was for the Caffs.

While I am here - I humbly ask you all to pray for BrianM. and his family, who are still fighting the good fight (and winning) against the nastiness that seems to have TEMPORARILY moved into his body.  I also ask you to pray for Joe the Fitness Guy from Great Falls, who is suffering from mesotheioma (sp?) which is NOT just some disease that you hear about on lawyer for hire commercials during true crime shows, but a really debilitating disease which is so ironic since Joe is so healthy looking and fitness driven in every way.

I want to thank Jo Anne Lewis who continues to plan what I hope will be our last or close to last fundraiser (a St. Patty’s Party at the Grange on March 13) and maybe one other effort by Peggy Mockett to help us out, so that we can get the Foley work done to our Great Falls Foley built home, so that we can stay in Great Falls, with Brendan (God Willing) graduating from Langley HS like his brother did. 

With that, I thank Wayne, Kyle and all of the other Foley’s and their team who have provided us with such a reasonable proposal to do the work to make our home handicapped accessible for Nick.  With God’s grace, some success in my new job and the generosity of friends during these dire financial times, I am so hopeful that we will be able to get the work done.  It seems like it would be a horrible waste of all of the time already put into the project, and the obviously aggressive negotiating done on our behalf by Mr. Foley, if we couldn’t do the work.  But, God’s Will be done.

I also ask for God’s continued blessings on the Kidz Clubhouse, an amazing organization that supports special needs kids and their families, and has been such a great resource in our fundraising and awareness efforts.  May Diane Anderson, her lovely family, and everything she cares about be gently, yet firmly held up and blessed by the MIGHTY HAND OF GOD.

Lastly - I thank the ladies in my bible study, Juli, Liz, Nancy and especially Luz, who have kept me grounded and in the Word during these weird and trying times.  May God bless all that they do and may they see the fruits of their prayers in this lifetime.

OK - so long post just to give some thanks and see if people are still interested.  Are you?  As long as God gives me words to say - I guess I will keep saying them.  And please remember - this is all for God’s Glory in the Name of Jesus.  The Cafferky’s are merely humble servants in the great improvisational act that is Life directed by God.

Thanks for listening!

Elisa, who loves God in the Name of Jesus and always will.