Sorry. It’s been a little bit since I’ve had an injury update. The side effects of healing up from this sort of injury are:
Returning to work
Driving
Going to and from several different practices and events for the kids
And yet more driving…
I went back to work in mid-January and it has been good being back, it is weird missing three months of work but so far I have fortunately gotten back into the swing of things. I have enjoyed being back although it is in a semi-light duty capacity.
During my last update, I was making the transition from crutches to the boot. As of this writing, I am almost to the 2 month mark of making the transition from the boot back to my normal shoes. I was also able to start driving again which has been a huge blessing!
Along with getting back to normal has come lots of physical therapy. I am still able to write this blog post so while the physical therapists have beaten me up, they have still failed to vanquish me yet!
My doctor says I am slightly ahead of schedule for my recovery but we are still taking things a day at a time and I am still trending towards July for playing softball again.
In the meantime, our team is preparing for the 2024 season. I have been interviewing prospective missionary athletes and preparing our team for the preseason meeting.
While I won’t be playing softball initially, I am looking forward to the season and being able to go back to prison and being able to share the Gospel with the men in the prison yards.
Praises
Recovery is going well. I can do most everything at work. Physical therapy has been hard but fun. I’ve been able to play a little catch and hit off a tee a little bit with no pain.
I had the opportunity to share the Gospel last month at Pathway Ministries (Peoria Rescue Mission)
We just had our preseason meeting last weekend. It was good to see our team and talk about playing softball and sharing the Gospel in prison
Our 2024 schedule is mostly full.
Prayer Requests
Pray for continued recovery
Our church’s missions conference is this weekend. Pray that God uses this as an encouragement to our missionary families and that God works in our hearts as well.
Pray that God keeps doors open for us to go into prison this summer
Pray that God brings new missionary athletes for our team next year.
