Mish update

Sara Mission Update

Kathy had a frantic day today speaking with the Church's Missionary Dept. about Sara's health. For some reason, they were intimating that due to her blood thinner medication she was required to remain on until the end of September that they (Missionary Dept.) were not going to accept into the MTC until after she was totally off the medication (or early November when the following group to Indonesia would arrive). Knowing how hard Sara had been working on getting her knee stronger and what another 2 months might do to her psyche, Kathy went to bat for Sara and pled with the brother over this dept. to have whoever he was discussing Sara's situation with to pray about it prior to making a final decision. She informed him what every dr. had told us -- that remaining on the blood thinner medication for a month would be no problem and would still allow her another month at the MTC (medication free) prior to traveling to Indonesia. If their concern was being on a long plane flight, Sara would promise to move around every couple hours to prevent another blood clot on the flight over.

At any rate, they called back a couple hrs. later and said they had decided to allow her to enter September 2nd after all and the dr. in Provo was already aware of her and would be ready for her in September. Thanks again for all your prayers - Sara really appreciates them.

Post by Mark Hewlett :)