All things work together

Our daughter Amy & her husband Juergen live in Germany. They have five beutiful kids, the oldest of them is Jessica. Jess is 16 and suffers from autism. Over the years, Jess has undergone numerous treatments, diets, and surgeries related both directly to autism and other physical conditions. You see she was born with all the major blood vessels to her heart connected in the wrong place and has had a series of tumors in her inner ears. Maybe it is because she has required so much that she is so special to all her family. Jess is a miricle.

Amy and Juergen are planning to vacation in Cyprus in May. They will be there over Juergen's 50th birthday and are taking our son Rick with them. It will be his first trip to Europe and he is already blown away with the thought of spending 10 days in a private villa overlooking the Mediterranean. Amy and Juergen have always been most generous.

Today Amy was blessed beyond belief. It seems there is a diving company close to where they will be staying that offers an hour in a diving bell with oxygen (O2) compression as a touristy thing to do. But O2 compression is also a treatment that has shown a great deal of promise in the treatment of autism. It is available in Germany, but must either be approved by insurance (not likely) or paid for privately at an outrageous rate. She corresponded with and got an e-mail back from the diving Co. in Cyprus offering to let Jess take these treatments under Dr. supervision for free. There were no strings attached, but of course she expects to pay for some of the other kids to take a few diving lessons.

Life seems to bring the greatest blessings when we seek to bless others. We are all praying that O2 under pressure will help our sweet Jessica.