Jim's brother

In my mind I wrote you all with an update on Jim's brother.... in reality, I did NOT!!!  Sorry!!  As you know he developed (or they found) a number of other problems with Bob's health... pneumonia, elevated blood sugar, atrial fibrillation, and finally kidney failure.  They had tried to reduce his sedation to wake him up, and he did not wake up... so the doctors told Carol that there was nothing else they could do since they were carrying on all his vital body systems with machines.  She and their son decided to take him off the ventilator, and when they did, he went peacefully to be with the Lord.  (If I have told you all of this, just humor me).  This was merciful since he had emphysema and dying in his sleep is the grace of God.  Even before the pneumonia took him to the hospital he was hardly able to walk across the kitchen, etc.  We praise the Lord for His grace and mercy.
So the funeral has finally been set for Wednesday with visitation on Tuesday night.  We will be leaving Tuesday AM (by car) and will probably be back on Thursday night or Friday.  Please pray for us as we travel and that we can minister to his family.