Another update on John Boettner
Bob visited John on Friday morning and filed this report.  "He was in good spirits and stated he was feeling well.  His surgery apparently went off without a hitch.  They used his own pericardium, harvested when they opened his chest for the surgery, for the patch to cover the dime-sized hole between the two chambers of his heart which had been the cause of his problems.  He reported that the almost 30 day wait before his surgery was performed from when it was scheduled was actually the hardest part of his surgery - the anticipation and worry before the event.  He was about to finish his pain meds when I saw him and he felt that Tylenol would be sufficient to deal with his waning chest incision aches.  He has restrictions - he can't drive or lift anything or throw his arms over his head, etc. - at least until his follow up visit with his doctor on September 3.  He promised to keep us posted on his post-op recovery."

Helping Neighbors Even When There's No Disaster Our Workday Reprt for Tuesday, August 19, 2014

When we hear of a team member's friend or neighbor who needs some help, we're not far away.  Especially when there's no severe storms debris calling us to share our ministry with affected survivors and we want to keep our skills honed.  So today our CFC team consisting of 8 members, plus the Asbury UMC skid steer "Abel" - (standing from left to right) Bob Thompson, Buddy Williams, Bob Suellentrop, homeowner Milton Hendricks, Tim Smith, Ray Miller, Bob Nabors, Boyd Martin, and (lounging in the wheel barrow) Jim Pressler traveled to Clay, Alabama at Buddy's request to assist his community neighbor in the removal of a big hickory tree that had been split during a storm (yet thankfully missed Mr. Hendricks' house!), plus three dead pine trees, a sassafras tree and part of a cypress tree. Before After Before After Before After And yes...those dead pines were guided to perfect landings, missing the beehives that help to pollinate the Hendricks' garden and flowers.  Mr. Hendricks was extremely happy with our work and thanked us over and over again for our service. It really was a great day to work...yes, it got a little hot and humid, but we stayed hydrated and took a few breaks.  All in all the whole job took us just 3 and a half hours.  We finished up just before lunchtime and some of us ended up staying in Clay for lunch at Papa Sal's Italian Restaurant on Old Springville Road.  Great food, very reasonable prices and outstanding service.  It's well worth the ride to Clay for lunch if you're looking for some wonderful Italian cuisine in an unpretentious location. We're scoping out another possible job in Titusvile tomorrow afternoon so stay tuned to learn if there might be the possibility of some additional work for us which you might be interested in assisting with during our "off" season! In His Service, Bob Bob Thompson Cutters for Christ Disaster Response Ministry Deployment/Team Coordinator

An update from CFC member John Boettner

Surgery went well, I am recovering.

Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts for John.