How to help Ruth (Update #2)

On behalf of Ruth, thanks for all of your thoughtful replies and messages via email and phone. She has been greatly encouraged by hearing from you. Many have been asking how to help Ruth, so I thought I'd send out an email with some ways she would appreciate help. She still hasn't heard about the exact surgery date, so some ways to help won't apply until after she comes home.

1. Food - cooking healthy, well-balanced meals or dishes. There is a recipe for super-healthy muffins on the back of the Flax-meal package sold at Trader Joes that she especially enjoys. I usually substitute honey for brown sugar (cancer patients should not have refined sugar). Ruth said food with high-fiber, green vegetables, lots of fruit (especially papaya) are good.

2. House - cleaning help in her apartment once in a while after the surgery

3. Computer - she will hopefully be able to work from home, so wondered if she could call on someone in case her computer were having problems. Also, she needs someone to help with data entry in some files (this could start now and she could send the files via email).

4. Visits, Cards, Phone Calls, Flowers, whatever - this is my own idea, we all know how sentimental and social Ruth is, she would love to continue to hear from people over the next few months. It will greatly encourage her as she recovers.

Ruth still continues to maintain a positive outlook. The other evening she was able to forget about everything as she enjoyed nature while playing golf. She has finally settled on one of the options for plastic surgery which was a huge weight on her shoulders for a while. Last weekend she enjoyed a Spanish and an English gathering where people prayed for her healing. She said it seemed like her wedding day because she was so happy. Even now, she feels the power and encouragement from people all over the world including Latin and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, etc. who are praying for her.

Here are a few quotes from some readings that have encouraged her recently:

<>"Storms at sea can be like crisis times in our lives. Emotions of FEAR ad UNCERTAINTY can come against us like the waves that crash upon the shore. But like the sea, GOD has put limits on the storms in our lives. He sets the boundaries and says, "THIS FAR AND NO FURTHER". Roy Lessin

<>"My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness."..."
II Corinthians 12:9 NKJV

Peace,
Sheri Michel