... Plans changed?

This is a tough post to write as I'm sitting at the airport in Bangkok with mixed emotions. I found out two days ago that Ellis has a bleeding mass in his brain and that he was unconscious in the ICU. What followed was an emotional roller coaster of praying and pleading with everything in me that he would be ok. I sat in a cafe the whole day with wifi getting updates from his sisters and trying to pull it together to figure out my next step. Amazingly the news since then has been extremely positive - he's having surgery on Friday to remove the mass and doctors are hopeful for a full recovery with some therapy. 

While I still struggle a lot with religion, I can't help but believe that all the positive thoughts and prayers he's receiving are partially responsible for this amazing turnaround. I'm reminding myself throughout this trip to pray and be thankful for all the things that are good and remember to be grateful constantly - not just to use prayer as a tool when things get hard. Which they inevitably do. 

Anyway - after a 16 hour bus ride to Bangkok I'm about to board a 24 hour flight to Cincinnati and should be getting in as he's coming out of surgery. If you're reading this - please continue to send positive thoughts Ellis' way. While the situation sucks, I'm looking forward to seeing him and his family and am just focusing on him getting better before thinking about what it means for the rest of the trip. Thanks for all the love and support!