two-fer
this is a double post.....
my latest book club read:
peace like a river
by lief enger
an interesting read.
of which i will be sad to miss the discussion. i will not be attending because my hubbie is donating a kidney that same week.
a friend in our church was in need....
we both got tested.
we were both a match..... he is the donor.
very exciting to see how we get to serve our friend this way.
so i enjoyed the book. it had western elements.... think zane gray, butch cassidy, minnesota and north dakota plains. lots of biblical references. an eleven year old narrator that is suspect if not unreliable and yet self-effacing so almost totally reliable. throw in some magic realism (or you could call them miracles), some adventure, and family dynamics and you have this novel. which was an easy read, page turning, and well-written. again, i will miss the group discussion.... i am sure someone in our group did not like it!!
kidney:
our friend has been in poor health for the past year. he was supposed to get a kidney this summer but the donor backed out. we cast the net far among our church community. hubbie and i were some of the first to be tested. from what we know about the chances of being a match... you could test 150 people and get none.... or test three and have all three match (which was our case). then you have decide who donates. it is not like we didn't think about it, pray about it, read about it, and then pray some more. so, no it was not an easy decision....yet at the same time it was not a hard decision. we get to live sacrificially for someone else. wow! what an opportunity for our family to love and serve like jesus.
march 3.
surgery date.
will keep you posted!
my latest book club read:
peace like a river
by lief enger
an interesting read.
of which i will be sad to miss the discussion. i will not be attending because my hubbie is donating a kidney that same week.
a friend in our church was in need....
we both got tested.
we were both a match..... he is the donor.
very exciting to see how we get to serve our friend this way.
so i enjoyed the book. it had western elements.... think zane gray, butch cassidy, minnesota and north dakota plains. lots of biblical references. an eleven year old narrator that is suspect if not unreliable and yet self-effacing so almost totally reliable. throw in some magic realism (or you could call them miracles), some adventure, and family dynamics and you have this novel. which was an easy read, page turning, and well-written. again, i will miss the group discussion.... i am sure someone in our group did not like it!!
kidney:
our friend has been in poor health for the past year. he was supposed to get a kidney this summer but the donor backed out. we cast the net far among our church community. hubbie and i were some of the first to be tested. from what we know about the chances of being a match... you could test 150 people and get none.... or test three and have all three match (which was our case). then you have decide who donates. it is not like we didn't think about it, pray about it, read about it, and then pray some more. so, no it was not an easy decision....yet at the same time it was not a hard decision. we get to live sacrificially for someone else. wow! what an opportunity for our family to love and serve like jesus.
march 3.
surgery date.
will keep you posted!
Comments
It wasn't a very good comment anyway. It lots of "oh my goodess!" and "wow!" and "holy smokes!"
I told Dave about your kidney kindness and he said, "She is sooo nice!" and I said, "I know. She is. I'm kinda jealous." I want to give someone a kidney. Weird huh? But there is something just so COOL about it.
I wish you'd tell us more. What are the risks of living with one kidney. Obviously not the same amount of risk as your friend is living with daily...but still...I'm curious. And you and John are both athletes! Who and how did you decide?!?
Anyway....sooooo amazing. Sorry...I bet all this gushing is sort of embarrassing. But, I just keep thinking, "that girl. amazing." and strangely jealous of a potentially recuperative hospital stay. ;)
And I liked Enger's second novel though it wasn't as good and mosr critics panned it.