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He looks good!  There is some color in my dad's face and his mind is thinking well.  Some nausea, but that can be expected after surgery.    Yesterday I drove to Saskatoon in the late afternoon and spent about an hour with dad.  He talked of a Scrabble game he is part of online, about some visitors who had dropped in, and about how he was feeling.  He dangled his legs over the bed today, sat in a wheelchair and got some rest.  Overall the signs are good, says his nurse.  In a few days he'll probably be transferred back to Rosetown  where he will do physio and recovery. That's a good start!

Recently Paul Young, writer of "The Shack", spoke at my brother-in-law's church.  I picked up the podcast and listened to it. When Paul was at Canadian Bible College (same time as my wife and I), he was a great storyteller.  Jill and I laughed and nodded in agreement as he talked of some of his experiences.  Some of his experiences came close to home -- he spoke of friends and situations that we knew.  That was fun!! So, today I took a look for a bit more on Paul.  I ran across an "apologist" who has a podcast of an interview he did with Paul.  Even as I'm listening right now, I'm being amazed.  Paul is a great apologist.  And he is actually listenable.  I would have very quickly jumped in and probably yelled and screamed.  Paul kept his head and heart. I guess that pushes me to look at the way I work with other people. I can tend to be impatient.  I can tend not to trust God to work in people's life.  It's all things I need to work on.  And I say these things in humility and a recognition that God is in the business of transforming people.  May that be so!!

Word from my sister.  Dad is out of surgery.  Wasn't a long one.  And he is doing well.

Just one of those quick posts! Dad just headed into surgery around 6:30 pm.  Hopefully we'll have news in the next few hours.  Let's see tomorrow how things are going!